Fast Talk with Boy Abunda: ‘Kings of P-pop’ SB19, muntik na raw mag-disband noon! (Full Episode 410)
Aired (August 26, 2024): Inamin ng 'Kings of P-pop' na SB19 na dumating sila sa puntong muntik na silang maghiwa-hiwalay ng landas noong 2019. Ano nga ba ang kwento sa likod ng desisyon na ito noon?
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00:00Welcome to Fast Talk with Boa Labunda.
00:03To all who are watching on Facebook and YouTube,
00:06to all who are listening to us on DZEB,
00:08welcome to the program.
00:10Welcome to Fast Talk with Boa Labunda.
00:12Welcome to Fast Talk with Boa Labunda.
00:14Welcome to Fast Talk with Boa Labunda.
00:16Welcome to Fast Talk with Boa Labunda.
00:18Welcome to Fast Talk with Boa Labunda.
00:20Welcome to Fast Talk with Boa Labunda.
00:22Welcome to Fast Talk with Boa Labunda.
00:24Welcome to Fast Talk with Boa Labunda.
00:26To all who are watching on YouTube,
00:28to all who are listening to us on DZEB,
00:30welcome to the program.
00:32Join us for the next two days
00:34of special Fast Talk episodes.
00:38This is very, very special
00:40because we have with us this afternoon
00:42a phenomenal boy group
00:46and they're called the Kings of B-Pop.
00:48Please welcome SB19.
01:00Thank you very much.
01:02Please, thank you very much.
01:04I told you, this is the first time
01:06that we went out of the studio
01:08to be able to talk to someone like you.
01:10But I'm just so proud of you.
01:14How are you?
01:16How are you, Josh?
01:18Well, this is great for our group
01:20and, of course, individually.
01:22Of course, I'm happy, personally.
01:24It was just our dream
01:26to be able to build our own office and studio.
01:28And I'm really sorry
01:30that we didn't practice before.
01:32Now, it's like a safe space for us.
01:34Safe and happy.
01:36Right? A place.
01:38But let's talk about,
01:40this is where we'll start,
01:42the years before 2019.
01:44I'm talking about 2016,
01:4617, 18.
01:48Let's go back.
01:50How was that life?
01:52Pablo, how about you?
01:54I'm happy.
01:56Finally, I got the courage
01:58to pursue what I've been dreaming.
02:00Before, of course,
02:02I was always choosing the practical path.
02:04Where I can make money,
02:06where there's stability.
02:08But during those years,
02:102016 up to 2019,
02:12that's where I experienced
02:14the happiest moments of my life
02:16because I'm doing what I want
02:18with the guys
02:20who are crazy.
02:22Crazy.
02:24But that's where I built
02:26a lot of memories and
02:28a lot of happy
02:30moments in my life.
02:32Where did you train? Here? Korea?
02:34We trained here in the Philippines.
02:36Maybe
02:38people misunderstood
02:40that we trained in Korea.
02:42But to be exact,
02:44we trained in the Philippines
02:46and I was the last member to join the group.
02:48Justin, how about you?
02:50During those years,
02:52were there times
02:54when you were like,
02:56I don't want to do this anymore?
02:58Actually,
03:00during that time,
03:02we had a lot of moments like that.
03:04But maybe
03:06our passion was getting weaker.
03:08At that time,
03:10there were a lot of us.
03:12In 2017,
03:14when I joined their training,
03:16there were a lot of us.
03:18How many were there?
03:20Around 20.
03:22Over 20, right?
03:24Yes, around 20.
03:26Non-existing, right?
03:28Yes.
03:30So,
03:32we had different situations
03:34in our lives.
03:36Some were studying,
03:38some were working,
03:40some had financial problems,
03:42family problems, and so on.
03:44During that time,
03:46even if there were problems,
03:48our passion was getting weaker.
03:50We were happy because we were together.
03:52We had the same dream.
03:54So, in those times when you want to go back,
03:56you just go back to your passion.
03:58Stell, when you look back,
04:00those years,
04:02the struggles, what comes to mind?
04:04When I look back,
04:06I still can't believe
04:08that all of this is happening now.
04:10Because that was the time
04:12when we really started.
04:14We really had no idea
04:16what we were doing.
04:18Because that was the first thing
04:20that came to our minds.
04:22That's why we were there,
04:24to earn money and help our families.
04:26The only reason why I'm going back to that story
04:28is that you've come so far
04:30and you'll still go far.
04:32But, believe me when I say
04:34that you'll go back to those times.
