Parapente is the Spanish word for "paraglider," a wide, parachute-like canopy used for gliding through the air.
In this song, Manuel Turizo uses it in a fresh and modern simile: "Me eleva' como un parapente" (You lift me up like a paraglider). It's a creative way to express the exhilarating, weightless feeling of being high on love, making this a truly unique and memorable lyric.
Jamaica throws you straight into a sun-soaked flashback where Colombian artist Manuel Turizo, joined by Beele, can’t stop dialing the past. Nights without sleep, reggae humming in the background, a joint after “el delicioso,” and ocean water to cool the heat — every scene on that Caribbean island is tattooed on his mind. Jamaica becomes more than a destination; it’s the secret name for a fiery summer affair that refuses to fade.
The track balances sweet nostalgia with playful confession. He knows she thinks he’s trouble, yet he’d repeat the “mistake” in a heartbeat because her lips burn like fire, her smile sends shivers, and no one else satisfies him the same way. Wrapped in breezy guitars and island beats, Jamaica is a rhythmic postcard of longing, temptation, and the irresistible urge to relive the best vacation of your life.
Manuel Turizo was studying to be a veterinarian in Montería, on Colombia's Caribbean coast, when a song he and his older brother Julián put out themselves in 2016 took over Latin radio. "Una Lady Como Tú" sets Julián's ukulele against Manuel's low baritone, and its video has since passed two billion views on YouTube. He was sixteen then, born in Montería in April 2000 into a family of musicians.
His debut album ADN (2019) reached number eight on Billboard's Top Latin Albums with Ozuna, Nicky Jam, Anuel AA and Sech along for the ride, and "Sola" gave him his first Latin Airplay number one. Dopamina followed in 2021, then 2000 in 2023, the album built around "La Bachata": number six on the Billboard Global 200, number one in Spain, and fifteen weeks atop the Argentina Hot 100. He has recorded with Marshmello ("El Merengue") and Shakira ("Copa Vacía"), and his fifth album Apambichao, released in April 2026, goes back to Colombian merengue and vallenato with Maluma on the title track.