Camilo, from Medellín, wrote “Vida de Rico” as a love letter to a simple life. He has no money, no fancy car, no mansion — but with the person he loves he feels like he lives the life of a rich man. The song is soft, acoustic and smiling, and the video stars his wife, Evaluna.
The idea is easy to follow even before you know the words: one side is everything money buys, the other is everything love gives for free. That contrast repeats in every verse, which makes the vocabulary of money and of affection easy to pick up together.
Camilo sings slowly and very clearly, with the gentle Colombian accent that learners often find the easiest in Latin America. It is a good song for practising “tener” (to have) and “no tener” (not to have).