Fast Talk with Boy Abunda: Barbie Almalbis at Lougee Basabas, timeless OPM icons! (Full Episode 620)

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Aired (June 18, 2025): Ang Pinay queens of alternative pop na sina Barbie Almalbis at Lougee Basabas, nananatiling tampok na talentadong musikero mula noon hanggang ngayon! Abangan ang kanilang upcoming shows at mga bagong kanta!      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 4:45 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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01:02Please, please, welcome to the program.

01:06Thank you for having us.

01:08It's an honor to be here.

01:09Amin ang kasiyahan, amin ang karangalan.

01:14Kumusta kayong dalawa?

01:15We're happy mommies.

01:19I said, why are you still so beautiful?

01:21God is good.

01:25One time I did an interview with Ina Raimundo and I said, why are you so sexy?

01:31He said, because I pray.

01:33Wow.

01:34It's beautiful, right?

01:35Okay.

01:36How do you identify your music?

01:39How do you identify your music correctly?

01:42Correctly?

01:43Well, since it's like, I guess, rock.

01:46It's like all the branches of it.

01:47But I think music, for me personally, is one of the things in life that we don't need to classify.

01:53Because, of course, I want to explore.

01:55So, that's it.

01:56So, you don't label your music.

01:58We want to be able to, yeah.

02:00We want to be able to experiment and keep it growing as artists.

02:04Okay.

02:05Ika, Ludi.

02:06Same, Tito Boy.

02:07Actually, the more you spend years in the business, I think, the more you want to grow and collaborate with other artists.

02:15You want to try different things.

02:16So, it's like a growing process, right?

02:20Yeah.

02:21Yeah, yeah.

02:22I understand that.

02:23But, there are a lot of mothers, aunts, aunts, including me.

02:27When we talk about rock, we have a preconceived notion.

02:31Really?

02:32Yeah.

02:33When you say rock...

02:34Rock and roll lifestyle.

02:35Rock!

02:36It's not true.

02:37It's a heavy rock.

02:38It's a heavy rock.

02:39It's an expression.

02:40I know that you don't want to label your music, but help us understand.

02:44What are the differences?

02:46Because there are pop rock, alternative rock, grunge, grunge.

02:50You know what?

02:51You know what?

02:52I can't hear it.

02:53I can't hear it.

02:54You know it.

02:55Avant-garde.

02:56There are those things.

02:57There are those things.

02:58What are the differences?

03:00What are the differences?

03:01There are pop rock, right?

03:02There are those things.

03:03You can label them.

03:05For organizations.

03:07Yes.

03:08For organizations of the genre, when you put it out on Spotify, you have to be...

03:13I think most of them were labeled as pop rock or alternative rock.

03:18Or singer-songwriter.

03:19Or 90s rock.

03:20Correct.

03:21But alternative rock, what's the difference?

03:23What's the difference?

03:24What's the difference?

03:25For example, in...

03:26Let's say...

03:27Well, it came from the 80s.

03:28It was like New Wave.

03:30Then it became Glam Rock.

03:32It's a hair band, right?

03:34Hair metal.

03:35And then when it's Nirvana...

03:36What's the difference of Glam Rock, Barbie?

03:38Okay.

03:39Just give me an example.

03:40You have like the guitar solos.

03:42The big hair.

03:43Van Halen.

03:44Van Halen.

03:45Kiss.

03:46Bon Jovi.

03:47Yeah, Bon Jovi.

03:48Okay.

03:49That's pop rock.

03:50That's Glam Rock.

03:51Glam Rock.

03:52Okay.

03:53And then when Pearl Jam, Nirvana came out.

03:56It's like...

03:57It's like...

03:58It's like...

03:59It's like plaid.

04:00Messy hair.

04:01You have a reference to the look.

04:03The expression.

04:04Yeah.

04:05When you talk about it.

04:06So it's not just the music.

04:07Yeah.

04:08Yeah.

04:09It's almost like a...

04:10It's like...

04:11It's like a belief.

04:12Culture.

04:13Approach to music.

04:14Pop culture.

04:15Like alternative.

04:16Somehow it's more...

04:17It's more simple.

04:18It's...

04:19Laid back.

04:20Music.

04:21Is it easier to sell?

04:23I'm talking about the front men, no?

04:25On the front ladies.

04:27Is it easier or easier to sell?

04:30I didn't even sell.

04:32I didn't even know.

04:34I didn't know.

04:35My bad!

04:36I would say,

04:37I market.

04:38It's too much.

