Luis Alfonso Rodríguez López-Cepero, more commonly known as Luis Fonsi, (bo… Read Full Bio ↴Luis Alfonso Rodríguez López-Cepero, more commonly known as Luis Fonsi, (born April 15, 1978 in San Juan, Puerto Rico) is a Latin Grammy winning Puerto Rican singer, composer and soap opera actor.

Fonsi and his family moved to Orlando, Florida, during Fonsi's early childhood. Fonsi's childhood was relatively average for kids his age, beginning to dream about becoming a member of Menudo, arguably Latin America's most famous boy band in history, around the time he was ten years old.

Because of the air distance between his home in Orlando and Menudo's base back in Puerto Rico in particular, Fonsi was not able to achieve that particular childhood dream. He did, however, participate in many local boy bands, including one, Big Guys, where he met, and befriended, future *NSYNC member Joey Fatone. On April of that year, Fonsi had a brief return to the singing stage, when former Menudo Ray Reyes invited him and Lopez to a concert which was held at San Juan's Roberto Clemente coliseum. The press widely covered what El Vocero titled as Fonsi's moment as a Menudo, when he took the stage and joined the members of El Reencuentro to sing some of their old hits.

Fonsi's popularity has transcended ages and genres in Puerto Rico: industrialist Salvador Vassallo, for example, has told El Vocero that Fonsi is among his favorite singers.

Instead of choosing to keep a pattern of trying to find stardom in the United States with a boy band, Fonsi chose to better prepare himself for a future, stable career inside show business. He went to Florida State University to study vocal techniques. Meanwhile, he began to record demo tapes in Miami. While he was at FSU, he was overheard singing by a university music department president, who offered him a contract with a large recording company.

In 1999, Fonsi recorded his first CD, Comenzare (I Will Begin). Comenzare became an instant hit in Puerto Rico and across Latin America, with Fonsi conquering such markets as Colombia, the Dominican Republic,El Salvador, Mexico and Venezuela. His 2000 follow-up, Eterno, was equally successful. By then, Fonsi's fame had reached Europe, as he became a celebrity in Spain as well.

During 2001, a re-mix of Comenzare and Eterno was launched, while Fonsi worked on his next album, 2002's Amor Secreto. At about the same time, some media outlets such as newspapers and magazines began to comment about an allegued, adulterous romance between him and an also very famous married Puerto Rican singer, who had just happened to separate from her husband recently and bought a home near Fonsi's Orlando property. The scandal did not last too long, however, and Fonsi soon released an album in English, Fight the Feeling, also released in 2002.

Fight the Feeling did not sell well among Americans. It is expected, however, that Fonsi will sometime in the future make a second attempt at a crossover: because of the fact he has lived most of his life in Orlando, he is fluent in English as well as in Spanish.

His Fourth CD sold very well which opened new markets in Europe. "Quien te Dijo eso?" reached high positions on music charts. His fifth CD "Paso a Paso" could be said to be his disc that launched him into international markets. "Nada es Para Siempre" reached Number one on the music chart beating famous, Shakira.

By 2003, Fonsi began to fall in love with actress Adamari Lopez, who, as an Univision artist and fellow Puerto Rican, constantly found herself near Fonsi. That same year, Fonsi released the song Abrazar la Vida (Holding on to Life), of the album also named Abrazar la Vida. The song, perhaps ironically and because of a particular circumstance, would later become one of Lopez's favorite songs. While Fight the Feeling was released by the MCA label, Abrazar la Vida was released by Universal's Spanish music label. Fonsi also recorded Amazing in 2003, a duet with Emma Bunton for her 2004 album Free Me.

Fonsi took off 2004, a year when rumors were reported by magazines, television news shows and newspapers that he and Lopez had committed to marry each other. During 2005, Fonsi was in the middle of an international tour that would have had him away from home for many months; the tour was abruptly cancelled when Lopez was diagnosed with cancer. Fonsi promised her to stay by her side, and has travelled with her back and forth between Mexico, Miami and Puerto Rico for various treatment and work related trips.

On June 3, 2006, Fonsi and Adamari Lopez were married in a religious ceremony in Guaynabo, Puerto Rico attended by many celebrities including Joey Fatone, Charytin, Ednita Nazario, and Carlos Ponce and his brother, aspiring Spanish-language singer Jean Rodriguez, who goes simply by Jean as his professional name.

Escondido
Luis Fonsi Lyrics

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Me dejó, me dolió
Y ahora estoy que me muero
Se me fue, se robó la mitad de mis sueños
Y tú aquí y yo quién sabe donde
Muy lejos de querer

Escondido, dentro de mí
Quisiera salir quisiera sentir

Que me abres el alma
Escondido temblando por ti
Luchando conmigo
Amarte o vivir escondido

Ya lloré ya mordí
Demasiado silencio
Me cansé de vestir mi esperanza de negro
Me das te doy
Mi alma va cediendo
Me cuesta porque aun estoy

Escondido, dentro de mí
Quisiera salir quisiera sentir
Que me abres el alma
Escondido temblando por ti
Luchando conmigo
Amarte o vivir

Desesperado
En guerra con mi pasado
Me callo todo
Me vuelvo loco
Y te niego el beso que me negaron

Escondido, dentro de mí
Quisiera salir quisiera sentir
Que me abres el alma
Escondido temblando por ti

Luchando conmigo
Amarte o vivir escondido

Overall Meaning

The lyrics of Luis Fonsi's "Escondido" narrate a story of heartbreak and longing for the person who left him. The singer is in a state of great pain following a relationship breakup, still trying to come to terms with the separation. He is struggling to make sense of his current reality as he feels the other person has taken away half of his dreams. The lines "se me fue, se robo la mitad de mis sueños" (he left, he took away half of my dreams) reflect the feeling of emptiness that comes with a broken relationship.

The song then transitions to the singer's internal struggle, his desire to get out of a state of hiding and to fully embrace his emotions. The line "Escondido, temblando por ti, luchando conmigo, amarte o vivir escondido" (hidden, trembling for you, fighting with myself, loving or living hidden) emphasizes the dilemma the singer is facing, whether to stay hidden with his emotions or to embrace them fully, even in the face of the possible pain it may bring. Despite his fears and uncertainties, he acknowledges his love for the person who left him, showing an intense willingness to fight for their love.

Throughout the rest of the song, the singer expresses his desperation, struggle with his past, and how words fail to capture his emotions. The song concludes with the singer imploring the other person to open up his soul, so he can finally feel liberated and escape the pain of hiding his emotions.

Line by Line Meaning

Me dejó, me dolió
He left me and it hurt me deeply

Why ahora estoy que me muero
Now I'm dying inside

Se me fue, se robo la mitad de mis sueños
He left me and took half of my dreams with him

Why tu aqui why yo quien sabe donde
You're here and I don't even know where I am

Muy lejos de querer
Very far from wanting

Escondido, dentro de mi
Hidden, inside of me

Quisiera salir quisiera sentir
I wish I could come out and feel

Que ma abres el alma
That you'll open up my soul

Escondido temblando por ti
Hidden and trembling for you

Luchando conmigo
Fighting with myself

Amarte o vivir escondido
To love you or to live hidden