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00:00Good morning, Filipinas and the whole world!
00:15Naitay Kapuso!
00:16Pahiram po ng 20 minutes ng inyong hapon.
00:18Ako po si Boy, and welcome to Fast Talk with Boy Abunda.
00:23Sa lahat ng kasama ho natin sa Facebook at YouTube, sa lahat ng nakikinig po sa Dizzy Dolby, welcome to the program!
00:32Exciting afternoon, exciting guests, pero bago natin tawagin ang ating guests.
00:37Narito po ang ating for today's talk.
00:39Nagsampa ng Kasong Staffa sa Quezon City Prosecutor's Office ang GMA Network,
00:44laban sa ilang officers ng Tape Incorporated.
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01:00pero imbes na magbayad ay nagabit daw ng Tape ang pera para sa kanilang operational expenses.
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01:40Hanggang July 11 pa po ang promong ito.
01:43You shall have time to join.
01:45Nighteye Kapuso, one of the hottest, one of the best singers and songwriters in the country.
01:52The one and the only, T.J. Monterde!
01:55Hello!
02:00Hello!
02:02Hello!
02:03Hi, hi, T.J.
02:05Maraming maraming salamat.
02:06Hello po, maraming salamat.
02:07Sa iyong pagdalao, sa iyong pagdaan dito.
02:09Thank you!
02:10At KZ kung ika'y nanonood.
02:12Nanonood siya.
02:13Hello!
02:14You have my love.
02:16Kumusta, kumusta?
02:17Okay naman po, Tito.
02:18Very happy.
02:19The last time I saw you was like six years ago, five years ago, I think.
02:22I know.
02:23Hindi pa kami kasal.
02:25At hindi pa kami engaged nung nag-usap tayo muli.
02:28Pero pag-uusapan natin yan.
02:30Tingnan nga natin ang kwento, bahagi ng kwento ni T.J.
02:33Sa pamamagitan ng mga awitin.
02:36Diba?
02:37Tingnan natin kung anong makover natin.
02:39Umpisahan natin doon sa Ikaw at Ako.
02:43Ikaw at Ako.
02:44It's my very very first single.
02:46First viral song.
02:47First single ko.
02:48That's my very first single.
02:492012.
02:502012.
02:51I wrote it around 2010, 2011.
02:53Pumunta ko Manila, 2011.
02:55With just a notebook full of songs and my dreams.
02:58Pumunta po ako dito.
03:00Nag-audition ako sa mga record label.
03:02Lipat-lipat.
03:03Kung ano yung mga pwede kong mapuntahan na mag-sign sa akin at magtiwala sa akin.
03:09And there was this time pumunta ako sa Poly East Records dito sa QAV.
03:13Tapos nung kinanda ko yun, nag-audition ako.
03:15I sang this song.
03:16Tapos sabi nila,
03:17Uy sakto, ikaw pala kumantan yan.
03:19We've been looking for that song.
03:20Kasi narinig namin online.
03:22So, sobrang sumakto.
03:24Yun, binigyan nila ako ng deal.
03:26And doon na nag-start yung career ko.
03:29Okay.
03:30Kumusta ang buhay?
03:31Saan ka nakatira?
03:32May auto ka na ba?
03:33Nag-gigit ka ba?
03:34Noong una po?
03:35Walang auto.
03:36So, saan ka nakatira dyan in that time, 2012?
03:38Sa Mandalu yung nagrenta ko ng very small space.
03:40How much were you renting the place?
03:41I think I was renting it 5,000.
03:43Parang ito na.
03:44Ito na yun.
03:45Itong bilog na to.
03:46Yan yung bahay talaga.
03:48Mag-isa ka lang?
03:49Eventually humabol yung guitarist ako si Makoy.
03:51So, kami yung dalawa doon.
03:52Pero, my bed, my ref.
03:53My bed.
03:54Roll up bed.
03:55Roll up na bed.
03:56Oh, okay.
03:57Parang yun na, yun na yung makikita mo.
03:58Yun na yung buhay ko.
03:59Pero ano yung mga gamit na meron ka noon?
04:01TV na pinahiram sa akin.
04:03Monoblock na nalagyan ng TV.
04:04Foldable na chair.
04:06Kettle.
04:07Yung initan ng tubig.
04:08Kasi doon ko niluluto yung noodles na kakainin ko.
04:11Rice cooker.
04:12Kasi doon namin niluto ang rice, syempre.
