{"id":3547673,"uri":"https://api.kexp.org/v2/plays/3547673/?format=json","airdate":"2025-09-01T19:00:06-07:00","show":64449,"show_uri":"https://api.kexp.org/v2/shows/64449/?format=json","image_uri":"https://coverartarchive.org/release/3d822e5c-e97d-444c-b15c-83e5d688db7e/24557262167-500.jpg","thumbnail_uri":"https://coverartarchive.org/release/3d822e5c-e97d-444c-b15c-83e5d688db7e/24557262167-250.jpg","song":"Acapulco78","track_id":null,"recording_id":"2c631a5b-cade-4a85-b22f-a88ff81f5b52","artist":"Fase","artist_ids":["d1883f2d-1448-49ee-971c-80ad9288290e"],"album":"Ciudad Lluvia","release_id":null,"release_group_id":"dbcc1763-7af9-3660-b892-71d619a77344","labels":[],"label_ids":[],"release_date":"2002-01-01","rotation_status":null,"is_local":false,"is_request":false,"is_live":false,"comment":"“Acapulco 78” is track number three from Fase’s sole album, Ciudad Lluvia, released in Mexico in 2003. Fase was a Mexican electropop trio—vocalist Alma Velasco alongside brothers Peter and Hans Warner—who masterfully blended elements of trip-hop, house, Latin rhythms, and electronic pulse to craft their distinct, atmospheric sound.\n\n“Acapulco 78” unfolds like a sun-drenched daydream. The lyrics paint a poetic scene: the singer wakes and still feels as though they're dreaming, hearing the ocean’s call and feeling the salty breeze’s kiss as they fling open the window. There’s a sense of idealized peace—no dirty dishes in the kitchen, no troubling news—just dancing, music in the streets, and a world where “everything has its place.”\n\nAs the day progresses, the mood remains light and celebratory: a stroll to the beach before sunset, the sun calling, reflections seen in other people’s eyes, playful anticipation of meeting someone in a bar, perhaps over a martini, and the rising moon turning the world into “a carnival.” The song captures a longing for escape, joy, and belonging in a serene, almost cinematic moment.\n\nMusically, the track runs about 3 minutes and 48 seconds and is set at a brisk tempo of approximately 157 BPM, in the key of F minor—edges toward upbeat, but still carries that dreamy, electronic-lush vibe.\n\nhttps://open.spotify.com/track/0W6hdHUDorCBQH6kDJNSiZ","location":1,"location_name":"Default","play_type":"trackplay"}