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.

Te Vuelvo A Encontrar
Luis Fonsi Lyrics

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Hoy te vuelvo a encontrar
No hay distancia entre los dos
Siento tu cuerpo temblar
Timidez al viejo amor

Que abrigó tus labios con sus besos
Un bohemio soñador

Hoy te quiero decir que cuanto dolió
Ir por el mundo sin tu amor
Sin tus caricias sin tus besos
En mi corazón
Hoy quisiera sentir una vez más
La sensación de ser el hombre que te amó
Con la locura y la pasión
Que un día existió

Renace el deseo de amar
El fuego no quiere morir
Tu cielo se funde en mi mar
Dos matices de un mismo sentir
Arde la nostalgia en tu mirada
Queda atrás la nube gris

Hoy te quiero decir que cuanto dolió
Ir por el mundo sin tu amor
Sin tus caricias sin tus besos
En mi corazón
Hoy quisiera sentir una vez más
La sensación de ser el hombre que te amó
Con la locura y la pasión
Que un día existió

Tus ojos, tus labios, tus besos
Yo nunca olvidaré
Tu risa, tus sueños, en el silencio

Hoy te quiero decir que cuanto dolió
Ir por el mundo sin tu amor
Sin tus caricias sin tus besos
En mi corazón
Hoy quisiera sentir una vez más

La sensación de ser el hombre que te amó
Con la locura y la pasión

Overall Meaning

The lyrics to Luis Fonsi's song Te Vuelvo A Encontrar tell the story of reuniting with an old flame after a long period of separation. Fonsi sings about feeling the other person's body tremble with shyness as they remember the old love they had once shared. In the past, the two were brought together through the passion and craziness of their love, but life led them apart. Finally, they have reunited and Fonsi is expressing how much he missed the person's love, caresses, and kisses. He longs to feel the same intense emotions that he once did with them before.

The song talks about the desire to love and be loved, and how that passion never truly fades away. It also touches on the idea of nostalgia and the longing for a time that has passed. The lyrics are passionate and evocative, painting a picture of two people who have reconnected after a long period of time and are trying to rekindle what they once had.

Line by Line Meaning

Hoy te vuelvo a encontrar
Today I see you again

No hay distancia entre los dos
There is no distance between us

Siento tu cuerpo temblar
I feel your body shaking

Timidez al viejo amor Que abrigó tus labios con sus besos Un bohemio soñador
Timidity to the old love that warmed your lips with its kisses, a dreamy bohemian

Hoy te quiero decir que cuanto dolió Ir por el mundo sin tu amor Sin tus caricias sin tus besos En mi corazón
Today I want to tell you how much it hurt to go through the world without your love, without your caresses, without your kisses, in my heart

Hoy quisiera sentir una vez más La sensación de ser el hombre que te amó Con la locura y la pasión Que un día existió
Today I wish to feel once again the sensation of being the man who loved you with madness and passion that once existed

Renace el deseo de amar El fuego no quiere morir Tu cielo se funde en mi mar Dos matices de un mismo sentir Arde la nostalgia en tu mirada Queda atrás la nube gris
The desire to love is reborn, the fire doesn't want to die, your sky blends into my sea, two shades of the same feeling. Nostalgia burns in your gaze, the gray cloud stays behind

Tus ojos, tus labios, tus besos Yo nunca olvidaré Tu risa, tus sueños, en el silencio
Your eyes, your lips, your kisses, I'll never forget. Your laughter, your dreams, in silence

Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group
Written by: Jose Miguel Velasquez

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