Following the completion of the album The Song You’ve Never Seen, which features collaborations slated for release this Friday, Antonio Orozco reflects on his career and hints at stepping away from the stage for a period. He plans to devote himself entirely to composing, with the goal of crafting what he believes will be the best album of his life.
Over more than 23 years of touring and performing around the world, Orozco notes that this new collection marks the end of one beautiful chapter and the beginning of another. He explains that the upcoming period will offer time to write and to live with new material. It may take a while to recharge, but for now, he needs space to focus on creation and inspiration, according to EFE.
Regarding the latest work, the singer from L’Hospitalet de Llobregat, born in 1972, describes the project as something he has nurtured with much care since the pandemic. He credits producer Sebastián Krys for rewriting and reimagining some of his earlier songs, giving them a fresh light and new life.
The Song You’ve Never Seen, released by Universal Music, comprises eleven tracks that Orozco already recognizes and holds dear. Songs such as I’m Made of Little Pieces of You, I’m Your Hero, Journey, and I’m Made of Little Pieces of You form the core of the record. He collaborated vocally with a constellation of artists, including Pablo Alborán, Sebastián Yatra, Rozalén, Luis Fonsi, and Raphael, among others.
Orozco emphasizes that what makes this project special is his stance on choosing the material. The songs were not selected by a team or a set list of collaborators; instead, the pieces found him and the collaborators joined because they connected with the music or its story. The process felt almost fated, a three-year convergence that brought together his artistic vision with the right voices at the right moments.
As a few memorable examples, he recalls moments that shaped the album’s direction. He recalls a night when, during the finale of the song Your Face Comes to Me, he was at the piano and received a call from Sebastián Yatra suggesting a collaboration. He also remembers a video of Alborán singing I Am Made of Your Parts in a car, which inspired him to reach out and invite Alborán to participate, and Alborán agreed. The spontaneity of these exchanges highlights the organic creativity behind the record, something Orozco values deeply in his musical journey.
The album closes with the standalone track Revolución, a song that stands apart from the collaborative spirit of the rest of the project. It signals the opening of a new phase, acting as a cue to listeners about the threshold between this work and what lies ahead in the artist’s ongoing life as a creator and performer.