Arts and Entertainment

Song of the Week: “Fabricando Fantasias”

Santiago Rendon, Contributing Writer • October 29, 2024

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.

About the Contributor

Santiago Rendon

The Wyoming Wolf Pack Press is made up of many people, one of them being Santiago Rendon. He is a Junior in high school. When asked what two words would describe him best he shared “Two words that would describe me would be chill and athletic.” Santiago mentions athletic as one of the words to describe himself, this is one of the words he used due to the extracurricular activities that he has participated in including soccer. “I played for the Wyoming JV soccer team this year, but next year I want to try to get into the varsity team”. He not only has the goal of overachieving in soccer and getting on the varsity team but he has other goals. Another goal that he has is for his future, what his plans are after he graduates high school, and where he wants to go. “One goal I have is to graduate and go to university, be studious, and become either a plumber or an electrician,” explained Rendon. Having a goal in mind is important for your future, understanding where you want to go in life and what you want to pressure. Something that could be difficult for many people is staying motivated and on the right path. “What motivates me is the payment because a plumber and electrician get paid very well due to the dangerous conditions that they are put through,” said Santiago. Hobbies are important to many and what you do in your free time represents you in various ways. For Santigo, he likes to watch movies after school and/ or in his downtime one of his favorite movies is Fast And The Furious which is an action-packed movie about racing cars. “I really like Fast And The Furious because of the actors and the way they act also the cars. The Escala Is like my dream car” explained Rendon.