Duende literally means "goblin" or "elf", a creature from folklore. It's a fantastical and surprising word to find in a high-energy dembow track.
In the song, El Alfa uses it to describe a state of being completely carried away by the party's atmosphere. He sings "la nota me tiene hasta viendo duende'", meaning "the vibe/high has me even seeing goblins", painting a vivid and humorous picture of being totally lost in the moment.
Dominican dembow king El Alfa teams up with Puerto Rico's Farruko and producer Chael Produciendo for "Curazao," a hyperactive track built entirely around hedonism, bragging rights, and non-stop clubbing. The repetition of "Las pastillas y la weed" [The pills and the weed] sets an intense, dizzying tone from the first beat. When they chant "Curaçao," they use the name of the Caribbean island as slang for being completely zoned out and altered by the party atmosphere. El Alfa flexes his wealth with pure Dominican humor and street swagger, mocking nosy haters by rapping: "¿Por qué tú llevas tanta vida? ¿E' que tú quieres se' jet blue?" [Why are you tracking my life so much? Do you think you're JetBlue?]. He also calls out fakes as "demagogo" [a hypocrite or hater], dismissing envious people with the punchline: "Tú eres como la hookah, mucho humo y poca nota" [You're like a hookah pipe: lots of smoke and barely any buzz].
Farruko takes over to push the pace even harder, describing the high as moving through car gears before finally losing his mind: "Y a mí la nota me tiene hasta viendo duende'" [And the buzz even has me seeing goblins]. He borrows heavy Dominican slang, using "denme banda" [leave me alone / give me space] and declaring "estoy burlao'" [I'm mocking everyone / I'm winning effortlessly]. By the time El Alfa closes with "Yo me voy a desacata'" [I'm going to lose all control], the track has made its single goal very clear: an all-out, wild night where nobody is taking orders from anyone.