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Ano ba ito? Paano ito kinumpose, the process of doing this?
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Because I heard four years in the making.
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Yes, ang Comets is a song na una namin siyang tinis on social media
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four years ago, 2020, 2020, no?
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So, nag-move kami, as some of them may know,
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nag-move kami sa isang bahay nung pandemic.
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And then, yung isa sa mga araw na yun, parang nag-live lang kami, ganyan.
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Tapos, tinagtog ni Paolo yung Comets na,
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tapos parang tinagtog namin na acoustic lang.
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And then, nagtataka sila, anong song yun? Anong song yun?
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And then, the second time we played it was in Dubai,
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dun sa show namin dun.
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Ano pa yun eh, kakabukas pa lang ng economy ng world after the pandemic.
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And then, the third time was in our homecoming concert in 2022.
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But all the while, never namin siyang nirelease.
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And I guess, finally,
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ngayong May 10, it's finally the right time for the song to come out.
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After four years.
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Kaka it's the right time after four years?
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We feel that it's the right time because
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in terms of the sound and also in terms of the message of the song,
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we feel like kami at saka yung audience namin nag-grow a lot.
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I think the song is a bit mature in terms of its...
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It's not, it's not ano, it's not a simple message to hear.
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Because what it says is, essentially, like comets, yung mga, may mga bagay sa buhay natin na
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ang ganda-ganda pero hindi sila nandyan para tumagal.
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Parang dadaan lang sila.
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Pero malalig ba nila?
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Ben and Ben pa rin.
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So, in a way, for us,
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having experienced that a lot in our lives,
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and also yung mga audience din namin, yung liwanag,
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I feel like ito na yung tamang time para ilabas yung song.
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And also, I think musically, we also had to go through so much
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in terms of growth.
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And itong song na to, our bandmates can tell you more about it.
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We actually worked with a producer from Indonesia.
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His name is Petra.
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And we learned so much.
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We learned so much from the process.
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Hindi. Kasi, so another reason why we're releasing it this year pa lang after four years
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is when we started working with itong producer si Petra,
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he made some tweaks with it.
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He adjusted some parts, shortened some parts, lengthened some parts.
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Tapos when he sent it over to us, yung ginawa niya,
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we were like, oh.
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So yung, as much as we've grown also since 2020,
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as much as our listeners and audience have grown also since 2020,
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na-feel na namin, uy, this song also grew with us to this point na masaya na kami and satisfied.
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And since then, sobrang excited kami to release this song and to have everyone hear this song
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and enjoy this song also with us.
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And to experience also.
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Kung ano ba yung message ng song ng comments with us.
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Actually, hindi namin in-expect na ano.
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Kasi kami, syempre, kating-kating na kaming ilabas siya after four years.
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Pero hindi namin in-expect na marami pala talagang nag-aabang ng song na to.
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Nung nag-announce kami yesterday na ilalabas namin siya sa May 10,
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yung mga eco-comment, ano, grabe nung 2020 ko pa hinihintay yung kantang to.
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Finally. Nakakatawa pa yung isa parang, grabe, pinag-antay niyo ako ng four years.
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Parang sabi, sorry po.
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Pero I know you've mentioned about the message of the song.
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Can you give me thoughts on that a little bit more?
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Pagpuntaan yung comments.
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I think yung comments, ano siya eh.
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Kailangan pumunta ka muna dun sa maturity na, ano,
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tanggap mo na na, yun nga, may mga bagay na hindi meant na mag-stay sa buhay mo.
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Tapos okay lang yun.
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So, para talagang maintindihan mo yung message ng song na comments.
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I think for us, yung maturity na yun, recently lang din siya dumating sa amin.
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Because of the experiences that we've been through the past four years.
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Kaya I think, hopefully yung same realization na yun,
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ma-share din namin sa kung sino man makarinig ng song.
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I think ako personally, excited akong marinig ng tao siya.
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Because I think the song also assists in letting you into that reflective journey.
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Kasi common human experience siya eh.
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When you, may mga dumadaan talaga sa buhay natin na nawawala talaga.
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And ang ganda na na-capture natin yung concept na yun and really be able to put it in a song.
