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00:00 [NON-ENGLISH SPEECH]
00:04 [MUSIC PLAYING]
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00:21 And welcome to Fast Talk with Boy Abunda.
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00:31 --Facebook and YouTube.
00:33 [NON-ENGLISH SPEECH]
00:35 Welcome to the program.
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00:48 Please welcome the one and the only, Ai Seguera.
00:52 Are you ready, Dito Boy?
00:53 [NON-ENGLISH SPEECH]
00:57 [NON-ENGLISH SPEECH]
00:59 Thank you very much.
01:00 [NON-ENGLISH SPEECH]
01:02 [NON-ENGLISH SPEECH]
01:04 Ai, I love you.
01:25 Thank you.
01:26 [NON-ENGLISH SPEECH]
01:27 [NON-ENGLISH SPEECH]
01:28 Thank you for having me.
01:30 [NON-ENGLISH SPEECH]
01:32 It's something that's so heartwarming.
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01:34 That you guys thought about it.
01:36 Lisa's idea, your idea?
01:37 Lisa's.
01:39 I'm just so proud of you.
01:41 [NON-ENGLISH SPEECH]
01:42 [NON-ENGLISH SPEECH]
01:44 Wow.
01:45 Why didn't anybody think about it?
01:48 [NON-ENGLISH SPEECH]
01:50 May 10 and 11, some music museum, Vidyoke Hits.
01:53 Vidyoke Hits.
01:54 [NON-ENGLISH SPEECH]
01:56 So what's going to happen?
01:57 [NON-ENGLISH SPEECH]
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02:01 [NON-ENGLISH SPEECH]
02:02 From [NON-ENGLISH SPEECH]
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02:08 [NON-ENGLISH SPEECH]
02:11 So normally, I don't really sing the songs
02:13 that people expect me to sing normally [NON-ENGLISH SPEECH]
02:17 [NON-ENGLISH SPEECH]
02:19 From Broadway to rock to very dance pop [NON-ENGLISH SPEECH]
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02:29 [NON-ENGLISH SPEECH]
02:30 And what's nice about this, Tito,
02:32 is [NON-ENGLISH SPEECH]
02:36 experience with friends.
02:38 So [NON-ENGLISH SPEECH]
02:41 [NON-ENGLISH SPEECH]
02:51 And even the song lineup--
02:53 [NON-ENGLISH SPEECH]
02:54 Even the lineup [NON-ENGLISH SPEECH]
02:56 We gave--
02:57 [NON-ENGLISH SPEECH]
02:59 Because I know you're working around how many songs.
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03:08 I'm having a hard time because there are a lot of songs.
03:10 And if you want to make a video, I can take hours.
03:13 But of course, in the concert venue, two and a half hours max.
03:17 So it's really hard for me to trim the songs.
03:20 And of course, we also do a poll on our socmed pages.
03:24 Because we really want to put the hits that the audience is singing on our lineup.
03:32 Aside from the buy request that they actually will request on the day of the show.
03:37 Because in the video, you'll see the songs that you want to sing.
03:40 So it's the same.
03:41 They'll choose on the day of the show, what songs we'll put on our lineup.
03:44 And we'll just know that on the day of the show.
03:47 So you're going around X number of songs.
03:49 Where can the audience choose from that day?
03:52 They have 50 songs to choose from.
03:54 Wow, okay.
03:55 So from the 50 songs, we'll choose the top 3 for that night.
03:58 So the top 3 of May 10 is different from the top 3 of May 11.
04:03 That's so good.
04:04 And I wouldn't be surprised if the audience has a lot of artist friends.
04:09 Right?
04:10 I mean, it's all mixed up.
04:12 No, I also wanted to ask.
04:14 In the video, you have a screen name, right?
04:19 Yes.
04:20 How do you do that?
04:21 How do you choose your name?
04:22 I have a generator.
04:24 But if my stage name is Ice Madamot.
04:28 Because?
04:29 I'm madamot on the mic, Tito Boy.
04:31 When you're holding the mic?
04:32 When I'm holding the mic, I don't have anything to laugh about.
04:34 My friends will say, "You're not a singer, you're just singing."
04:38 I also understand because you said that when you're in a video, you can sing anything you want.
04:46 Yes.
04:47 You don't have to be formed.
