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Hello! Ako si Miguel Benjamin
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and I play acoustic guitar, vocals, and write songs.
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Hello! I'm Agnes.
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I play percussion and sing backing vocals.
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I play percussion and do backing vocals.
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I play the violin.
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Hello! My name's Paolo Benjamin
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and I sing, play acoustic guitar, and co-write the song.
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May anaba? Formation?
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Since magkakasama na kami ng six years, no?
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Medyo close to like family na talaga yung dynamic ng lahat.
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Personally, it's the longest relationship that has survived my life so far.
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Nakakatawa kasi noon na hindi naman kami super close.
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Joke lang, hindi.
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We're really all also different people.
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Pero it's been a deep fellowship of the ring.
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At maraming pa kaming pagdadaan eh.
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Alright, so today we're going to test your relationship.
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With a lie detector and a set of question cards.
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Question number one.
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Who is the easiest to work with in the band?
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Well, madali sa akin, Spotch.
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Kaya kakabal naman yung tun-
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Spotch, I'm sorry.
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But that's true though.
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Kasi I've known Spotch since we were in college.
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Nag-session din kami for a lot of artists yung time na yun.
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So even before the band, palagi ko na siyang katrabaw.
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Ang light lang kasi niya laging kausap.
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Tapos lagi niya nagigits yung tinatry kong sabihin.
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Notorious kasi ako sa band na mahirap maintindihan.
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Because I always have this like,
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alternative point of view
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coupled with bad communication skills.
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It's not the best combo.
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Si Kaif parang mayroon natural inclination to understand first.
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Feeling ko nasa zodiac sign yan eh.
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Ba't ano ba kayo? Magka-match yung-
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Hindi ko alam, pero feeling ko lang.
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Dapat ba mo yung sing-sing? Okay lang.
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Hindi, ako lang yan.
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Baka lumuka siya ngayon.
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Do you think you've changed since you joined the band?
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Oh yes, definitely.
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Calm your mind, Migs.
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Kinakabayan ako, baka mag-
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Sabi sa'yo ba, naka-join ba yung sing-sing eh?
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Sino ba naman hindi magbabago?
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Sino ba naman? Totoo yan.
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Kaming nine, sobrang magkakaiba talaga kaming tao.
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Kahit sa work or sa personal relationships namin,
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kailangan naming mag-adjust para sa isa't isa.
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Kasi gano'n naman yung relationships, diba?
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Kasi syempre na-influence namin yung isa't isa eh.
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Yung mga perspectives na hindi ko naisip dati
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nung hindi ko pa sila kilala.
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Para na-adapt mo yan eh.
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I mean, I believe God used you also to shape me
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the way I see the world and, you know, live it also.
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What we've done, yung experience din talaga namin as a band.
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So, imposibleng hindi kami magbago.
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What hasn't changed is, I guess, my love for you guys.
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More of anything.
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Sabi nga nila, kapag hindi ka nagbago, hindi ka nag-grow.
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You're not telling the truth, ah?
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Baka, ano, pwede yung sya yung mashock natin.
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Oo nga eh, mamaya, guys, baka natin ito.
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Have you ever pretended to like our song
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that you really did not?
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Ha, ako pa talaga?
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I always tell you guys naman, pag ayoko, diba?
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Kahit na ako lang yung mayayaw sa something, but
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AHH! LALA! SHOCK!
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Feeling ko pag magalaw,
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So, I like our music.
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I don't think I ever disliked a song in the creation process.
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But there have been songs na parang overtime,
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habang tinutugtog natin pa ulit-ulit.
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Ang dami-dami nating songs na pwedeng tugtogin,
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ba't ito na naman?
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You guys know yung Spotify?
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Well, for the past years, number one ko yung Ben & Ben.
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Part din siya nung 5%.
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Yeah, as in the top listeners of Ben & Ben.
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So, siya lang yung sa band yung ganun.
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Okay, in all honesty,
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hindi ko gusto yung Could Be Something nung una.
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Ako siguro yung hirap mag-accept ng change.
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I know that change is good.
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Pero sa akin parang,
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if you've been playing a similar style of music
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in the past six years,
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and then biglang mag-offer ng
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completely different direction,
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syempre masyadong shake-up ka kasi
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six years ko itong ginagawa.
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So, I went through this whole journey
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of reinventing din yung sarili ko,
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pagtugtog ko, learning lots of things.
