“Chilaquiles y alambre” is part of the EP Chilaquiles con recuerdos—the beginning of a journey. It speaks to the feeling of a love once close that has faded. The song is about a memory that, though ephemeral, is also constant and sharp; simple things like the rumble of the metro or a plate of green chilaquiles are enough to set synapses firing in our brains.

I wanted to capture the bittersweet sensation of missing someone—so intensely that you see their ghost in every ordinary corner, like in the passing trains. I kept recalling those simple yet powerful moments: meeting their family, trading jokes over chilaquiles and long conversations. The way those memories turned into soft stabs when I faced the current distance is essential to the song.

But amid all that feeling, a part of me clung to the idea that such affection couldn’t just vanish. That’s why the line “te espero con el cora abierto” (“I’m waiting with my heart wide open”) and that final “plissss vuelve ya” (“please come back now”) are truly a whisper from the heart—a whisper from a heart still beating hard for that person.

It was like trying to trap in words the thought: “they’re gone… but maybe…”