PFew people in Spain will not know this song, as it has become the song of the moment in just a few months. ‘Potra Salvaje’ has gone from being an unknown song to being the main one in the National Team’s locker room in its conquest of the Euro 2024. Such has been the magnitude of its viralization that it is already number one in Spotify’s Top-50 national songs.
Isabel Aaiún and Fernando Moreno have been the two responsible for ‘Potra Salvaje’ taking over all the covers of the music industry. Its success, of course, has been totally unexpected. “I know that there are people from the industry upset with us because of the big ball,” Moreno comments in an interview with El Confidencial. The song has already been heard at the Santiago Bernabéu, in a Carlos Alcaraz match, in the National Team’s locker room, in Espanyol’s promotion, etc.
The feminist meaning of ‘Wild Filly’
Who better to explain the ins and outs of the song than its creator herself. In an interview in El Español, Isabel Aaiún explained the meaning of the lyrics of her song. “The lyrics talk about me, about my stories. It is also a nod to empowerment: not because I am a woman am I more than anyone, but I am not less either.”. Additionally, he notes that the motto for this track could be “forgive, move forward, and don’t let anyone step on you.”
Lyrics of ‘Potra Salvaje’, song by Isabel Aaiún and Fernando Moreno
“With a throat full of sand
And with hate, pride and sorrow
So I can’t feel free like the hawk
Because he who sings his life full
Come and let’s sing the time left
Let’s be free like the beginning of a song
I don’t want iron or thirst for revenge
He who hates dies and he who forgives advances
I pray to heaven that I can laugh at being the way I am
like a wild filly
That in the waves does not lose its meaning
I don’t want reins or horseshoes
And at the tributes I wear a dress
I already have six tattoos
Under the suit for seven reasons
I’m a wild filly
Who goes on a journey into the unknown
Cloud hiding the full moon
Wind that tears off the sail of the ship
If I left, may I leave with my heart
I don’t want iron or thirst for revenge
He who hates dies and he who forgives advances
I just want to heal scars and be who I am.
like a wild filly
That in the waves does not lose its meaning
I don’t want reins or horseshoes
And at the tributes I wear a dress
I already have six tattoos
Under the suit for seven reasons
I’m a wild filly
Who goes on a journey into the unknown
I do not want iron, nor fire, nor am I looking for honey
There is no longer a thirst to win revenge
And if one day I had it one night towards the wind it flew
like a wild filly
That in the waves does not lose its meaning
I don’t want reins or horseshoes
And at the tributes I wear a dress
I already have six tattoos
Under the suit for seven reasons
I’m a wild filly
“Who goes on a journey into the unknown”