04:14At yung ulam na lulutuhin namin, pina-fry namin.
04:16Pero may aircon.
04:17So, ganun tipong buhay.
04:18Walang aircon.
04:19Hindi namin affording aircon talaga.
04:20Okay.
04:21Ganun buhay.
04:22That's 2012.
04:232012.
04:24Pag lumanabas ka, umiikot ka sa mga recording studios.
04:28This is 2012.
04:29I'm trying to remember where it was.
04:31Oo.
04:32Pero wala kang auto, di ba?
04:34Wala ko.
04:35Jeep, tricycle, MRT, LRT.
04:37Kumusta yung, ano, the rejections that you got?
04:42Marami.
04:43Pero masakit siya yung mga rejections, syempre.
04:46But...
04:47Paano sinasabi sa'yo?
04:48And one rejection that you can't give?
04:49Babalikan ka namin.
04:50Ah, okay.
04:51The usual.
04:52I was just one time I remember meron akong isang gig na nakuha.
04:55Sobrang excited ako.
04:56July, the gig was September.
04:58Sobrang layo pa.
04:59Eh, wala akong il-look forward.
05:00Kasi wala naman akong trabaho nun.
05:01So...
05:02Uy, may gig ako nakuha.
05:03Eto na.
05:04Prepare ako.
05:05Kanta ako everyday.
05:06Practice ako.
05:07Pagdating ng mga one week before,
05:08biglang hindi na tuloy.
05:09Kasi may kinuha ang bigger artists kaysa sa'kin.
05:11So, those are one of the heartbreaks ng mga una na
05:13di pwede sa industry to.
05:15Hindi ka pwedeng sobrang madaling ma-hurt.
05:17So...
05:18Ano mo niya look back?
05:19Diba?
05:20Pampatapang.
05:21Pampalakas ng loob.
05:22Diba?
05:23Pampastrengthen.
05:24Oo.
05:25Kung nag-iipon ka ng lakas ng loob,
05:26ito yung mga karanasan na babalikan mo.
05:28Tama.
05:29One week before the gig, wala.
05:30Wala.
05:31Eh, pinaghandaan ko yun ng tatlong buwan.
05:33Yung gig na yun.
05:34Plus one week before the event.
05:35Ay, sorry.
05:36Kinuha namin si...
05:37Instead of you.
05:38Okay.
05:39Right.
05:40Financially, TJ.
05:41Paano?
05:42Saan ka?
05:43Who was supporting you?
05:44As much as I can, nag-voiceovers ako sa commercials.
05:48Yung yung ginagawa ko.
05:49I do voiceovers for radio and TV commercials.
05:51Nag-host ako ng events kung kaya ko.
05:54But yung daddy ko, every now and then,
05:56inaano niya kami.
05:57Chinacheck niya sa amin kung okay ka lang ba dyan?
06:00Kumusta ka?
06:01And yun.
06:02Unti-unti, kinaya naman through God's grace.
06:05Yeah.
06:06Pero yun, mahirap talaga dito boy.
06:07Pero nasasabihan ka ba ng dad na,
06:08pag hindi mo na kaya, uwi ka lang?
06:10Yes.
06:11O, dito hindi ka magugutom?
06:12Oo.
06:13Parang ito yung common natin lahat ang mga probinsya, no?
06:15Kasi ang nanay parating siya nasabi,
06:16pag medyo nawala ka at wala ka nang makain,
06:18umuwi ka lang dito, kakayanin natin.
06:20And you have that.
06:22Wala bang point in your journey dito sa Maynila?
06:24That?
06:25Ayun ko na.
06:26Ang gulo ba?
06:27Meron.
06:28Meron dito boy.
06:29There's this very specific night
06:30na hindi ko makalimutan din talaga.
06:32Kaya ko naman kinikwento,
06:33there was this time na wala na talaga kaming pera.
06:36As in, wala na.
06:37Sabi ko sa kaibigan ko si Makoy,
06:38sabi ko, bro,
06:39meron ka ba dyan pang-dinner lang natin?
06:41Kasi yung papadarin daddy sa akin, bukas pa.
06:43500 pesos lang din naman.
06:45Kasi 1,000 lang pera niya, hati kami.
06:46So, ganun lang din yung pera talaga namin.
06:48Bukas pa yun.
06:49Ngayon, wala naman kakainin.
06:50Sabi niya, brad, meron pa ako dito.
