Wilbert Tolentino

The very talented businessman and a latest vlogger Wilbert Tolentino, will be having his first ever fan meeting on BIGO Live for his fans and for all the BIGO users via virtual livestream this upcoming February 25, 2021 at exactly 9:00 pm PHT. It’s time for the fans to ask drastic and fun questions and can get a chance to win BIGO diamonds in an interactive segment. Be there and follow Wilbert on BIGO LIVE ID: 719868542 and tune in to his livestream for this exclusie chance to meet him and win amazing prizes.

Leading live streaming platform BIGO LIVE has proven to be a popular source of entertainment for Filipinos, especially with community quarantines around the country. The platform has seen users creating vibrant virtual communities for all sorts of content including but not limited to: singing, dancing, mukbang, makeup tutorials, and even paranormal activities for horror-lovers.

Best known for being an LGBTQ advocate and for founding and producing several prominent gay beauty pageants, this meet-and-greet with Wilbert Tolentino is part of BIGO LIVE’s efforts to provide exclusive opportunities for the community to interact intimately with their favorite local personalities. Most recently, BIGO LIVE saw YouTube comedian Boss Keng bring his comedy skits onto its platform.

Fans can prepare for the upcoming Livestream event by downloading BIGO LIVE here.

For more updates on the meet-and-greet, follow BIGO LIVE Philippines on Facebook here.

About BIGO LIVE

BIGO LIVE is one of the world’s fastest-growing live-streaming social communities where users broadcast in real-time to share life moments, showcase their talents, and interact with people from around the world. BIGO LIVE has around 400 million users in over 150 countries and is currently the market leader in the live-streaming industry. Launched in March 2016, BIGO LIVE is owned by BIGO Technology which is based in Singapore.

As Demi Lovato and Sam Fischer is now launching their new single “What Other People Say” by the help of RCA records, both artist shared their different reactons and emotions for the song’s music video that is out now and ready to be watch.

Directed by Dano Cerny, the video features both Sam and Demi set within a train carriage, showcasing them going about their own lives, but with a unity of emotion that highlights the song’s message of being alone together. Written by Sam before his single “This City” became a global hit, it was a song he always knew would be a duet and was blown away when Demi Lovato became the perfect person to accompany him on vocals.

Penned about a feeling of being alone and not wanting to let people down, the pairing takes two different lives and perspectives and unites them in one message of human experience, emotion and togetherness. With other 5 million worldwide streams since its release last week, is a truly special track with a powerful, moving and relatable chorus and is Sam’s first official single releases since “This City.”

Sam+Demi promo image (photo credit Angelo Kritikos)

Sam shares,“What Other People Say is a confession, realizing how far away you can get from who you are in an effort to be liked. It’s about the pressures of society and how getting caught up with the wrong things can change you.”

Demi weighs in about the song saying,“This song is a reflection on what it’s like to lose who you truly are in an effort to please other people and society.  It’s why I wanted to make this song with Sam – ultimately it’s about two humans coming together to connect and find solutions to their problems.”

Aside from the big triump of Sam on his new single, he also shared that he was been awarded as YouTube’s first ‘Artist on the Rise’ for 2021, along with other previous winners like Mabel, Aitch, Freya Ridings, Mahalia, Beabadoobee and Celeste.

“What Other People Say”, by Sam Fischer and Demi Lovato, Is now available on Youtube and you can now stream it and other videos of RCA Records and Sonny Music.

Raven creates melody jams that connect on a universal level, influenced by his observations about life and its parallel influences from film, art, literature, and pop culture. The 21-year-old singer-songwriter, aside from composing and performing his own songs, often dives into the production side of music making, frequently blurring the lines of bedroom pop, lo-fi rap, indie folk, and chill music to create limitless individuality that appeals to a new generation of listeners.

On his debut single “Paraluman,” rising singer-songwriter, rapper, and producer Raven captures the essence of young love. The catchy track is his first release under Sony Music Philippines, and is available today on all digital platforms worldwide.

Raven

Written as a tribute to the muse that inspired his music journey, the up-and-coming artist expresses his romantic admiration through a pop-rap tune that he recorded using a smartphone. In the first few verses, he compares the girl that he used to have a crush on, with the extraordinary muses that earned their place in the pantheon of art and literature’s greatest, from Mona Lisa to Ophelia. Raven then proceeds to spit poetry with a renewed sense of passion and excitement, hopping from one metaphorical reference to another in a bid to put his creative inspiration on a pedestal.

