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.
Viviendo En El Ayer
Luis Fonsi Lyrics
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Para ti lo nuestro fue casual
Solo se que no me canso
De soñarte entre mis brazos
De esperar entre tu labios
Me digan mi amor venme a buscar
Y sentir que el universo
Es tuyo y mio en un gran beso
Que no eres imposible
Porque sera que aun yo sigo enamorado
Alusinandote viviendo en el ayer
Porque sera que me hago daño
Si yo se que es un engaño
El pensar que tu me llegues a querer
Porque sera mi amor que todavía insisto
Creyendo que un milagro pueda suceder
Que tu por mi sientas lo mismo
Que te des cuenta de que existo
Y ser feliz porque me amas tu también
Solo dios sabrá lo que tu buscas
Y ojala lo puedas encontrar
Aunque nunca me quisiste
Esas noches que me diste
Vivieran en mi por siempre
Te juro nunca las podre olvidar
Yo daría lo que tengo
Por tenerte en mis momentos
Por no ser mas invisible
Por que tu fueras posible porque sera que aun yo sigo enamorado
Alucinante viviendo en el ayer
Porque sera que me hago daño
Si yo se que es un engaño
El pensar que tu me llegues a querer
Porque sera mi amor que todavía insisto
Creyendo que un milagro pueda suceder
Que tu por mi sientas lo mismo
Que te des cuenta de que existo
Y ser feliz porque me amas tu también
The lyrics of Luis Fonsi's song "Viviendo En El Ayer" express the feelings of a person who is still in love with someone who did not feel the same way towards them. The singer reflects on how they still dream about being in the arms of their love interest and waiting for them to say "come and get me". Despite knowing that it is a deception to think that this person could ever love them, the singer still holds onto hope that maybe a miracle could happen and that their love interest could feel the same way.
The lyrics also highlight the pain and longing that the singer experiences as they continuously hold onto the memories of those nights that they spent together. The singer hopes that one day their love interest will realize that the singer exists and loves them just as much. The song ultimately speaks to the universal theme of unrequited love and the pain of clinging onto hope for something that may never happen.
Line by Line Meaning
Que se yo, si acaso me recuerdas
I don't know if you remember me
Para ti lo nuestro fue casual
For you, what we had was casual
Solo se que no me canso
All I know is that I'm not tired
De soñarte entre mis brazos
Of dreaming about holding you
De esperar entre tu labios
Of waiting for your lips to tell me to come
Me digan mi amor venme a buscar
To hear you say 'my love, come find me'
Y sentir que el universo
And feel like the universe
Es tuyo y mio en un gran beso
Belongs to us in a great kiss
Que mi amor no es invisible
That my love is not invisible
Que no eres imposible
That you are not impossible
Porque sera que aun yo sigo enamorado
Why am I still in love
Alusinandote viviendo en el ayer
Dreaming of you living in the past
Porque sera que me hago daño
Why do I hurt myself
Si yo se que es un engaño
When I know it's a lie
El pensar que tu me llegues a querer
To think that you might love me
Porque sera mi amor que todavía insisto
Why do I still persist, my love
Creyendo que un milagro pueda suceder
Believing that a miracle could happen
Que tu por mi sientas lo mismo
That you feel the same for me
Que te des cuenta de que existo
That you realize that I exist
Y ser feliz porque me amas tu también
And be happy because you love me too
Solo dios sabrá lo que tu buscas
Only God knows what you're looking for
Y ojala lo puedas encontrar
And hopefully you can find it
Aunque nunca me quisiste
Even though you never loved me
Esas noches que me diste
Those nights you gave me
Vivieran en mi por siempre
Will live in me forever
Te juro nunca las podre olvidar
I swear I'll never forget them
Yo daría lo que tengo
I would give everything I have
Por tenerte en mis momentos
To have you in my moments
Por no ser mas invisible
To not be invisible anymore
Por que tu fueras posible porque sera que aun yo sigo enamorado
Because you would be possible, why am I still in love
Alucinante viviendo en el ayer
Hallucinating, living in the past
Porque sera que me hago daño
Why do I hurt myself
Si yo se que es un engaño
When I know it's a lie
El pensar que tu me llegues a querer
To think that you might love me
Porque sera mi amor que todavía insisto
Why do I still persist, my love
Creyendo que un milagro pueda suceder
Believing that a miracle could happen
Que tu por mi sientas lo mismo
That you feel the same for me
Que te des cuenta de que existo
That you realize that I exist
Y ser feliz porque me amas tu también
And be happy because you love me too
Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group
Written by: RUDY AMADO PEREZ
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