04:39It's too much.

04:41It's too much.

04:42It's too much.

04:43It's like many other professions.

04:45It's too much as a male dominated.

04:48So in music,

04:50it's too much performing.

04:51That's it.

04:52It was like that.

04:53So it helped us that we saw,

04:56you know, for me,

04:57like artists like Cynthia Alexander

04:59or people like Joni Mitchell

05:00that we saw,

05:01oh,

05:02my girls didn't even play guitar.

05:03Maybe I could.

05:04So eventually,

05:05it's more...

05:06So you had models, no?

05:08I had models, but yeah,

05:09it really was male dominated.

05:11It still is.

05:12But there was a time,

05:13there was a generation that was a lot.

05:14I mean,

05:15you had the Sampaguitas,

05:16you had the Corizas.

05:17Yeah.

05:18Exactly.

05:19Those were the ones that...

05:20But noong sumunod ng mga generasyon,

05:23parang...

05:24Pero marami rin silang kasabayan ng mga lalaki.

05:26I mean,

05:27talking about...

05:28Juan de la Cruz.

05:29Juan de la Cruz, you know.

05:30Kasabayan ba sila ka?

05:31Freddy?

05:32Yes, of course.

05:33Ito yung generasyon nila eh.

05:34Diba?

05:35The 70s.

05:36Yan.

05:37Okay.

05:38So...

05:39Ba't hindi kayo nag-artista?

05:40You're very pretty.

05:41You're very pretty.

05:42Both of you are very, very pretty.

05:43Hindi kayo nikaya,

05:44mag-artista.

05:45Barbie?

05:46Ay, yun si Barbie.

05:47Sige.

05:48Ito naman ako, tita ko.

05:49Paano mag-artista?

05:52Sample.

05:53Sample.

05:54Diba ako marunong mag-arte eh?

05:55Ba't?

05:56Ba't ka dumating ngayon?

05:58Ba't ka dumating ngayon?

05:59Ba't ka dumating ngayon?

06:01So, but you didn't consider Barbie?

06:04Not really.

06:05Well, in high school.

06:06Sa mga theater.

06:07Mga plays.

06:08Sa school lang.

06:09But I never really had the opportunity or...

06:11Alright.

06:12Ano?

06:13Para hindi wala.

06:14Hindi dumating yung opportunity.

06:15Oh, kasi this is not something that's strange to your family.

06:19Ah, sila...

06:20You're cousins with Risa?

06:21Aunty Velos?

06:22Oh, my mom is Aunty Velos.

06:23So, she's cousins with si Larisa.

06:25Yeah.

06:26Now, we're talking about the granddome of Philippine Theater, Daisy.

06:29Yeah, that's my lola.

06:30That's my lola's sister.

06:31Yeah.

06:32You're talking about the Barangay Theater Guild.

06:33And then you had Silamaan, Aunty Velos.

06:35Yeah.

06:36So, performing arts.

06:37Performing arts.

06:38Like music or theater.

06:39So, yeah.

06:40Music was really a big...

06:41Pero hindi ka napunta doon.

06:42It's acting.

06:43Still stage, no?

06:44You didn't go into acting.

06:45Hindi ba?

06:46Bata ka pa eh.

06:47Sinasabi na namin sa iyo.

06:48Oh, gee.

06:49Oh, gee.

06:50Mag-artista ka.

06:51Ba't hindi ka tumuloy doon?

06:53Well, I had a hosting stint for a while.

06:57That's right.

06:58For a noontime show.

07:00But I think acting is really not for me.

07:03I've been in some sitcoms and whatnot.

07:08Lagi nila sinasabi,

07:09Maybe not for you.

07:10Kumanta ka na lang.

07:11Really?

07:12Really?

07:13Kumanta ka na lang.

07:14Barbie, do you know?

07:15Umarate pa kami ngayon.

07:16Oh, nga.

07:17Kumanta ka na namin ba?

07:18Maka-discover sa atin dito.

07:19Correct.

07:20Makamay nanonood.

07:21Are you performing alone now?

07:22Or are you still performing with Mojo?

07:25Yeah.

07:26I'm still performing with Mojo Fly.

07:28But recently, I released a solo project.

07:32Okay.

07:33Yeah.

07:34But it's a tribute kasi to my dad.

07:35My favorite.

07:36Oh, my favorite.

07:37It's a beautiful song.

07:38Beautiful.

07:39It's a beautiful album.

07:40Yeah.

07:41A song that a single that she released.