04:48 You don't have to think about what the audience wants.
04:51 That's how it is.
04:52 So I'm free.
04:54 If I'm crying while I'm singing Ate Reg, I'll just go.
04:57 Because no one will hear me.
04:58 It's just us.
04:59 That's right.
05:00 If you were to give me a stage name, what would it be?
05:02 Boy Birit.
05:04 Thank you very much.
05:08 That's beautiful.
05:10 Boy Birit.
05:11 Now, everything comes from something.
05:14 And a story begins somewhere.
05:17 I remember the story of your father.
05:19 When he went to the video arcade, the contents of his pocket were the codes.
05:25 That's my code.
05:26 Tell us the story.
05:27 My father is not a smart person.
05:33 But that was his chillax time.
05:36 He used to go to the video arcade near our house.
05:39 He was there.
05:40 He was in the video arcade all night.
05:42 He was just singing.
05:44 I think I remember the song in my airpods.
05:48 My mom can carry a tune.
05:50 But maybe the thick face in the song is my dad.
05:53 Because when he sings, if I get caught, he will really steal the mic.
06:02 So you really influenced your dad.
06:04 Because we can see that you're also a mom.
06:06 Yes.
06:07 My dad is very introverted.
06:10 He's like me.
06:11 My mom is the one who gets PR.
06:14 She's the one who's like, "Oh, okay."
06:15 She's everyone's friend.
06:16 She's everyone's friend.
06:17 My dad is an employee in the government.
06:20 So he's always at work.
06:22 When he retired, he's always with me.
06:26 Did your dad mentor you?
06:28 No, he's not like that.
06:30 But did he comment?
06:32 My mom comments more.
06:34 My mom comments more.
06:36 That's what I know.
06:37 Yes.
06:38 But my mom doesn't comment on me.
06:41 But my dad,
06:43 I think my mom's advice to him is,
06:46 "No matter where you put your dad, if he wants to sing, he will sing."
06:50 Maybe it's the sense of humor that I got from my dad.
06:54 And what also I noticed in your career,
06:58 because we've been together for a long time,
07:00 you didn't talk much about dad.
07:04 He wanted to be private.
07:07 Yes, my dad is very private compared to my mom.
07:10 Correct.
07:11 Like, "My mom is right. She's here."
07:13 My dad, he only talks about it sometimes.
07:16 He really doesn't like it.
07:17 He's hiding something. I don't know.
07:20 Don't say that.
07:22 But from your dad or from one of your mentors,
07:26 how do you take care of your voice?
07:28 I sleep, Tito Boy.
07:30 Sleep?
07:31 I sleep and lots of water.
07:33 So when my show is near,
07:35 as much as possible, I always sleep.
07:37 I don't talk much.
07:39 My husband is a bit slow, Tito Boy.
07:41 So how do you stop him?
07:43 If you can stop him?
07:46 It's hard to stop him because he gets angry sometimes.
07:48 "No, you're not allowed to talk."
07:50 You're surprised sometimes.
07:55 "What's going to happen?"
07:56 He answers himself, Liza.
07:58 We're referring to Liza Dini as Guerra.
08:00 Yes, that's how she is.
08:01 And even though she knows I'm not allowed to talk,
08:04 she still talks to me.
08:06 What's beautiful about this,
08:08 this has become a national pastime.
08:10 I mean, Vijoque is part of our story as Filipinos.
08:14 And to have thought this concept,
08:16 it's beautiful, right?
08:17 You can go to Cebu, you can go anywhere in this country,
08:19 even abroad, and just do Vijoque with your audience.
08:23 Yes.
08:24 Beautiful.
08:25 It's delicious.
08:26 Fascinating concept.
08:27 So what will happen on May 10 and 11,
08:29 when you go there,
08:31 you can sing, you can go on stage,
08:34 if you're chosen,
08:35 and you can choose songs that you can only hear.
08:39 In other words, enjoy.
08:41 Yes.
08:42 Think of it as an elevated Vijoque experience.
08:46 Correct.
08:47 Of course, it's still with a band,
08:48 it's still a concert,
08:49 but we want that feel of,
08:52 when people go there,
08:54 they'll feel that it's not far away.
08:57 You know, the intimacy that a bargada has when they're watching.