Over stripped-down guitars and minimal flourishes, Raven taps into the zeitgeist with his version of pop music that is steeped in bedroom aesthetic and lo-fi hip-hop influence, distilling various music forms to create something that is palatable to the streaming generation. His distinct sense of music style has the potential to gain foothold in mainstream consciousness, particularly in the Gen Z demo, but what sets him apart from his contemporaries is the unassuming earnestness in his words and music—one that is lavishly crafted with a balance of accessibility and wallflower demeanor. It makes sense why “Paraluman” is destined to be a future hit just by scratching the surface: it knows how to compromise with prevailing trends while sticking to its principles by heart.

The next few months saw the song evolve into a more polished material—thanks to the guidance and support of Rico Blanco and Balcony Entertainment, who helped Raven realize his vision with a more defined music direction. For his part, Raven re-recorded the song with a slightly different approach, throwing in some new techniques and subtleties to deliver a jam that wouldn’t feel out of place on both radio charts and obscure playlists.

“Paraluman,” his debut track, will be part of his upcoming album, Lika Na under Sony Music Philippines. The new record is currently under production, and is slated to be released this year.

Stream Raven’s debut single here.

The music Video of Singapore-based singer-songwriter Jean Tan’s Oak Cherry Wine remix is now out on her YouTube channel. The video for the newly version was directed by Stockholm-based Singaporean film director, Mandy Tay. The visual narrative features a pair of lovers dancing through the quotidian scenes of Stockholm city: traditional meets contemporary, and ballet meets street dance, the couple whirl around each other in a dream state, swirling like a glass of (oak cherry) wine.

As a follow up to her recently-released 5-track EP, ‘Blooms’, theremix to the spellbinding single, ‘Oak Cherry Wine’is produced by Singaporean music producer, Feng Lee, and was made available on digital music platforms worldwide last 29 January 2021.

Marrying Jean’s lyrical sensitivity with 양중은YangJung Eun’s dulcet vocals, this refreshing take stays true to its original composition. The remix is elevated by a new arrangement – a lo-fi beat, the jazz-hop push and pull, the syncopated neo-soul electric piano – becoming more than just the sum of its parts.

“It was a surreal experience working across borders while the world was on lockdown for much of 2020. The collab took off really well because June Eun is such an amazing and friendly guy! I guess we were just trying to make the best out of a crazy year”, says Jean Tan on working together with 양중은Yang Jung Eun.

Written in her distinctive, bluesy vein, ‘Oak Cherry Wine’ is a love song interwoven with Jean’s personal experiences. It tells the story of Jean’s personal struggles with kidney disease, and of the man who stood by her in the celebratory and difficult moments alike. Like all truly good romance stories, the song’s lyrics has a bittersweet tinge, and is all the better for it – a love that is tried and true.

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Ben&Ben latest song encourages listeners and music fans to live in the moment freely and truthfully without the need to succumb to expectations. The Filipino folk-pop outfit Ben&Ben have officially dropped a soaring new single called “Inevitable” this Valentine’s Day and out now in all digital music platforms worldwide via Sony Music.

“Inevitable is a song that tries to describe the nature of fate, and how all our actions somehow lead us to some better place that is destined for us. It’s also a song about being real with someone, and that no matter how scary that may seem at times, there is freedom in bearing your truest nature with someone dear to you, even if that someone is yourself”, according to the lead vocalist and guitarist Paolo Benjamin. The empowering track ascends to a place where love can be inevitably beautiful even in its simple, unassuming terms. It was written by Paolo Benjamin during a random afternoon run by the beach near the place where Ben&Ben live—coming into fruition after a solitary moment spent with nature and the spiritual force above him.

Production-wise, Ben&Ben retain the sonic hallmarks of their prior releases, while employing ultimately rewarding experiments in texture and tone. Its ‘world music-meets-acid jazz’ sound displays the band’s newfound musical direction, melding sporadic bursts of colors with their otherworldly approach. Thanks to the song’s eclectic blend of sitar-sounding riffs, propellent rhythms, jazzy chords, and ethereal arrangements, the nine-piece band ventures beyond the confines of their radio-ready sound without alienating the distinct pop sensibilities that made their songs a streaming and crossover hit in the Philippines, and elsewhere in Asia.

“The songwriting in itself presents a concept of the state that is both a surreal mystery and a peaceful certainty, so we wanted to create an aural representation of what these lyrics felt like,” Miguel Benjamin (lead vocals and acoustic guitars) reveals in a statement. “Our process started with a mix of acoustic guitars, which I tweaked with sitar effects as the main intro riff; kind of like a representation of the two contrasting feelings working together. We then built everything around this contrasting union with Jam’s drums and Agnes’ bass carrying the steady base of the song, and then Pat’s piano, Poch’s electric guitar and pads, Keifer’s violin, Andrew and Toni’s percussions; Andrew, Miguel, Poch, and Toni’s backing vocals, and some ambient sounds.”

