The piña colada reference comes from Escape (The Piña Colada Song), written and performed by Rupert Holmes and released in 1979. The track became a major hit and its chorus turned the cocktail name into a lasting pop culture shorthand for a carefree escape. Decades later the hook keeps resurfacing in films, adverts, playlists and social edits, where a few seconds are enough to signal summer, romance and running away from routine without setting up the full song or its story.