The multicultural trio based in Madrid Cantamarta has released a new song, “Melancolía”, but it is not just another song, but one with an important message from the group and that should give us a lot to think about.
The group has decided on this occasion that their music could work perfectly to make us think and raise awareness about the problems that “it entails holding a dehumanized view of the most vulnerable: young people and migrants. Suicide is a reality that we have to combat by looking it in the face, fighting for our rights and to conquer the minimum conditions to have a dignified life. ‘Melancolía’ is a song that deals with the pain after the loss of a friend. I hope, now every time you listen to it, It’s harder for you to look away. Don’t forget to call your friend and ask him how he is. Maybe he’s going through a bad time and he’ll be happy to see your name on the phone screen and happy to hear your voice.
Suicide is the third cause of death in young people between 15 and 29 years old
The changes inflicted on the economic and social well-being of citizens in recent years in Spain – and in most surrounding countries – have drastically worsened the quality of life.
The impact is transversal. It goes from the material to the emotional. Mental health, despite having gained media presence in recent times and being one of the talismanic topics for those who profit from participating in the public conversation, is, increasingly, one of the main focuses of concern for citizens and social agents.
Care cannot be only after the fact. It is our duty as a society to generate a pleasant and welcoming structure for the development of a normal life. In this sense, it is especially painful to see how the youngest, precisely those who have had the least time to build their lives, are especially susceptible to mental health illnesses that end up directly attacking their physical, emotional and cognitive condition, sometimes leading them to take their own lives.
The starkness of this data, which the World Health Organization has made public in its latest report, points out that in countries like Spain, very unfortunately, the trend is increasing, and suicide could become, in the coming years, the leading cause of death among the youngest, among those who have barely completed their first two or three decades of life.
Suicide is the third cause of death in young people between 15 and 29 years old and an intolerable situation, not for any advanced democracy that boasts of promoting a social rule of law, but for any self-aware community.
We do not depend solely on large institutions, whether public or private, to be able to face a problem as big as this. It is in the hands of each one of us, as individuals and as a society, to offer affection, trust, understanding and extend a hand to those who need it, who find themselves in an extreme situation due to economic precariousness or the emotional entropy to which we are so often forced. Be aware. Call your friend.
In Spain, 1 in 10 migrants reports having had suicidal ideas
The economic precariousness and the dynamics of discrimination that manifest themselves in relation to the migrant community are just one of the reasons why the life of those born abroad is manifestly more complicated than that of natives. In Spain, yes, but also in any country in the world.
These conditions are just the tip of the iceberg of a reality that lives among us but is never made visible by either the large or small media: thus condemning migrants to ostracism and lack of representation in public spaces. Spain’s workforce in 2026 does not have representatives in institutions, in the public or artistic sphere.
At the political level, neither one nor the other is interested in focusing on the migrant community. Either to not allocate resources to their problems or so that the conditions that many of the workers in this country face when they leave the offices, the hospitality establishments or the markets in which they earn their living and return home, continue to be solely the problem of those who suffer from them. And 70% of migrants in Spain live in overcrowded conditions, sharing a room with more than two people.
With all this, it is not difficult to believe that in Spain, more than 1 in 10 migrants report having had suicidal ideas. Up to 14.5% have declared, according to the study by the NGO Columbares, that life is not worth living. We repeat, in case it is not clear: Up to 14.5% of migrants residing in Spain affirm that life is not worth living.
Faced with these discriminatory, alienating and terribly cruel situations for those who are neighbors, soccer teammates or dance partners when we go out to the club to forget our problems, only personal commitment and care and affection is a real solution. So call your friend.
