To be honest, choosing one song to spotlight is hard. I had to give it some thought for hours, there are just too many songs to choose from and genres as well, so it’s a hard decision to make.
I was looking for a song that not many people listen to and a song that people could relate to. But the decision was not easy, and then it hit me, in the deepest part of my playlist, a song that could be perfect for The Song of the Week.

It ‘s called “Fabricando Fantasías” by Tito Nieves. This is an old song that was released in 2004, 20 years ago, but that doesn’t mean it ain’t good. This is a song that I grew up listening to, and when I was younger I didn’t quite understand its lyrics to be honest. For me, at that time, it was just a good song with a good rhythm and a really good singer, but I didn’t know why everyone liked it so much. Every time this song was played everyone around me suddenly started dancing and I didn’t understand why. Even now from time to time my mom puts this song in my house and starts dancing with my dad. Now that I’m older I realized how deep this song really was.

The story behind this song is that Tito Nieve’s son died at 24 from bone cancer. Tito Nieves was devastated, he couldn’t spend much time together with his son, due to his artist career he was always away and because of his addictions he had at the time. The last days of his son’s life he wasn’t there and it wasn’t until his son passed away he realized how dumb he was, he was furious at life but deep down he knows it was his fault for not being there when his son passed away and that’s why he wrote the song “in memory of my son and to be able to remember him, may he rest in peace.”

That’s the reason why I liked this song so much and wanted to share it with y’all, because of its deep story behind and how you can listen to Tito Nieve’s emotions through the song and how sad all this process was for him. Fortunately, no one in my family has passed away, but I know there’s some people that had to go through this hard process and could relate with this song, and I’m sure if those people listen to this song they will remember those who passed away. Now I can understand why everyone so suddenly started dancing when this song was played, it was in memory of those who passed away.

If you liked this song, I would recommend you listen to these songs: “Anhelo” by Adolescent’s Orquesta, “La noche mas linda del mundo” by Adalberto Santiago and “Tu con el” by Frankie Ruiz.