Y se marchó comes from ¿Y cómo es él?, the 1982 ballad by Spanish singer José Luis Perales about a man questioning his former partner about her new lover. Its closing image, where the rival leaves on a boat he calls Libertad, became the most quoted part of the song across Spain and Latin America. Decades later the line was clipped for WhatsApp audios, TikTok and meme edits, where its serious romantic tone is reused ironically whenever anyone makes an exit.