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Because may kanya tayong stories about it.
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And so, excited kaming makita yung, kung ano yung mga stories ng ibang tao about this song.
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Kaya siguro tagal na lang hinihintay kasi iba talaga pag actual release na song.
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Kaya jump-packed with the whole thought behind it, yung musicalities.
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Kaya yun lang, exciting.
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For me, I feel like one of the most painful things to see is a person na masyado nang takot magmahal.
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Because of past experiences, because of a failed relationship, because of a friend na nawala or just the very essence of life na fleeting.
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Na, what do you do with that information?
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Knowing that something so beautiful in your life can just be taken like that.
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And we really feel like this song kind of puts you, it really does put you in that situation.
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Parang beyond asking, ba't ganun? Ba't nawawala?
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It puts you in that space of not really knowing.
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Because the song doesn't know.
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The song doesn't know why it happens.
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The whole song is asking, why do comets come my way?
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Even by the end of the song, wala ka talagang sagot.
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Other than to be grateful.
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Kasi, sometimes, rather than asking, ba't nawala?
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Sometimes there is grace and there is joy in just realizing na I'm just so happy this happened in the first place.
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Don't cry because it's over.
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Smile because it happened.
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But anyway, thank you so much for that.
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Lalo pa kaintindihan ni Comets.
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But I really wanted to ask this question kasi you guys have been releasing so many songs already.
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And anytime na nag-re-release siya ng mga, imposible hindi siya mag-viral.
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Hindi siya mag-get friend.
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Hindi siya mag-agustuhan ng mga tao.
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So, my question is, may pressure ba sa inyo?
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Every time na nag-re-release kayo ng banta na dapat mag-hit to?
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I think, specifically for this song na Comets, ang ano namin, ang dream namin for the song is, yun, simple lang.
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Maintindihan ng mga tao at tumatak yung message ng song.
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But aside from that din, ano, one of our dreams for this song is since we feel like it's a message that we want to share not just with people from the Philippines,
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pero people from all over the world, we want to start sharing more actively yung songs namin sa mga tao sa labas ng Philippines.
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With the hopes na magkaroon ng same message.
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Level of connection kami with them through the song, Comets, onwards.
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Yung magkaroon ng ganong, ano, magkaroon ng ganong effect.
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And so, yun, I think, instead, I think, to be honest, merong pressure.
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Pero it's the type of pressure that really just drives us to always do our best in every aspect of our work.
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From itong pag-produce ng music.
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And also until the point of promoting it, sharing it, and everything.
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Kasi ano eh, we never want to take for granted the appreciation and yung binibigay na pagmamahal sa amin ng mga nakikinig.
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And we just want to keep showing that, ano, that, kumbaga,
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gusto namin maging worth it yung binibigay nila sa amin sa pagbigay pabalik.
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So, just giving it our best.
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So, it's a positive kind of pressure.
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Alright. Well, moving forward, I know, malami lang po yung mga media na nag-send sa inyo questions about your music and all.
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But I really want to go into the personal part naman ng pagiging best-seller.
10:35.2
So, what keeps you guys together?
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Kasi hindi, not a lot here in the Philippines. Merong nine members or something like that.
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Like, I don't know if may kilala ko. Parang wala, wala akong kilala.
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Pero ano yung nag-stick-sign together? Well, other than music, because I know you guys play together.
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Pero ano ba yung nagpapa-stick-sign together?
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I stand by the firm belief that the best relationships
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are built on the best of friendships.
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And when life gives you the opposite of lemons, you really have to...
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I mean, kasi di ba, when life gives you lemons, pinabihaya yun.
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But when it's the opposite naman, and life seems to bring you all of these challenges,
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nothing really keeps people together other than love.
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And as cheesy as it sounds, there's a reason why that's the tried and tested method of a long-lasting relationship.
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It's a good friendship. And we all just really genuinely care about each other.
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There's really nothing beyond that na mas nakaka-explain kung ba't kami nandito.
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At any point throughout our past seven years, with each challenge that came our way,
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it was a very easy way for any one of us to have exited.
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But we didn't. And we're here today because of that shared love for each other,
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shared love for music, and the understanding.
