Gemidos translates to "moans" or "groans." While it can refer to sounds of pain or distress, in a romantic or intimate context, it often refers to sounds of pleasure.
In J Balvin's song, the line "ÂżQuĂ© dirĂas si te digo que yo extraño tus gemidos?" (What would you say if I told you I miss your moans?) clearly uses the word in a sensual and intimate way. It's a bold and evocative word that hints at the passionate past shared between the singer and the person he can't forget, making it very enticing for a learner.
Have you ever felt like you're living, but not really alive after a breakup? That's the core feeling in J Balvin's "No Te Olvido." The song captures the confusing mix of pain and memory after a relationship suddenly ends. The singer insists the connection isn't truly over, repeating the line, "Yo no te olvido, tĂș no me olvidas" (I don't forget you, you don't forget me).
He's haunted by memories, from the scent she left on his sheets to their intimate moments. He feels he's the one who lost the most, yet he can't understand why she now acts "como desconocida" (like a stranger). It's a classic story of heartbreak, where one person is left wondering what went wrong and desperately wishing they could go back to the way things were.
J Balvin grew up in MedellĂn playing guitar in a teenage rock band with Nirvana and Metallica on repeat, and spent part of his teens in Oklahoma and New York picking up English. Born JosĂ© Ălvaro Osorio BalvĂn in 1985, he had been releasing music in Colombia for about a decade before anyone outside it paid attention.
"6 AM" with Farruko changed that in 2014, and "Ay Vamos" and "Ginza" followed: "Ginza" held number one on Billboard's Hot Latin Songs chart for 22 weeks, a record at the time. He kept singing in Spanish anyway, and "Mi Gente" reached number three on the Hot 100 once BeyoncĂ© joined the remix, before "I Like It" with Cardi B and Bad Bunny went to number one in 2018. His albums run La Familia, EnergĂa, Vibras, Colores (every track named after a color, and a Latin Grammy for best urban album), JosĂ© and Rayo, plus Oasis, a joint record with Bad Bunny. In August 2019 he became the first Latino artist to headline Lollapalooza in Chicago.