Unlike their usual process where the members of the band jam their song a few times before recording the material, “Inevitable” was born out of a shift in production perspective. “With this song however, we decided to record a demo individually then went to record our parts a few days after without knowing how the song would sound like in the end,” Poch Barretto (lead guitar, backing vocals) said. “During the time we were creating the song, one of our band mates, Toni, was also recovering from a major surgery and had to record her parts from home. Thankfully she was able to send her parts on time with the help of our producer.”

Despite the several challenges during its recording phase, “Inevitable” ended up reaping significant attention before its actual release. The song eventually made it as the official theme of Smart Communications’newest commercial ad featuring Hyun Bin and Son YeJin—stars of the highly acclaimed and popular Korean drama, Crash Landing on You. Patricia Lasaten shares, “Many of us are mega fans of the CLOY couple, so this is definitely a dream collaboration with Smart. We can’t help but be kilig and at the same time wish that our co-fans who would hear the song would also connect it with the evolving story of Hyun Bin and Son Ye Jin. It’s also our gift to the fans, and to the couple as well. We’d like to thank Smart for this amazing opportunity.”

The start of the path of Zack Tabudlo’s Island Records saw the young musician go ahead at full pace. His song ‘Sigurado’ reached the Top Viral PH charts and remained there for four weeks, following its inclusion in the Your Home online collection. There’s also ‘Cruel,’ which was launched a few months ago and has racked up over 86,000 YouTube views and much more than 240,000 Spotify streams.

The sultry ‘Nangangamba’ is Zack’s biggest single to date, the first under Island Records Philippines, whose play counts on Spotify clocks at over a million views.

 Iyong-Iyo: a tender ballad about love and yearning

Yet Zack shows no signs of stopping down, as demonstrated by his new single ‘Iyong Iyo.’ Originally written by Achariya Dulyapaiboon, interpreted by Tiny Corpuz, and executed and produced by Zack Tabudlo,’ Iyong Iyo’ sees Zack placing it all on the line and giving literal possession to everything.

The music was inspired by the original Thai song for the ‘Let’s Fight Ghost’ series, according to Zack, which is scheduled to air in March 2021. Compared to the original, I chose to take it to a different environment with new styles and vibe,” the renowned singer-songwriter and producer shares.”I decided to go with something mild with the original foundation, but instead of going full ballad, it has a “slow dance” feeling to it.

In the glimmering chorus,’ Kahit pa ba sa kabilang buhay,’ di maglalaho,’ the rising singer-songwriter and producer croons, demonstrating his lyrical penchant for themes like romance and longing. Gentle harmonies and mellow instrumentation make you feel like you are floating, and enable Zack to flex his vocal range’s upper register, his high notes triumphant and sincere.

Zack explained about the song cover art and divulged that he truly conceptualized and gave his full attention to its design. It clearly tells that an exorcist falls in love with a wandering spirit. According to him “ I have thought of including a Halloween-like ghost costume in it which shows a person under s white cloth with holes in it but has this heart glowing from his chest, the acclaimed alt-pop sensation says. “He wants to be like the ghost to really feel the same connection, with his heart glowing, symbolizing how much love he feels for the ghost”.

Zack Tabudlo’s ‘Iyong-Iyo’ is out today on all digital platforms worldwide via MCA Music Inc. Stream it here: https://open.spotify.com/album/6Pa87VouOnvJGvSLYdAevR?si=vtgz6K_qQtyHT5F7D3fItg

Zack Tabuldo

About Zack Tabudlo

Zack Tabudlo is an all-pop R&b artist from Manila, Philippines. He start his career through his love in music. Zack also joined and became a finalist for reality talent show Talentadong Pinoy at the age of 10. He was a contestant for the voice kids season 1 and had a stint as a member of youth singing group GRAVITY and one half of teen pop duo Zack and Fritz.

As for his music production he has been mentored by Venn Saturno and Chris Anthony Vinzons of SonicState Studio. Certainly Zack earned his stripes and Zack is still developing his different techniques and sensibilities.

Indeed, Zack has been influenced by the contemporary pop chart- toppers Shawn Mendes, Harry Styles and Island Records label mate Charlie Puth. Even though he has been influenced by those amazing singers, he still has his unique approach in music. His artistry can be characterized as a tasteful blend of R&B, soft rock, funk and vocally drive pop.