¡aquí yo mando!

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"**¡aquí yo mando!**" is a song by Kali Uchis featuring Rico Nasty from her sophomore studio album *Sin Miedo (del Amor y Otros Demonios) ∞*. It was released as the album's lead single on August 7, 2020, with a music video.

## Background

A snippet of the song was first previewed in an episode of the HBO series *Insecure* in May 2020. Uchis originally announced on the single on August 2, writing that it would feature Argentine rapper and singer Cazzu as well as Rico Nasty. However, she later scrapped the former's appearance and re-announced the single's release on August 6, this time with just Rico Nasty. In August 2020, Kali Uchis and Rico Nasty were interviewed by Genius for the publications "Verified" series, where the duo both explained the meaning behind the song's lyrics.

## Critical reception

Tom Breihan of *Stereogum* described "Aquí Yo Mando" as "a slick, shiny pop song with production from urbano masterminds Tainy, Albert Hype, and Jon Leone" and wrote, "Where Kali Uchis often floats over tracks, she comes off intense on this one. Rico is in her sing-rap mode, switching back and forth between Spanish and English." Elias Leight of *Rolling Stone* wrote that through the song, Uchis "embraces the brute-force 808s and chattering hi-hats of trap", and noted that her namedrop of Romeo Santos is "an obvious standout". Francesca Hodges of The Daily Californian described the song as "a bold, assertive demonstration of domination" and noted that "empowering sentiments permeate the track, challenging ideas of what it means to exude strong female energy."

## Lyrics

**[Pre-Chorus: Kali Uchis]**

I'm your little mamacita (-cita)

Haces todo lo que diga, yeah

Si estás conmigo solo mando yo, yeah

Aquí no es cómo y cuando pidas

**[Chorus: Kali Uchis]**

Mando, aquí yo mando

Si quieres conmigo vete acostumbrando (Yeah-yeah, eh)

Tantos me están buscando

Y si no te gusta, ya otro está llamando

**[Verse 1: Kali Uchis]**

Yo tomo las decisiones, yo escojo las posiciones

Puedes tener los cojones, pero yo los pantalones

No, no, she can't do it like me

Throw it down, wishin' you could see the look upon your face (No, no, no)

**[Pre-Chorus: Kali Uchis]**

Eh, I'm your little mamacita (Mamacita)

Haces todo lo que diga, yeah

Si estás conmigo solo mando yo, yeah

Aquí no es cómo y cuando pidas

**[Chorus: Kali Uchis]**

Mando, aquí yo mando (Soy-Soy)

Sé que soy tu obsesión como Romeo Santos (Romeo Santos)

Tantos me están buscando (No, no)

Y si no te gusta, ya otro—

**[Verse 2: Rico Nasty]**

I ain't 'bout to play about me

Do what I want, don't need a thing

Boss bitch, you know where I be

Classy, but still your freak, bae

They can't do it like me (So nasty)

No, they can't do it like me, bae

You know I ride that D, same way I did this beat, bae

I handle business, I'm bossy, yo quiero diamonds, I'm flossy

They wanna know what it cost me, de esas perras me cansé

Pensabas que yo era fácil, soy una perra de clase (Yeah-yeah)

No, I don't care if they watchin', soy más cara que Versace (Woh)

[Bridge: Kali Uchis]
Prendo ese fuego a donde yo llego

Y quieren llegarme, pero yo lo freno

Luego, luego, ya vemos luego, yeh

Said if you're lucky then I'll see you later

**[Pre-Chorus: Kali Uchis]**

La-la-la-la

Mmm, mamacita (La-la-la-la)

Haces todo lo que diga, yeah

Si estás conmigo solo mando yo, yeah

Aquí no es cómo y cuando pidas

**[Chorus: Kali Uchis]**

Mando, aquí yo mando (Soy-Soy)

Sé que soy tu obsesión como Romeo Santos (Romeo Santos)

Tantos me están buscando (No, no)

Y si no te gusta, ya otro está llamando (¿Qué, qué?, eh)

## Music video

A video for the song was first teased alongside the single's re-announcement on August 6, 2020, indicating its imminent release for the following day. The music video, directed by Phillipa Price, was premiered on August 10, 2020.

Summing up the plot of the video, Sajae Elder of *The Fader* wrote, "the pair [are] on a weapons-filled rampage, dropping bodies in underground parking lots and filming each other along the way" The duo's hairstyles in the video were designed and created by Iggy Rosales and Preston Wada. Praising the music video, Francesca Hodges of *The Daily Californian* wrote, "A partnership of shoulder-padded suits and avant-garde-sculpted hair peppers the video, Uchis and Nasty creating a luxe landscape of vanity and power with the words and visuals," and noted that when the two "bring out their stiletto heels and brass knuckles for a music video, you already know the song means business." Alex Peters of *Dazed* also summarized the events in the music video, writing that "Uchis and Nasty cast as a pair of crime-fighting assassins taking on corrupt FBI agents while sporting the most incredible out-of-this-world hair. Think Bonnie and Clyde if they were cyborgs who grew up in Whoville."

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