Fast Talk with Boy Abunda: Ben&Ben, may brand new album! (Full Episode 536)

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Aired (February 18, 2025): Mula sa kanilang pagsisimula hanggang sa pagkamit ng kasikatan, alamin ang kwento ng isa sa pinakasikat na OPM band na Ben&Ben! Ano nga ba ang nilalaman ng kanilang panibagong album na ibabahagi nila para sa mga Liwanag?   For more Fast Talk With Boy Abunda Full Episodes, click the link below:   https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLGRhcC_vtOrattdXLVqpvE8vMq3pOq8qT   Watch the latest episodes of 'Fast Talk with Boy Abunda’ weekdays at 4:00 PM on GMA Afternoon prime, starring Boy Abunda. #FastTalkwithBoyAbunda   To our Global Pinoys in the U.S., catch your favorite Pinoy shows from GMA Pinoy TV, GMA Life TV, and GMA News TV, now available on YouTube TV!   Subscribe now for only $14.99 per month. Visit tv.youtube.com for more details.

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00:00And welcome to Fast Talk with Boy Abunda.

00:22Maraming salamat po.

00:26There are about 7,000 people in the studio.

00:29Thank you very much.

00:35Thank you very much to all the people who made Fast Talk possible.

00:41We are starting our third year here at GMA7.

00:46And I'd like to be able to thank our bosses.

00:51Atty. Gozon, I was humbled by your speech.

00:56Thank you very much for your message.

00:59Mr. Jimmy Duavid, my dear friend, thank you very much.

01:04Mr. Yalong, I missed you, but I know in your heart you wanted to be with us.

01:09Annette Gozon, I missed you.

01:12But Lizelle Maralag was able to follow.

01:17My heart was full.

01:20Jah was there, our boss.

01:22Henry was there.

01:24Ardy and Cecil.

01:27And there was a lot of support from GMA7.

01:31I always say, we're able to do what we do because of your support.

01:37Thank you very much.

01:38Naitay, my dear friend, thank you for your 20 minutes every day.

01:46Advertisers, you are our life.

01:49Thank you very much.

01:52I just arrived from Samar, Eastern Samar, where I visited my family.

01:58Thank you very much, Salcedo, Pagbabangnan, Pagbabangnan, San Juan, Dalit Orasta, Tawagan and Oras.

02:07Thank you very much from the bottom of my heart.

02:10And right now, it's a happy, happy afternoon.

02:15Because we will be together.

02:17I'm not shy to say that I'm a fan of this band.

02:21I've always been very open about this.

02:23My partner Bong is a bigger fan.

02:26Their songs are the theme songs of our lives.

02:31There's no doubt about that.

02:33And I'm just so proud because they are with us today.

02:36And what I want to say is, I hope the day will come when this band will win a Grammy.

02:44Do you know why I'm saying this?

02:46Because the last time Binnie was on the show, I was surprised with the tape, with that interview I did with him five years ago.

02:53And I said, five years from now, so I was doing that interview, 2019, I think.

02:58I said, where are you?

03:00Joanna said, I hope we'll still be together and we'll go on a world tour.

03:04This year, 2025, it happened.

03:08So I'll say it now, I hope it's a Grammy.

03:13Naytay Kapuso, please welcome Ben and Ben!

03:21Paolo, Miguel, Agnes, Pat, John, Tony, Kaifer, Andrew, and Poch!

03:25Thank you so much!

03:27Hello, Tito Boy!

03:29Your intro was amazing, Tito Boy!

03:31I hope it didn't happen.

03:33Pipe, pipe, pipe!

03:35I got nervous all of a sudden.

03:37In terms of sound, in terms of talent, in terms of many things, it's possible.

03:43I think we should just say it so it happens.

03:45You know, I remember telling Joanna when she told me that in that interview,

03:49their manager showed me,

03:51you want to watch this clip.

03:53What I said, I told Joanna during that interview five years ago,

03:57say it and it happens.

03:59It happened!

04:01Miguel, say it.

04:03Miguel.

04:04In five years or less, we'll win a Grammy.

04:15We were together in 2019 when you were promoting your first album, Limasawa.

04:21Yes.

04:22And earlier, we were talking about how I think every release of our album,

04:27we have an opportunity to catch up, to talk, and we're always very grateful to be here.

04:31So thank you for having us, Tito Boy.

04:33And they say it's a coincidence.

04:34I said, no, it's fate.

04:35Yes, it's fate.

04:36That every time we release an album, we're together.

04:38Yes.

04:39But where were you during that time?

04:40I mean, mindset-wise.

