Bandolera is the female form of bandolero, which translates to "bandit" or "outlaw". It's a rare and evocative word you won't hear in most pop songs.
In "DUELE EL CORAZON", the singer uses this nickname for the woman he desires, painting her as a captivating, rebellious rule-breaker. It's a playful and powerful term that suggests she has stolen his heart and follows her own path, making it a very memorable and intriguing piece of vocabulary.
Enrique Iglesias is trying to convince a woman to leave her current boyfriend for him, and his argument is pretty simple and direct. He knows she's unhappy in her relationship, singing, "Con él te duele el corazón" (With him your heart hurts). His solution? A night out dancing with him instead. He promises, "Y conmigo te duelen los pies" (And with me your feet hurt). It's a funny and clever way of saying he'll replace her emotional pain with the physical fun of dancing all night.
He's confident she wants to be with him, even telling her, "A mí no me importa / Que duermas con él / Porque sé que sueñas con poderme ver" (I don't care / That you sleep with him / Because I know you dream of seeing me). He gives her an ultimatum to choose between the man who makes her cry and a night of fun with him. The song is a classic pop invitation to forget your troubles on the dance floor.
Enrique Iglesias shopped his first demos around Madrid under the name Enrique Martínez, so that no label would sign him for being Julio Iglesias's son. Fonovisa signed him anyway and flew him to Toronto, where he recorded Enrique Iglesias (1995) in near anonymity. All five of its singles, "Si Tú Te Vas" and "Experiencia Religiosa" among them, reached number one on Billboard's Latin chart, and the album won the 1997 Grammy for Best Latin Pop Album.
Enrique (1999) moved him onto English-language radio, with "Bailamos" and "Be with You" both topping the Hot 100, and Escape (2001) sold past eight million copies on the back of "Hero". The chart he owns outright is Hot Latin Songs: 27 number ones, more than any other artist, plus the two longest runs at the top in its history, "Bailando" with Descemer Bueno and Gente de Zona at 41 weeks in 2014 and "El Perdón" with Nicky Jam at 30 weeks in 2015. He wound the recording career down on his own terms, calling Final (Vol. 1) in 2021 and Final (Vol. 2) in 2024 his last albums.