SB19 might be the biggest name in Filipino entertainment right now, but they're not exactly feeling any pressure. Esquire Philippines sits down with the popular P-Pop group to talk about their place in the industry, their relationship with their fans, and their dreams for the P-Pop community.
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00:00The most important thing is to show your authentic self and your relatability.
00:06I think they saw our sincerity in what we're doing.
00:23Now, we're independent artists.
00:27We have our own company.
00:28From before, we were just starting out.
00:32We take so much ideas and we were more controlled before.
00:37Now, we're fulling out our individuality and our creative juices
00:43as an individual, as SB19 and as solos.
00:48We're more controlled in our outputs
00:55from before that we're still learning.
00:58What's the most memorable stop you've been to?
01:03It's hard to answer because honestly, all of our stops are memorable
01:10because we don't go to other countries every time to meet our fans.
01:16But if I'm to pick one,
01:17I think our Toronto stop is not the actual concert.
01:23There was a moment when we went out of the venue
01:26to get some fresh air and check out the surroundings.
01:29We ran into a mother.
01:32When she got out of the car, she ran towards us and shouted,
01:37SB19! SB19!
01:39I think that moment was almost hysterical.
01:42But it's funny because regardless of our age,
01:46whether we're young or old, we're still supported.
01:51It's funny that they still remember their grandchildren.
01:54That's what's memorable for me.
01:56What's the most memorable experience you've had with SB19?
02:01We've been preparing for it our entire lives.
02:08Ever since we started this journey,
02:13we've been looking forward to those stages.
02:16For us, it's more physical and how we built up during those times
02:24because we had a lot of problems.
02:25In terms of mentally preparing,
02:29we were more eager to perform on stage during that time.
02:33We've been waiting for those kinds of opportunities for a long time.
02:36We're very glad that we were invited to perform there and we were even given an award.
02:42What are your plans for the future?
02:48We have a lot of collabs.
02:49We want to collaborate with local artists.
02:53And of course, with international artists.
02:56If we're given a chance, we'll be super grateful and thankful.
02:59Right now, SB19 has released a lot of songs.
03:08I think it will be a good record for us to collaborate with other artists.
03:14Just to show our other skills of SB19.
03:17We can say that we're on the other side of SB19.
03:19It's hard for us to always be confident in what we're doing.
03:25And for us to showcase different sounds with different artists,
03:30it's something that the fans are excited to see from us.
03:34So, local and international artists, we hope to collaborate with a lot of artists.
03:37What are your plans for the future?
03:43We can say that we're more pressured for the future of P-POP.
03:49Because ever since we wanted the community to grow
03:56and to give more opportunities to other artists.
04:00For us, we're not as pressured as SB19.
04:04It's like the greater good that's more pressuring.
04:08Because we've been doing this non-stop.
04:11If you can see, we've been asked the same questions over and over again.
04:16But we're still saying that we have a goal for the OPM and P-POP itself.
04:24So, that's the pressure that we can say.
04:29And we're very glad that now it's clearer.
04:34And we can give more spotlight.
04:39Not just SB19 and BNIM.
04:43It's like there are more artists now.
04:46And in the future, we'll be able to reach our goal faster together.
04:54What's the most important thing that you can show to your fans?
05:00I think one of the most important things that you can show is your authentic self and your relatability.
05:10Of course, I'm a stranger.
05:13It's hard to get close if you don't have anything familiar to show.
05:18And the way that we talk to our fans and supporters,
05:24it's the same way that we talk to our friends and family.
05:30And maybe they saw the sincerity in what we're doing.
05:35That's why they show more support to us.
05:40But that's it. Authenticity. Authentic self.
05:44What's the most difficult thing that you've been through?
05:49To be honest, when it started,
05:53it's quite hard to explain to our family, to our parents,
05:58the situation that we know we want to be.
06:01Because, of course, they want to be kind, they want to be supportive.
06:05And they are also very thankful to the fans.
06:09And maybe for us, sometimes they can't see it, but we can see it.
06:15And for us, it's like we're stepping over the boundaries.
06:21Or sometimes our privacy is lost.
06:25Especially when the importance of things that shouldn't be disclosed,
06:33sometimes they share it.
06:34Of course, because they are very nice.
06:37They don't want to be rude to the fans.
06:40So maybe that's what we're trying to explain.
06:43And until now, we're still explaining to our parents
06:47that we know that we want to be kind, we want to return.
06:51But we have to be safe, or we have to protect something.
06:55The image, what we're doing at home, in life, our projects.
07:01Sometimes it might get spoiled.
07:04Safety is also our address.
07:07Because although we know, we trust our fans,
07:10of course, we don't know what it is.
07:12Because there are a lot of people, the world is wide.
07:15So anytime, we might not know what will happen.
07:19So there, slowly, the parents understand.
07:23And maybe that's it.
07:25They also enjoy that they have someone new to know.
07:29And they feel like they're able to return to the fans.
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