 As said by Arjona himself, "So many good things about love has been shown, that somebody had to turn it around and tell the bad ones".The development of "El Amor" was motivated by Arjona's idea of showing "those big dark events within love that nobody talk about", saying that "love's dark sides are really fundamental to understand its great value".In an interview in February 2012, the singer stated that "El Amor" was the "most tawdry" song he has released throughout his career.