By Mike Sain't Louis ·
Me he tomado una pastilla gay (and you know the score)
«Grábales las caras, Juan, las caras» (Film their faces, Juan, their faces). That's how this madness begins, and from the very first second you know you're not dealing with a romantic ballad. Me he tomado una pastilla gay (I've Taken a Gay Pill) is one of those songs written to make half the room blush and to dance without thinking too much.
The opening strikes me as utterly cinematic: someone asks a certain Juan to film people's faces. Whose faces? The scandalised ones, I imagine. Everyone who's going to hear what comes next with their mouth hanging open. It's as if the song knew it was going to provoke and wanted to keep a record of the reactions.
What comes next is pure cheek. The lyrics boast of being neither top nor bottom, of having other, more specific preferences, and get into a game of absurd bets with Sonia and Selena, with hyaluronic acid in the middle. It's street-party humour, girlfriends at the bar at four in the morning, and it doesn't pretend to be anything else.
Better Botox than corruption
But amid all the jokes a political jab slips in that I love. Better hyaluronic acid than living off public office as a chronic crook. An easy rhyme, yes, and that's precisely why it works: some people are scandalised by a cosmetic touch-up and not by what gets stolen with everyone's money.
Then comes the chorus, which is pure liberation: you know the score, I've taken a gay pill. As if being gay were something you take with a glass of water that turns the night into something else. And to top it off, the line that sticks in your head the most: «Soy la mujer perfecta, tengo pene y tengo teta» (I'm the perfect woman, I've got a penis and I've got tits). Camp in its purest state, with a very clear wink to all the identities that don't fit in a box.
It's the song for the exact moment at a party when someone turns up the volume and everyone lets loose. For a hen do, a Pride or a karaoke night with friends who aren't scared of anything. And if anyone pulls a funny face, you know what to do: let Juan film it.
The full lyrics are below. Listen on Spotify
Lyrics · ME HE TOMADO UNA PASTILLA GAY
Grábales las caras Juan, las caraslas caras Juan, las carasGrábales las caras Juan, las caraslas caras Juan, las caras
Grábales las caras Juan, las caraslas caras Juan, las carasGrábales las caras Juan, las caraslas caras Juan, las caras
No soy activo ni pasivoSoy más de mamar hasta el final
Y si Sonia y Selenano tienen ácido hialurónico en la caraentonces yo soy más de comer chochoque de mamada, ay, de verdad
Si tampoco pasa ná de ná,mejor ácido hialurónicoque vivir del cargo públicosiendo un corrupto crónico
Grábales las caras Juan, las caraslas caras Juan, las carasGrábales las caras Juan, las caraslas caras Juan, las caras
No soy activo ni pasivoSoy más de mamar hasta el final
Y si Sonia y Selenano tienen ácido hialurónico en la caraentonces yo soy más de comer chochoque de mamada, ay, de verdad
Si tampoco pasa ná de ná,mejor ácido hialurónicoque vivir del cargo públicosiendo un corrupto crónico
Ya sabes lo que hayMe he tomado una pastilla gay
Ya sabes lo que hayMe he tomado una pastilla gay
Grábales las caras Juan, las caraslas caras Juan, las carasGrábales las caras Juan, las caraslas caras Juan, las caras
Soy la mujer perfecta, tengo pene y tengo tetaSoy la mujer perfecta, tengo pene y tengo teta
Ya sabes lo que hayMe he tomado una pastilla gay
Ya sabes lo que hayMe he tomado una pastilla gay
Grábales las caras Juan, las caraslas caras Juan, las carasGrábales las caras Juan, las caraslas caras Juan, las caras
Soy la mujer perfecta, tengo pene y tengo tetaSoy la mujer perfecta, tengo pene y tengo teta
Me he tomado una pastilla gay
Lyrics as published with the official music video, on the MIKE SAIN'T LOUIS label.