04:42What were you thinking when you launched your first album, Limasawa?

04:46Where were you?

04:47I think 2019, we were very excited, but at the same time,

04:53we had no idea what the future held for us.

04:56Because, you know, it was such a great, creative undertaking,

05:02but at the same time, we didn't know back then whether it would work or not.

05:07We just had these songs, and we had the passion and the bond that's even stronger today as a band.

05:16But we already had it back then.

05:18And, you know, we just said, let's go out, let's tour, and let's see where it goes.

05:23And so many things have happened after that.

05:25Sometimes, it's more exciting not to know what's going to happen.

05:28That's right.

05:29Right? Sometimes it's like that.

05:31And then, in 2021, you released Pebble House.

05:37That's our second album.

05:38Right? And you were staying in one house.

05:42Did you guys fight?

05:44Oh my!

05:47Like? It happens to all of us.

05:49Yes.

05:50Like?

05:51No, like the simple ones.

05:52Hey, the pitchel came back to the ref.

05:54It's nothing.

05:56It's a domestic life.

05:58Or the one who gets snacks without permission.

06:01That's me.

06:04How is that? If there are differences like that, how is the resolution?

06:08Is it quiet? Is there a grievance committee?

06:12Back then, we had a group chat.

06:14And then, if there are people who didn't return the ice, we would take a picture and put it in the group chat.

06:19If anyone didn't return the ice, please fill it up.

06:24Passive aggressive.

06:26But at the same time, I think for matters as trivial as that,

06:31but also for the bigger things that we need to resolve,

06:35we always make sure that we talk about it as a band.

06:37That's an important part.

06:39And I think that's why we lasted eight years as a band.

06:42Right.

06:43Kaifer seems to have something to say.

06:44Yes.

06:45Exactly what he said.

06:46We always make time to talk to each other.

06:48And you said it happens.

06:49Yes. It happens.

06:50I can't imagine a relationship without differences.

06:54Right?

06:55If two people need to talk, how about the sham?

06:59Right.

07:00And then, 2025, we have a new album.

07:03And it is called?

07:04The Traveler Across Dimensions.

07:07What does it mean?

07:08What does it mean?

07:10Chat.

07:12It has a lot.

07:13But the album was made as a concept album.

07:17So, it has a character who travels across dimensions.

07:21And through her travels,

07:24she goes through a lot of things,

07:25a lot of struggles, a lot of challenges.

07:27She also overcomes those challenges

07:29and learns how to live in the world that they're set in.

07:33And in a way,

07:36it's like a story of being human.

07:40Because we all go through something.

07:42We all have struggles.

07:43And how to get over that and how to live after the struggles,

07:48that's the message of the album.

07:51Wait.

07:52You were supposed to open with a song, right?

07:54Oh, yes.

07:55You have to do it now.

07:56Okay.

07:57Let's do it.

07:58Let's do it.

08:02So, in 2022, we released a song.

08:06And we always love playing it.

08:08It's called Paninindigan Kita.

08:10In a romantic relationship,

08:13is there a chance

08:16or is there a justification

08:19for the moment when one decides

08:22that I can't stand my love anymore?

08:27Go ahead.

08:28Pause later because you have a reveal.

08:33Let's start with Tony.

08:35For example.

08:38That's a deep question.

08:41If there are two people in a relationship,

08:44they also have their own individual journeys.

08:48So, I think,

08:51as much as everything can be discussed and fixed,

08:57it can't be avoided sometimes

08:59that there are two people who don't agree

09:02on where they want their relationship to go.

09:06And that's a moment that I can walk away and say,

09:11my promise to stand by is enough.

09:14Andrew, you.

09:15Just quickly.

09:16Yeah.

09:18I think a relationship will work in the long run

09:21when you hit a moment,

09:23you realize that,

09:25okay, whatever happens to this person,

09:28I'm game to fix it.

09:29And if there is any barrier to that decision,

09:33it's okay to walk away.

09:34It's okay to say that,

09:36I don't think I'm ready for this yet.

09:38Okay.

09:39Pat, Agnes.

09:40I think getting married is harder.

09:44Getting married.

09:45Getting married.

09:46Because there are different dimensions.

09:48You have to decide as much as possible.

09:52Before you get married,

09:54I think you should think about it.

09:56They say, Tony,

09:57if you have a path,

09:59you should imagine your life in the future.

10:01Who are you?

10:02You evolve every year as people.

10:04But you should also gauge

10:07if this version of this person,

10:10five years from now,

10:11can I still love him?

10:12You can't say it yet,

10:13but at least you will gauge it.

