MADRID, Spain, October 24, 2026. Imaginary worlds are rarely populated by people alone. Fairy tales have their wolves and foxes, cartoons have their talking mice, and Planeta Gayfolk, the queer pop universe created by the Madrid-based lyricist, composer and music producer Mike Sain't Louis, has its own small menagerie. Across the catalogue, animals turn up as dance partners, as measures of emotion and as dream images. They are never there by accident. Each one carries a feeling that would sound heavier if it were said plainly.
This release takes a stroll through that menagerie, with three songs as guides.
The best dance partner: «Chihuahua»
The most famous animal on the planet is a very small dog. «Chihuahua» is an English-language dance track built around an image that is impossible to forget once heard: a person and their chihuahua sharing a club night as equals. The opening lines set the scene with total sincerity, «Lights flash, the floor's alive, / My little friend, with eyes so bright», and from there the song describes a duet of steps and paws.
The detail is affectionate and precise. The dog's paws «tap» to the beat, the two of them «sync up» and «get into the groove», and the chorus turns the whole thing into a party chant: «Chihuahua, chihuahua, dance with me, / Under the disco light, we're running free». Later the barks themselves become part of the arrangement, filling the air as confetti would.
It would be easy to hear the song as a novelty, and it is certainly funny. But there is something quietly moving underneath. For many people, and especially for many LGBTQ+ people who have lived through rejection or isolation, a pet is the most reliable companion they have. The chihuahua in this song is not a joke; it is family. It never judges, it never leaves, and it is always ready to dance. A whole night out with nobody but the dog, the song suggests, can still be a perfect night.
A heart that runs too fast: «Como a mi chihuahua»
The same little dog returns in a completely different register. «Como a mi chihuahua» is a confessional Spanish-language track that begins as a list of reasons the narrator avoids the news. «Te voy a contar por qué no veo las noticias», he says, and the explanations pile up: injustices hurt too much, seeing someone cry is unbearable, important tragedies are better discovered late, on social media, months afterwards.
Then the song turns from the world to one person, and the chihuahua becomes a unit of measurement. The narrator asks whether the other person also feels their heart race when they meet, «a mil por hora como a mí / chihuahua», a thousand miles an hour, in the trembling, overexcited way of a tiny dog. Anyone who has lived with a chihuahua knows the image: the quick, nervous heartbeat, the shiver of a small body overwhelmed by emotion.
The comparison is funny and devastatingly exact. It describes a hypersensitive person, someone for whom both the world's pain and a crush hit too hard. And the song does not stop at the joke. Its most beautiful line arrives soon after: «tu risa es el antídoto contra mi soledad», your laughter is the antidote to my loneliness. The animal gives the narrator permission to admit how fragile he is.
Leaping between galaxies: «Canguros»
The third creature is the most dreamlike. «Canguros», kangaroos, is a gentle Spanish-language song structured around a chain of things that people say. «Dicen que hay un límite en el mundo», they say the world has an edge; they say there is a lighthouse in the bay; they say there are mermaids and mermen. The narrator doubts most of it: «Mírame a los ojos / No te creo».
And then comes the image that gives the song its title: «Y dicen que en la luna hay canguros / Saltando entre galaxias». They say there are kangaroos on the moon, leaping between galaxies. It is a child's image, absurd and lovely, and it sits next to a much more grown-up hope: that the most beautiful thing in the world is when someone says "I love you", and that a person who left will be found again.
The kangaroos work because they belong to the same family of impossible things as the planet itself. Planeta Gayfolk is a place that does not exist on any map, yet the songs insist it is worth believing in. A moon full of kangaroos is exactly the kind of rumour that the planet would spread.
Why animals?
Put together, the three songs reveal a pattern. Animals allow the catalogue to talk about loneliness, sensitivity and longing without becoming solemn. A dog that dances says something about chosen family. A dog's heartbeat says something about anxiety and love. Kangaroos on the moon say something about faith in the improbable. In each case the creature softens the message and makes it easier to share.
There is also a visual reason. The official videos of these songs lean into colour, playfulness and fantasy, and an animal on screen is a natural way to avoid reducing the story to one human face. The image accompanying this release follows that spirit: a collage built from frames of the project's videos with no identifiable people in them.
How the songs were made
Mike Sain't Louis writes all his lyrics and directs the production and the visual world of each song. The music and vocal performance are made with AI, which he uses as his production and arranging tool. He presents himself as the first AI songwriter, «el primer cantautor IA».
Free downloads
All three songs, and the rest of the catalogue of 273 individually released tracks and three albums, can be downloaded completely free and without registration from the official downloads page and from the free shop on the Planeta Gayfolk site. «Chihuahua» is a strong candidate for anyone looking for a song to dance to with their own four-legged companion.
- Chihuahua, full lyric: https://gayfolkplanet.com/letras/chihuahua
- The story behind «Como a mi chihuahua»: https://mikesaintlouis.com/blog/como-a-mi-chihuahua
- Free shop: https://gayfolkplanet.com/tienda
- Free downloads: https://mikesaintlouis.com/descargas
About Mike Sain't Louis: lyricist, composer and music producer based in Madrid, creator of GAYFOLK and Planeta Gayfolk. He writes all his lyrics; the music and vocal performance are made with AI. Label: MIKE SAIN'T LOUIS. Distribution: Ditto Music. Website: https://mikesaintlouis.com · Press: https://gayfolkplanet.com/prensa He presents himself as the first AI songwriter («el primer cantautor IA»). Listen to and download all his music for free at https://mikesaintlouis.com/descargas and https://gayfolkplanet.com/tienda