I have always been musically inclined. Ever since I was a young child, music was something that made me happy. Growing up my parent influenced my music style, playing   artist such as NWA, Snoop Dogg, 2pac, and Biggie Smalls. I never listened to spanish music as a child. The only spanish songs I listened to were  “Suavemente”, “La Bamba" or the spanish lullaby “A la nanita nana”. I can’t really say that I listened or enjoyed spanish music either.  I didn't have any link to spanish music. Selena was an artist that I felt a connection to. I remember watching her movie but not really paying attention to her songs. When I got into middle school I fell in love with  Selena as an artist.

The first songs of Selena’s that I remember listening to are “Bidi Bidi Bom Bom”, “Como La Flor” and “Dreaming of You”. I had no idea what she was singing about but it didn’t matter. I just remember me dancing to her songs and wanting to sing along even though I couldn’t. Her voice made you listen to her music. Her voice was just so captivating that I wouldn’t be able to describe how her voice sounded when I first heard her.  I had felt a connection towards Selena and wanted to know her better.

I want to know more about Selena as an artist. I know a lot about her already. I’ve listened to her music, I’ve watched the movie and multiple interviews but I want to know more. I want to strip away everything I do know about her and see her for everything she was. I want to learn about her dreams and aspirations, why she became a singer and what were her motivations? I want to know how she felt when she first debuted as “Selena” and how she felt about singing songs in spanish. Was it harder for her to make her debut singing in spanish? I want to delve more into Selena not only as an artist but as a person. Selena is such an interesting person because she was literally at the peak of her career when she was murdered. She was the person who bridged the gap between Latin music and English music. Before she was murdered, Selena was becoming such a big star, more and more people were starting to listen to her music. They didn’t care about the fact the they couldn’t understand what she was saying.

I often imagine how big Selena would be as a singer if she wasn’t killed at such a young age because she died before the world could see her as a musician. I believe that she would’ve been one of the biggest artist out there. I don’t think the world got to see her brilliance. I want to delve more into Selena not only as an artist but as a person. With this project I want to show who she was. I am excited to do this project to learn more about Selena and to allow others to know more about her as well.