‘When She Comes Around’ is the first track to be revealed from No Rome’s highly anticipated debut album ‘It’s All Smiles’, set for release on 3rd December by Dirty Hit.
Recorded in a small apartment in No Rome’s hometown of Manila after the pandemic prevented him returning to London, the album was co-produced by Rome with BJ Burton (Kanye West, Bon Iver, Charli XCX) and George Daniel (The 1975).
In every sense of the phrase, ‘It’s All Smiles’ finds No Rome returning to his roots, both in terms of location and influences. As is immediately obvious from ‘When She Comes Around’, the record is the most refined expression of Rome’s self-coined term ‘Shoegaze R&B’. Vocal lines are indebted to the intense emotions expressed in R&B and run beautifully across highly textured production and instrumentation. Like Kevin Shields, the architect of My Bloody Valentine, No Rome paints with his production, taking straight-forward guitar playing and complicating it with the tools at his disposal.
‘When She Comes Around’ arrives with a dark, atmospheric video, filmed in Mania and directed by Paco Raterta that provides the perfect visual accompaniment to the track. Speaking about the single, Rome says; “I made this song after watching the Bjork live version of her album Vespertine and I wanted to make a song that was heavy on the strings but after days on working on it I eventually brought it to a more guitar driven song. I sent this song to BJ and he came back with something much more than I expected, with more textures and stronger bass sounds and just better structure really and we just went crazy on it.”
PMPC’s Star Awards for Music Most Promising Female Artist Christi Fider stirs up emotions anew and pulls the heartstrings of the brokenhearted and lovelorn with “Heto Na Naman,” a ballad written by award winning musical composer and Pinoy hitmaker Joven Tan.Tan describes his latest pop ditty for Fider as: “A hugot song with spoken words. I want people to hear how deep and wide is her emotional range and that through this song, they will see a different side to her, na hindi lang siya sugar and spice and that is nice and sweet. That she is a young woman who also knows the pain caused by romantic feelings.”Fider shares her thoughts on her winning in the Star Awards: “It was very unexpected. I don’t have any idea about it at first. I’m super grateful for the award. Thankful din for PMPC for the award kasi binibigyan nila ng chance yung mga new talents/artists like me.”Heto Na Naman, according to the Bubble Gum Pop Princess: “When I heard the intro palang sobrang nagulat ako kasi very different from my personality.
My first single Teka,Teka,Teka is very light and bubbly kasi then this one Heto Na Naman is the opposite. Since I’m still in the stage of trying out different genres of course na-excite ako to record this one.”She carries on: “Since I’m a NBSB (no boyfriend since birth), people may think na never akong nagkaproblem when it comes to love life. Actually it’s the other way around. Kaya when I heard this song, I can still relate kasi even though I haven’t really found the right person to love I’m still willing to try to meet people until mahanap ko yung right person for me.”In her own words, Christi tells the story behind the song: “Heto Na Naman is about giving love endless chances. I feel like nature na yun ng tao na kahit paulit-ulit tayong nasasaktan, hindi tayonapapagod magmahal ulit. Even if mag give up na tayo sa love, once may mameet tayong personna we feel like there’s a chance na he/she might me the right one, we will still give it a chance kahit alam natin na we might get hurt again. The lovely miss comes clean with her feelings about loss and heartbreak: “When it comes to lovelife kasi, I’m the type of person na naexperience ko na ata almost all the “-ings” in love like ghosting, benching, haunting, etc… Pero I realized na ang bilis ko din maka move-on. So maybe I haven’t really been inlove talaga. Pero as a person kasi na haven’t had a deep relationship with someone sometimes naiisip ko na if it’s my fault? Hindi naman maiiwasan yun to think bakit walang relationship na nagppush through. Pero when you come to think of it maybe we need to experience these hardships and heartbreaks to prepare us para once we meet the right person we know how to value that relationship. I believe that everything happens for a reason. ““It is not the typical heartbreak song,” promises Christi. “Direk Joven added an element na I think magugustuhan ng mga tao. Filipinos love heartbreak songs kasi I feel like mas nakakarate sila. Para ito sa mga nagmahal, nasaktan, at handa parin sumubok ulit.”
Heto Na Naman, Christi Fider’s newest song is now out in Spotify and is distributed by Ivory Records.
Nam Woo Hyun returns to the music scene with another album that is set to bring comfort and show a new side of the Infinite member as never seen before.
Nam Woo Hyun from the Korean boy group, INFINITE, heralds “healing ears” with a high quality of album With.
Woollim Entertainment released a preview video of Nam Woo Hyun’s 4th mini album With on its official YouTube channel at 6 p.m. on the 14th.
The preview video drew attention with various images of Nam Woo Hyun. The singer showed off his extraordinary good looks that is highlighted through various backdrops. Moreover, with tracks from the highly anticipated album playing along.
