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.
Te Vas
Luis Fonsi Lyrics
Jump to: Overall Meaning ↴ Line by Line Meaning ↴
Me has dicho que te vas
Que todo aquel amor por mí
En ti no existe más
Muero por dentro
Es tan difícil aceptar
Que te pierdo, que te marchas
Cuando un amor es grande y verdadero
Como este que a tu lado yo viví
Perderlo te destruye y sientes miedo
Te dan ganas de morir
Cuando ese amor se va, se va la vida
Todo es gris en soledad
Se llora como nunca más
Porque nada es más difícil de olvidar
Y tu me has dicho que te vas
No sé que voy a hacer amor
No puedo imaginar
Mi vida continuar sin ti
No quiero ni pensar
Muero por dentro
Cada momento más y más
Y siento que ya estoy herido
Que este adiós me va a matar
Cuando un amor es grande y verdadero
Como este que a tu lado yo viví
Perderlo te destruye y sientes miedo
Te dan ganas de morir
Cuando ese amor se va, se va la vida
Todo es gris en soledad
Se llora como nunca más
Porque nada es más difícil de olvidar
Y tu me has dicho que te vas
Quisiera que esto fuera un mal sueño nada más
Que todo terminara con tu beso al despertar
Pero así son las cosas de la vida
Y ME VAS A DEJAR
Cuando un amor es grande y verdadero
Como este que a tu lado yo viví
Perderlo te destruye y sientes miedo
Te dan ganas de morir
Cuando ese amor se va, se va la vida
Todo es gris en soledad
Se llora como nunca más
Porque nada es más difícil de olvidar
Y tu me has dicho que te vas
The lyrics to Luis Fonsi's song Te Vas describe the pain of losing someone you love deeply. The singer is devastated that his love is leaving him and that the love they once shared no longer exists. He describes the feeling of dying inside and how it's so hard to accept that this goodbye is final. The chorus repeats the idea that losing a true love can destroy you and make you feel like dying. The singer can't imagine his life without his love, and the thought of continuing on without them is unbearable.
The second verse continues with the theme of feeling wounded and hurt by the breakup. The singer is questioning what he will do without his love and feels like he's already dying from the pain. He repeats the idea that losing a great love can make you feel like you want to die. The chorus repeats the idea that everything is gray and lifeless after a love like this ends, and that crying becomes an everyday occurrence. The bridge introduces a glimmer of hope, as the singer wishes that this was all just a bad dream and that he could wake up to his love's kiss. But he ultimately accepts that this is just how life goes and that he'll be left alone.
Line by Line Meaning
Será verdad mi amor
I am questioning whether your departure is true.
Me has dicho que te vas
You have told me that you are leaving.
Que todo aquel amor por mí
All the love you had for me is gone.
En ti no existe más
It no longer exists within you.
Muero por dentro
I am dying inside.
Es tan difícil aceptar
It is so hard to accept.
Que te pierdo, que te marchas
That I am losing you, you are leaving.
Y que este adiós es el final
This goodbye is final.
Cuando un amor es grande y verdadero
When a love is great and true.
Como este que a tu lado yo viví
Like the one I lived by your side.
Perderlo te destruye y sientes miedo
Losing it destroys you and you feel fear.
Te dan ganas de morir
You feel like dying.
Cuando ese amor se va, se va la vida
When that love goes, life goes with it.
Todo es gris en soledad
Everything is grey in loneliness.
Se llora como nunca más
You cry like never before.
Porque nada es más difícil de olvidar
Because nothing is harder to forget.
Y tu me has dicho que te vas
And you told me you are leaving.
No sé que voy a hacer amor
I do not know what I am going to do, my love.
No puedo imaginar
I cannot even imagine.
Mi vida continuar sin ti
My life continuing without you.
No quiero ni pensar
I do not even want to think about it.
Cada momento más y más
Every moment more and more.
Y siento que ya estoy herido
And I feel that I am already hurt.
Que este adiós me va a matar
That this goodbye is going to kill me.
Quisiera que esto fuera un mal sueño nada más
I wish this was just a bad dream.
Que todo terminara con tu beso al despertar
That it all ended with your kiss when waking up.
Pero así son las cosas de la vida
But that's how life is.
Y ME VAS A DEJAR
And you are leaving me.
Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group, Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
Written by: Roberto Livi, Rudy Perez
Lyrics Licensed & Provided by LyricFind
francys andrade
me encanta hermosa cancion llena de mucho sentimiento y realidad asi es el amor nos da alegrias pero tambien nos lastima ... para aquellos que aman que lo que hoy los hace sufrir mañana sea solo un recuerdo
jorge godinez
como me gusta esta canción, yo solo digo que no hay nada que cura las heridas que deja el amor, eso cuando realmente estas enamorado
Srt. Salcedo
Me duele saber que te has ido y que todo esto ha acabado , es como si algo se hubiese clavado en tu corazón.Me siento sola y fría sin tí , ¿cuándo piensas volver?
Jenny Bautista
Hermosa cancion!!
Minerva Yunis
a veces te enamoras de la persona ekivocada,de alguin ke no sabe valorar el amor ke le das y simplemente no tiene ningun remordimiento al decirte ke SE VA...!!!
SANDY E.
luego de este tiempo y aún se llora,porque nada es tan facil como parece y aún estás en mi corazón....te adoro todavía,no me olvides.te amo
Isabela M.
Este tema me mataaa, porqe son las cosas que me dijo la persona que mas amo, pero aveces hay cosas que por temor dejams ir. aunque nos duela u.u
italo meneguzzi
linda cancion perderte te destruye conprovado y se llora como nunca por una persona a quien amas
francys andrade
me encantaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa muchisimo linda hermosa y llena de sentimientos
Denisse Ivonne
Linda canción