My FABE Music

JK Labajo's 'Buwan' Revs Up My Year-End OPM Top 10

2019-12-30T10:11:00.002-08:00

I embraced new music and new artists in my OPM chart in 2019. Only Kyla, Tim Pavino and Shanti Dope have had hits in my OPM countdown prior to 2019.

Juan Karlos Labajo's 'Buwan' was a slow burn for me. I did not initially like the song since it was arranged in a rock manner, but as I played it again and again in my phone, I realized how interesting the song was, lyrically and in the way it was arranged. If JK continues to write songs like these, he is going to be a major OPM talent - and an authentic one at that - since he can compose his own songs - and have total creative control!

OC Dawg's 'Pauwi na Ako' was a Zumba favorite for me and it ends the year at #2 in my yearend OPM countdown. It's a cute song and I totally understand why young people dig it! This song shows how rap can easily be created using Filipino. Mas grabe ang diin if an OPM song is sung in Tagalog.

Maris Racal's 'Love is Easy' is a beautiful ballad arranged in a sweet manner that puts Racal's voice and charm front and center. I love her voice here! I haven't heard her do this live though. She hasn't really done any live shows in the local club circuit. Her song ends at #3 in my year-end OPM countdown.

I felt very privileged to have seen Tim Pavino perform "Ulap" live during the OPM Playlist Festival in BGC. He released an album during this period and it has many other interesting songs. 'Ulap' ends at #4 in my year-end OPM Top 10 countdown.

Maymay Entrata's 'Kakayanin Kaya' ends at #5 in my year-end top 10 in 2019. I love how she sings this ballad. She has a very expressive voice although I do not know if she can pull this off live.

Here are my ten favorite OPM songs for the year 2019 -

#1 Buwan
Huwag

#2 Pauwi Na Ako
OC Dawg

#3 Love is Easy
Maris Racal

#4 Ulap
Tim Pavino

#5 Kakayanin Kaya
Maymay Entrata

#6 Amatz
Shanti Dope

#7 Sana
I Belong to the Zoo

#8 Huling Muli
Kyla

#9 Intergalactic Gugma
Tony Alfonso / Kaye Dinauto

#10 Dahil Mahal Kita
Chocolate Factory

#1 Song for the Decade 2010-2019 - Ben Platt - For Forever (from Dear Evan Hansen

2019-12-30T08:56:00.001-08:00

My #1 song for the decade 2010-2019 - from the Broadway play Dear Evan Hansen - For Forever as sung by Ben Platt (a Best Actor Tony awardee - very well-deserved)

Suicide and mental health have gone front and center as things discussed openly nowadays. Today's kids are so lucky.

The Tony-award winning play Dear Evan Hansen touched me so much when I first heard it. I was weeping listening to the songs. My God, if they stage it here, I would have to bring lots of tissues, because I might be bawling watching the musical!

Nobody talks about suicide and killing themselves when I was young. The stupid priest just told me curtly "You will go to hell!" And I promptly said back "Fuck you Father, I am already in hell, you heartless asshole". Some priests never listen. They are in their ivory towers, forgetting that we are just human and we have moments of weakness.

When I wanted to jump off a UP building in my third year in college, I had to process all my feelings of depression and failure all my own. I never told a soul because it was too embarrassing to admit to people that I was a failure and my young life then was falling apart.

Tell it to my family? Patawa! I come from such a high-achieving family, failure is not an option. Failure is for losers. Or so I thought in my young innocent head.

Buti na lang I was a vain faggot and son-of-a-bitch that I didn't want a disfigured and mangled face and body on my coffin, so I decided, fuck it, just go to Vinzon's and face up to your failures. It's not the end of the world.

And buti na lang I did not kill myself, LOL. I wouldn't have seen Madonna live in London and sing 'Crazy For You' along with her or bump into Maria Sharapova and Serena Williams in Wimbledon. Or say hi to Patrick Swayze and Juliette Lewis in the West End.

