Rosalía and Travis Scott just dropped their new collaboration, “TKN,” on Thursday (May 28th), which sees the rapper dipping his toe into the Spanish language. To promote the new single, Rosalía spoke to Zane Lowe on Apple Music about working with Travis and how the collab came to be. At one point during the interview, the songstress, originally from Barcelona, expressed how thrilled she was that Travis wanted to spit outside his native tongue on the track.

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“I really love that he wanted to sing in Spanish,” she tells Zane. “You know? Like you can hear Travis singing in Spanish. That’s historic. That’s history.”

She also spoke about the making of “TKN,” which has been in the works for quite awhile. “We started this song like almost one year ago,” Rosalía said. “It felt like we had something very strong, but it wasn’t finished. And I really work hard to figure out the production and it’s been like crazy to figure it out…The first time he came to the studio where I was working and I show him some music that I was working on…And then I show him ‘TKN.’ And I remember he fell in love with the song…He was like, ‘I love it.'”

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“I think that Travis is somebody who has a lot of energy,” she continued. “He has a lot. A lot. And also he’s extremely smart. I could tell you that being around him, he’s inspiring, he’s somebody that when he comes into the room, he has a lot of energy. He has strength and energy a lot…He’s a crazy musician.” Watch the full interview on Apple Music below.

After alerting the masses that their collaborative single would be hitting streaming services on Thursday, Rosalía and Travis Scott have shared a brief snippet of what to expect. On Monday, Rosalía shared a photo of the track’s cover art to her Instagram—a simple image that shows herself and Travis Scott leaning on one another. As the nights are warming up, we’re inching closer to summer and this quarantine being lifted, so “TKN” is shaping up to be the introduction to the new season that everyone didn’t know they needed.

Not only did fans receive a brief bit of the pop jam, but Rosalía also gave the world a sneak peek into the visual. It’s unclear if the music video will drop alongside the single or sometime later, but after getting a quick look, both the singer and Travis’s fans stormed their social media accounts in excited anticipation.

While we don’t get to hear much of what the song will sound like, listeners know for sure that Travis Scott will put his Spanish on full display. In the snippet, he gives a taste of his bilingual skills in action, so this will be an interesting collaboration, to say the least. Check out the teaser of Rosalía and Travis Scott’s single “TKN” below.

At the end of the year, Travis Scott and Spanish pop phenom Rosalia united for a remix of the rapper’s “Highest In The Room,” which currently holds a staggering twenty-six million views on YouTube. That’s not exactly strange territory for Rosalia, who is among music’s most popular artists at the moment. As for Scott, he’s not too shabby himself, prone to dropping hits and securing number one spots, as he recently did with his Kid Cudi assisted “The Scotts.” 

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Now, the two juggernauts have decided to join forces once again, with Rosalia taking to Instagram to announce the arrival of “TKN.” Promising that the track is coming, she also shared the mysterious cover at. As for the track itself, Rosalia recently previewed a snippet on her IG story, showing off her own rapped verse and some melodic vocals from Scott, opting to sing in Spanish before switching back to his traditional style.

While we have yet to receive an exact release date, it wouldn’t be surprising to see this one land on Friday — lest we forget, this is an era where songs are announced on short notice and arrive in equal measure. If you’re interested in these types of crossover bangers, check back for more news on Rosalia and Travis Scott’s upcoming “TKN,” and sound off below — do you like these two as collaborators?