06:52Just enough to buy us,
06:54buy one, take one burgers.
06:55Dun sa Maycilo Circle in Mandaluyong.
06:57Because that's where I live.
06:58That's where I live.
06:59Habang naglalakad kami nung gabi ng usap,
07:01pahiran muna bro,
07:02ito lang muna,
07:03hati muna tayo by one take one.
07:04Habang naglalakad kami,
07:05papunta dun sa Circle,
07:07yung nakatingin ako sa daan.
07:09Hoping that I'd find like 10 pesos or 20 pesos,
07:13says, Lord, sana may 10 pesos dito makita ako
07:16para man lang may pang soft drinks kami.
07:18Pang dagdag.
07:19Yun yun yung point na sabi ko,
07:20tama pa ba itong ginagawa ko sa buhay ko?
07:22Uuwi na lang kaya ako sa amin talaga.
07:23Okay.
07:24Pero wala eh.
07:25There's just every time,
07:27laging yung sinasabi sa akin na,
07:28tuloy mo lang may pupuntahan ka.
07:30There's always a still small voice.
07:31You hear that, di ba?
07:32I hear it.
07:33Sabi nga natin,
07:34you always have to be still
07:36so that you can listen,
07:37you can hear the whisper.
07:38Yes.
07:39Move tayo sa 2014.
07:412014?
07:42Yes.
07:43The song,
07:44Dating Tayo.
07:45Dating Tayo.
07:46Ah, I wrote that 2014,
07:47but I released it 2016.
07:49Okay.
07:50It's my current,
07:51um,
07:52it's my current,
07:53one of my,
07:54uh,
07:55current top songs sa ngayon.
07:56One of those songs,
07:57akala ko,
07:58wala lang,
07:59iwan mo lang yan dyan,
08:00i-release mo yan o hindi,
08:01okay lang.
08:02Pero,
08:03you'll never know,
08:04talaga.
08:05Ano kaya,
08:06advice ko sa mga songwriters,
08:07kung wala kang,
08:08just write what you want to write.
08:09Kasi,
08:10ito,
08:11this is,
08:12this is one of those songs na least kong in-expect.
08:13Parang,
08:14sige, sali nyo lang,
08:15okay lang,
08:16pang padagdag, filler.
08:17I know.
08:18Ano mo, TJ?
08:19KZ, tabi-tabi ha.
08:20Ah,
08:21I know that during this time,
08:222014,
08:23magkakila,
08:24kayo na ba ni KZ?
08:252014 hindi pa po,
08:262015 naging kami.
08:27Oo, hindi pa kayo.
08:28Ah,
08:29you know,
08:30when you sing,
08:31I was watching you now,
08:32just now,
08:33kumakanta ka,
08:34boses,
08:35forma,
08:36it's the whole package.
08:37Ang dami sigurong na in-love sa'yo.
08:38Hindi mo sabi.
08:39Hi KZ!
08:40Hindi ba't you know,
08:42how did you manage that?
08:43Ah,
08:44ang gwapo mo pag kumakanta.
08:47Kahit hindi naman kumakanta.
08:49You have this aura na,
08:50I am available.
08:54KZ, patawarin mo mo.
08:55I'm not.
08:56Patawarin.
08:57No, no, no, really.
08:58TJ,
08:59in that journey,
09:00you would perform in bars,
09:02you would have gigs.
09:03Yes.
09:04Paano mo hinandol
09:05yung adulation na yun?
09:09Ah,
09:10you mean,
09:11paano ko siya,
09:12parang approach ko sa ganon?
09:13Oo,
09:14yung mga,
09:15I love you, TJ!
09:16I feel flattered of course,
09:17but I think...
09:18Pero what was,
09:19ah,
09:20not among the worst,
09:21but,
09:22ano yung pinakagrabi talaga na,
09:23ah,
09:24halos mag-propose na sa'yo?
09:25Well, meron talagang mga,
09:27may mga magnanakaw ng halik,
09:29mahawak ng puwet,
09:30yung mga ganon.
09:31Nakapunan ka ba ng underwear?
09:33Hindi naman,
09:34hindi naman,
09:35pero may iba na mag,
09:36mag-tweet or message na,
09:38punta ka namin sa,
09:39sa hotel.
09:40Okay, ganon.
09:41Pa, yun,
09:42yun ang ibig kong sabihin,
09:43paano mo hinandol yun?
09:45Hindi ako,
09:46ano eh.
