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.
Extraño Sentimiento
Luis Fonsi Lyrics
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Es tan profundo y nuevo a la vez
Es algo tan inmenso que quiero entender
No hallo explicación no se que hacer
Está en mi piel
Es algo tan intenso dentro de mi corazón
Se eleva tan violento que pierdo el control
Es un océano que corre dentro y roba mi respiración
No se que hacer si cerca está tu piel
Es suave como el viento, no lo imagine
Es tímido y es fuego a la vez
Está en mi piel
Es algo tan intenso dentro de mi corazón
Se eleva tan violento que pierdo el control
Es un océano que corre dentro y roba mi respiración
y pierdo la razón cuando te veo yo
Es tan estraño que cuando te llamo siento que tiembla mi voz
y va creciendo hacia el horizonte mas allá del sol
Que inmensa sensación no hallo explicación
Es algo tan intenso dentro de mi corazón
Se eleva tan violento que pierdo el control
Cuando te siento en mi piel y roba mi respiración
y pierdo la razón cuando te veo yo
Creo entender
Me enamoré
The song "Extraño Sentimiento" by Luis Fonsi is an incredibly romantic and heartfelt ballad that speaks to the depths of the emotions that can be inspired by love. The lyrics describe the intense feelings that are invoked in the singer when they are near their beloved - a sensation that is so powerful, it feels like it is literally under their skin. The singer is overwhelmed by their desire to understand this feeling, and is frustrated by their inability to explain or control it.
The intensity of the singer's emotion is further underscored by the use of vivid metaphor - they describe the sensation as an ocean that runs through them and steals their breath, as well as a force that robs them of their reason and control. When they speak to or about their beloved, their voice trembles with feeling - a sure sign that they have fallen deeply and completely in love. Despite their confusion and uncertainty, the singer ultimately comes to the realization that they have indeed fallen for their beloved, and that their emotions are a testament to the power of this love.
Line by Line Meaning
Extraño sentimiento siembras tú en mi piel
You plant a strange feeling in my skin
Es tan profundo y nuevo a la vez
It is so deep and new at the same time
Es algo tan inmenso que quiero entender
It is something so immense that I want to understand
No hallo explicación no se que hacer
I can't find an explanation, I don't know what to do
Está en mi piel
It is in my skin
Es algo tan intenso dentro de mi corazón
It is something so intense inside my heart
Se eleva tan violento que pierdo el control
It rises so violently that I lose control
Es un océano que corre dentro y roba mi respiración
It is an ocean that runs inside and steals my breath
y pierdo la razón cuando te veo yo
And I lose my reason when I see you
No se que hacer si cerca está tu piel
I don't know what to do if your skin is close
Es suave como el viento, no lo imagine
It is smooth like the wind, I didn't imagine
Es tímido y es fuego a la vez
It is shy and it is fire at the same time
Es tan estraño que cuando te llamo siento que tiembla mi voz
It is so strange that when I call you, I feel my voice trembling
y va creciendo hacia el horizonte mas allá del sol
And it keeps growing towards the horizon beyond the sun
Que inmensa sensación no hallo explicación
What an immense feeling, I can't find an explanation
Cuando te siento en mi piel y roba mi respiración
When I feel you on my skin and it steals my breath
y pierdo la razón cuando te veo yo
And I lose my reason when I see you
Creo entender
I think I understand
Me enamoré
I fell in love
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