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.
Have you ever felt completely lost, like you've taken a wrong turn in life? Alvaro Soler gets it. In "El Camino," he sings about his life's journey as if it's a literal road he's walking on. He even calls it "El hermano del destino" (the brother of destiny) and "Mi viejo amigo" (my old friend). It's this constant companion that's always been there, even when he felt like he had no idea where he was going.
He looks back on a time when he "pensĂ© que me habĂa perdido" (thought I was lost) and couldn't understand why he had "que pasarlo mal" (to have a bad time). But now, he sees those struggles differently. The song suggests that the tough parts, the moments that leave you with "Cicatrices" (scars), are exactly what shape you. He realizes that everything that happened was "parte del recorrido" (part of the journey). It's a beautiful song about accepting your past and trusting the path you're on, even when it's uphill.
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.