Sequía literally translates to "drought," a long period with little or no rain. It's a word you might associate with weather, not romance, which makes its use here so unique.
In the song, Ricky Martin sings of "besos en sequía" (kisses in drought). He uses this powerful metaphor to describe a lack of affection and intimacy, painting a vivid picture of emotional thirst and longing for his lover's return.
Puerto Rican pop star Ricky Martin delivers a dramatic blend of heartbreak and stubborn optimism in "Volverás". He opens by laying out everything he lost, singing "Yo que te amé / Que jamás te mentí / Me entregué sólo a ti / Y te perdí" ("I, who loved you, who never lied to you, gave myself only to you, and lost you"). He even admits he gambled his own well-being on this romance with "apostándote, te jugué" ("betting on you, I took a gamble"), comparing his hidden feelings to a fragile "amor de viento" ("love of wind") and "una carta escrita en el mar" ("a letter written on the sea"). It sounds like total defeat, but he refuses to let the story end there.
Instead of moving on, he doubles down with complete confidence that an ex will return. The chorus kicks in with "Volverás, volverás / Seguro que pronto vuelves a mi vida" ("You will return, you will return / Surely you will come back to my life soon"). He promises that their reunion will fix the coldness of their past, leaving behind "besos en sequía" ("kisses in a drought") so his lover can drink all his energy instead ("beberás / Toda mi energía"). It is intense, slightly obsessive, and classic dramatic Latin pop at its finest.
Ricky Martin was turned down by Menudo twice for being too short. The third audition worked, and in 1984 Enrique Martín Morales joined the Puerto Rican boy band at twelve, staying past his age-mandated retirement until July 1989. Two solo ballad albums followed, Ricky Martin (1991) and Me Amarás (1993), before he changed direction.
A Medio Vivir (1995) carried "María", his first hit well beyond Latin America, and Vuelve (1998) carried "La Copa de la Vida", the official song of that year's World Cup in France. He sang it at the 1999 Grammy Awards, where Vuelve took Best Latin Pop Performance, and that spring "Livin' la Vida Loca" spent five weeks at number one on the Billboard Hot 100 as the lead single from his first English-language album. He has gone on recording in Spanish throughout: Almas del Silencio (2003), and A Quien Quiera Escuchar (2015), which won Best Latin Pop Album. He came out publicly in 2010, and his foundation campaigns against human trafficking.