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And along with some of my good friends, inihahandog ko sa inyo ang mga awitin na siyang bumago sa aking buhay.
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Because of that, I've still been with Hoje
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Aking ka na lang.
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Aking ka na lang.
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Ang ganda na sa araw-araw.
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Aking ka na lang...
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Hanggang aking kanila
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It's good to see you again
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I am happy to see you
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Kwento, ano ang mga bago?
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Anong mga hindi nababago?
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A lot of things has changed, Tito Boy
03:09.8
Since we last seen
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I released my third and final album
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And I'm just starting to step into
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A different era of my artistry in my life
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And I'm just very happy to be here
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Pag-usapan natin ang Dalamhati
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Because that's your third OPM Collective
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I think Dalamhati for me is my most special album
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Because for a number of reasons
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The first reason is because
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It's my first album that I produced
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As an openly gay man
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And you know being
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Open about myself is something that I've wanted
03:42.5
So to be able to put all that emotion
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And all those feelings
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Finally openly and liberated
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And freely into a
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Is just something that I've dreamed about
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So this is a celebration of you being
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This third collective
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How did it impact into
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Let's say the choice of songs
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Yeah well these songs
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All have become just kind of beacons of hope for me
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During my process of coming out
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And with the singers
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They're all people that have
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You know been with me through it all
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Okay I want to talk about the songs
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I know Martin released one
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Kaya Ganda ng Ating Musika
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Kaya ganda ng ating musika
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Kaya ganda ng ating musika
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Does Huling El Bimbo
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Magkahawakan nating kanta
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My cousin's fiance
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He actually recommended me this beautiful
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And I'd known about the song, but he gave me, I guess, the courage to do my own take on it.
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My Troy Loretta version of it.
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So, being able to do Ang Huling El Bimbo is kind of my way of connecting more with the people.
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Aside from Huling El Bimbo, you also have Jonathan Manalos, our friends.
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This is performed in your album by?
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By Pia Toscano and Lauren Allred.
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Good friends, right?
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Good friends of mine.
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Obviously, we all know Pia Toscano from American Idol and Lauren Allred for doing Never Enough from The Greatest Showman.
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So, to be able to bring those two together on this song and do a duet version of such an epic song written by Sir Jonathan, it was just such a moment.
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Ogie is also part of, dahil mahatipo, mahatip si Ogie Alcacid.
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And he does what song?
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He does, we do an acoustic version of his classic, Ang Pangarap Ko Ang Ibigin Ka.
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Ang Pangarap Ko Ang Ibigin Ka
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When I told him that we were going to do this song, I told Sir Ogie, I really want to do a stripped down version.
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My album is very sad and I have this arrangement with just piano and strings.
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And I wanted to strip it down so people can listen to your voice and the actual song.
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And it came out so beautifully. He sang all the high notes, sang beautifully and Sir Ogie is the best.
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There's nothing like the OPM.
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Okay, Troy, itong collectives mo, Kaibigan, Giliw, Dalamhati, are your tribute to original Pilipino music.
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You've made your mark abroad.
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You've worked with the likes of Ariana Grande, Bocelli, David Foster.
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You just certainly made this country proud by doing a lot of things that you've been doing.
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Okay, so having been there and having achieved what you have achieved,
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why are you doing this?
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Filipino music has influenced my style of music and the way that I am as a musician for so long
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that I wasn't able to formally give Filipino music and Filipinos their flowers and recognition
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for molding me into the musician that I am today.
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And that's something that's very heavy on my heart.
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And it's for my family too.
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I see how hard they work and what they had to do to get here.
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It was my way of just saying thank you.
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And for anybody that's, you know, the youth especially, that's, you know, something to be proud of.
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Something to look and listen to and be seen and heard.
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Because when I was growing up, there wasn't Filipino music other than what I saw on TFC.
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But if someone in the States or someone in the province here can listen to, you know, our music being sung by the world,
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I'm hoping that it gives them the courage to just step into it.
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Because I would have loved that back when I was a little younger.
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Did you come with David Foster when he did his concerts in Manila?
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The very first time you were contacted to do this for David, was that scary?
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His manager called me on a random Tuesday or something and said that,
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Hey, David needs a musical director.
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And I, telling you, the boy, I got so scared.
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I almost didn't do the audition.
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I wasn't sure if I was ready.
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And he's been following my career with Ariana and all the other artists that I've worked with through the years.
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And he's no, he, you know.
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Let's talk about Ariana Grande.
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Paano kayo nagkatrabaho ni Ariana Grande?
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I got with Ariana through auditions also.
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I became her musical director on her first major world tour, the Honeymoon Tour.
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How was it working with somebody like Miss Grande?
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You know, I'm a fan of singers.
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So when I was able to work with,
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someone that's not only famous and beautiful but actually fulfills my musical heart and my 90s heart because she's like a mini-Biritera.
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I mean, it's something so natural for me because I worked with all these Filipino singers.
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Super and very good singer.
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I know this is not something that's important to you because you are an artist from head to toe.
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But how good is the money in that kind of thing?
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It pays the bills, Tito.
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Let's move on to Katy Perry.
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You work with Katy.
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I worked with her on a couple gigs.
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We do, it was through David and we did these, we do like these corporate events and we did a full set of her songs and it was so much fun.
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It was a very short situation but I was able to play fireworks and you know, all the hits and it was just super fun.
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And she was very nice, she came in rehearsal, went on her way and it was really fun.
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Bocelli, how was it?
