Plasmar means 'to capture', 'to express', or 'to give form to something', often in an artistic sense. It's a more sophisticated verb than simply 'to draw' or 'to paint'.
In "Solo Pienso En Ti," the singer is an artist trying to paint his beloved. He struggles to plasmar her smile and gaze, indicating that her beauty and essence are so profound that they are difficult to truly capture on canvas. This word beautifully conveys the artistic struggle and the depth of his admiration.
Have you ever been so captivated by someone that you can't focus on anything else? That's the heart of this energetic merengue track by Puerto Rican superstar Elvis Crespo. The singer takes on the role of a painter trying to create a portrait of a beautiful woman. The problem is, he can't seem to get any work done! He complains that his palette is missing the "colores intensos" (intense colors) needed to capture her "rara belleza" (rare beauty), and his canvas remains completely blank.
Instead of painting, he finds himself completely lost in thought, repeating the phrase "Sólo pienso en ti" (I only think of you). He suspects his muse isn't in any hurry for him to finish the portrait. In fact, he thinks she might even enjoy watching him get so distracted by her. It's a playful and romantic song about being so infatuated that even your art takes a backseat to your feelings.
Elvis Crespo was named after Elvis Presley, born in New York City in 1971 and raised in Guaynabo, Puerto Rico. He spent the mid-1990s singing with Grupo Manía, where he wrote "Linda Eh" for them, and left in 1997 to make his own record.
That record was Suavemente, and its title track held number one on Billboard's Hot Latin Tracks for six weeks in 1998, only the second merengue song ever to top that chart. "Tu Sonrisa" went to number one after it, and the album has sold over four million copies. The follow-up, Píntame, won the first Grammy for Best Merengue Performance in 2000, and Saboréalo took the Latin Grammy for Best Merengue Album in 2005. He kept the pace up on Wow Flash! and Regresó el Jefe, and in 2016 his voice carried Deorro's merengue-house track "Bailar" to the top of the US Tropical chart.