Elvis Crespo (born July 30, 1971 in New York City, U.S.A.) is a Grammy Awar… Read Full Bio ↴Elvis Crespo (born July 30, 1971 in New York City, U.S.A.) is a Grammy Award and Latin Grammy Winner Puerto Rican-American Merengue singer. He was named "Elvis" after American singer Elvis Presley. When he was young, he and his mother moved to Caguas, Puerto Rico, where Crespo spent his childhood and adolescent years.

Crespo first gained fame in the mid-90s when he joined Grupo Mania, in Puerto Rico. Eventually he decided to try to go solo in 1998. His debut album, Suavemente was a hit, both in Latin America and in the US. The single "Suavemente" was a huge hit and eventually helped him earn the Best Male Tropical/Salsa Album of the Year from Billboard magazine.

His album went platinum in the Venezuelan and Central American markets and gold in Chile. Released in 1998, Crespo's debut also earned a gold album for sales of over 500,000 copies in the first year after its release in the United States. "Suavemente" set a record for holding the top position on Billboard's Hot Latin Tracks chart for six weeks, longer than any other merengue single. Part of the song's success was its unexpected crossover appeal to English-speaking listeners, particularly in Miami and New York.

His album was mostly merengue influenced, but his follow-up albums would venture from these roots eventually.

Wow Flash! is Elvis Crespo's third solo recording for Sony Music.

Elvis Crespo's latest album, Regresó el Jefe, went on sale on 5 June 2007, with its first single being "La Foto Se Me Borró." He dedicated this album to his niece, Wilmarie Agosto Crespo, who died in a car accident on March 28, 2007.

Como Fingir
Elvis Crespo Lyrics

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¿Cómo fingir que te olvide?
Si por mas que intento sigues en mi mente
¿Cómo he de sanar la herida que quedó en mi corazón?
Solo de pensar que te perdí, duele.

Ya sucedió. ¿Dónde fallé?
Si mi motivo en esta vida era quererte
Cuando duermo en las noches me imagino junto a ti

Pero cuando me despierto, veo que no estás ahí

Dime dónde yo me equivoqué
Dime en qué momento te dejé de amar
Sólo quiero qué escuches mis palabras
Que llegan desde el fondo de mi alma
Y aún sigo refugiado a tu almohada
Que lleva el aroma de tu piel
Y en ella llevo tantos dulces sueños, como lo fue ayer.

Dime donde yo…

Overall Meaning

The lyrics to Elvis Crespo's song "Como Fingir" are a beautiful representation of the difficulty of moving on from a past love. The artist asks how he can pretend to forget someone when they continue to occupy his thoughts and heart. He is struggling to heal the wound that was left in his heart from losing this person, and the pain of that loss is palpable in the lyrics. The artist questions where he went wrong, as his reason for being in this world was to love this person. Even in his dreams, he imagines being with this person, but upon awakening realizes they are not there. He wants to know where he went wrong and when he stopped loving them, as he tries to convey his feelings to this person. He is still seeking comfort in the memories of them, and the scent of their skin on his pillow. The artist is still deeply in love with this person, and the lyrics convey the intensity of those emotions.

Overall, the song is a beautiful and emotional representation of the struggle to move on from a past love, and the pain that can come with that. It highlights the difficulty of trying to forget someone who has left such a lasting impression on your heart and mind.

Line by Line Meaning

¿Cómo fingir que te olvide?
How can I pretend to forget you?

Si por mas que intento sigues en mi mente
Even though I try, you remain in my mind

¿Cómo he de sanar la herida que quedó en mi corazón?
How can I heal the wound that was left in my heart?

Solo de pensar que te perdí, duele.
Just thinking about losing you hurts.

Ya sucedió. ¿Dónde fallé?
It already happened. Where did I go wrong?

Si mi motivo en esta vida era quererte
If my reason for living was to love you

Cuando duermo en las noches me imagino junto a ti
When I sleep at night, I imagine being with you

Pero cuando me despierto, veo que no estás ahí
But when I wake up, I realize you're not there

Dime dónde yo me equivoqué
Tell me where I went wrong

Dime en qué momento te dejé de amar
Tell me when I stopped loving you

Sólo quiero qué escuches mis palabras
I just want you to hear my words