[1] The song samples the melody of Swedish producer StoneBridge's remix version of the house single "Show Me Love" (1992) by Robin S., for which lyricists Allen George and the late Fred McFarlane received songwriting credits.
[1][2][3] "Pasatiempo" was selected as the "song of the day" on March 30, 2022 by Spanish music website Jenesaispop, whose editor Jordi Bardají referred to as "irresistible from the first listen" and "a fun fusion of classic reggaeton and nineties sounds that deserves to become a hit".
[3] Rolling Stone's Gary Suárez commended it as a "thumping collab" and described it as Legendaddy's "only truly overt application" of Daddy Yankee's "late-period penchant for borrowing from other artists' universally recognizable hits to build his own," where Play-N-Skillz "cheekily replay the melody" of "Show Me Love".
[7] Following the release of Daddy Yankee's seventh and final record, Legendaddy, "Pasatiempo" was one of the 12 tracks of the album that simultaneously entered the US Billboard Hot Latin Songs chart on the week ending April 9, 2022, debuting and peaking at number 28.
[15][16][17] It was directed by José Emilio Sagaró of Miami-based company Film Heads,[18] who had previously worked with Daddy Yankee on the music video for the remix version of "Tata" (2021) and with Myke Towers on "Las Leyendas Nunca Mueren" and "Jóvenes Millonarios" (both 2021),[19] and was shot in Puerto Rico.