Rompiendo literally translates to "breaking". But in this song, it's a popular slang term that means you're "killing it" or "smashing it."
J Balvin uses it as a hype phrase at the end of the track, asking, "¿Estamos rompiendo o no estamos rompiendo?" (Are we killing it or not?). It’s a powerful and energetic word used in modern music to say someone is at the top of their game.
J Balvin, one of Colombia's biggest stars, gives us a perfect party track with "Morado." The whole song is about a wild night out with a woman who is completely in charge. He's just trying to keep up! From the start, he notices she's on another level. While he's just getting started, she's already running the show: "Yo pedí un trago y ella la botella" (I ordered a drink and she ordered the bottle). She's not looking for just anyone, she wants guys who are "calle, pero elegantes" (street, but elegant).
As the night goes on, she takes total control. He playfully blames her for everything, saying "Cualquier problema, es culpa de ella" (Any problem, it's her fault). She pulls him back to her place, and the next thing he knows, he can't remember what happened. He admits he's an expert at playing dumb about it: "para hacerme el loco sí que soy experto" (and I'm an expert at playing crazy). He's completely captivated by her energy, describing the feeling as "soñando despierto volando sin aeropuerto" (daydreaming, flying without an airport).
J Balvin grew up in Medellín playing guitar in a teenage rock band with Nirvana and Metallica on repeat, and spent part of his teens in Oklahoma and New York picking up English. Born José Álvaro Osorio Balvín in 1985, he had been releasing music in Colombia for about a decade before anyone outside it paid attention.
"6 AM" with Farruko changed that in 2014, and "Ay Vamos" and "Ginza" followed: "Ginza" held number one on Billboard's Hot Latin Songs chart for 22 weeks, a record at the time. He kept singing in Spanish anyway, and "Mi Gente" reached number three on the Hot 100 once Beyoncé joined the remix, before "I Like It" with Cardi B and Bad Bunny went to number one in 2018. His albums run La Familia, Energía, Vibras, Colores (every track named after a color, and a Latin Grammy for best urban album), José and Rayo, plus Oasis, a joint record with Bad Bunny. In August 2019 he became the first Latino artist to headline Lollapalooza in Chicago.