Camilo’s “Medialuna” is a sweet confession of nervous, child-like love. The singer is about to meet someone special again, and his heart is racing: he rehearses jokes in the mirror, buys candy, and fixes his hair just the way they like it. In Spanish, media luna means half-moon, a soft light in the night sky. In the song that half-moon is the person who gently brightens everything around him. Even though life was not completely dark, empty, or damaged, her presence still makes it brighter, fuller, and healed.
Love turns the narrator into a kid again. The moment she looks at him, his defenses fall, and when she kisses him, he feels reborn. The lyrics celebrate the magical power of affection to make us feel innocent, fragile, and wonderfully alive, as if we are seeing the world for the very first time.