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Ricky Martin’s new song and music video: A Veces Bien y A Veces Mal

It’s time to celebrate queers, Ricky Martin has a new song and a new smash music video to go with it! On April 14, the song titled A Veces Bien y A Veces Mal (which translates to Sometimes Good and Sometimes Bad in English) smashed onto the charts. This time, Martin is collaborating with the Mexican band Reik. 

In this collab, both (Ricky and Reik) go back to their pop/ballad roots. Formed in 2003, Reik’s first five albums were classified as Latin Pop, but have since transitioned to a more urban sound of late. Both artists throwing back to their pop roots has us preening with excitement. 

A Veces Bien y A Veces Mal is a very emotional song that reflects on the vulnerability of a heart that resists having to accept the reality of a breakup. And we’re happy to report that it’s also a gender-neutral song, it’s meant to be sung for the person you loved and lost regardless of their gender. 

A Veces Bien y A Veces Mal, Ricky Martin & Reik

As if we weren’t enthralled enough with all that, the music video for the song features Ángela Ponce – the first transgender woman to be crowned Miss Spain! At a time when the world seems to be doing everything it can to go after our trans community, Ricky Martin throwing them front and center is doing good things to our insides. 

Martin said he included Ponce in the video because she is “a symbol of success, equality and the work she has done on behalf of our community around the world has been extremely important. A song as beautiful as this should have a beautiful woman like her as a model,” said Martin. 

Victor Ortega, Angela Ponce & Ricky Martin, on set of the A Veces Bien y A Veces Mal music video.

Lead vocalist of Reik, Jesus Navarro, said that “Ricky is one of the most complete and enormous artists in terms of talent and range.” Navarro said that he has always been a Martin fan and being able to collaborate with him on something like this is very special to Reik. 

Watch A Veces Bien y A Veces Mal below and enjoy the lyrics in both English and Spanish, too!

Letra

Lyrics

Van diez noches sin hablar

Ya no aguanto esta ciudad

Si tú no estás

Por más que intenté escapar

Regresé al mismo lugar

Y tú no estás

It’s been ten nights without talking

I can’t stand this city anymore

If you’re not in it

As much as I tried to escape

I came back to the same place

And you’re not here

De tantas cosas me arrepiento

Me haces falta y no te miento

Que fácil fue quererte y que difícil olvidar

I regret many things

I miss you and I’m not lying

How easy was to love you and how hard is to forget you

¿Cómo te va?

¿Con quién estás?

Si alguien pregunta

Vivo aquí esperando regresar

A veces bien

Y a veces mal

No sé si a ti también te pasa igual

How are you doing?

Who are you with?

If someone asks

I live here waiting to go back

Sometimes good

And sometimes bad

I don’t know if the same thing happens to you

Le faltan piezas al rompecabezas

Ha sido duro mi amor

Como pesan las fotos que siguen adornando mi mesa

Pieces are missing to the puzzle

It’s been hard, my love

How heavy [painful] are the pictures that continue to decorate my table

Ay, como duele

Ay, como duele cuando un hombre pierde lo que quiere

Dime, por favor, que nuestro amor no murió

Que fácil fue quererte y que no daría por verte una vez más

Oh, how it hurts

Oh, how it hurts when a man loses what he loves

Tell me, please, that our love didn’t die

How easy was to love you and how hard is to forget you

¿Cómo te va?

¿Con quién estás?

Si alguien pregunta

Vivo aquí esperando regresar

A veces bien

Y a veces mal

No sé si a ti también te pasa igual

How are you doing?

Who are you with?

If someone asks

I live here waiting to go back

Sometimes good

And sometimes bad

I don’t know if the same thing happens to you

Oh

Oh-oh, oh-oh

Yo sé que a ti también te pasa igual

Van diez noches sin hablar

A veces bien y a veces mal

Oh

Oh-oh, oh-oh

I know that the same thing happens to you

It’s been ten nights without talking

Sometimes good and sometimes bad


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