Life is strange. Sometimes, you are down in the dumps, and sometimes the Lord rewards you with experiences you can only dream about!

So to young people who want to kill themselves. Just hang in there.

All your dreams will come true and much much more. God will give you amazing experiences if you only work for it. He is incredibly generous and loving.

I know it's such a cliche, but when you are down, the only way is up.

My FABE Music Top 10 Countdown: December 27, 2019

2019-12-26T09:59:00.000-08:00

Indonesian singer Rizky Febian becomes the first singer from his country to top My FABE Music Top 10 countdown. Thanks to my Indonesian language classes, another language opens up their musical influences to me.

Here are my ten favorite songs by international artists for the week ending December 27, 2019 -

#1 Kesempurnaan Cinta (#2) *1 week
Rizky Febian

#2 Mine Right Now (#3)
Sigrid

#3 No New Friends (#4)
LSD

#4 Happy With You (#5)
Paul McCartney

#5 Harmony Hall (#6)
Vampire Weekend

#6 Megatron (#7)
Nicki Minaj

#7 Memories (#9)
Maroon 5

#8 Blessing (#10)
Laura Story

#9 The Man (NEW)

Taylor Swift

#10 NASA (NEW)

Ariana Grande

Taylor Swift

2019-12-22T04:20:00.000-08:00

Taylor Swift has 31 top 10 hits in My Weekly Top 10. Twenty-three of them went all the way to #1.

This week, Call It What You want moves to #1, making it the second #1 hit from her Reputation album.

2006 - Tim McGraw (#1)

2006 - Teardrops on My Guitar (#1)

2008 - Love Story (#1)

2008 - You Belong With Me (#1)

2008 - Fifteen (#1)

2008 - Fearless (#1)

2008 - White Horse (#1)

2010 - Mine (#1)

2010 - Sparks Fly (#4)

2010 - Back to December (#3)

2010 - Speak Now (#1)

2010 - Mean (#1)

2010 - The Story of Us (#1)

2012 - We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together (#1)

2012 - State of Grace (#1)

2012 - 22 (#1)

2012 - The Last Time (with Gary Lightbody) (#1)

2012 - Everything Has Changed (with Ed Sheeran) (#1)

2012 - I Knew You Were Trouble (#5)

2012 - Red (#3)

2016 - How You Get the Girl (#1)

2016 - New Romantics (#1)

2016 - Wonderland (#8)

2017 - Look What You Made Me Do (#9)

2017 - Ready For It (#1)* 1 week

2018 - Call It What You Want (#1)* 1 week

2019 - Delicate (#1) *1 week

2019 - Babe (with Sugarland) (#1)*1 week

2019 - Me (with Brendan Urie) (#8)

2019 - You Need to Calm Down (#8)

2019 - I Forgot That You Existed (#1) *1 week

My FABE Music Top 10 Countdown - December 20, 2019

2019-12-21T15:33:00.000-08:00

Taylor Swift tops My FABE Music's Top 10 countdown this week - making it the first #1 song for the 2020 calendar for this chart, which starts Christmas weekend of the previous year.

Here are my ten favorite songs by international artists for the week ending December 20, 2019 -

#1 I Forgot That You Existed (#2)
Taylor Swift

#2 Kesempurnaan Cinta (#3)
Rizky Febian

#3 Mine Right Now (#4)
Sigrid

#4 No New Friends (#5)
LSD

#5 Happy With You (#6)
Paul McCartney

#6 Harmony Hall (#7)
Vampire Weekend

#7 Megatron (#8)
Nicki Minaj

#8 Never Really Over (#10)
Katy Perry

#9 Memories (NEW)
Maroon 5

#10 Blessing (NEW)
Laura Story

2019 MERRY MUSICMAKER AWARDS - Record of the Year

2019-12-21T07:35:00.000-08:00

Here are the nominees for this year's Record of the Year -

Ariana Grande (Producer); Tommy Brown, Charles Anderson, Michael Foster (Producers)– 7 Rings