10:14And I think by the time you get married,

10:17you should have decided that,

10:18this is what I can really love.

10:21Every day when I wake up,

10:22I will see this face.

10:24I should be sure.

10:27I'm feeling it.

10:28Because he's playing pictures.

10:31I'm feeling it.

10:33I'm reminiscing.

10:35I think,

10:36well, to keep things healthy,

10:38I mean,

10:40to keep things healthy,

10:41sometimes, I think,

10:42there are couples who can't give

10:45more than they can currently.

10:48Sometimes,

10:49sometimes people just don't work out.

10:52And I think,

10:53there are sometimes,

10:54there are a lot of sometimes, right?

10:55A lot of times.

10:57Sometimes, it's okay to walk away.

10:59Especially,

11:01if giving more means

11:03depleting your energy,

11:05depleting everything that you are.

11:07You know, there are two different thoughts.

11:09And that's quite interesting.

11:10We just don't have time.

11:11Because one is saying,

11:13when you get married,

11:14when you get married,

11:15the consideration is different.

11:16It's like,

11:17it would be longer,

11:19or you're talking about forever,

11:20if I heard it right.

11:22And one is saying,

11:24because there is a dimension,

11:27I also have humanity,

11:29and I have the right to get hurt.

11:30And there are things that you discover after.

11:33There are things

11:34that you discover about each other.

11:36And that you have the right to walk away.

11:39So, this has been a theme song

11:41for many of us.

11:43But thank you for sharing with us.

11:45There are more songs,

11:47there are more questions

11:48about love.

11:49What is next for Ben & Ben?

11:51We will find out

11:52when we return

11:53with Fast Talk with Boy Abunda.

11:55We do Fast Talk with Ben & Ben.

11:57Miguel, let's start.

11:59Miguel, Kambal or Kasal?

12:01Kasal.

12:02Kasal or Sakal?

12:03Kasal.

12:04Miguel, Liyuanag or Dilim?

12:05Liyuanag.

12:06Banda or Pamilya?

12:07Pamilya.

12:08Band Life or Love Life?

12:10Love Life.

12:11Paulo, New World or New World?

12:13New World.

12:14New World.

12:15New World.

12:16New World.

12:17New World.

12:18New World.

12:19New World.

12:20New World.

12:21New World.

12:22New World.

12:23New World.

12:24Paulo, New Me or Old Me?

12:26New Me.

12:27Paulo, Two Piece or Nine Piece?

12:29Nine Piece.

12:30Today or Tomorrow?

12:31Tomorrow.

12:32Solo or Collab?

12:33Collab.

12:34Sold Out Concert or Number One Hit?

12:36Number One Hit.

12:37For all of you,

12:39who is the best companion?

12:43All of them.

12:44All of them.

12:45All of them.

12:46Who is the most boring companion?

12:48All of them.

12:49All of them.

12:52Who is the most annoying?

12:54Andrew.

12:57Who is the funniest?

12:58Andrew.

13:00Who is the most clingy?

13:02Pat.

13:03Pat.

13:04Pat.

13:05Pat.

13:06Pat.

13:07Pat.

13:08You said, it's me.

13:09Who is the most strict?

13:10Strict.

13:11Tony.

13:12Tony.

13:13Tony is the most dramatic?

13:16Jam.

13:17Jam.

13:18Jam.

13:19Jam.

13:20We love a good cry.

13:21Jam.

13:22Happiness.

13:24What? Say it again.

13:26Something that's chasing.

13:28Pau.

13:30You're guessing.

13:32Is that lights on or lights off?

13:34Together. 1, 2, 3, go!

13:36Lights on.

13:38On.

13:40Happiness or chocolate? Happiness.

13:42Best time for happiness?

13:44Anytime.

13:46Complete this.

13:48We are Ben and Ben

13:50and we are

13:52Happy.

13:54Happy Winners.

13:56I like that.

13:58Poch, if we were to open

14:00your heart, what name

14:02would be written?

14:04This is romantic, okay? Not parents, not siblings.

14:06What name would be written?

14:08Her name is

14:10Bea.

14:12National Genie.

14:14Bea, wherever you are,

14:16you're one lucky girl.

14:18Thank you so much.

14:20Okay, let's talk

14:22about fame.

14:24Are you guys comfortable with fame

14:26now?

14:28One by one.

14:30Okay, quick. Are you,

14:32Jan? I'm still learning.

14:34Learning.

14:36Yeah.

14:38Yes, it's part of

14:40the job. Tony?

14:42It's a work in progress. Kaith?

14:44It's a yes, no. Andrew? No.

14:46Yes, Poch?

