Tirohia te wāhanga i raro nei, kātahi ka whakautu i te pātai i muri mai i te reo kotahi me te wāhanga:  Passage: I muri i nga tau e rua kaore i tukuna he puoro hou, i hiahia a Luis Fonsi ki te hanga "he waiata ngahau e whai ana i taua Latin me te puoro e tino pai ana ahau ki te waiata me te mea ka kanikani noa te iwi". I whanau nga kupu i te mutunga o te tau 2015 i te whare o Fonsi i muri i tana hiahia ki te tuhi i tetahi "waiata hurihuri" mo tana pukaemi hou. Ko te kaiwaiata me te kaituhi waiata o Brazil-Panamanian a Erika Ender, he toa Latin Grammy, i haere ki te whare o Luis Fonsi i Miami, nana nei i kii ki a ia kua ara ia e whakaaro ana ki te "tuhi i tetahi waiata e kiia ana ko 'Despacito'". I waiata a Fonsi i nga raina "Vamos a hacerlo en una playa en Puerto Rico", ka whakahoki a Ender "Hasta que las olas griten 'Ay Bendito'" ana ka tiimata te hanga waiata. I nekehia te rārangi o Puerto Rico ki te mutunga o te waiata kia kore ai e tangi "he rohe" a ka timata ratou ki te tuhi korero. I tuhia e Fonsi te waiata i runga i te kita Gibson Emmylou Harris. I hangaia e Fonsi te "Despacito" hei waiata cumbia me te waiata pop me nga kupu i tuhia hei waiata, engari i tiimata ki te whakaaro ki te hoatu i tetahi "urunga taone" me te whakapiri atu ki te kaitoi reggaeton a Daddy Yankee na WhatsApp, i whakaae ki te mahi tahi i te waiata i muri i te whakatangi a Fonsi i te whakaaturanga. I mua i te mahi tahi i runga i "Despacito", Fonsi me Daddy Yankee i mahi tahi i runga i "Una Oportunidad", i tukuna mamati i te 2010. I whakahoutia e Daddy Yankee tana irava i a ia e whakaaro ana mo tana papa e purei ana i nga bongos i tona whare, e kii ana ko "nga whakaeke patu", ana ka tuhia e ia te roopu whai muri, te haki ranei. I tuhia e raatau te waiata i Noisematch Studios i Miami, United States i te tau 2016. I hangaia e Mauricio Rengifo me Andrés Torres; ko te mea tuatahi e mohiotia ana ko te mema o te tokorua pop Colombian Cali & El Dandee me te mea whakamutunga e mohiotia ana mo te mahi i mua me David Bisbal, Thalía, me Ricky Martin, i roto i nga momo mahi Latin. I whakaranuhia e te kaipūkaha Amerika a Jaycen Joshua i Larrabee Sound Studios i North Hollywood, Los Angeles, United States. I te timatanga, i arotahi a Luis Fonsi ki etahi atu waiata o tana pukaemi i muri i te hanga i te whakaaturanga o "Despacito". I kii a Andrés Torres ko te ara "i mau...  Pātai: I waihangahia e Luis Fonsi he waiata momo Latin i runga i te hiahia?
ki te tuhi i tētahi "waiata hurihuri"