09:00 You've learned that line a bit.
09:01 Yes, that's what I want to happen.
09:03 That we're one here, we're friends here.
09:06 I'm getting beautiful because
09:08 you bring the stage closer to your audience,
09:13 and then you share that experience.
09:15 Yes, I think that's the best part.
09:16 And we need that today.
09:17 We need that today.
09:18 We need to sing and laugh together.
09:22 You know?
09:23 Let's say it's a short time,
09:24 but it's a big deal for us.
09:26 Yes, I believe in that.
09:28 Just like in Fast Talk,
09:29 it's part of our show.
09:30 There you go.
09:31 Hey, you're so loud.
09:33 We have two minutes to do this,
09:36 and our time begins now.
09:38 Fire or Ice?
09:40 Ice.
09:41 Over Ice or On The Rocks?
09:43 Over Ice.
09:44 Singer or Songwriter?
09:45 Singer.
09:46 Hugot or Hagod?
09:48 Hagod.
09:49 [Laughs]
09:50 Live or Lip Sync?
09:52 Live.
09:53 Karaoke or Videoke?
09:54 Videoke.
09:55 Jokebox or Xbox?
09:56 Xbox.
09:57 Duet or Solo?
09:58 Solo.
09:59 Rehearsed or Impromptu?
10:00 Impromptu.
10:01 Soundcheck or Fit Check?
10:03 Soundcheck.
10:04 Your videoke song in love?
10:07 Araw o Gabi.
10:09 Paggalit?
10:10 Paggalit, push.
10:13 Pagmay kaduet?
10:15 My love, there's only--
10:17 Endless Love.
10:18 Okay.
10:19 Paglaseng?
10:20 Beer.
10:21 [Laughs]
10:22 One thing you miss about childhood?
10:24 No responsibilities.
10:25 One thing you don't miss about childhood?
10:28 Wala.
10:30 Hindi ka makapasok sa mga R18.
10:32 Okay.
10:33 Maling akala ng tao sa'yo?
10:35 Masungit.
10:36 Your dream concert?
10:38 In a forest.
10:39 Oh.
10:40 Your favorite singer today?
10:42 Si Bito.
10:44 Kanta na sana isinulat mo?
10:47 Anong title na 'to?
10:50 Sa Ben & Ben?
10:51 Leaves.
10:52 Gagawing kanta ang buhay mo, anong title?
10:55 [Thinking]
10:59 Ice Ice Baby.
11:01 [Laughs]
11:02 Anong first line?
11:04 Alright, stop.
11:06 One thing you learned from Mommy Kareen?
11:09 Matutong lumingon sa pinanggalingan at suspeto sa mga tao.
11:13 The thing you love the most about Liza?
11:15 My God, she's all what I've ever wanted and more.
11:20 Lights on or lights off?
11:21 Lights on para makita ko.
11:23 [Laughs]
11:25 Happiness or chocolates?
11:26 Happiness.
11:27 Best time for happiness?
11:28 Every day.
11:29 Complete the sentence.
11:30 At 40 akala ko.
11:33 At 40 akala ko tatangkad na ko, hindi pa rin pala.
11:35 [Laughs]
11:38 Tuloy-tuloy po ang ating kantahan.
11:40 Meron pa tayong mga kantahan.
11:42 But this one I want to talk to you about.
11:44 You know, I've been in a relationship for a long, long time.
11:47 You've been together as a married couple for nine?
11:51 Married ten years.
11:52 Ten years, almost.
11:53 Yeah, mga nine years.
11:55 Ito, I seldom talk about this.
11:57 Kasi parang sabi ko, kailangan ba?
11:59 Pero gusto kong itanong, matagal na relasyon, pero we cannot own properties together.
12:08 We cannot adopt singularly.
12:11 Pag isa ang pumanaw sa ating partner, wala tayong karapatan iklaim ang body.
12:16 Wala tayong legal na karapatan.
12:18 At marami pang ibang mga karapatan na hanggang ngayon ay pinagkakait sa atin.
12:24 Do you talk about this, and when you talk about this with Liza,
12:29 saan kayo napupunta? Ano ang inyong napapagusapan?
12:32 Ang kasagutan.
12:33 Sa pagbabalik po ng Fast Talk with Boy Abunda.