Billie Eilish (Performer); Billie Eilish O’Connell, Finneas O’Connell (Producers) – Bad Guy

Camila Cabello / Shawn Mendes (Performers); Cashmere Cat, Benny Blanco, Andrew Watt (Producers) - Señorita

Halsey (Performer); Louis Bell (Producer) – Without Me

Jonas Brothers (Performer); Ryan Tedder, Frank Dukes (Producers) – Sucker

Lil Nas X / Billy Ray Cyrus (Performers); Atticus Ross, Trent Reznor, Kiowa Roukema (Producers) – Old Town Road

Lizzo (Performer); Tele and Ricky Reed (Producers) – Truth Hurts

Post Malone (Performer); Louis Bell, Frank Dukes (Producers) - Wow

Post Malone / Swae Lee (Performers); Carter Lang, Louis Bell (Producers)- Sunflower

2019 MERRY MUSICMAKER AWARDS - Entertainer of the Year

2019-12-21T06:18:00.000-08:00

Here are the nominees for Entertainer of the Year 2019 -

Ariana Grande

Billie Eilish

Chris Brown

Khalid

Lil Nas X

Lizzo

Post Malone

Travis Scott

2019 TOP 10 MERRY MUSICMAKER SONGS

2019-12-21T05:24:00.000-08:00

Here are the top 10 songs in the Merry Musicmaker countdown for the year 2019!

Merry Christmas everyone!

#1 Old Town Road
Lil Nas X / Billy Ray Cyrus

#2 Bad Guy
Billie Eilish

#3 Truth Hurts
Lizzo

#4 7 Rings
Ariana Grande

#5 Senorita
Shawn Mendes / Camila Cabello

#6 Without Me
Halsey

#7 Wow
Post Malone

#8 Sunflower
Post Malone / Swae Lee

#9 Sucker
Jonas Brothers

#10 No Guidance
Chris Brown

Autotelic

2019-02-14T17:25:00.000-08:00

Local band Autotelic has five hits in My OPM Top 10 countdown. One of them went all the way to #1.

2017 - Unstable (#2)

2017 - Languyin (#7)

2018 - Laro (#1) *1 wk

2018 - Gising (#4)

2019 - Takipsilim (#4)

Iñigo Pascual

2019-02-14T17:16:00.000-08:00

Iñigo Pascual has three hits in My OPM Top 10 countdown.

2017 - Dahil Sa Yo (#5)

2017 - Extensyon (with Aikee) (#3)

2019 - Lumang Tugtigin (#3)

Kyle Echarri

2019-02-14T17:04:00.000-08:00

Kyle Echarri has three hits in My OPM Top 10 countdown. One of them went all the way to #1.

2016 - Fall For Me (#3)

2017 - Our Moment (#1) *1 week

2019 - Pangako (#2)

Maris Racal

2019-02-14T16:57:00.000-08:00

Maris Racal gets her first #1 song in My FABE OPM Top 10 countdown.

2019 - Love is Easy (#1) *1 week

Miguel

2018-12-20T21:11:00.001-08:00

Miguel is an American singer and he has one hit in My FABE Music Top 10 countdown.

2018 - Lost in Your Light (with Dua Lipa) (#3)

Cast of Dear Evan Hansen

2018-12-20T20:52:00.000-08:00

The 2017 winner for Best Musical at the Tony Awards put four hits in My FABE Music's Top 10 countdown that calendar year.

This year, they added another three more, making it a total of seven hits all in all. Five of these hits went all the way to #1.

2018 - Sincerely Me (#3)

2018 - Anybody Have a Map (#1)*1 week

2018 - If I Could Tell Her (#1)*1 week

2017 - Only Us (#2)

2017 - For Forever (#1) *3 weeks

2017 - Waving Through A Window (#3)

2017 - You Will Be Found (#1)* 4 weeks

Coin

2018-12-20T17:32:00.000-08:00

Coin is an American indie band that went here to Manila to perform. I was able to see their show and before their show, I listened to the band's music which turned out to be very good!

