Luis Fonsi remembers his beginnings, anticipates Luna and defines himself as a “hybrid”, between ballads and rhythmic hits

Virtually since the beginning of his career, Luis Fonsi has periodically visited Argentina, both simply to promote himself and to give live shows. Thus, year after year, his relationship with the local audience has grown closer and he can now visit the country every time he releases a new album. Now Luna Park awaits him this Sunday.

Now he just has one new album under his arm: Law of gravitythat a few weeks ago had a strong impact on the networks for the success of the single Dessert, with the Spanish model Agueda López, his partner. Also, as a gauge of its welcome, the album is about to hit one billion reproductions and is a parade of guests, from Nicky Jam and Farruko to Rauw Alejandro, Myke Towers, Sebastián Yatra, Cali y El Dandee and Manuel Turizo,

According to Fonsi, “Dessert It’s a super sexy, fun and upbeat song. We needed that chemistry that only my wife can give me. The director of the video had already proposed me a long time ago to have Águeda as a model, but he was waiting for the right video. Decidedly Dessert It’s the perfect video and song to work with her. “

a new visit

This weekend, therefore, Luis Fonsi will be in Argentina: Saturday at Espacio Quality in Córdoba and Sunday at Luna Park in the city of Buenos Aires.

Just a few days ago, right after the debut of this new tour in Puerto Rico, the famous composer and singer spoke on the phone about his current moment.

“The show in Puerto Rico – he began – was incredible. We did two concerts, Friday and Saturday at the Coliseo de Puerto Rico, and the truth was that it was very emotional and both were sold out. It was important to start the tour with an audience. super warm. And appearing in my land is always special and there are always more nerves like when you come home. It was very nice and I had a great time with my family. ”

– Tell me about the show and the setting. What can you anticipate?

-It is a very mixed concert where I mix new songs from the album Law of gravity, with lots of dancing and lots of energy. We also do a tour of my entire repertoire, from my first album to the most recent. It is like a journey where you can listen to the evolution of the sound of the different productions. It is a show with a lot of images and a lot of technical energy, and there you can see the romantic side and the rhythmic side.

Memories of your beginnings

-You said they make songs from your first album. What do you remember about the presentation of that debut album?

-My first album ever was 23 years ago and I remember I was still finishing university. I finished in May and my album came out in September. So it was like the child’s dream, who finally gets to sign with a record label and have his own album. He was going to see the world and let the world know me. I had to knock on many doors with the album under my arm and make myself known, because I don’t come from a group or a famous TV show or a family of artists.

-Today you should be very proud to look back and see that you have walked every step, climbing every step until you become popular in so many countries.

-Yup. My first album was successful, but humbly successful. It didn’t break any kind of records nor was it something that changed the music industry. It performed well despite being released locally and on a tight budget. From there I made a second album that was more thought out and planned, with a little more freedom to choose the producer and do a more international release in South America and Spain. And as you say, it was all step by step, a phrase I use a lot.

-There wasn’t a song that was a boom like “Despacito”.

-No. In the beginning I never had a song that would accelerate the natural growth process of a new artist. He was pebble after pebble, with a lot of work connecting with the public, until little by little the pebbles swelled.

Social networks and albums

-In all that time, the industry and the media were also changing. How did you experience the whole appearance of digital platforms and social networks?

-Since I started, the industry has been in constant motion. I feel like there is something new every year. My first record came out when switching from cassette to CD, the second came out on CD and the third already had MP3s and the Internet. With each album there was a completely different scenario, and I’m used to that movement, I like it and I think the changes are good. For some things I’m a bit more purist, in the sense that I consider myself a recording artist and not a single artist. Since I have such a mixed repertoire, I am not purely reggaeton or dancer.

-This is your style, that’s right.

-I am a hybrid, in the sense that I love to interpret the ballad, and I also love to collaborate with other artists and find many rhythmic things, with a lot of flavor and dance. Here I am, somewhere between those two worlds. This happens in a few artists; I feel like most of them are super rhythmic or super ballad. I don’t want to be in any corner alone. I want to be able to continue doing both.

-An album allows you to view all that variety.

-The album allows me to create songs that aren’t necessarily that commercial, that I’m more of a songwriter. The album all makes sense. But on the side of new trends, networks and streaming, I like all of this.

-Do you like direct contact with fans?

-Yup. It keeps us super connected with the audience and I find the music exported much faster. Platforms and networks are the best thing that has happened to Latin music, because we can connect with countries that are very far away. Before, we only depended on the radio and maybe many radio stations were afraid to listen to new artists or songs in Spanish.

Argentine fans

-How would you describe your relationship with the Argentine public? You have come so many times …

-I feel very privileged to have a very close relationship with Argentina, those countries that have always embraced me since my first visit 21-22 years ago and there is a very loyal audience. It was growth like everyone else, step by step. I came and some fans received me and I did recitals in small places, until luckily they got bigger and I had the opportunity to tour the interior of the country.

– You already know many places and many people.

-I have many friends and also many memories of long visits and days off, to get to know the country and share a barbecue as God intended. All of this connects you a lot with people, as well as having a colossal Fan Club, or several. The concept of “fan club” in Argentina is brutal. In fact, many of those girls were in Puerto Rico last weekend and they accompanied me. I feel very hugged and this is a blessing and I am super grateful.

What to do with “Slowly”

-What strategies have you adopted in recent years to put together the list of themes, compared to “Despacito”? Do you put it at the beginning or at the end of the show? What do you do with such a big hit that you know you have to play it?

– (laughs) Yes, that’s a good problem. Hope all problems are good problems. There’s no science, man, that’s a good question. Two tours ago I played it in the middle of a concert and then I played it a little bit at the end. On the previous tour I ended up with Slowly. And I’m not going to talk about this tour, but it’s more towards the end, not necessarily closing.

-Do you still move to sing it?

-Obviously in a song that people expect and take out their cell phones and record. It’s a song that causes me a lot of emotions: I know that when I have to sing it, people feel a slightly different energy, a very beautiful kind of electricity. It happens with some songs on the lineup and definitely Slowly is one of them ..

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