1) Frankie Reyes is the alias of Gabriel Reyes-Whittaker who also records … Read Full Bio ↴1) Frankie Reyes is the alias of Gabriel Reyes-Whittaker who also records as GB (Gifted & Blessed). Boleros Valses y Mas, his Stones Throw debut, is an album comprised of popular Latin standards, reworked by Reyes with an Oberheim synthesizer. His second album Originalitos is his own compositions performed in the same style. “I thought about how I might capture the essence of this theme using my instrument of choice, the synthesizer. What came to mind was to cover some of the classic Latin American compositions that I grew up hearing around me and have grown to love as I've gotten older, most of them in the bolero style but a few in the waltz, son, and even mariachi style.” By using audio-to-MIDI and sheet music-to-MIDI processing Gabriel has re-contextualized these popular tracks easily overheard while visiting any of Los Angeles' predominantly Latino neighborhoods with a single Oberheim synth. By removing the lyrics, the emphasis remains on the melodic, harmonic and rhythmic aspects of these classics, many still sung by Latin American artists today.

2) Frank Reyes is a bachata singer from the Dominican Republic. He is known as the Prince of Bachata. His work has been recognized by winning a Cassandra Award.

Presumida
Frank Reyes Lyrics

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Yé!,

Hoy te canto esta cancion
Tal vez te la mereces
Y hecho al suelo mi pudor
Para splicarte mejor
Algo que tu no entiendes
Que te has creido de mi?

Tambien yo soy importante
Y otra podra continuar
Lo que aquella vez
A medias dejaste

Hoy nada quiero de ti
Y fuiste tu la culpable
Tu quieres ser superior
Pero es que ante Dios
Todos somos iguales

Confiezo que de ti ya me cance
Y hoy te dejo libre
Estoy curando mi herida
Eres presumida

Ya ves, que en el album de mi vida
Tu no eres la unica
Y un amor, con otro se olvida
No te recordare nunca-a

Me gusta esso

Que te has creido de mi
Tambien yo soy importante
Y otra podra continuar
Lo que aquella vez
A medias dejaste

Hoy nada quiero de ti
Y fuiste tu la culpable
Tu quieres ser superior
Pero es que ante Dios
Todos somos iguales
Confiezo que de ti ya me cance
Y hoy te dejo libre-
Estoy curando mi herida
Eres presumida

Ya ves, que en el album de mi vida
Tu no eres la unica

Y un amor, con otro se olvida
No te recordare nunca-a

Overall Meaning

The lyrics of Frank Reyes's song Presumida are a declaration of independence from a former lover who has taken the singer for granted. The singer opens with the lines "Hoy te canto esta cancion/ Tal vez te la mereces" (Today I sing you this song/Maybe you deserve it), indicating that he has been inspired to speak out against the woman who has mistreated him. He then goes on to say, "Y hecho al suelo mi pudor/Para explicarte mejor/Algo que tu no entiendes" (And I've thrown my modesty to the ground/To explain something to you that you don't understand). The singer is determined to make his point and holds nothing back.

The chorus emphasizes the singer's desire to move on from the past: "Confiezo que de ti ya me cance/ Y hoy te dejo libre/ Estoy curando mi herida/ Eres presumida" (I confess that I am tired of you/ And today I set you free/ I am healing my wound/ You are conceited). The singer is fed up with being taken for granted and is ready to move forward with his life. He notes that she may have thought too highly of herself, but ultimately "un amor, con otro se olvida" (love is forgotten with someone else).

Overall, the song is a strong statement from the singer, who is taking control of his life and rejecting a relationship that no longer serves him.

Line by Line Meaning

Hoy te canto esta cancion
I am singing this song to you today

Tal vez te la mereces
Maybe you deserve it

Y hecho al suelo mi pudor
And I have put aside my shyness

Para splicarte mejor
To better explain something to you

Algo que tu no entiendes
Something that you do not understand

Que te has creido de mi?
What have you thought of me?

Tambien yo soy importante
I am also important

Y otra podra continuar
And someone else can continue

Lo que aquella vez
What was left unfinished

A medias dejaste
The last time