Passo Bem Solto
by ATLXS (featuring Anitta)

Album: released as a single (2025)
Charted: 67
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Songfacts®:

  • If you've ever wondered what it might sound like if a Formula 1 car took up dancing, you might land somewhere near "Passo Bem Slto." The global viral earworm was cooked up by Italian phonk producer ATLXS and turbocharged by Brazilian superstar Anitta.
  • Phonk, in case you're not up to speed on your niche internet subgenres, involves a heady cocktail of chopped-up hip-hop beats, retro samples, and enough bass to rattle your fillings.
  • The phrase "passo bem solto" is Portuguese for "very loosened step" or "very relaxed step." Anitta sings here about a woman arriving at a weekend party, walking in with the kind of loosened gait that says, "I'm here, and I'm fabulous."
  • "Passo Bem Solto" isn't a lyrical masterclass - phrases are repeated like a TikTok mantra - but that's entirely the point. The track was designed for motion and it exploded across TikTok and Instagram, quickly finding its home in drift phonk and aggressive phonk playlists.

Comments: 1

  • Praise from ManchesterLast night I had a dream there was a movie based on passo bem solto. And I liked it
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