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And then, gusto ko naman na siya ngayon.
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Stream, Could Be Something.
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Out now on all streaming platforms.
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Ang galeng, galeng, galeng!
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Have you ever used your musical ability
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to impress someone you liked?
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Especially nung high school.
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Mamaya na ako mag-explain.
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Ah, sige, sige, sige.
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Alam ko na akong bakit.
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Kasi hindi siya like.
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I'll, uh, someone I love.
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Sa asawa ko, syempre.
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Dahil nga sa kanya,
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saot ko yung sing-sing na to.
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Tapos dahil sa kanya,
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lumalakas yung kuryente.
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Well, sinulat ako siya ng maganda.
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Tapos yun yung araw-araw.
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Guys, nothing to hide!
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Saan mo pa gagamitin yun?
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It's the people pleaser in all of us.
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Actually, doon lang naman sa crush level eh.
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Hindi naman yung parang,
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alam mo yung like,
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ah, I'm gonna pursue this, pursue that.
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So, dati kasi nung high school.
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I mean, hindi naman ako marunong
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kay pag-usap sa mga tao.
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So, like, tatambay lang ako
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Tapos gigitara ako doon.
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Then, that's how I would make friends.
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It's more of like,
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oh, cute lang yun.
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Uy, may bago akong riff.
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Gagawin ko ito, kaya...
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Do you know magbalik intro?
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Have you ever been jealous of anyone
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in the music industry?
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I wish I was like this or like that.
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Yes with explanation.
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It's a different adjective.
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Wait, I have to explain.
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Bakit ako nung job?
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But the answer is yes!
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Grabe yung honesty!
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Jealous is the wrong word.
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Nami kasing magagaling talagang drummer eh.
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And I'm not the technical drummer eh.
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So, madaling maintimidate.
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Actually, feeling ko naman jealous.
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Pero, more of competitive.
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Kasi like, I grew up having a twin.
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That really brings out something in you eh na, you know,
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you have a tendency to compare yourself to someone else.
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I mean, sobrang solid kami ni Migs kasi talaga.
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Pero, I still carried that in other aspects of my life.
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Kapag kasama ko kasi kayo, parang
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meron akong mga napupulot ng mga ugali nyo na gusto ko
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na sana ganun ako.
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Like, I wish I was as wise as Tony
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or I wish I was as positive as Agnes.
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Like, being very vulnerable about it.
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Minsan, ang hirap eh kasi yung competitiveness ko na yun, parang
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it's not something that I encounter a lot with other people.
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So, sometimes it gets very lonely.
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But, it's super important to have a strong support system
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that will be able to catch you in your weaknesses.
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I think that's the most honest I've ever been about this topic.
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Okay, so ito, ito, ito.
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Maganda to, maganda to, maganda to.
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Who would you least likely and trust your life with in the band?
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And why is his name Andrew?
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O, madaming choices.
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Sige, yun nalang.
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Alam akong bakit.
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Nasa'yo kaya, sige ikaw bakit.
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Oh my gosh, why did I?
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Kung gumawa kami ng anak ni Poch.
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Pero that won't happen.
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Okay kasi, si Agnes,
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siya yung tipong minsan talaga,
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may times na sobrang sabawin niya talaga.
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I just flow with everyone.
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So like yung tipong kunyari.
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Biglang zombie apocalypse.
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Tapos andyan na yung mga zombie.
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Feeling kasi si Agnes kasi parang
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mabilis siya ma-distract.
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Uy, astig yung ano, magandas!
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Magkakaiwalay kami kagad,
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makakain ako ng zombie, yung mga ganun.
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Let's say, knock on wood,
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nagkaroon na ako ng malubhang sakit.
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Tapos meron akong specific na gamot
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na kailangan inumin.
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Agnes, birin mo naman to.
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Ito 500, so kailangan mo i-divide by 10.
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I think kaya yan.
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How do you guys deal with being so close na together?
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But at the same time, you have to work.
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Hindi na kami nakatila sa isang bahay.
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That's how we do it.
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Noong kasagsagan ng pandemic,
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sobrang naging close kami kasi.
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Iba yun eh, pag magkakasama kayo sa bahay.
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Definitely, there were days na naging challenging siya
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and meron kang tension sa work.
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Mahalaga din kasi yung time na hindi kayo magkakasama.
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Para pag nagkita na kayo ulit,
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may time ka to think.
