syd hartha Releases Folk-pop Single “Kung Nag-aatubili”
Filipino singer-songwriter syd hartha
returns to her roots on the stripped-down single “kung
nag-aatubili.”
The folk-pop tune will be part of her
upcoming 5-track EP to be released in the first quarter of 2022, and serves as her
first original material for 2021 after contributing vocals for Tokimeki
Records’ city pop-inspired “Carnival” and participating in Coke Studio Season
4.
According to the 19-year-old artist, “kung
nag-aatubili” reflects her complicated attitude towards romantic relationships
and intimacy, which stemmed from the traumatic experiences that she endured during
her younger years.
“I wrote this song a long time ago when
I realized that I was starting to like someone, and I was already starting to
let that person in my world, little by little,” syd admits. “Back then it just
didn't feel right, and I feared the idea of getting to know me deeply and
everything I’ve become. Looking at it in the present, I figured that these
feelings are a by-product of the inner wounds, and my inability to move forward
from the things that happened in the past. This also serves as an important
lesson to me, that when I decide to commit to love someone, I should love them
for who they are now, and accept them for what they’ve been through.”
Dialing back her sound to its bare
essentials without sacrificing her newfound maturity in songwriting, syd hartha
has penned another understatedly beautiful track that feels more introspective
than her usual confessional entries.
Marked by warm, laid-back guitar
arrangements and soothing vocals, “kung
nag-aatubili”
starts restrained but assured of its exquisiteness, and builds into a musical
wanderlust towards the end. In terms of production, her goal is to make it as
raw and intimate as possible, arriving with the promise of a home—strong,
unapologetic, but comfortable in her own shedding.
The song will be accompanied by a music
video slated to be released in the coming weeks. The visual treatment is
conceptualized by syd herself, who in turn, wants to make the storytelling
mirror her personal truths. “For this music video, Swimming Pictures helped me
execute my own ideas and it was amazing working with them,” says the folk-pop
act.
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