I feel so sad that for 2 weeks or more? I won't be able to see Toni's face on TV. Why? Because she'll have shows abroad. It's so sad because I will really miss her but on the brighter side of it.. Filipinos and foreigners will be able to watch how talented Toni is. So, I am praying that her shows will be successful. BREAK A LEG TONI! :)
For TFC subscribers or anyone who leaves in the US, here's the schedule of Toni's show:
August 7: 7pm Osceola Performing Arts Center., (formely tupperware center)
August 14: Cullen Performance Hall University of Houston (Texas) Main Campus
August 15_17: Pistahan Festival San Francisco at Yerba Buena Gardens
THE ULTIMATE MULTIMEDIA STAR
Monday, August 2, 2010
LOVE YOUR OWN :)
When I searched Toni Gonzaga on Tumblr, there were a lot of blog posts that showed.. so, I read all of them. And this certain post really really strucked me most..
“Don’t judge P-pop so quickly!”
A friend told me to check out Toni Gonzaga’s new music video for her single “All Me”. She said it has a “k-pop” feel to it. And so I did. Hearing the opening tune reminded me of one kpop song but I cant seem to remember what it was. Anyway, the first thought came to me was- ‘Oh well, its another one of “those” songs’. After watching the video, one of the video comments caught my attention-
iParadise-To be honest, I was scrolling around this video and I also saw a lot of people saying this song is “so kpop” or “wannabe” or something along that line. I am not Filipina and yes, I have heard other Asian music being criticized for being “too kpop.” There is no such thing. Kpop is NOT original. Kpop artist have been inspired by the American music and American artist from fashion to autotune—ESPECIALLY autotune.
What I’m trying to say is that music does NOT have a race. Unless this artist was TRYING to sing in Korean or RAP in korean, it shouldn’t be criticized as trying to be “kpop.” Like I mentioned in an allkpop article, some people are too blinded by Korean music/entertainment industry to recognize how talented their own music are. They are “ashamed” of their own artist inspired by another ethnicity’s music. They “look down” on their own artist because they are a bigger fan of another ethnicity’s music. I mentioned I am not Filipina in the beginning and that’s because I wanted to prove my point in how some people are blinded. I am a fan of kpop but I also accept other music by other artist and I have to say this song sounded pretty good. Of course, the autotune was overused and the lyrics was pretty repetitive—but what isn’t nowadays?
Ever since Korean dramas and music (Hallyu) set foot in Philippine entertainment it became a big hit that our own Filipino music were taken for granted. Therefore they gave rise to new Filipino talents that has taken on the same genre as kpop ie. dance, electro music. OPM has never tried doing that sort of music before and as far as I know the closest thing we’ve had before was our novelty songs.
I don’t know but I think Filipinos has adapted this cruel mentality. That everything we hear seems to have been ripped off from another foreign artist. This sort of mentality should not exist especially towards our own people. Because of too much gossips and negative issues surrounding us, we seem to automatically refuse to appreciate our own known talent and encourage them so that in the future we could improve and other race will acknowledge us as well.
I truly thank iParadise for opening my mind. Considering that I’m a hardcore kpop fan I know I should appreciate my own roots.
Salamat po. 간사함니다!!
credits to Youtube.com (I don’t know what I’ll do w/o u!) and iParadise
check out the vid for yourself-
All me-Toni Gonzaga <3
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“Don’t judge P-pop so quickly!”
A friend told me to check out Toni Gonzaga’s new music video for her single “All Me”. She said it has a “k-pop” feel to it. And so I did. Hearing the opening tune reminded me of one kpop song but I cant seem to remember what it was. Anyway, the first thought came to me was- ‘Oh well, its another one of “those” songs’. After watching the video, one of the video comments caught my attention-
iParadise-To be honest, I was scrolling around this video and I also saw a lot of people saying this song is “so kpop” or “wannabe” or something along that line. I am not Filipina and yes, I have heard other Asian music being criticized for being “too kpop.” There is no such thing. Kpop is NOT original. Kpop artist have been inspired by the American music and American artist from fashion to autotune—ESPECIALLY autotune.
What I’m trying to say is that music does NOT have a race. Unless this artist was TRYING to sing in Korean or RAP in korean, it shouldn’t be criticized as trying to be “kpop.” Like I mentioned in an allkpop article, some people are too blinded by Korean music/entertainment industry to recognize how talented their own music are. They are “ashamed” of their own artist inspired by another ethnicity’s music. They “look down” on their own artist because they are a bigger fan of another ethnicity’s music. I mentioned I am not Filipina in the beginning and that’s because I wanted to prove my point in how some people are blinded. I am a fan of kpop but I also accept other music by other artist and I have to say this song sounded pretty good. Of course, the autotune was overused and the lyrics was pretty repetitive—but what isn’t nowadays?
Ever since Korean dramas and music (Hallyu) set foot in Philippine entertainment it became a big hit that our own Filipino music were taken for granted. Therefore they gave rise to new Filipino talents that has taken on the same genre as kpop ie. dance, electro music. OPM has never tried doing that sort of music before and as far as I know the closest thing we’ve had before was our novelty songs.
I don’t know but I think Filipinos has adapted this cruel mentality. That everything we hear seems to have been ripped off from another foreign artist. This sort of mentality should not exist especially towards our own people. Because of too much gossips and negative issues surrounding us, we seem to automatically refuse to appreciate our own known talent and encourage them so that in the future we could improve and other race will acknowledge us as well.
I truly thank iParadise for opening my mind. Considering that I’m a hardcore kpop fan I know I should appreciate my own roots.
Salamat po. 간사함니다!!
credits to Youtube.com (I don’t know what I’ll do w/o u!) and iParadise
check out the vid for yourself-
All me-Toni Gonzaga <3
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