07:43Hanggang sa muli.

07:44Hanggang sa muli.

07:45Hanggang sa muli.

07:46One time, we listened to that.

07:47So, mahirap ba magkaroon ng mga asawang gwapo?

07:51Yes.

07:52Yes.

07:53Masa mabait din.

07:54Ah, mabait din.

07:55Martin.

07:56You married Martin, the son Hunasan.

07:59The son of Central Greg Hunasan.

08:01Yes.

08:02And you married, of course, Ali.

08:04The son of Hadj.

08:05Of Hadji.

08:06And Rio, both my friends also.

08:09Is it hard to get into a political family, a showbiz family?

08:15How was it?

08:16Very quickly.

08:18I think it's just like a normal family.

08:21It's just that, of course, when it comes to, like, when the cameras are on, they are like, they're times ten.

08:31It's on.

08:32Oh, it's on.

08:33But when the cameras are off, it's just a normal, loving family.

08:37Yeah.

08:38Yeah.

08:39Likewise.

08:40My deepest condolences, I said, I told Ali earlier.

08:43But your dynamics with Hadj, kumusta?

08:46Um, he's a very amazing, he's a very special person.

08:52I think, um, si Dad is a kind, loving, sobrang generous person.

08:59Yeah.

09:00We're talking about, uh, Hadji Alejandro.

09:02What about Martin?

09:03If you're not ready, you're not ready to go to politics.

09:05That's the last thing.

09:06You're not ready to go to politics.

09:07You're not ready to go to politics.

09:08You're not ready to go to practice.

09:09Okay.

09:10Let's practice this.

09:11You're not ready to go to politics.

09:13You never entertained the idea of getting into politics.

09:17Me, personally?

09:18Well, I actually was an SK chairman when I was in high school.

09:21Wow.

09:22I was just like, I don't think I'm for, you know, for politics.

09:24I want to serve in my own way, but maybe through music.

09:27For music, right.

09:28Yeah.

09:29That's a logical question because, uh, uh, Greg, you know, used to be a senator,

09:33and then Riza is very visible right now.

09:35Yeah.

09:36As, uh, member of the Senate.

09:37Actually, both sides.

09:38Also, my mom is also into public service.

09:40Ah, really?

09:41Yeah.

09:42So.

09:43But you can serve.

09:44Because I know that I'm really music.

09:45Oh, okay.

09:46I'll support them.

09:47I'll support them.

09:48Okay.

09:49Let's do fast talk.

09:50Okay.

09:51Okay.

09:52Let's do it.

09:53Barbie.

09:54Barbie or Ken?

09:55What?

09:56Barbie or Ken.

09:57Barbie.

09:58Maangas, mahinhin.

09:59Maangas.

10:00Pretty, cute.

10:01Cute.

10:02Singer, songwriter.

10:03Songwriter.

10:04Tabing ilog, tabing dagat.

10:05Tabing dagat.

10:06Ambon, bagyo.

10:08Ambon.

10:09Favorite among your songs?

10:11Wow.

10:12Firewoman.

10:13Biggest celebrity crush?

10:14Ah.

10:15Eddie Furlong.

10:17Who?

10:18Who?

10:19Edward Furlong from high school.

10:21Edward o si Martin?

10:23Martin.

10:24Oh, diba?

10:25Edward who?

10:26Edward who?

10:27The who?

10:28Mas mainit.

10:29Ang panahon o si Mister?

10:31Sorry?

10:32Mas mainit.

10:33Panahon.

10:34Ano?

10:35Mainit pulo panahon.

10:36Mas masarap.

10:37Mas masarap.

10:38Manalo ng award o magka-hit album?

10:40Magka-hit album.

10:41Mas mahirap.

10:42Pagiging nanay, pagiging composer?

10:44Pagiging nanay.

10:45Guilty or not guilty.

10:46Guilty.

10:47Niligaw man ng fan?

10:48Hmm.

10:49Noon pa naman yun?

10:50Guilty.

10:51Guilty or not guilty?

10:52Nag-perform ng lasing?

10:53Ah.

10:54Not guilty.

10:55Guilty or not guilty?

10:57Kinakanta ang sariling kanta sa videoke.

11:00Pagkasama ko ang daughter ko.

11:02Guilty or not guilty?

11:03Ginugol ang sarili.

11:05Hmm.

11:06Siguro na bago yung gugol.

11:07Okay.

11:08Okay.

11:09Your greatest achievement?

11:10Wow.

11:11Ah.

11:12My family.

