Santa
by Ayra Starr (featuring Rauw Alejandro)

Album: The Year I Turned 21 (2024)
Charted: 105
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Songfacts®:

  • "Santa" is a bilingual collaboration between Ayra Starr, Jamaican producer Rvssian and Puerto Rican singer-songwriter Rauw Alejandro. The seductive collaboration combines notes of Afrobeats and reggaeton, with Rauw and Ayra trading verses about steamy trysts and undeniable sexual attraction.
  • The title might have you picturing chimneys and sugarplums, but hold your jingle bells. "Santa" in this case isn't the Saint Nick beloved by children. It's a sly metaphor for a love interest so desirable they pray to them - "Santa" is a Spanish word that translates into English as "Saint."
  • Starr and Alejandro teamed up with a posse of songwriters to compose the track: Kenobi Sensei, Kosa, Kilian Johnston, Nathalia Marshall, Morrelo, and Milar.

    Rvssian wasn't alone in the production booth either. Lucas Dilay, Dinay Beats, and Richard McClashie all lent their talents to the mix.
  • "Santa" was released as a single on April 4, 2024. It quickly exploded on TikTok thanks to a viral dance trend created by user @cornbreadjapan that had hundreds of thousands of viewers busting a move. We're talking everyone from K-Pop royalty like ITZY to Rauw Alejandro and Ayra Starr themselves joining in the fun.

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