Jennylyn Mercado says her new album is not inspired by a political event

Maureen Marie Belmonte

<img src='' alt='100716-JennyMercado.jpg' width='400' height='290' align='left' border='0'>After two years of focusing on other facetsof being a celebrity, Jennylyn Mercado is finally back to doing music again.According to Jennylyn, music is really herfirst love. Recently, she released her seventh studio album titled Ultimate under Ivory Records.“‘Yun nga kaya hindi rin ako makagawa kasinag-focus muna ako sa pelikula, sa shows. Puro ganon muna,” she said in aninterview during her album launch.“Tapos nung natapos na, after ng Just The Three of Us sabi ko ‘Ay gagawaako ng album habang wala pang susunod na project doon nalang muna akomagfo-focus,’” said the actress-singer.The seven-track album features six originaltracks with distinct titles such as “Lampara,” “Hagdan,” and “Bulalakaw,” amongothers.Jennylyn claimed that it took them severalmonths before they were able to complete the list of songs that would make itto her album.“Kami-kami lang. Nag-sit down kami kasamang Ivory Records tapos binigyan nila ako ng mga demos. Medyo matagal angpilian, inabot rin ng buwan kasi medyo matagal rin gumawa ng kanta,” she shared.While many might find the titles of heralbums peculiar, Jennylyn said they came out of her desire to reinvent herbrand of music and to try something new. But, contrary to speculations, theywere not inspired in any way by the EDSA Revolution.“Nagkataon lang. Hindi naman naminsinasadya pero gusto kasi namin something different, ‘yung iba ‘yung choices ngmusic namin. Kasi di ba ‘yung past few albums puro love songs lang, masakit,puro ganon,” she said. “So ngayon ang gusto namin parang ibang feel naman. Kayakakaiba rin ang mga titles namin.”Her seventh song on the album was a coverof the 1980 hit song by Olivia Newton John and Cliff Richard titled “Suddenly.”Jennlyn performed the song with Christian Bautista.How was the experience?“Ang saya actually hindi kami nagkita sarecording kasi nauna ako nag-record tapos a few weeks siya naman. Pero nungnarinig ko ang final mix, natuwa ako kasi ang ganda ng kinalabasan,” shegushed. “Ang ganda ng arrangement ang ganda rin nung combination nung voicenamin. So, I’m very happy.”Jennylyn’s Ultimate album is available for streaming on Spotify and may bepurchased on various record stores nationwide.<o:p></o:p>

“Tapos nung natapos na, after ng Just The Three of Us sabi ko ‘Ay gagawaako ng album habang wala pang susunod na project doon nalang muna akomagfo-focus,’” said the actress-singer.The seven-track album features six originaltracks with distinct titles such as “Lampara,” “Hagdan,” and “Bulalakaw,” amongothers.Jennylyn claimed that it took them severalmonths before they were able to complete the list of songs that would make itto her album.“Kami-kami lang. Nag-sit down kami kasamang Ivory Records tapos binigyan nila ako ng mga demos. Medyo matagal angpilian, inabot rin ng buwan kasi medyo matagal rin gumawa ng kanta,” she shared.While many might find the titles of heralbums peculiar, Jennylyn said they came out of her desire to reinvent herbrand of music and to try something new. But, contrary to speculations, theywere not inspired in any way by the EDSA Revolution.“Nagkataon lang. Hindi naman naminsinasadya pero gusto kasi namin something different, ‘yung iba ‘yung choices ngmusic namin. Kasi di ba ‘yung past few albums puro love songs lang, masakit,puro ganon,” she said. “So ngayon ang gusto namin parang ibang feel naman. Kayakakaiba rin ang mga titles namin.”Her seventh song on the album was a coverof the 1980 hit song by Olivia Newton John and Cliff Richard titled “Suddenly.”Jennlyn performed the song with Christian Bautista.How was the experience?“Ang saya actually hindi kami nagkita sarecording kasi nauna ako nag-record tapos a few weeks siya naman. Pero nungnarinig ko ang final mix, natuwa ako kasi ang ganda ng kinalabasan,” shegushed. “Ang ganda ng arrangement ang ganda rin nung combination nung voicenamin. So, I’m very happy.”Jennylyn’s Ultimate album is available for streaming on Spotify and may bepurchased on various record stores nationwide.<o:p></o:p>

<img src='' alt='100716-JennyMercado.jpg' width='400' height='290' align='left' border='0'>After two years of focusing on other facetsof being a celebrity, Jennylyn Mercado is finally back to doing music again.According to Jennylyn, music is really herfirst love. Recently, she released her seventh studio album titled Ultimate under Ivory Records.“‘Yun nga kaya hindi rin ako makagawa kasinag-focus muna ako sa pelikula, sa shows. Puro ganon muna,” she said in aninterview during her album launch.

Jennlyn Mercado: ‘Ngayon ang gusto namin parang ibang feel naman. Kaya kakaiba rin ang mga titles namin’

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