09:47Because you're a good boy.
09:48I'm not, ah,
09:49feeling ko kasi,
09:50ako,
09:51paniniwala ako,
09:52tingin ko,
09:53ah,
09:54sayang yung pinaghirapan ko,
09:55kung,
09:56kung gagawin ko yung mga ganon,
09:57hindi lang talaga akong ganon
09:58type of person.
09:59So,
10:00I feel like they admire me
10:01because of the music.
10:02Okay.
10:03So, okay na yun.
10:04Hanggang, hanggang dun lang tayo.
10:05And you're very clear about it.
10:06Yes.
10:07Di ba?
10:08Of course, of course.
10:092024.
10:10Ah,
10:11pag sinabi mo,
10:12T.J. Monterde,
10:13the song palagi comes to mind.
10:16Wow!
10:17You are now a big, big star.
10:20What's the story of the song?
10:21Palagi.
10:22It's one of those songs na,
10:25medyo,
10:26sobrang down ako ng time na yun.
10:28And I never expected that song to.
10:30Yun yung sinasabi ko na,
10:31sa mga songwriters,
10:32just write what your heart wants you to write.
10:34Kasi,
10:35you will never know,
10:36the next song might be your million dollar song.
10:39Ito na yung kanta mo.
10:40When I was writing that,
10:41sobrang down ako.
10:42And sabi ko lang talaga,
10:43surrender na ako kay Lord.
10:44Lord, ayoko na,
10:45ayoko na mag-isip ng hits,
10:46ayoko na mag-isip ng numbers,
10:48ng views,
10:49I'm just gonna write.
10:50It's not gonna be about,
10:51eto yung covenant ko sa kanya,
10:52it's not gonna be about my songwriting anymore,
10:54but it's about your blessing.
10:55Ganda.
10:56You know, you don't write a hit,
10:57you write a song.
10:58You write a song.
10:59And you write a song in his name.
11:01Exactly.
11:02Yun yung sinurender ko na,
11:03sir, ikaw na bahala dito Lord.
11:04Kahit gaano ka ganda yung kantang masulat ko,
11:06pag hindi mo siya ibibless,
11:07wala rin mangyayas.
11:08Number one,
11:09sa billboard,
11:10you became the most streamed Filipino OPM artist.
11:14I mean, wow.
11:15Paano ka naman hindi mai-inlove?
11:16Ikaw Casey ha,
11:17mag-usap tayo.
11:19Mula sa buhay,
11:20mula,
11:21you know the story of struggle,
11:22naglalakad sa kalye,
11:24hoping makahanap ng 20-10 pesos.
11:26Totoo yun.
11:27Pandagdag ng soft drinks.
11:28Today,
11:29you're one of the biggest OPM stars.
11:32Ang tanong ko,
11:33gaano ka na kayaman,
11:35T.J.?
11:36Ang kasagutan
11:37sa magbabalik po
11:38ng Fast Talk,
11:39yung Boy Abunda.
11:40Maraming maraming salamat po.
11:55T.J., you gotta do Fast Talk.
11:57Okay?
11:58T.J., singer, songwriter?
12:01Songwriter?
12:02Piano, gitara?
12:03Gitara.
12:04Lyrics, melody?
12:05Melody is king.
12:06Palagi, sariling mundo?
12:07Palagi.
12:08Dating tayo, ikaw at ako?
12:10Dating tayo?
12:11Chada, chaka.
12:12Chada?
12:13Aga yan?
12:14Your favorite karaoke song?
12:15Gemini, sponge cola.
12:17Your favorite workout song?
12:18Uh, oh my gosh.
12:22Kanta ni Because.
12:23KZ o Baby?
12:26Parel lang yun eh.
12:28KZ sa stage, KZ sa kwarto?
12:31KZ sa stage.
12:35Paborito mong ginagawa kay KZ?
12:38Back hug.
12:40Paborito mong ginagawa ni KZ sa'yo?
12:45Natapilok ako dun, ha?
12:48Yung kinikiss niya ako, biglaan dito.
12:52What makes KZ sexy?
12:55Her being herself.
12:58Siya mismo, sexy siya.
12:59So what makes you hot?
13:02Sigaw.
13:03My lips.
13:06Sabi mo, sabi niya.
13:08Kung hindi ka musician, TJ, ano ka?
13:11Communications teacher or newscaster?
13:14Kung gagawan mo ako ng kanta, anong title?