04:36And then,
04:38there's a saying here in the industry,
04:40whether you're an actor, a singer, or a dancer,
04:42in the creative world,
04:44we're used to
04:46that it's easy
04:48because there's a story.
04:50It's easy because you have a backbone.
04:54What's your backbone, Ken?
04:58I'll give you a hint.
05:00Zamboanga,
05:02Kagayan de Oro.
05:04How difficult was it?
05:061,500?
05:08It was.
05:10How hard was it
05:12to leave your safe comfort zone
05:14so that you can
05:16make a living here in Manila?
05:18It was hard because
05:20I'm not...
05:22I'm from the mountains.
05:24So, I grew up
05:26in a very remote place.
05:28A place where
05:30there's no signal, no Wi-Fi,
05:32no computer.
05:34So,
05:36when I came here,
05:38I didn't know any of the cities.
05:40It was hard
05:42because I wasn't familiar with the place
05:44and I didn't grow up here.
05:46Only because you wanted to follow
05:48that dream.
05:50Justin, how difficult was that?
05:52Anang Kasalasal,
05:54how did your parents react
05:56when you said,
05:58this is my dream?
06:00For me,
06:02I'm very lucky
06:04that my family is very supportive
06:06to whatever I wanted
06:08to do in my life.
06:10Like, choosing a course,
06:12and when I said that I'm going to train,
06:14even if I don't know
06:16how it will turn out,
06:18I just want to do it.
06:20At first, they just wanted to double check
06:22if it's legit or okay.
06:24But,
06:26still, they supported me
06:28Josh, what about you?
06:30Maybe,
06:32my entire life,
06:34I became an adult early.
06:36Is it okay for you to talk about your father?
06:38That journey about looking for your father.
06:40It's okay.
06:42Ever since I was 10,
06:44I haven't seen him.
06:46I had a chance,
06:48but I grew up
06:50without a father figure.
06:52Do you have anger towards your father?
06:54I have questions,
06:56but I'm not angry.
06:58Before, I was always questioning
07:00my family, my mom,
07:02myself, why I'm here.
07:04But,
07:06Do you have answers to your other questions?
07:08There are a lot of no's.
07:10Because, my father
07:12was crazy
07:14throughout the process.
07:16So, I'm not sure
07:18how hard it was for us,
07:20or how hard it was for him.
07:22I don't know
07:24what happened.
07:26I just believe that
07:28life is like that.
07:30There are things that you can't control.
07:32No matter how angry I was before,
07:34you can't
07:36do anything about it.
07:38Unless,
07:40you become successful like you are now.
07:42I mean, not super successful,
07:44but as far as you can go.
07:46Maybe, that's your revenge in life.
07:48Success.
07:50I understand that.
07:52Pablo?
07:54My family and I were not really well-off.
07:56So, every chance we get,
07:58we need
08:00practicality.
08:02When I graduated college,
08:04I worked as a
08:06call center agent
08:08for a few months.
08:10Then,
08:12when I graduated,
08:14I worked as a data analyst
08:16in Makati.
08:18For a year or so, I worked as a data analyst.
08:20But, every day,
08:22I would feel
08:24anger or frustration.
08:26Sometimes, I would feel like
08:28hitting the monitor
08:30or the keyboard.
08:32I know for a fact that this is not what I want to do.
08:34This is not me.
08:36This is not what I want to do.
08:38So, I said goodbye to my parents.
08:40It was very heart-breaking.
08:42We had a conversation with my mom and my dad.
08:44I would cry.
08:46I would say,
08:48I shouldn't have tried this.
08:50Because,
08:52I felt like I was being eaten inside.
08:54I didn't like what I felt.
08:56So, that's how it was.
08:58I passed the audition. I was accepted.
09:00But, I would still work.
09:02But, since my time at work was flexible,
09:04I would go to work at 3 a.m.
09:06Then, I would finish
09:08at 1 or 2 p.m.
09:10Then, I would train there until 11 or 12 p.m.
09:12Then, I would go home.
09:14But, no. I had to choose.
09:16I decided to resign.
09:18Sometimes, we don't understand why we did what we did in the past.
09:20But, when you look back,
09:22in hindsight, when you connect the dots,
09:24and one day again,
09:26when you're alone, you'll understand why.
09:28Stell, you worked at a
09:30fast food restaurant.
09:32Then, you went to Japan
09:34and took care of your children.
09:36Am I right?
09:38Yes, you're right.
09:40How were those days? I mean, looking back.
09:42Now.
09:44I did it because
09:46the first thing that came to my mind
09:48was to help
09:50my family.
