“Não Fui Eu” plunges us into the final chapter of a turbulent romance, sung in David Carreira’s smooth Portuguese pop style. From the very first line, he claims the beginning was genuine and sincere, yet now every smile feels staged and every touch rings hollow. The repeated hook “Não fui eu” (It wasn’t me) is his way of washing his hands of the cold hugs, the empty stares, and the harsh goodbye that ended it all. It is a catchy, dance-ready track, but underneath the beat lies a relatable story of confusion, hurt, and that nagging need to prove you are not the villain in someone else’s memory.
As the verses unfold, we see two lovers drifting apart: he did everything she asked, while she only met him halfway. Doubt creeps in—was it his fault, did he change, did he give too little or too much? The phone number is easy to delete, yet the emotional disconnect is far harder to switch off. By the end, the song becomes a bittersweet mantra: denying blame, questioning what went wrong, and facing the painful truth that sometimes love ends without clear answers. Whether you are drawn by the infectious chorus or the heartfelt storytelling, this song is a vibrant lesson in how language can turn heartbreak into a sing-along anthem.
David Carreira is one of Portugal's biggest pop stars. Born in Dourdan, France, in 1991 and raised in a famously musical family as the son of the singer Tony Carreira, he broke through in 2011 with the album "N.1", which went straight to number one at home. Since then he has moved easily between radio pop, ballads and dance rhythms, and in 2019 he became the youngest Portuguese artist ever to sell out the Altice Arena in Lisbon.
On "Menta" he shares the microphone with Djodje, a Cape Verdean singer, songwriter and producer born in Praia in 1989 and now based in Lisbon. Djodje grew up surrounded by music, started out as a teenager in the group TC, and has become one of the leading voices of kizomba and Afropop across the Portuguese speaking world. His warm, laid back delivery, part of it sung in Cape Verdean Creole, is what gives this song its island heat.