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    "id": 3600706,
    "uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/plays/3600706/?format=api",
    "airdate": "2026-01-05T20:33:47-08:00",
    "show": 65574,
    "show_uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/shows/65574/?format=api",
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    "song": "te odio",
    "track_id": null,
    "recording_id": null,
    "artist": "te vi en un planetario",
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    "album": "te odio",
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    "comment": "“te odio” is presented on Bandcamp as part of a release titled demos, which is an important clue: it sets expectations around immediacy, rough edges, and emotional directness rather than polished finality. That demo framing often means the recording is meant to capture the core of the song—melody, mood, and message—without sanding off its urgency. The title (“I hate you”) carries a bluntness that can be literal, ironic, performative, or defensive; the track’s power, in practice, is usually in the tension between that headline emotion and the more complicated reasons underneath it. Because reliable, widely published background information on the project is limited in the sources surfaced here, the most accurate approach is to treat “te odio” as a self-contained statement: a short, repeatable piece where the hook is the feeling itself. In a radio context, this is the kind of cut that benefits from placement. It can read as catharsis if you put it after something tender, or as escalation if you put it before something louder. If you are building a set around modern independent Spanish-language songwriting, it also works as a contrast track—simple language, heavy emotional temperature, and a demo aesthetic that feels intimate rather than glossy. \u2028Listen: https://tevienunplanetario.bandcamp.com/track/te-odio",
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}