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That one for me was special because I, obviously, we all know Bocelli from singing like songs like The Prayer.
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And I grew up with her.
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And I grew up with that song.
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So when I got to work with him, my first gig with Bocelli was actually in Italy and we performed at the Colosseum.
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So if you could imagine, that was my first introduction.
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And that was actually one of my first David Foster gigs.
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It was a moment that I'll always remember because full circle moment.
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What do you learn from that?
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Artists and celebrities are just normal people.
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I think for a lot of, big part of my career, I was so like .
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I want to see everybody but when, as I got to the later parts of my career, you know, being able to hold your hand,
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or make jokes with Miss Reg or you know, high five Nicole.
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I just, they're just people and they just want to connect on a more personal level and I love that.
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It's a surreal thing for me because I looked up to these people.
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The great thing about your story is that it was not easy to get there.
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You paid your dues.
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Kaya yung dalamhati po ay napaka lalim ng ibig sabihin sa akin as somebody who knows you.
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And when I was going through the tracks, I said, this is Troy's ode to, you know, the country.
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And more importantly, sabi mo nga mahalaga din itong Third Collective sa'yo because this is your first work.
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Your opus as a gay man.
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Tell me the story.
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I was closeted for a long time because I didn't want to disappoint my family.
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I thought within myself that if I was able to just do so good at music that they wouldn't care about, you know, me being gay.
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But then it started to take a toll on me where I was kind of hiding who I was and I didn't see myself anymore.
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And it wasn't until my grandfather died in 2016 that I kind of made the decision to just start to come out slowly.
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And it wasn't until last year that I officially came out to the world.
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And it was so hard, tito boy.
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How did it happen?
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I was sitting with my mom at breakfast and she, you know, was just wondering, like, why are you so quiet?
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Why are you being weird?
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She kept badgering me and finally I just started crying and I fell to the floor and I told her that I'm gay and I'm tired.
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And she just gave me a hug and she said that it's okay.
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That part was probably the most hurtful part of coming out because, like, then I realized, like, grave, like, for 30 years I could have came out sooner.
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There was a lot of regret of, like, we could have made more memories.
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We could have done this.
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We could have done that for the longest time.
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But I wasted so much time.
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My dad's reaction was similar.
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My dad didn't care.
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And that was the one that I was worried about.
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Filipino from Quezon City, baby.
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Like, you know, tol, bro.
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So, when he was cool with it, it just made my heart jump.
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No, I have a different way of looking at it.
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You didn't waste time.
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You are who you are today because of those years.
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Because you know why?
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When you put in an act, when you perform, because you want parents to be happy and you don't want anybody disappointed, you're coming from a place of love.
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So, can you imagine every time you'd play today?
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I'd look forward.
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Ito nga yung dalamhati.
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I look forward to listening intently to every track because Choi found himself in this album.
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Di ba? Parang ano kaya ang pagkakaiba?
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Ano kaya ang tunog na ginawa ni Choi dito?
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And it's really interesting.
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It's really interesting.
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And thank you for making us part of this journey.
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Really, thank you.
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I'm just very honored to be on this journey.
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And I'm hoping that I make a difference in Filipino music.
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You will. You really will.
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If there is one song, Choi, and I know I've asked you this, but again, now on a different phase in your life, if there's one song that defines who you are, what is it?
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You'll be surprised at the answer, Tito Boy.
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The one song that will always bring back memories and make me feel happy or sad depending on the moment is this beautiful Bisaya song.
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It's called Usahay.
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I'm a very proud Cebuano. I'm very proud Bisaya.
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So to be able to showcase that to the Philippines and the world.
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Have you arranged Usahay?
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Can I listen to part of the song?
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What do you want to tell the Filipino people?
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I want to say that the past couple of years have been so beautiful for me.
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To the Filipino people, to be able to connect with you guys on a musical level is something that I've been wanting all my life.
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And I just want to say thank you guys so much for embracing me and my music these past couple of years.
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And I also want to say on just a personal level when it comes to OPM, you know, God has taken me to such beautiful places, Tito Boy.
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But there is nothing like coming home.
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And we can like Ariana, we can like Journey, we can love Whitney Houston.
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But it's still amazing and beautiful to celebrate Milita Corrales, Martin Rivera, Haji Alejandro.
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To celebrate our music.
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Because our music is so beautiful.
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And I mean a lot of people ask me like why do you do this or why are you so passionate about it?
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Because OPM has literally saved my life.
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Dalabhati is a story about how I was able to get through the mental stuff that I was going through.
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And I used Filipino music to get me through those times.
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And I'm hoping that Filipino people in the future will be able to do the same.
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And I'm hoping that Filipino people in the future will be able to do the same.
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And I'm hoping that Filipino people in the future will be able to be reminded of how powerful our music is.
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And that it can take someone from being at rock bottom and bring you back on top.
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And I'm hoping that with these three albums and the work that I'm doing, that Filipinos have something to be proud of when it comes to original Filipino music.
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And it's something to be celebrated and constantly celebrated.
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And you know the most important lesson I learned tonight in this conversation is aside from the love for mom and the love for family,
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is that if you want some things to happen to you in your life and your career, show up.
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And live with love.
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Be there for the pain because what you can do can save yourself.
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Make yourself a sign for faith in God.
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To the end of this story, in the next video, we will have another day and we are going to honour President 되는 avoided from the endorsement at the country.
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So let us hang in there together, ladies and gentlemen.
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May God bless you.
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Nais maramdaman, nais maramdaman, kailan kaya?
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