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.
Mi Sueño
Luis Fonsi Lyrics
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Una noche de ilusión
Me levanté enamorado
Nadando sin brazos
Busqué tu mirada
Despierto sudando
Y no encuentro nada
Ahogándome en tu sombra
La que se fue
Cuando desperté
De mi sueño
De mi sueño
Cierro los ojos
Empiezo a volar
Y llego junto a ti
Cierro los ojos
Empiezo a soñar
Que vuelvo a ser feliz
Amor dime si esto es verdad
No quiero despertar
Durmiendo yo te tengo
Y tú me amas en mi sueño
Me pregunto
Si algún día yo sentiré
Tu luz en mi obscuridad
Nadando sin brazos
Busqué tu mirada
Despierto sudando
Y no encuentro nada
Ahogándome en tu sombra
Que me iluminó
La que se fue, se fue
Cierro los ojos
Empiezo a volar
Y llego junto a ti
Cierro los ojos
Empiezo a soñar
Y vuelvo a ser feliz
Amor dime si esto es verdad
No quiero despertar
Durmiendo yo te tengo
Y tú me amas en mi sueño
Solo abrazo tu ausencia
Solo escucho tu silencio
Y respiro soledad
Dime dónde estás, oh oh
Cierro los ojos
Empiezo a volar
Y llego junto a ti
Cierro los ojos
Empiezo a soñar
Y vuelvo a ser feliz
Amor dime si esto es verdad
No quiero despertar
Durmiendo yo te tengo
Y tú me amas en mi sueño
Cierro los ojos
Empiezo a volar
Y llego junto a ti
Cierro los ojos
Empiezo a soñar
Y vuelvo a ser feliz
Amor dime si esto es verdad
No quiero despertar
Durmiendo yo te tengo
The song "Mi Sueño" by Luis Fonsi is about a dream that the singer had. In this dream, he wakes up feeling in love and starts swimming towards his love interest. However, he wakes up before he can reach her, and he is left feeling empty as he searches for her in real life.
The lyrics are filled with metaphors that express the singer's feelings of longing and confusion. He is "swimming without arms" towards his love interest, which could be interpreted as him feeling helpless in his pursuit of her. He is also "drowning in her shadow" and being "illuminated" by it, which could represent his conflicting feelings of both being drawn to her and feeling suffocated by her absence.
The chorus of the song repeats the idea of the singer closing his eyes and dreaming of being with his love, but he does not want to wake up because he would lose her. The lyrics express a yearning for a love that is not currently present in the singer's life.
Overall, "Mi Sueño" is a poignant and emotive song that portrays the complicated feelings of unrequited love and the desire for something that may never come to fruition.
Line by Line Meaning
Una locura
This is crazy.
Una noche de ilusión
A night of illusion.
Me levante enamorado
I woke up in love.
Nadando sin brazos
Swimming without arms.
Busque tu mirada
I searched for your gaze.
Despierto sudando
I woke up sweating.
Y no encuentro nada
And I found nothing.
Ahogándome en tu sombra
Drowning in your shadow.
Que me iluminó
That illuminated me.
La que se fue
She who left.
Cuando desperté
When I woke up.
De mi sueño
From my dream.
De mi sueño
From my dream.
Cierro los ojos
I close my eyes.
Empiezo a volar
I start flying.
Y llego junto a ti
And I arrive beside you.
Cierro los ojos
I close my eyes.
Empiezo a soñar
I start dreaming.
Que vuelvo a ser feliz
That I am happy again.
Amor dime si esto es verdad
Love, tell me if this is true.
No quiero despertar
I don't want to wake up.
Durmiendo yo te tengo
Sleeping, I have you.
Y tu me amas en mi sueño
And you love me in my dream.
Me pregunto
I wonder.
Si algún día yo sentiré
If one day I will feel.
Tu luz en mi obscuridad
Your light in my darkness.
Solo abrazo tu ausencia
I only hold your absence.
Solo escucho tu silencio
I only hear your silence.
Y respiro soledad
And I breathe loneliness.
Dime donde estas
Tell me where you are.
Cierro los ojos
I close my eyes.
Empiezo a volar
I start flying.
Y llego junto a ti
And I arrive beside you.
Cierro los ojos
I close my eyes.
Empiezo a soñar
I start dreaming.
Y vuelvo a ser feliz
And I am happy again.
Amor dime si esto es verdad
Love, tell me if this is true.
No quiero despertar
I don't want to wake up.
Durmiendo yo te tengo
Sleeping, I have you.
Y tu me amas en mi sueño
And you love me in my dream.
Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group, Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
Written by: Alfredo Matheus-Diez
Lyrics Licensed & Provided by LyricFind
@joaobaylonsantos9119
Esta canción de Fonsi es una obra maestra, que pena que tenga tan pocos views, debería estar más sonada.
@nancyremigio125
❤️Extraño a este Luis Fonsi!! Esto es música!.
@RonnyZahir
Solo los que nacimos en los 80s 90s y principios del 2000 pudimos gozar de lo mejor. Quisiera retroceder el tiempo, ya nada es igual, nada tiene sentido, nada tiene emociones.😔😔
@samuelmejia8783
Estoy muy de acuerdo contigo ya no hay música de calidad
@alarconma7
Es verdad creo que las emociones se dejaron de lado por tanta tecnología y tantos estímulos q hacen que el que se emociona prácticamente se sienta diferente al resto que lo ve como no temporal. Es realmente malo eso :/
@alejandrofriedrich1908
Siento corregirte yo nací en la dedicada 70 y pude disfrutar de los mejores también
@alessfranchesco
Esta es la primer canción que compuso Luis Fonsi es una de las más bonitas que tiene como todas sus canciones que llegan a lo más fondo de los sentimientos de todos.
@joelistovar8397
Esta canción es una de mis preferidas de todos los tiempos, es demasiado hermosa y la voz de Fonsi la hace perfecta!
@yenniluzguillermo5241
Es la más bella de todas tenía 11 cuando ví el vídeo
@melowcat8358
Que Hermoso es amar a alguien en sueños y que te corresponda y sentirlo tan real ❤... esos sueños deben cumplirse.