"Passage: After two years without releasing new music, Luis Fonsi wanted to create "a fun track that had that Latin feel with a melody that I feel very comfortable singing and that will make people just dance".歌詞喺2015年底喺Fonsi嘅屋子開始發出,因為佢表達咗佢想為佢新專輯錄製一首"swinging song". 巴西-巴拿馬歌手兼作曲家 Erika Ender,一個拉丁語格萊美獎得主,去咗Luis Fonsi嘅屋子喺邁阿密,佢話佢醒咗之後喺度諗著"寫一首叫做'Despacito'". Fonsi唱"Vamos a tocar en una playa en Puerto Rico", Ender回答"Hasta que las olas griten 'Ay Bendito'" 然後佢哋就開始打造呢首歌.歌詞喺波多黎各嘅歌曲當中集中喺洛杉磯嘅路易斯·托雷斯工作室,而我覺得好舒服咁唱,而且會令人跳舞. 路易斯·托雷斯喺2015年開始喺Fonsi嘅屋子寫歌,
錄低一首"搖滾曲"