Apicultor translates to "beekeeper". It's a wonderfully unique and unexpected word to find in a romantic song, making it instantly memorable and intriguing.
In the lyrics, the singer describes the object of his affection as having skin that "destila miel" (distills honey). He then declares, "Y quiero ser apicultor para ser el único que te saborea" (And I want to be a beekeeper to be the only one who savors you). This creative metaphor expresses a deep desire to intimately cherish and protect his beloved, making the word both poetic and enticing.
In this track, Dominican artist EmmaKings is completely captivated by a woman and spends the whole song asking her what he needs to do to win her over. He feels she has a "toque celestial" [celestial touch] that makes every man melt. His central pickup line is one for the ages: "Creo que tu piel destila miel / Y quiero ser apicultor" [I believe your skin distills honey / and I want to be a beekeeper]. He just wants to be the only one who gets to taste her!
The chorus is a direct and desperate plea: "¿Qué tengo que hacer? Pa' tenerte" [What do I have to do? To have you]. He sees her as an angelic figure, asking what he must do to "cuidar de tus alas" [take care of your wings]. But his feelings are far from angelic. Seeing her makes him feel like "un volcán erupciona" [a volcano is erupting] inside him, and he wants her like a "tsunami en mi" [tsunami in me]. He's willing to do anything, even "bajo hasta la luna" [go down to the moon] for her.
EmmaKings pitched left-handed in the Toronto Blue Jays organization before he sang bachata for a living. Born Emmanuel Reyes Evangelista in Santo Domingo in 1997, he signed with the Blue Jays as a teenager, spent three seasons in their rookie-level clubs in the Dominican Republic and Florida, and was released without reaching the majors. He started releasing music in 2019.
His first credit came in 2020 on Wilmore "Bimbo" Franco's Classic American Tunes In Bachata, an album of American songs rebuilt as bachata by a guitarist who has played with Aventura and Romeo Santos. His own run of singles followed: "Ella" and "¿Que Tengo Que Hacer?" in 2020, "Me Enamoré" as a duet with Scarlet Evang in 2021, "Jangueo" in 2022, then "Regresa" and "Traicionera" in 2024. He works in singles, not albums, and the sound leans hard on the guitar figures of modern bachata even when the writing is closer to Latin pop. In 2022 he sang Marc Anthony's "Flor Pálida" at the blind auditions of the second season of The Voice Dominicana.