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Luis Fonsi Chats New Album ‘El Viaje,’ Working With Carlos Vives & More | Billboard News
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5/17/2024
Luis Fonsi on what inspired him for his new album, ‘El Viaje’ and how his new album is a reflection of his own journey in music. He also shares his collaboration with Carlos Vives on “Santa Marta” and more!
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You know, when you reach these kind of moments in life,
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you look back and you're like,
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"Wow, it's been a fun journey.
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"It's been a beautiful trip."
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And what a journey it's been for Luis Fonsi.
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Straight out of college,
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started promoting my first album,
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and it's really been nonstop since then,
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and it's been kind of an evolution
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from album number one to album number 11,
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so that's why "El Viaje" to me represents that journey.
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When you're a superstar releasing your 11th album,
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you've got a lot of experience to pull inspiration from.
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And the cool thing about this album, "El Viaje,"
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is that every song is a city.
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- So how did you decide on each city?
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Because they're not necessarily the biggest cities.
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- Not necessarily, no.
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Well, that's the beautiful thing about cities.
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I mean, we can have an argument
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which city is bigger or this or that.
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Like, they all mean something different to me.
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- And Luis brought some amazing talent along for the ride.
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- Your last single was "Roma" with Laura Pausini.
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[singing in foreign language]
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Now you're coming out with "Santa Marta,"
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which is Carlos Vives' hometown.
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[singing in foreign language]
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When you hear the song, it's a celebration of love.
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It's a song that is perfect
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to sing to somebody who you love.
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It's like an anniversary song.
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It's almost a wedding song.
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Once Carlos got involved, I was like,
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this has to be named "Santa Marta,"
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so we kind of rewrote it.
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He wrote his part as well, and we made it ours.
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And that was such a beautiful journey.
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[singing in foreign language]
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