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E pag kanyaring nag-away kayo,
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tapos biglang may pila sa CR,
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tapos kaya pa rin yung magkakasama.
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Tsaka kasi, I think ngayon,
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dahil nga mas kilala namin yung isip isa,
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mas sensitive na rin kami.
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Something that we always do is give
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high importance to conversation and communication.
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Alam niyo yun si Migs.
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Mahilig yun makipag-uusap.
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Kahit ayaw mo na,
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kakausapin ka niya.
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Of course, the bottom line is like
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the positive impact that you make
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individually and as a group.
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And that's why we keep going.
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Freestyle? Uy, alam ko ito, freestyle.
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Ask them anything that can be answered with a yes or no.
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Okay, okay, okay.
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Oh my God, may time ba
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na gusto mong manulak or manuntok ng bandmate?
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Hindi, wala talaga.
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Kasi hindi ganun yung coping ko with anger.
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Kakawin tao kasi.
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Dramatic enough ba yun?
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Hindi nga, wala talagang time.
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Kasi usually, pagka,
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Nakaka-earnest ka na,
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anong time ka free mamaya?
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Okay, feeling mo ba
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aabot pa tayo ng 20 years as a band?
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Dami tayo nyo eh!
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like habang nagde-daydream lang ako,
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bigla kong na-imagine,
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yung lahat kami nasa isang dining area
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na may mga batang tumatakbo.
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Tapos nagde-dinner lang kami so-
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Oo, boy ka pa naman nun!
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Bless kay Lola Tugli!
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Magiging basher ka ba ng recreate?
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We will find out.
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Oh my God, let's work with this!
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I think in terms of,
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in the realm of bashing,
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there is criticisms, that's good.
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But at the end of the day,
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your goal is to lead everyone into the truth
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and constructive upliftment of everyone.
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This is rigged, guys.
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Have you ever wanted to quit the band?
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Nagsasabi na nga ng totoo yung tao eh.
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Alam niyo yung Ikigai,
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nung nabasa ko siya,
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ah, ang laki ko na-
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I love Ben & Ben!
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I wanna thank my family!
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Legit ba na, yes?
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There's always a point
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na you think you wanna leave.
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Pero yung mga thoughts kasi na gano'n.
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They happen when things are not going well.
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No, yung answer ko,
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mas question siya,
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hindi dahil dun sa band,
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pero dahil sa akin,
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ay yung direction ko sa buhay.
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iba yung generation ko sa kanila.
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Parang napapaisip lang ako,
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ito ba talaga yung dapat kong gawin sa buhay?
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Anong ginagawa ko dito?
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why do I feel this way?
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Why do I feel like quitting?
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If the root is not directly connected to the problem,
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then your problem is probably somewhere else.
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parang okay lang naman ako
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playing lang na kahit sa background,
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arranger, producer,
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yung mga gano'n noon.
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But then when we became like a band,
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made me realize na
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I really wanna stick and do this
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with my best friends.
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Salamat at nandito ka pa rin.
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Oo, nandito ka pa rin eh.
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it's almost thera-pay.
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I mean, honestly,
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a lot of the things na
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na-share namin dito,
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one way or another,
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we kinda know it off each other.
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Because, you know,
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that's what six years of being a band does to you.
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It's nice to refresh these things,
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kasi getting to talk about it
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every once in a while,
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strengthens and nurtures that relationship.
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Gusto ko malaman mo na kami rin,
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kahit di namin sinasabi,
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nai-inspire kami sa tapang mo
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to voice out who you are.
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Can't wait for a lot more years of
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music and friendship.
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You know, I love these guys, and uh...
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Excited na ko mag-Wembley tayo guys.
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Please, let's make it happen.
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Mag-Wembley ba kami?
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Well, we have a single out now,
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it's called Could Be Something.
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It's about taking risks,
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and we're very happy with how it turned out.
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So please stream it on streaming platforms,
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I just wanna thank lahat ng mga naikinig
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nagsa-support sa band since day one,
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and yung mga nag-support lang din kahapon,
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kasi you guys are equally loved,
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and we wanna welcome you to this big community.
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We are on tour dito sa Pilipinas,
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and also we're headed to Toronto,
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Dubai, and Australia.
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Ngayon, tinatry talaga namin
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to reach as many places as possible.
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Salamat, Diwanag, for always sharing a piece of you with us
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as we share a piece of us with you
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in a non-cannibalistic way.
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Thank you so much!
