LISTEN: Spencer Day’s haunting Spanish interpretation of ABBA’s ‘Fernando’

Hollywood Life debuted Spencer’s newest creation, a Spanish-language acoustic recording of the ABBA classic, “Fernando.”

“The song now has multiple layers of meaning for me,” he told the online magazine. “On one level it’s a love song that reminds me of first unrequited crush when I was teenager on a two week exchange program with a school in Mexico.”

“And it crossed my mind again because, for the past few years I have been bicoastal between New York City and San Diego. Living right at the border, I become involved with Border Angels, a nonprofit that helps migrants and deportees stranded at the border.”

It was after talking with a deportee that felt “lost” between two worlds that the song re-entered his mind. “So much to lose, but we still try to remain brave and have no regrets. I actually think the lyrics might be more poignant in Spanish,” he said.

Read the original Hollywood Life post.