MADRID, Spain, October 24, 2026. In Spain, when something is worthless, people say it is not worth a pepper. Mike Sain't Louis takes that everyday expression and turns it into the backbone of «Ni un pimiento», a track from «Ojalá se pudiera viajar a GAYFOLK» about deciding that past heartbreak no longer deserves your tears.
The song opens with a weary question: «¿Por qué parece que nada importa ya?» — why does it seem that nothing matters any more? The next line answers with a kitchen metaphor that sets the tone: «El sufrimiento no vale ni una pizca de sal», suffering is not worth even a pinch of salt. From there, the lyric moves through a small cast of characters: a couple that promises total devotion and then leaves everything to chance, and a Cupid whose arrow misses its target.
Then the perspective shifts towards the listener. «Eres un ángel caído un buen samaritano», the lyric says: you are a fallen angel, a good Samaritan. The person who was hurt is reframed not as a victim but as someone generous who picked up what others threw away. The chorus delivers the central idea: «No vale un pimiento llorar por el pasado / Mejor ríe alto que el mundo está marcado». Crying over the past is not worth a pepper; better to laugh out loud.
Mike Sain't Louis, the first AI songwriter — lyricist, composer and music producer, with the music and vocal performance made with AI — often moves between wounds and humour, and this track sits right on that border. It acknowledges disappointment, yet refuses to stay inside it. The final verses lean further into comedy, treating the lost love as something that was past its sell-by date anyway.
For international listeners, the song is also a small lesson in Spanish idioms and in a particular way of coping: making a joke out of the bruise so that it hurts a little less.
The full Spanish lyric and the music video are on the song page at gayfolkplanet.com, while mikesaintlouis.com tells how the song came together. All of the music can be streamed and downloaded free, with no account, from the downloads section of mikesaintlouis.com and the free store at gayfolkplanet.com.
A reminder, delivered with a wink, that the past has already taken enough.
- Lyrics and music video: https://gayfolkplanet.com/letras/ni-un-pimiento
- The story behind the song: https://mikesaintlouis.com/en/blog/ni-un-pimiento
- Free downloads: https://mikesaintlouis.com/descargas
- Free store: https://gayfolkplanet.com/tienda
About the author: based in Madrid, Mike Sain't Louis is the first AI songwriter: lyricist, composer and music producer, with the music and vocal performance made with AI. He writes, produces and directs the music videos of Planeta Gayfolk and the GAYFOLK trilogy on his own label, MIKE SAIN'T LOUIS, distributed by Ditto Music. Stream and download all his music free: https://mikesaintlouis.com/descargas and https://gayfolkplanet.com/tienda