09:52I did it because
09:54one of my goals
09:56is to earn money and help
09:58my parents.
10:00When I look back,
10:02it was a happy experience for me.
10:04Aside from
10:06doing what I like and being busy,
10:08I was able to study because of what I do.
10:10I was able to provide for my family.
10:12When I went to Japan,
10:14I was able to travel somehow.
10:16But, in exchange,
10:18I was able to help my aunt
10:20take care of my nephews
10:22so that she can work.
10:24When I look back,
10:26I was able to do that.
10:28I was only 17 or 18 years old.
10:30I was so happy
10:32when I look back.
10:34The common story, the common thread
10:36that binds
10:38your stories is that
10:40you all jumped into the unknown.
10:42You jumped into the unknown.
10:44But, as I always say,
10:46as someone who has been in this industry for a long time,
10:48it is only in the unknown
10:50where magic can happen.
10:52Before we continue,
10:54I want to do a fast talk.
10:58I want to start with
11:00Pablo.
11:02Pablo, Matipuno Pinuno.
11:04Matipuno Pinuno?
11:06Halimaw, Mahalimaw.
11:08Mahalimaw?
11:10Composer or singer?
11:12Composer.
11:14Pagtatag?
11:16Krasumong artista?
11:18Keanu Reeves.
11:20Lights on or lights off?
11:22Lights off.
11:24Happiness or chocolates?
11:26Happiness.
11:28Now.
11:30Josh, rapper or singer?
11:32Rapper.
11:34Sweet lover or romantic dreamer?
11:36Sweet lover.
11:38Atras or abante?
11:40Abante.
11:42Krasumong artista?
11:44Yeji.
11:46Lights on or lights off?
11:48Lights off.
11:50Happiness or chocolates?
11:52Happiness.
11:54Best time for happiness?
11:56Today.
11:58Stell, bibirit or tahataw?
12:00Bibirit.
12:02Sama-sama or kanya-kanya?
12:04Krasumong artista?
12:06Lights on or lights off?
12:08Lights on.
12:10Happiness or chocolates?
12:12Happiness.
12:14Best time for happiness?
12:16Everyday.
12:18Bizdak or Korean?
12:20Bizdak.
12:22Mestizo or moreno?
12:24Moreno.
12:26Krasumong artista?
12:28So far.
12:30Lights on or lights off?
12:32Happiness.
12:34Best time for happiness?
12:36Justin, bunso or kuya?
12:38Bunso.
12:40What or Wyatt?
12:42Pretty face or beautiful skin?
12:44Pretty face.
12:46Krasumong artista?
12:48Saoirse Ronan.
12:50Lights on or lights off?
12:52Lights on.
12:54Happiness or chocolates?
12:56Happiness.
12:58Best time for happiness?
13:00We are SB19 and we are...
13:02Matatag.
13:04Matatag.
13:08I want to go back to 2019.
13:10You disbanded.
13:12What was the story?
13:16What was the worst bashing that you got?
13:18You're ugly.
13:20You guys are ugly, yes.
13:22I want to go back to 2019.
13:24If I'm not mistaken,
13:26in 2019, you disbanded.
13:28What was the story?
13:30It's like
13:32we're giving up.
13:34It's like the explosion
13:36of giving up
13:38but you're still trying.
13:40We were able to give up
13:42mentally and physically.
13:44But you feel it little by little.
13:46But after a few months,
13:48when we picked up,
13:50What was that?
13:52The rehearsals went viral?
13:54Yes, the rehearsals went viral.
13:56It's like a dream.
13:58It's tiring, especially when there's no one to support us.
14:00I think that's the biggest struggle for us.
14:02Because there's no one
14:04to question us.
14:06We question ourselves
14:08as well.
14:10You were starting to listen to what was being said.
14:12What was the worst bashing
14:14that you got during this time
14:16prior to the hit?
14:18You're ugly.
14:20You guys are ugly, yes.
14:22You?
14:24Yes.
14:26It's true.
14:28You guys are ugly.
14:30But sometimes, it becomes personal.
14:32You can demand them.
14:34But for us,
14:36I mean, I get
14:38their points.
14:40Maybe some of them
14:42told them about other camps
14:44or some of them complained to them.
14:46But I don't think it's good
14:48even on social media
14:50or even in other
14:52platforms.
14:54They will put those things
14:56to
14:58disrespect
15:00the other party.
15:02Did you get that, Stell?
15:04Like, who are they?
15:06Who are they?
15:08Yes, it's always like that.
15:10It's always like that ever since.
