The 'Despacito' heavy metal cover you didn’t know you needed

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The 'Despacito' heavy metal cover you didn’t know you needed
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Prepare your ears for the heavy metal-reggaeton-pop fusion you never thought would exist.

"Despacito" is the hottest song of the summer, and now it's got its own heavy metal cover you can bang your head to.

Musician Leo Moracchioli of Leap Frog Studios in Norway put the catchy song together as a one-man band. In the video's description, he wrote that he played every instrument and recorded, mixed, mastered, shot, and edited the music and video.

It kind of seems a little contradictory to sing a song titled "Slowly" to raging rock music... but, hey, it's still pretty cool.

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Mia Johnson

Mia Johnson was a web culture intern for Mashable. She's a Chicago native and Missouri School of Journalism graduate. She has a background in online, TV, and magazine journalism.


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