Starting with the intro ‘With’, which is the same name as the album’s name, the album consists of six songs, including title song ‘Between Calm and Passion’, ‘Lonely Night’, ‘My Diary’, ‘Alone’, and ‘A Song for You’ — raising expectations for the birth of ‘the best album ever’.
Photo provided by Woollim Entertainment
The title song ‘Between Calm and Passion’ is a R&B pop genre with a dreamy atmosphere. It features a heavy base line and a concise yet sentimental beat. In addition, Nam Woo Hyun’s restrained vocals create a perfect harmony. It also creates a drowsy and sexy atmosphere by expressing intense love and the deep inner thoughts in ‘an image of passion disguised as coolness.’
Nam Woo Hyun will generously show his unique sensibility and musical capabilities. Fans will see the growth of the singer who participated in the lyrics of ‘Between Calm and Passion’ , ‘Alone’ and ‘A Song for You’. He also composed and composing ‘A Song for You’.’ Global fans are paying keen attention to the unique music color Nam Woo Hyun will present through With.
Nam Woo Hyun’s 4th mini album With will be released on various music sites at 6 p.m. on the 19th.
2021 was a year of breakthroughs for singer-songwriter, and producer Zack Tabudlo. His anthemic singles “Binibini” and “Nangangamba” dominated multiple local and international charts across major streaming platforms.
After signing to Island Records Philippines/MCA Music in 2020, Zack emerged as one of the fastest rising OPM artists that we have seen in the last year – breaking records for streaming, digital sales, and airplay.
“As we rolled out his songs, there was an exponential growth in his listenership. His songs ‘Binibini’ and ‘Nangangamba’ both became #1 on Spotify’s Global Viral Chart, topping the charts for four weeks straight. ‘Binibini’ also topped Spotify’s Philippines Top 50 Chart for six straight weeks, where he broke the record for the longest-running number #1 local track by a Filipino RADAR artist. After being added to Spotify’s RADAR Philippines program, Zack was able to reach new fans both locally and internationally.” said Enzo Valdez, Managing Director of MCA Music.
Being part of Spotify’s RADAR program that supports emerging artists, Zack Tabudlo shares, “RADAR Philippines has given me a platform to share more of my music to both the local and global audience. It has given me the motivation to create more music.” He adds, “With the help of Spotify, being able to reach my listeners in a meaningful way does justice to my roots and hard work. I hope the stories that I share about my passion and heart for songwriting will inspire other aspiring young artists to showcase their works and put Filipino music and artists on the global stage.”
This October, Zack Tabudlo is releasing his first full length album ‘Episode’ – a collection of his personal experiences about love, life, and the challenges that he had to overcome while chasing his dreams. All of these personal stories were brought to life through the 14-track LP. With emotionally charged and hard-hitting lyrics, the overall vibe of the album is a roller coaster ride of intense feelings of being romantically swept away by love, conveying happiness in its purest form, nursing past heartbreaks, to finally having the courage to forgive and move forward with life.
“Episode is a word that gave such an impact to me at times where I was at my lowest,” the singer-songwriter explains. “People would say ‘here he is with another episode’ or another stage of problems, where obviously not anyone would want to experience. It’s ironic to put it as an album title but it’s how I went through these stories, with these episodes. Everything is based on personal experiences, from heartbreak and love, from life to unfortunate events.”
The whole album is Zack’s personal masterpiece. He was the sole writer, producer, and even mixed and mastered all 14 tracks. Zack’s growth as an artist is very evident in this album as he explored various musical styles in bringing these songs to life – ultimately creating his own sound with influences from pop, R&B, bedroom electronica, punk rock, ‘80s, and ‘90s alternative rock.
This growth is something Enzo Valdez has also noticed. “As a composer, he has grown tremendously. We’ve seen a lot of listeners relating to his lyrics and resonating with his sensibilities. The album also showcases different genres all throughout, making each song a unique experience. This album definitely shows how far Filipino artistry has come despite the challenges of the pandemic,” he shared.
Episode is Zack Tabudlo’s debut album under Island Records Philippines, a domestic label division under MCA Music. This album features his familiar hits such as “Binibini” and “Habang Buhay” with other new songs that will surely tug people’s hearts, stirring emotions and feelings that were once, or never acknowledged.
Episode is out now on all streaming platforms worldwide via Island Records Philippines and MCA Music Inc.
With the goal of establishing a presence for Filipino artists in the West and globally through music distribution, music rights management, and artist development, PARADISE RISING has more than lived up to expectations since it was launched in July 2020.
PARADISE RISING took the Philippine music industry by storm right with its well-received debut release semilucent, a compilation album that transcended genres and showcased an impressive array of emerging Philippine artists.
Now, PARADISE RISING returns with a new ensemble of artists on its upcoming EP and second installment to its compilation album, semilucent. The latest compilation, semilucent 2, features fresh, new artists both homegrown and diasporic.
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