Darte un Beso by Prince Royce, Meaning, Translation & The Song That Made Bachata Cool

What Does "Darte un Beso" Mean?

"Darte un Beso" means "To Give You a Kiss." The song explores a love so intense it feels overwhelming, where every feeling is magnified to something that feels forbidden:

• The verses stack up reasons the romance feels complicated
• Each feeling he describes seems more off limits than the last
• He answers with grand romantic promises
• The chorus keeps returning to one simple wish: a kiss

But despite all these "complications," the singer says all he truly wants is something simple: to give her a kiss and offer her everything, mornings, comfort, the sky itself.

What Are the Lyrics of Darte un Beso About?

"Darte un Beso" is a devoted love song in which every grand promise leads back to one small wish: a kiss. Prince Royce sings to a woman he adores, and the title, which means "to give you a kiss," is the line the chorus is built around.

The song works in three moves:

• The tension: he describes loving her as complicated and treats each thought, glance and touch as if it were off limits. The song never says why, so the feeling reads as overwhelming devotion rather than a literal forbidden affair.
• The promises: he piles up extravagant offers, from bringing down the moon to giving her his mornings, and says there is little he would not change about himself for her.
• The wish: after all that, the chorus asks for something simple, a kiss, and for her never to want for anything.

The contrast is the point. Huge, poetic gestures sit next to the most ordinary act of affection, which keeps the song tender rather than dramatic. Royce sings it over a bachata guitar line, and Wikipedia lists the genre as bachata and reggae-pop.

The music video, released in August 2013, adds its own twist. Royce falls for a young woman on a beach, and the final scene reveals that she is a mermaid. According to Wikipedia, the video had passed 1.5 billion YouTube views by February 2025.

Who Is Prince Royce?

Prince Royce (Geoffrey Royce Rojas) is a Dominican-American singer from the Bronx, New York. He emerged in 2010 as a new generation bachata star with a pop-leaning sound, and his first single was a bachata cover of Ben E. King's "Stand by Me."

While Aventura fused bachata with R&B, and Romeo Santos pushed it to stadium-level, Prince Royce took bachata into the Latin pop mainstream. "Darte un Beso" even reached No. 78 on the all-genre Billboard Hot 100.

Chart Success

"Darte un Beso" debuted at #2 on Hot Latin Songs and reached #1 five weeks later. It also spent 17 weeks at #1 on Billboard's Latin Streaming Songs chart.

What Happened After Darte un Beso Came Out?

Prince Royce released "Darte un Beso" on July 15, 2013, as the first single from Soy el Mismo, his third studio album, which followed on October 8, 2013.

• A fast start: it entered Billboard's Hot Latin Songs chart at No. 2 and climbed to No. 1 on the chart dated September 7, 2013, ending Marc Anthony's 16-week run at the top with "Vivir Mi Vida." Billboard noted it was Royce's fourth No. 1 on that chart.
• A long run: it spent 14 weeks at No. 1 on Hot Latin Songs and 17 weeks at No. 1 on Latin Streaming Songs, and it won Streaming Song of the Year at the 2014 Latin Billboard Music Awards.
• A Brazilian version: Brazilian singer Michel Teló wanted to record the song in Portuguese, and Royce suggested they do it together. Their "Te Dar um Beijo" (2014) reached No. 5 on the Billboard Brasil Hot 100.
• Lasting numbers: Billboard ranks it No. 12 on its Hot Latin Songs chart of the 2010s, and the RIAA certified it 31 times Platinum in its Latin program in October 2021.