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The Story Behind True Faith's Hit: "Dahil Ikaw" | OG  It's nostalgia all over again. Brothers Medwin and Eugene of True Faith this time talk about the early 2000s and how the teleserye culture led them to write a song that would later get them more recognition as they perform from one region to another.  True Faith popularized "Dahil Ikaw" effortlessly as it set the tone for every "Sa Piling Mo" episode back in 2006. The breezy, sentimental ballad took home the Favorite Media Soundtrack category in 2007 during the Myx Music Awards.    Now it's another decade. And thankfully, like many other talented and accomplished OPM artists, True Faith continues to grace the Filipino audience with their kind of sound that never fails to reflect the sentimental character of Original Pinoy Music.  Current members: Medwin Marfil (lead vocals); Eugene Marfil (acoustic guitar/vocals); Macky Macaventa (bass guitar); Allan Elgar (lead guitar); Jake Lumacad (keyboards); Kaka Quisumbing (drums)   Video Clips Courtesy : gmdjimenez https://youtu.be/TSyz_KCHmzM bing pascual https://youtu.be/7HtFdTDX1Mk Truefaith https://youtu.be/B9Lgc0BujiY Veronica https://youtu.be/QtOeAxCyet0 Universal Records Philippines https://youtu.be/ZsEdinsZYsI polyeastrecords  https://youtu.be/DbIY9NSho8Y https://youtu.be/wyPHhT91TrQ https://youtu.be/ZsEdinsZYsI https://youtu.be/htiqVbEMO8I sacredheartofjesus https://youtu.be/ISMNb45tDeY Manang Belen https://youtu.be/pS9EPFF8aV8 Winnipeg 204 Live Music Online https://youtu.be/wCaSpYLY0hg News Media Nest https://youtu.be/3NTURPwpapQ  Music Courtesy : Atomic Karaoke https://youtu.be/jiZnJYJ0pAM  Click here to subscribe to OG: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCIj3xiW-RIO2cpr5LBvokRg/?sub_confirmation=1  About OG Using the power of video to tell one good story at a time... ONLY GOOD... OG.  OG is Summit Media's video first brand. And like all Summit Media brands, OG is anchored on top-notch storytelling to delight, inspire, and connect with our audiences.   We are deliberate in creating content that spread positivity, inspiration, and good vibes. Expect only good here at OG. Subscribe and be part of the community!

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00:00 [MUSIC PLAYING]

00:07 "Dahil Ikaw" really opened a lot of doors for us,

00:10 made us tour more around the Philippines.

00:12 [MUSIC PLAYING]

00:21 I remember how perfect it was when we started.

00:26 [NON-ENGLISH SPEECH]

00:30 We're absolutely grateful that it came to our lives.

00:34 [MUSIC PLAYING]

00:41 So in the mid-2000s, there was already the second band wave.

00:48 And if the 1990s band wave, which we were a part of,

00:51 was the first one, this was the second one, or the next one.

00:56 And so the artists like Kale were big, Sugar Free,

01:02 Kamikaze, Bamboo, they were huge at that time.

01:06 And us, it was like previous to their band wave,

01:09 there was an acoustic wave that somehow we got sick

01:13 because our hits are acoustic, right?

01:16 So this time around, it's like, how are we going to place

01:18 ourselves in this, right?

01:20 See, Kiko, original member of True Fake,

01:22 was now a part of EMI.

01:24 He was like one of the bosses there.

01:26 [NON-ENGLISH SPEECH]

01:29 And he was telling us, do you want

01:31 to do a song for a teleserye?

01:32 He pitched the idea.

01:33 And then before pitching it, he prefaced the idea

01:37 by saying that Sugar Free was having a major time with a song

01:43 that was used for Panday.

01:44 [NON-ENGLISH SINGING]

01:47 ADS-CBN, they were in a hurry because the teleserye prior

01:58 to that, I don't know which one, the schedule was really tight.

02:01 They said you need to come up with a recorded version now.

02:05 So we had one session here at home,

02:08 and we recorded it in one night.

02:10 [NON-ENGLISH SINGING]

02:14 We would usually have music sessions here,

02:17 recording sessions dito sa bahay.

02:18 Inaabangan namin yung mixtape din, so on cable.

02:21 Parang at that time, this is like the mid-2000s,

02:24 na-remember ko talay yung how perfect was when we started.

02:29 Na parang inaabangan namin sa 99.5 RT

02:32 kung magna number one o hindi.

02:34 Our bosses in EMI were right.

02:36 It did wonders for Sugar Free, yung song nila sa Panday.

02:40 And it did wonders for us, too.

02:43 When we go abroad, it's one of the songs

02:45 that OFWs are waiting for.

02:46 They heard the song over on KFC.

02:49 That's one of the reasons why we got invited to tour,

02:52 not only in the smaller towns here in the Philippines,

02:55 but also like major cities abroad,

02:57 where there are lots of Filipinos.

02:59 I believe that Dialco was like one of the reasons why

03:02 they'd get us, because they want to hear that live.

03:04 [NON-ENGLISH SINGING]

03:08 [CHEERING]

03:10 Dialco, we played in a club at 90 East, you know.

03:18 And you could play it at a fiesta, and people love it.

03:22 So I like that.

03:23 I like the power of those songs, na parang we can play it anywhere.

03:26 [NON-ENGLISH SINGING]

03:30 [MUSIC - "SANTA CLAUS"]

03:33 In that way, it changed our lives.

03:38 It also proved na parang True Faith is not

03:40 a snobbish or snotty aesthetic.

03:43 I've always been down to earth when fans come to us.

03:46 There's no barrier between me and the music fans.

03:51 Parang I'm always amiable.

03:53 They can always come to me.

03:55 And if they want to take pictures of the band,

03:58 you know, they can always come to us.

04:00 It's really a misconception.

04:02 It's our own characterization of us, na parang we're soplado.

04:05 It's not something that I want to be perpetuated.

04:09 So gusto ko na talagang people know that.

04:11 Hindi kami unreachable, chanel I'm saying.

04:13 And Dialco just proved that.

04:16 And I hope people remember us that, you know,

04:18 we did this song na talagang people can really relate to.

04:21 And grateful to ABCB and that they took the chance

04:24 of having True Faith to a version of it.

04:27 Mas maraming na-reach sa tao 'to.

04:29 Like when we go to places we've never been before,

04:32 mga probincia talaga, mga side towns talaga,

04:36 mga probincia talaga, they know the song.

04:38 And they know us because of that song.

04:40 So yeah, we're absolutely grateful for that,

04:43 that it came to our lives.

04:44 Hello, I'm Medz.

04:46 I'm Eugene of the band True Faith.

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The Story Behind True Faith's Hit: "Dahil Ikaw" | OG

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