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And parang we all just feel like ang dami pa namin mabibigay together.
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Ang dami pa namin magagawang music.
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And we don't want to end this
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until we have finally said na,
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okay, nabigay na namin lahat.
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Looks like we made it!
12:43.2
You mentioned yung, of course, seven years na nga yung 10 years.
12:46.2
I also wanted to know, dahil parang nasa family level na kaya,
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magkakapatid na lang lang na kaya,
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and kung sinabing pamilya, magkakapatid,
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yung mga nag-aaway-aaway, yung mga times ba na parang nag-copy ko na na kayo?
12:59.2
Because you guys are always together, eh.
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Ngayon, napipiko na ako kayo, Miguel, eh.
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Hindi naman ako magkakwento ng anything.
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Pero, I mean, obviously, I mean, dalawang tao nga sa isang relationship,
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nagkaka-seven years, it's what, more seven years as a band with nine other people.
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I mean, it happens. And it's part of life.
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And I think nasa-strengthen lang lalo yung friendship namin because we choose to
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accept one another the way we are.
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Alam mo yun, the highest form of love is accepting the other person.
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And I thank you so much.
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I don't know if I have that answer, but move on naman tayo.
13:47.2
Well, you guys are just here. Kinalang-kinalang kayo worldwide.
13:52.2
And then, you know, as you're nationally, kinamina rin kayo.
13:55.2
May pressure ba sa inyo din?
13:57.2
Like, going back to that question lang din, may pressure.
14:00.2
May pressure ba sa inyo na dapat every time na mag-re-remix kayo ng songs?
14:04.2
Like, kailangan sakto din ito para dun sa mga walang sa Pilipinas?
14:10.2
Like, makaka-relate din sila kahit yung hindi Pilipino eh.
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I think ano, especially this year, ano,
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nagkaroon kami ng mas malalim na pag-reflect.
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And yung narealize namin is, ano, number one, the message that we want to share through the songs transcends nationality.
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So that's why gusto namin na ipursue yung dream talaga of sending our message of hopeful realizations to as many people all over the world.
14:54.2
And then, siguro, part ng reflection namin is, sobrang layo pa namin dun sa goal na yun.
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As in, like, kumbaga, out of 100%, nasa mga 5% pa lang. Ganon.
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And so, yung active pursuit nung pangarap na yun, gusto namin siyang talaga...
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I mean, sinimulan namin siya last year, pero this year, sobrang gusto namin talagang, ano,
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kumayad papunta dun sa pangarap na yun.
15:28.2
Sir, sa King of Piper, parang sobrang daas ninyo na doa.
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Very 5% pa lang ba yun?
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Oo eh, kasi parang mafe-feel mo talaga kapag nagkaroon ka na ng lalim na connection doon sa mga taong hindi mo pa nakakonect with.
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And, yun, sa aming pagsusuri, papunta pa lang kami dun.
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Pero, we're on our way. And we wanna keep going with that.
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And then, what we realized is, yun nga eh, parang with the music that we make,
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it's something that we hope merong parang universal element to it na...
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Like, actually, specifically starting lalo na with Comets, the song, na it's something that both,
16:20.2
can connect to the emotions of our core liwanag, which is yung nandun with us from the start.
16:33.2
And, yun nga, recently kasi kakagaling lang namin ng Malaysia to play a festival.
16:41.2
And then, most nung mga nanonood, Malaysians.
16:44.2
And then, yun yung mga opportunities na we get to...
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Ano eh, we get to, kumbaga, test kung the music that we make is something that really connects outside the Philippines.
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And then, so far naman, ano, so far, sobrang meaningful nung kinalabasan nung mga yun.
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And we look forward to having more of those moments this year.
17:14.2
Kaya, mahirap siya. Mahirap siyang kayod for us.
17:17.2
Pero, gusto naming, ano...
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Tiyagain hanggang sa maabot yung pangarap na yun.
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Well, in connection to that, gusto pala namin malaman.
17:26.2
So, what are your thoughts about, you know, ang dami lang kasi natin mga local artists na yun,
17:31.2
nakikinala na rin of yung...
17:33.2
We have, like, people who move stage. What are your thoughts about that?
