Cicatrices means "scars." It's a vivid, evocative word that goes beyond simple vocabulary, touching on themes of experience and memory.
In the song, Ălvaro Soler sings "Cicatrices cuentan que pasĂł" (Scars tell what happened). He uses this word not literally, but as a powerful metaphor for the lasting marks left by past struggles and lessons learned on life's path. It beautifully captures the idea that our hardest moments become part of our permanent story.
El Camino invites us to picture life as a dusty, sun-washed road that has been quietly walking beside us all along. Ălvaro Soler sings about those moments when we veer off course, feel lost, or struggle up the hill toward the horizon, only to realize that the caminoâhis "brother of destiny"âhas never left his side. The scars, the confusing detours, even the pockets full of road dust become proof that every setback is part of a bigger design guiding him forward.
Instead of viewing hardship as failure, the song reframes it as a necessary mile marker on the journey. Soler discovers that destiny is not a distant finish line; it is the faithful companion pacing him step by step. By the final chorus, the path itself turns into an old friend, reminding us that we are never truly alone while moving toward our dreams.
Ălvaro Soler was ten when his family moved to Tokyo, and seventeen when he came back to Catalonia with piano lessons and most of a second childhood behind him. He was born in Sant Cugat del VallĂšs in 1991, formed the band Urban Lights in 2010 with his brother and a few friends, reached the final eight of the talent show ÂĄTĂș sĂ que vales! with them in 2013, and left in 2014 to work on his own.
The song that broke him was "El mismo sol" in 2015, a number one in Italy and Switzerland that was re-recorded as a bilingual version with Jennifer Lopez. "Sofia" did it again a year later, topping the charts in Italy, Poland, Belgium and Switzerland and going platinum several times over in Italy. His albums are Eterno agosto (2015), Mar de colores (2018), which carried "La cintura", Magia (2021) and El Camino (2025). He records in Spanish, English, Italian and German, wrote "Yo contigo, tĂș conmigo" with Morat for Despicable Me 3, and has coached on the German edition of The Voice Kids.