Las Ketchup's Demon Song

Las Ketchup and ‘The Demon Song’

Las Ketchup is a Pop girl group from Spain. Having formed in 2001, the group is most known for ‘The Ketchup Song’, or ‘Aserejé’, which was released in 2002 and is one of the best selling singles of all time.

The song itself was part of a controversy where it was speculated to be Satanic. The idea was that the song, ‘Asereje’ made a reference to a demonic being. The chorus of the song goes like this:

“ Aserejé, ja, de je, de jebe tu de jebere sebiunouva, majabi an de bugui an de buididipi “

It is really a reference to the song ‘Rapper’s Delight’ by the Sugarhill Gang, and the premise of the song is that the man in it is singing along wrong to the Sugarhill Gang song. Though in Spanish, ‘hereje’ means heretical, and ‘ser’ means to be. Put together, the argument that the song being satanic was that the lyrics were saying that, “It’s not witchcraft that I find him sinning everyday…. A heretic being leaves (your body)”.

The group has said the lyrics are supposed to be nonsense instead of Satanic.