15:12Until now,
15:14we don't know where the hate comes from.
15:16But I heard from people
15:18that it's really forced.
15:20There's so much love.
15:22Yeah, that's the good thing about it.
15:24But for me,
15:26I don't pay attention to those kind of bashing.
15:28I just let them be happy
15:30because at least,
15:32we're the reason why they're happy.
15:34That's the goal,
15:36to make them happy.
15:38Pablo, you, as a leader,
15:40I mean, criticism is good
15:42to a certain point.
15:44But when it becomes
15:46too personal,
15:48it breaks people.
15:50What is
15:52your philosophy?
15:54There's a time in my life
15:56that I just hold on to
15:58what I want.
16:00But every action that I make,
16:02I question myself.
16:04Is it right that someone is attacking us?
16:06If that's how people see us,
16:08I ask myself
16:10if what I'm doing is right.
16:12Should I be ashamed?
16:14Is what I'm doing right?
16:16Should I be ashamed that
16:18what I'm doing is wrong?
16:20So it comes to a point
16:22where you question
16:24your own rejection of life.
16:26But it was also
16:28in 2019
16:30when you started
16:32to be noticed,
16:34when you started your journey to the big time.
16:36How was that experience?
16:38I mean, after what we've talked about,
16:40the fame,
16:42the concept of fame.
16:44You know,
16:46ever since we had this goal,
16:48I personally had an idea that
16:50I wanted to make a change.
16:52Like,
16:54not just for us, but for the entire industry.
16:56That's why we have
16:58this studio,
17:00we have people,
17:02because we have a
17:04future goal.
17:06And that's
17:08for us, the endgame.
17:10It won't end
17:12just because of our group.
17:14In the future,
17:16the entertainment industry will get better.
17:18Okay, since you're talking about the future,
17:20what is it like?
17:22Six years, right?
17:24Six years.
17:26What does tomorrow look like?
17:28When you go to different places,
17:30you'll see that Filipinos are very talented.
17:32But I feel like
17:34we haven't received
17:36the recognition
17:38that we deserve.
17:40And maybe that's the future.
17:42There are a lot of groups
17:44that are growing right now.
17:46They're getting recognized.
17:48Other groups,
17:50they're getting recognized all over the world.
17:52The future that we want is
17:54to put OPM
17:56in the whole country.
17:58To have a term called
18:00P-POP.
18:02Foreigners will come here
18:04to watch
18:06our concerts.
18:08But a lot of things are possible
18:10once the doors are opened.
18:12And we're not far from that.
18:14It's already open.
18:16We just need to push it.
18:18Justin, you know that you're very popular right now.
18:20Do you embrace that?
18:22No.
18:24Actually, yes.
18:26You haven't embraced the truth that
18:28you are the hottest
18:30P-POP group in the country?
18:32Maybe more of
18:34like...
18:36We have reached something
18:38but we're not there yet.
18:40Because wherever you are right now,
18:42it's a dream of many.
18:44Wherever you are right now,
18:46those are your dreams of 2016,
18:482017,
18:50and it was given to you.
18:52How rich are you?
18:56Who?
18:58How good
19:00is the money in your business?
19:02I can say that
19:04I'm stable.
19:06If someone is sick,
19:08I can take care of them.
19:10Sometimes,
19:12I'll buy clothes that
19:14I don't look at
19:16because I know that I can afford it.
19:18You're not like before.
19:20I don't look at it
19:22because I know that I can't afford it.
19:24How about you, Stell?
19:26I'm stable
19:28and happy.
19:30Now, I'm saving money
19:32for my family.
19:34I told you in the interview
19:36that my dream is to
19:38build my own house.
19:40I'm already on that stage.
19:42How about you, Ken?
19:44I can only support
19:46my family and myself.
19:48Yes.
19:50We're not there yet.
19:52We don't have our own house yet.
19:54He already has one.
19:56He's different.
19:58Justin is different.
20:00He's Justin.
20:02He has his own family house.
20:04It's nice to hear
20:06because coming from where you came from,
20:08it's nice to hear what you're saying.
20:10You're recognizing
20:12and acknowledging what is the now
20:14and what is the present.
20:16Tomorrow,
20:18in Part 2 of SB19's Fast Talk Special,
20:20do we have an issue
20:22if I'm gay or anything?
20:24Because we're all equal.
20:26We performed
20:28Please welcome Pablo, Josh,
20:30Silken, Justin.
20:32That's all.
20:34Who are we?
20:36We're the most worried.
20:38This is where everything will stop.