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    "comment": "“Excusa Para El Pogo” is a 2025 single by Fama y Guita, released as a one-track drop and credited with a collaborator (La Piba Berreta) on major platforms. At roughly a minute and a half, it’s engineered as a burst—more a spark than a long statement. The title translates to “an excuse for the mosh pit,” which is exactly how the song behaves: it doesn’t need to justify itself with narrative complexity; it exists to trigger movement. Short tracks like this usually live or die on immediacy: a hook that hits fast, a rhythm that reads instantly, and a structure that exits before repetition dulls the edge. That’s the strength here. For radio use, it’s a pacing tool. It can reset attention between longer tracks, or it can kick off a punk-adjacent block with a quick surge. Thematically, there’s also an implied satire: calling it an “excuse” suggests the mosh is the point, and everything else is pretext. That self-awareness can play well on air—especially if you frame it as a wink at rock scene rituals while still honoring the physical joy of noise and release. Keep it loud, keep it quick, and let it do its job.\n \n\u2028Listen: https://open.spotify.com/album/29q4dkyaMkys7t4r87bYlO",
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