13:20Kakaiba.
13:21Okay, I'll take that.
13:23Lights on, lights off.
13:24Lights on.
13:25Happiness or chocolate?
13:27Happiness with chocolate.
13:29Best time for happiness with chocolate?
13:31Let me know.
13:33Complete this.
13:34Deserve ko ito dahil?
13:37Ah, Charlene.
13:39The question is, deserve ko ba talaga ito?
13:42Hindi ko alam.
13:44Thank you, Lord.
13:45Pahiram mo lang ito lahat.
13:46So hindi ko alam.
13:47Alamang dating sa akin yan, when you say that, you look forward to the next one.
13:51You know, in spite of, not in spite of, God, TJ, you filled up the Araneta Coliseum for three nights.
14:01And I think you're the first Filipino artist to have done that, na sunod-sunod.
14:05And that's a record.
14:07Congratulations.
14:08Thank you, po.
14:09Salamat po.
14:10You know what we're discovering is we're not just talking about talent, we're not just talking about total package.
14:16You have that humility that's sexy.
14:19First time to say this on air.
14:22Meron palang ganun.
14:23Humility that's so sexy.
14:24Congratulations.
14:25Salamat po.
14:26Looking forward to everything that you're gonna do.
14:28Thank you, Tito.
14:29What's your message to your fans?
14:30Your loyal, loyal fans.
14:32Maraming salamat.
14:33It's been like more than a decade and you're still around.
14:36And dyan pa rin kayo.
14:38Maraming salamat sa old and new listeners.
14:41Again, over and over, kahit isa lang ako sa mga nasa playlist nyo, okay na sa akin yun.
14:46Maraming salamat for sticking through.
14:48Salamat po.
14:49I love you all.
14:50Oh my God.
14:52Papel ang papel ng ating kaibigan, the Concert King, Martin Rivera, sa buhay mo.
14:56Malaking-malaking.
14:57Una sa lahat, siya ang rason ba't nagkakilala kami ni Casey.
15:00He's the reason why, so...
15:01Pundo Casey is a different version.
15:04Tama ba ako?
15:05Ano yun?
15:06Parang si Kede Bon yung friend namin.
15:07Yes.
15:08Pero dahil yun, nandun kami lahat sa event ni Sir Martin.
15:10Martin Rivera.
15:11One of the most beautiful people in the world.
15:13Super.
15:14Sabi nga ni TJ, ang dalas nilang kausapin si Martin,
15:17Martin, I'm just so proud of you.
15:18I love you and we love you.
15:20And thank you for all the things that you do for people like TJ and...
15:23Diba?
15:24Sobra.
15:25Wala akong masamang masabi kay Sir Martin or wala akong kilalang may nasasabi kay Sir Martin.
15:30Lahat puro mabubuting bagay.
15:32And now there's a movie starring Charo Santos and Ding Dong Dantes,
15:36Sariling Mundo, and you're singing the theme song.
15:38But before you sing us a few lines, in closing, gaano ka na kayaman?
15:44Hindi, ganito.
15:45Nagsisimula pa lang.
15:46Nagsisimula pa lang.
15:47Nagsisimula pa lang.
15:48Nagpupundar pa lang.
15:49I like the question of Sen.
15:50Ilan na ba ang Rolex mo?
15:52At meron ka na ba ang patek?
15:54Wala.
15:55Wala.
15:56Parang hindi ko alam kung deserve ko yung patek na yan.
15:58Sir yung Rolex.
15:59Yung isa regalo ni Casey sa akin.
16:01Okay.
16:02Yung isa?
16:03Binili ko na.
16:04Dalawa na.
16:05Dalawa na.
16:06Ang bilis.
16:07February lang yun eh.
16:08I know.
16:09Flowers for you.
16:11Maraming maraming salamat.
16:13Bravo.
16:14Maraming maraming salamat.
16:15We'll see you guys on Sunday.
16:17May fan meet po kami ni Casey Samoa Arena.
16:20We'll see you guys there.
16:21And we'll see you sarili nating mundo.
16:24World tour.
16:25Ongoing.
16:26Wow.
16:27Maraming maraming salamat.
16:28Maraming 20 cities to go.
16:29So we'll see you guys soon.
16:30Naitay ka po sa maraming salamat.
16:32We'll see you again tomorrow.
16:33TJ Ontende.
16:34Salamat sa suporta.
16:35God bless us all.
16:36Thank you po.