12:36 [music]
12:45 Let's go to that question.
12:47 About the marriage, about the relationship.
12:52 It comes up every once in a while.
12:54 You talk about it.
12:55 Yeah, we talk about it.
12:56 And every time we talk about it, laging merong pain na kasama.
13:01 Kasi yun nga eh, we've built a life together.
13:04 And it's so weird that business partners have more rights than couples like us.
13:10 Na pareho naman, di ba?
13:12 Pareho naman kaming nagbabayad sa bahay.
13:14 Pareho naman kaming magkasama.
13:16 Nang taxes.
13:17 Exactly.
13:18 Okay, nang mga buwis.
13:19 Pareho ang binabayad natin.
13:20 So parang hindi namin maintindihan bakit hanggang ngayon.
13:24 Sige, okay.
13:25 Di ba, yung parati natin sinasabi.
13:27 Hindi naman po kami kailangan makasan sa church eh.
13:30 Because we respect their beliefs so much.
13:33 But I think it's also important for the state.
13:36 It's very important for the state to recognize.
13:38 The rights.
13:39 The rights that, you know, couples like us exist.
13:42 Hindi pwede, dahil sa mga beliefs, eh isang tabi nyo yung karapatan din ng marami sa atin.
13:48 Yun lang naman.
13:50 Salamat for saying that.
13:51 Because I totally, totally agree.
13:52 Ako may lungkot.
13:54 Tatanggapin ko may galit ng ponte.
13:56 May tampo.
13:57 Yung nagtatampo dahil ang tawag sa amin ay we cannot even be partners.
14:03 Co-owner.
14:04 Kung hindi ba property ang pinag-uusapan.
14:06 Parang, yun lang, I find it cruel.
14:10 I remember, Tito Boy, so we just got married in the States yung time nyon.
14:14 And as soon as we got back, nag-apply kami for business permit.
14:18 Alam mo yung ganun pala yung feeling nun.
14:20 Kasi parang ako, siyempre proud ako nung kinasala ko sa asawa ko, mahal na mahal ko, diba?
14:24 Tapos pag kailangan ititik mong box single, alam mo yung hirap na hirap ako ititik yun, yung box na yun.
14:29 Nakaiyak.
14:30 Nakaiyak siya.
14:31 Parang hindi ako single, alam ko may asawa ko, eh.
14:34 Bakit kailangan single ko ititik?
14:36 Yung nga, eh.
14:37 Parang for other people, hindi nila, ganoon ko lang din na-realize na
14:41 ang swerte nung mga heterosexual couples na sometimes they even take it for granted.
14:46 They tick the box, married, just, you know, parang automatic lang.
14:49 But yung nga, eh, parang for people like us na wala yung ganun karapatan, it means so much.
14:54 Sobra.
14:55 Yeah.
14:56 We have to start somewhere.
14:57 Ako, it, it, pasensya na po, but it makes me very, very emotional.
15:03 Lalo na na, decades ang pinagsamahan namin, eba.
15:06 Yes, how many years?
15:07 Ano ko, Diyos ko, Panginoon, older than you.
15:09 I'm sure.
15:10 Ah, hindi naman.
15:11 Ay, na, 40 ako, eh.
15:12 Kasi halos kasi edad mo.
15:13 I'm 40.
15:14 Yeah.
15:15 Wow.
15:16 We've been together that long.
15:17 Wow.
15:18 We've been together that long.
15:19 Nakakalungkot lang kasi kahit sa hospital po, halimbawa, hindi ka pwedeng matanong ng doktor kung, how do you call that,
15:25 resuscitate or not to resuscitate.
15:28 Yeah, D-A-R na.
15:29 You do not have that right.
15:30 I think yun yung pinaka-scary sa lahat for me.
15:32 Inheritance, wala ka.
15:34 Wala tayong personalidad dun, kasi you go to the next of kin sa family.
15:39 Ito naman ang pag-usapan lamang, pero bahagya, I mean, we need a lot of time to be able to discuss this.
15:44 Pero ako bumabalik ako doon na ang pagmamahal natin ay pantay sa lahat ng klase ng pagmamahal ng tao.
15:51 Oh, yes.
15:52 Yun lang naman ang pinagagalingan nun.
15:53 Pareho, parehong pagmamahal, parehong pangarap, parehong mga takot.