14:48It's the same as Pau's answer.

14:50Work in progress is interesting

14:52but why not?

14:54Andrew?

14:56Too much responsibility.

14:58What's the responsibility when we're

15:00talking about fame?

15:02I think it's the constant eyes

15:04of people

15:06looking at you and not

15:08seeing a person, most likely.

15:10And sometimes when you have that feeling

15:12of pressure, I feel like I'm not allowed

15:14to be human. I feel like I'm not allowed

15:16to

15:18make very human mistakes or errors.

15:20That's true. That's the price

15:22of being famous.

15:24The moment you decide to become public, you are

15:26public.

15:28Of course, it's a long discussion. I'm not saying that you don't

15:30have legal rights.

15:32But

15:34that's attendant to who we are.

15:36The moment we decide to become public,

15:38we are public.

15:40Going international, let's talk about

15:42it a bit.

15:44Do you have plans?

15:46Some plans that move towards that direction?

15:48I think that the way we have

15:50both plans and dreams

15:52to reach

15:54international ears, and that's

15:56because we always felt like

15:58it's two things.

16:00One is the sound and the music

16:02that we make, and the message

16:04that we have is something that we

16:06feel transcends

16:08nationalities, but also

16:10we're so

16:12proud of where we come from, and we want

16:14to bring that wherever we go.

16:16I think those are two major

16:18reasons why.

16:20That's the only way to go international, is to go

16:22personal and local.

16:24Of course.

16:26I was watching the interview of Letterman and Billy Eilish.

16:28It's important

16:30that you have a sound that is appreciated

16:32by the world, but that sound has to come

16:34from your core. It has to come from

16:36who you are.

16:38It has to be really cultural.

16:40I'm a fan of music worldwide.

16:42I saw Maria Callas, the movie,

16:44and it was a very

16:46personal story.

16:48Ito yung aking kwento na dinadaan ko sa awit.

16:50So I think you're going to make it.

16:52We'll try.

16:54We'll try our best.

16:56We'll try our hardest, that's for sure.

16:58Paul, talk about your new album.

17:00The Traveler Across Dimensions,

17:02actually, in terms of the songs,

17:04it's basically that.

17:06We wanted to speak to

17:08anyone who wants to hear it, no matter

17:10where you are from the world.

17:12It reflects, I think,

17:14yung past two to three years

17:16of being together as a group.

17:18The challenges that come with it,

17:20the life phases, people getting married,

17:22moving forward

17:24with their lives.

17:26Yeah.

17:28We're trying to spread

17:30the album one song at a time.

17:32Funnest fan experience

17:34kayo.

17:36Did you get proposals?

17:38Proposals? Yeah. I love you.

17:40Will you marry me?

17:42As in kami?

17:44As in sayo?

17:46Hindi naman po. Pero marami nag-propose.

17:48Hindi pumunta doon?

17:50Meron lang marami lang nanghihila

17:52ng buhok namin.

17:54Totoo po yan.

17:56Siguro po mga five times na nangyari sakin.

17:58Hindi ko po alam kung bakit.

18:00Pero

18:02hihila mo talaga yung buhok.

18:04I'll give you a chance to talk to

18:06everybody. Invite them to listen

18:08to your songs. Please, go ahead.

18:10Hello, everyone who's watching.

18:12Hello, Liyuanag.

18:14We are live.

18:16Hello, mga kapuso. Hello, Liyuanag.

18:18We are Ben & Ben, and we invite you to listen

18:20to our newest album. It's called

18:22The Traveler Across Dimensions.

18:24It has a lead single called Tomorrow With You

18:26which we'll perform in a bit.

18:28Ang Tomorrow With You ay para sa mga taong

18:30kasahirap at ginawa.

18:32Sana baka ngayon po yung bago naming album. Thank you, Liyuanag.

18:34And we wanna listen to that song.

18:36Let's go!

18:38Tomorrow With You.

18:40Naytay Kapuso, please welcome Ben & Ben.

18:42Thank you so much, Tito Ben.

18:44Salamat po.

18:46Thank you. Maraming salamat.

18:48Sana araw-araw tayo magkita.

18:50Thank you for your music.

18:52Thank you. Maraming maraming salamat.

18:54Salamat po.

18:56Thank you. Naytay Kapuso,

18:58maraming salamat sa inyong

19:00pagpapapasok sa inyong mga tahanan,

19:02sa amin sa inyong mga tahanan araw-araw.

19:04Let's support Ben & Ben.

19:06And be kind, make your nanay proud,

19:08say thank you, and goodbye for now.

19:10God bless.

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