Colmillo literally means “fang” or “canine tooth,” making it a vivid and memorable word connected to the song’s vampire and horror imagery. In “pela el colmillo, vampira,” it also evokes the expression pelar el colmillo, which can mean to show cleverness, cunning, or experience, adding a playful double meaning.
RØZ, from Mexico, and NSQK turn a breakup goodbye into a late-night scene that is glamorous, messy, and a little vampiric. The singer wears black and says, “estoy de luto” [I’m in mourning], treating the end of the relationship like a death. There is a tear in the drink, expensive clothes, and a plan to go out and say goodbye. Then the song gets playful and dark: “Pela el colmillo, vampira” [show your fang, vampire] and “película de terror” [horror movie] make the ex feel dangerous, or at least impossible to forget. The central line, “Si no veo tus ojos, veo borroso” [If I don’t see your eyes, I see blurry], works both as a physical image and as a sign that the singer cannot focus without this person.
The desire quickly fights with the goodbye. “Tú estás sola, yo también estoy solo” [You’re alone, I’m alone] leads to repeated requests for contact: “Mírame, bésame, tócame” [Look at me, kiss me, touch me]. At 2 a.m., the singer admits, “Ya no veo bien” [I can’t see well anymore], while the drink, the tears, and the dizzy pull of the ex all seem to mix together. Calling the attraction “religioso” [religious] and admitting “a mí me gusta pecar” [I like to sin] makes the chemistry sound almost sacred and knowingly forbidden. The fun of the song is that its goodbye keeps slipping into an invitation: the singer says it is over, then asks the other person to stay and prove exactly what they still want.