17:37.2
Kaya, ano lang, ano lang pa kanababi ng artists din na...
17:41.2
Pinoy artists din na yung iba nating mga kasamahan sa industry?
17:45.2
Sobrang nakaka-proud.
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Sobrang nakaka-proud.
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Nakaka-inspire at the same time.
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Well, una, fans din kami ng mga co-artists namin.
18:01.2
Well, yun, matagal na namin sinasabi na yung SB19, maliban sa matalik namin silang friends, fans din kami ng work nila.
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Yung Beanie din...
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Nakasama namin sila sa ano eh, sa...
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Sydney last year, sa tour.
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So, yun, mas nakilala pa namin sila.
18:26.2
Then, tapos, yun, sila...
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Yung mga, ano, yung mga nakakasabay namin sa mga shows.
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And, ano, I think for us, ano eh, ah...
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Nakaka-excite din.
18:46.2
Because, since sabay-sabay siya nangyayari, ah, there's an opportunity to make it known that yung music sa Philippines ay sobrang diverse.
18:59.2
At, super daming, ah, variety to offer in terms of, of vibe, in terms of emotion, in terms of yung genre.
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Kaya, ano, parang...
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We're just really grateful to be a part of that movement.
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To really try and make, ah, Filipino music known all over the world.
19:26.2
So, your answer needs to be the next question.
19:29.2
Kung magkaroon ng collaboration na event and then, for it to appear,
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I want to mention, of course, that you mentioned, ah, Zach and ABB.
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I mean, kung bibigyan nila kami ng chance, well, ano, ah...
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Ano lang eh, yung timing lang ng mga bagay, ah, laging may right timing yun.
19:53.2
Like, alam nyo akong tatanungin nyo, yung, kung paano nangyari yung, ah, collab namin with SBB.
19:58.2
namin with SB, both yung map at
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yung kapangyarihan. Talagang
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a very narrow opportunity
20:06.6
na nagswak yung timing
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ng mga bagay. So,
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ano talaga sya, cliche, pero
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kung meant to be na mangyari
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at a certain time, mangyari sya.
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never closing our doors, definitely.
20:24.0
medyo open nga yung doors namin
20:29.8
timing, yung door lang
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hindi sya laging bukas.
20:41.7
Saturday, Sunday, magkikita kayo
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ng winning because we're also
20:46.0
performing sa Giant KFU.
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Nandun ka rin ba?
20:57.0
I'm gonna be there.
20:59.1
Arali na natin yung salamin-salamin.
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mga ko-love na kayo.
21:07.9
marami din syang artist
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Pero isa kayo doon.
21:14.9
naka-tabak nyo na ba
21:17.0
the last time I talked to Mr. C.,
21:19.0
grabe din talaga,
21:22.4
gustong-gustong yung
21:28.2
I forgot ano pa yung
21:29.8
buwan niya sinabi,
21:30.5
pero may sinabi siya
21:33.7
his 70th birthday?
21:36.7
I still don't believe
21:39.4
ang youthful pa rin
21:42.1
sobrang pulit ng jokes
21:45.7
Ang saya ng energy
21:55.3
with his talents.
22:09.9
ang cool pa rin niya
22:15.4
na-mention niya nga
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din for doing that.
22:24.7
You wanted to show
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kaya mga pagsabayan
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yung isa sa mga sobrang
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nakaka-inspire talaga
22:38.3
yung recent niya na,
22:41.8
yung naambag niya
22:48.2
kasi nga national artist
22:51.3
kumbaga sa video game,
22:53.0
nag-new game siya
22:54.0
as a visual artist
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parang magkaroon ka
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ng will to do that.
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start all over again
23:07.2
and still have that
23:16.7
I think we're gonna have
23:34.3
to try new things.
23:35.7
May trabaho mo kayo
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tumugtog kami sa,
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nung papunta pa lang
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ng tuwing umuulan.
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to listen to your
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And we're inviting
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all of you to listen
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to our latest single,
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It's about the moments
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that are never meant
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But they are so beautiful.
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And if you can relate
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this song is for you.
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It's gonna be out
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on all streaming platforms.
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Thank you so much,
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Thanks, everyone!
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Thank you so much.
