Why did Jerry Rivera stop singing?

At the end of the 80s, Jerry Rivera I did not imagine that the fama It would arrive so soon. Successes like “child’s face”, “what’s wrong” and “that” placed it quickly at the top of the genre SALSEROconsolidating it as one of the most prominent youth artists. However, after continuous years of recordings and concerts, in 2005 something changed in it.

“I got bored“Jerry confessed to the Puerto Rican newspaper First Hour, explaining why he was more than a decade without launching new unpublished themes. After having reached great musical and emotional achievements with albums dedicated to Frankie Ruiz and Carlos Gardel, Jerry felt that he had already reached everything he wanted to express artistically.

“I felt that everything romantic and beautiful had already achieved it. Nothing excited me“The singer revealed. During those years away from the studio, the interpreter dedicated time to his family and reflected on his true artistic motivations.

Despite its distancing, recognized composers They continued to send him songshowever, none aroused his musical passion. The exception were specific collaborations with Yandel in “Mira” (2018), Farruko in a renewed version of “what’s wrong” (2020), and with Don Omar in “You do not dance more than me” (2021).

The return

He return of Jerry in 2024 with the simple “In another bed” an exciting reunion meant for him and a test in front of his fans. “I didn’t know how it was going to be accepted, I had uncertainty,” he admitted.

In January of 2025 launched “fall in love”, a simple with which he has fully resumed his carreraclaiming to feel an emotion that I had not experienced for 15 years. “Now I am recording incessantly. I did not feel that way for many years,” he said enthusiastically.

Your recent song“Pa´ that is life,” reflects a renewed stage in which he seeks to celebrate the amor In all your facets. For Jerry RiveraSinging makes sense again because he finally found in the new melodies a genuine motivation he had lost in his youth, when he achieved everything too soon.

Now promises to stay active for at least others 15 yearsdetermined to reconquer his audience and demonstrate that his talent never left, only one deserved rest.