Summary:
Luis Fonsi's record-breaking video for "Despacito" deleted from YouTube.
Luis Fonsi's record-breaking video for "Despacito" seems to have been deleted from YouTube in a probable hack. but now the video is back and fans can view it again!
Recently it was announced that the video ft. Daddy Yankee had reached the extraordinary milestone of becoming the first video in the history of YouTube to reach 5bn views, and now it disappeared.
A picture on the video shows several masked figures aiming guns at the camera, which is not a scene from the infamous "Despacito" video. When fans attempt to press play, it says the video is unavailable.
More than a dozen other artists, including Shakira, Selena Gomez, Taylor Swift and Drake have also been affected. The original clips had been posted by Vevo.
The hackers, calling themselves Prosox and Kuroi'sh, wrote "Free Palestine" beneath the videos. Several clips remain live at the time of writing.
The Spanish-language hit "Despacito" hit the screen in January 2017 and went on to break several records in music streaming, including one for the single with the most weeks at No.1 in the US, with 16 consecutive weeks.
It also became the most-streamed song in the world after reaching 4.6bn plays. The title of the song means "slowly", and its sexualised lyrics refer to trespassing danger zones. A remix of the song featuring Justin Bieber also proved hugely popular.
The BBC reports that a Twitter account appearing to belong to one of the hackers posted: "It's just for fun, I just use [the script] 'youtube-change-title-video' and I write 'hacked'.
"Don't judge me I love YouTube," it added.
Now that the video is back, you can watch it right here!