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\n\tThe soft guitar strums that open \u201cLa Perla\u201d offer a contrast to the unapologetic lyrics that open the Lux<\/a><\/em> standout. \u201cHello, peace stealer,\u201d Rosal\u00eda sings, almost coyly, pointing to her target from the first line.<\/p>\n \n\tThe string orchestra builds as Rosal\u00eda sings to a former lover \u2014 \u201ca playboy,\u201d \u201ca narcissist,\u201d \u201can enchanter\u201d \u2014 who \u201cspends money he has and doesn\u2019t have,\u201d and takes first place on the \u201cpodium of disillusion,\u201d who\u2019s earned a \u201cmonument to dishonesty.\u201d<\/p>\n \n\t\u201cThe local disappointment, a national heartbreaker \/ An emotional terrorist, the biggest disaster in the world,\u201d she sings. \u201cHe\u2019s a pearl, no one trusts him \/ He\u2019s a pearl, one to be very careful with.\u201d<\/p>\n \n\tBut who is the song about?<\/p>\n \n\tThere seem to be two real possibilities for who \u201cLa Perla\u201d might be about \u2014 but most fans think it\u2019s Rauw Alejandro, the Puerto Rican heartthrob and reggaeton star, whom Rosal\u00eda dated from 2021 through 2023. Together, they released a collaborative project titled RR<\/em> <\/a>inspired by their love, and Rosal\u00eda even got a tattoo of his first name under her left breast. (She references the tattoo on \u201cFocu \u2018Ranni,\u201d another Lux<\/em> track, singing, \u201cI have your name on my ribs, but your initials were never on my heart.\u201d)\u00a0<\/p>\n \n\tThe breakup was chronicled all over the media and tabloids, and full of public displays and musical antics. Shortly after the breakup, Alejandro released a song titled \u201cHayami Hana\u201d<\/a> on which he insisted that infidelity was never the reason for their split, and poured out compliments for Rosal\u00eda. And then there was the 2023 Latin Grammys a few months later, where he took the stage \u2014 in Rosal\u00eda\u2019s home country of Spain, no less \u2014 to perform a cover of Laura Pausini\u2019s heartbreak song \u201cSe Fue,\u201d<\/a> which compares the end of a relationship to a powerful storm that ruined him. \u201cHer fairytale smile is gone \/ The sweet honey I tasted on her lips is gone,\u201d he sang.<\/p>\n