'Stay on your island, swim on your beaches!' Spanish rage at British expats and tourists
SPANISH musicians from Manchester have hit out at the Brexit vote in a song mocking Brits wanting to retire in Spain.
Spanish singers release song about their Brexit feelings
El Primo Juan and Ismael Balotelli have gone viral with their cover of Luis Fonsi’s Despacito, which they have re-written and called Despa-Brexit.
The catchy tune boasts the lyrics “you know how beautiful the beaches are in Spain” and “when you retire you’ll want to go to Spain, stay on your island and swim in your beaches”.
Other lyrics include “slowly we will all go, slowly bars and airports will be empty, all the smiles will already be lost” and “when you come to Majorca you will always be welcome”.
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It’s had a great response with people taking it well, including the English
El Primo Juan told Sputnik News: ”It is a criticism of Brexit from the perspective of the foreigner residing in this country.
“This is a criticism with good vibes and humour, it’s had a great response with people taking it well, including the English.
"We recorded it on a mobile phone so we could publish immediately, the video has been seen throughout the UK, Spain and Latin America, although it has been shared mostly in London, Manchester and Liverpool.”
The singer and guitarist said the idea behind the song, which has had more than 200,000 views on Facebook, was to highlight the “unity” between Spain and Britain.
He said: ”I want to reflect that we are very united and there is a lot of complicity between English and Spanish, although some do not believe it.
"I have more opportunity and better job in Manchester, I am sorry to say but here I see a better future than in Spain and for now I am staying.”
El Primo Juan, who moved to the UK four years ago with limited English and now runs his own events business, said uncertainty presented by Brexit to EU nationals was ”scary”.
He said: ”I am Spanish and, as the song says, foreigners have as much or more rights to stay because, we are working and paying taxes, we are raising their economy.”