11:13Your biggest fear?

11:15Fear?

11:16A life without Jesus.

11:17Lights on or lights off?

11:20Private ako tito.

11:21Lights off.

11:22It's private.

11:23Happiness or chocolates?

11:25That's a false dichotomy.

11:27Happiness.

11:29Happiness.

11:30Most.

11:31Okay.

11:32Best time for happiness.

11:33Best time for happiness.

11:34When you're happy already so you can be happier.

11:37And also when you're sad.

11:38Okay.

11:39I am Barbie and I am?

11:41Um.

11:42I am a child of God.

11:44Oh.

11:45Oh.

11:46That's lovely.

11:48Martin, you're more jealous.

11:51You're more jealous.

11:52You're more jealous.

11:53Ally.

11:54And uh.

11:55It's hard for now to sing the songs.

11:57The answers.

11:58I'll return to the Fast Talk with Boy Abu.

12:01Woo.

12:08Woo.

12:09Boo.

12:10Who always wanted to love us?

12:11Crainer's mom, it's like we're stopping now.

12:13Good.

12:14May they add the Fast Talk with Boy Abula, which means you're good at our town.

12:18Okay, yes.

12:19Sige.

12:20Super Luji or Mommy Luji?

12:23Mommy Luji.

12:24Chill, rock and roll.

12:26Rock and roll.

12:27Tutugtog, kakanta.

12:29Kakanta.

12:29Run, fly.

12:30Run.

12:31Kakanta, magpapaganda.

12:33Kakanta.

12:33Oo, hindi pwede.

12:35Mag-post ng sexy sa isang magazine.

12:37Hindi pwede.

12:39Hindi pwede.

12:41Iiwan ang pagkanta.

12:42Hindi pwede.

12:43Oo, hindi pwede.

12:44Pag-a-artistahin ang mga anak.

12:46Pwede.

12:47Pupunta ka ng buwan, ano ang baon mo?

12:51Bible.

12:52Pupunta ka ng langit, sinong isasama mo?

12:56Siyempre, sama kami.

12:58Si Jesus.

13:00Halimbawa, pupunta ka ng impyerno, hypothery ka lang, sinong isasama mo, maliban sa akin?

13:07Naku, mahirap na sagot.

13:09Guilty or not guilty, niligawan ng aktor?

13:13Not guilty.

13:15Guilty or not guilty, tinarayan ng co-performance.

13:16O-performer?

13:19Not guilty.

13:20Guilty or not guilty?

13:20Nags-show ng walang ligo.

13:23Guilty.

13:24Guilty or not guilty?

13:25Pinangarap maging leading lady.

13:27Guilty.

13:28Lights on or lights off?

13:30Lights off.

13:32Happenies or chocolates?

13:33Wala na ay kotomi, ha?

13:34Wala na ay kotomi, ha?

13:36Bo, ta.

13:37Okay, chocolates.

13:38It's time for chocolate.

13:40Um, pag, um, ano?

13:43Pag, pag, pag, pag, pag, pag, pag, hagahurahindo.

13:46Pag, ah, pag, pag wine.

13:48Okay, I am super Luji and I can.

13:51I can believe that my life belongs to Jesus.

14:00You have shows very quickly.

14:02Invite everybody.

14:03Oh, tonight I'll be playing in Bar 9.

14:0710?

14:09Bar 9.

14:11Bar 9 in Molito, Alabang.

14:13And yeah, just check my social media for upcoming shows.

14:16The schedules are there.

14:17Yes.

14:17And I have a new album called Not That Girl.

14:19And you two promise not to stop singing and performing.

14:23Lucica.

14:24Yes, I have a new single.

14:27Not only a single, but

14:28Pakinggan niyo po, hanggang samuli.

14:30It's out on all digital platforms.

14:33Yes, we promise to listen to that song.

14:35Mga seloso, mga mister?

14:37No.

14:39No, not that.

14:39In a good way.

14:40In a good way.

14:41There's a selos that's good, no?

14:43Yeah.

14:44It can be an expression of love.

14:46Of course, yeah.

14:46And boundaries and territories.

14:48Which is important these days.

14:50We should have a conversation, Barbe.

14:51Yes, I told you.

14:53Kanina ba, isa pa tayong conversation.

14:54Masarap yun, mahaba.

14:56Mas mahirap ba magpasikat ang kanta ngayon?

14:59No, not at all.

15:01Because of the presence of many platforms.

15:03Maraming, maraming salamat.

15:04Woo.

15:09Yeah.

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