15:56 Lahat.
15:57 Pareho-pareho lang.
15:58 Lahat.
15:59 I know it's a long sento, but we will keep on discussing this.
16:02 And sana ma-elevate nga yung conversation into this kind of conversations.
16:06 Yes.
16:07 Na, we have the same right, it's our birthright.
16:10 Na, how do you write your songs?
16:13 Your songwriting process.
16:15 It depends, Tito.
16:17 If it's just really me writing because I want to write or I need to write, it will take a long time.
16:23 Pero kapag may deadline, ang bilis.
16:26 Okay.
16:27 Kung tatanungin mo, "Ano ang inspiration mo?"
16:29 "Deadline."
16:30 Totoo yan.
16:33 Kasi, eto, Liza and I, we joined Vince De Jesus' songwriting workshop, right?
16:38 So, ang mga dead...
16:40 Ang ano namin dito, like kami mga 20 minutes dapat tapos yung kanta.
16:43 Ang bilis namin makasulat.
16:45 Pero kapag kunyari, haayaan mo lang ako, "Sige, magsulat ka ngata."
16:48 My goodness, wala akong isulat.
16:50 Let's try it now.
16:51 Sige nga.
16:52 Gawa tayo ng kanta.
16:53 Sige, you write the lyrics.
16:54 Ako ang lyrics.
16:56 Alam nga ba, ako pareho.
16:57 Oo nga, eh.
16:58 Hindi naman patas.
17:00 Ano ba, "Ang sarap dalawin."
17:03 Ang sarap dalawin...
17:08 ...ah, ng kaibigan.
17:11 Ang sarap dalawin ang isang kaibigan, dito sa fasto, kung saan lahat ang tao may katok.
17:19 Ang sarap dalawin ng isang kaibigan, dito sa fasto, kung saan lahat may katok.
17:33 Ang ganda. Tapos sa chorus is, "Katok, katok, katok."
17:37 Katok, katok, katok.
17:40 Kailangan natin.
17:41 Kailangan natin.
17:44 Sa mundong...
17:45 Sa mundong...
17:46 Pilog.
17:47 Sa mundong...
17:49 Katok, katok, katok.
17:52 Itong kailangan natin.
17:56 Sa mundong bilog.
17:59 At may bato.
18:01 Parang nawala ako doon.
18:04 At may bato.
18:06 Dun-dun.
18:07 I'm now a songwriter.
18:13 Yes, you are.
18:14 Bakit, ano na po, bakit copyright na yan?
18:18 I'll tell you something. I have a musical project. We're doing LGBT songs.
18:23 And I've written 16 songs. I'll talk to you more about it.
18:26 It's a dream project. Pero dadating tayo doon hanggang maging bahagi na ng vidyoke.
18:34 Kailangan daan yun sa lahat. May pag-uusap, may kantahan, may sayawan.
18:39 Pero patuloy tayong makikipag-usap.
18:41 I think yun yung pinaka-important, Tito Boy. Kaya nga ako kahit alam natin na medyo mabagal ang usad.
18:45 Importante yung usad at na pag-uusapan.
18:47 And the movement. Just keep on moving.
18:50 Ang mahirap ay when you decide to stop.
18:53 I think yan. Kaya ako, I always believe na, especially para sa ating mga nasa komunidad, no.
18:59 And sometimes you get defensive kasi.
19:01 Because, I mean, it's understandable. We're traumatized. We're hurt pretty bad.
19:04 Pero once we stop the discourse because we are too defensive.
19:10 And we're afraid to talk to people about it.
19:12 And kahit paano, turuan din natin silang buksan ang kanilang mga pag-iisip about our stories.
19:18 Not condescendingly, ha. But really share who we are as human beings.
19:23 They'd have a better understanding.
19:25 Ano ba'te the differences? Magparinigan. Let's listen to each other.
19:29 But first, let's listen to vidyoke hits. That's gonna happen po.
19:33 Ako nang magsasabi. May 10, 11. Music Museum, Starring Eyes Aguera, and All of Us.
19:41 Yes, All of Us!
19:42 Stay kind. Make your nana and tare proud. Say thank you.
19:46 Do one good thing a day. Make this world a better place. Goodbye for now.
19:50 now.