Bayan shekaru biyu ba tare da sake sabon kiɗa ba, Luis Fonsi yana so ya ƙirƙiri "waƙar da ke da wannan Latin da ke da waƙar da nake jin daɗin raira waƙa kuma hakan zai sa mutane su yi rawa kawai". An fara rubuta kalmomin a ƙarshen 2015 a gidan Luis Fonsi bayan da ya nuna sha'awarsa na yin rikodin "waƙar rawa" don sabon kundin sa. Mawakiyar Brazil-Panamanian kuma mawallafin waƙa Erika Ender, Latin Grammy Award-winner, ya tafi gidan Luis Fonsi a Miami, wanda ya gaya mata cewa ya farka yana tunani game da "rubuta waƙar da ake kira 'Despacito'. "Fonsi ya rera layin" Vamos a playa una playa en Puerto Rico ", Ender ya amsa" Hasta que las olas griten 'Ay Bendito "kuma daga baya suka fara gina waƙar.
don yin rikodin "waƙar rawa"