They have seven top ten hits in My FABE Music Top 10 countdown, and three of them went all the way to #1.

2018 - Growing Pains (#1) * 1 week

2018 - I Don't Wanna Dance (#1) *1 week

2018 - Hannah (#1) *1 week

2018 - Boyfriend (#6)

2018 - Are We All Alone (#7)

2018 - I Would (#8)

2018 - Talk Too Much (#9)

Earl of Manila

2018-11-08T18:25:00.001-08:00

Earl of Manila has two top ten hits in My FABE OPM Top 10 countdown. One of them went all the way to #1

2018 - Catching Feelings (#2)

2018 - Stranger (#1) *1 week

Kygo

2018-11-02T07:44:00.000-07:00

Kygo is a Norwegian DJ and he has three top 10 hits in My Weekly Top 10 countdown. Two of them went all the way to #1.

2016 - Firestone (with Conrad Sewell) (#6)

2017 - It Ain't Me (with Selena Gomez) (#1) *1 week

2018 - Riding Shotgun (with Bonnie McKee) (#1) *1 week

Brisom

2018-11-01T11:10:00.000-07:00

The local band Brisom has three #1 songs in My FABE OPM Top 10 countdown.

2016 - Pride (#1)*1 week

2017 - Balewala (#1)* 1 week

2018 - Siglon (#1)*1 week

IV of Spades

2018-10-21T17:30:00.000-07:00

Local band IV of Spades has four hits in My FABE Music OPM Top 10 countdown. One of them went all the way to #1.

2018 - Mundo (#1)* 1 week

2018 - Where Have You Been (#2)

2018 - Ilaw sa Daan (#6)

2017 - Hey Barbara (#6)

6LACK

2018-09-27T17:28:00.003-07:00

6LACK is an American rapper and he has two hits in My FABE Music Top 10 countdown

2018 - Prblems (#6)

2018 - Free (#7)

LANY

2018-09-27T17:12:00.000-07:00

LANY has nine top 10 hits in My FABE Music Top 10 countdown. Four of them have gone all the way to #1.

I only learned about the band due to ILYSB which we danced in a G-Force class. I uncovered a Pandora's box of beautiful pop music and since then, I have become a fan of these band's songs!

2018 - 4EVER (#4)

2018 - 13 (#1)*1 week

2018 - Hericane (#1)*1 week

2018 - Current Location (#1)*1 week

2018 - Hurts (#1)*1 week

2018 - Pink Skies (#5)

2018 - Purple Teeth (#6)

2018 - Tampa (#7)

2018 - ILYSB (#9)

* Good Girls

Father John Misty

2018-09-27T17:06:00.000-07:00

Father John Misty has three hits in My FABE Music Top 10 countdown. Two of them went all the way to #1.

2018 - Pure Comedy (#1)*1 week

2018 - Total Entertainment (#1)*1 week

2018 - Ballad of the Dying Man (#8)

Brett Eldredge

2018-09-27T17:00:00.000-07:00

Country singer Brett Eldredge has four top 10 hits in my personal countdown. He's also kind of my music hunk of the moment! He looks hot in his Mean to Me video!

2014 - Beat of the Music (#9)

2015 - Mean to Me (#3)

2016 - Drunk on Your Love (#5)

2018 - The Long Way (#9)

The Killers

2018-09-27T16:48:00.001-07:00

The American band the Killers has eight top ten hits in My FABE Music Top 10 countdown.

2003 - Mr. Brightside (#1)* 2 weeks

2003 - Somebody Told Me (#5)

2003 - All These Things That I've Done (#1) *1 wk

2006 - When You Were Young (#1)*2 weeks

2012 - Runaways (#1)*1 week

2018 - The Man (#6)

2018 - Rut (#9)

2018 - Life to Come (#10)

Troye Sivan

2018-08-30T18:15:00.000-07:00

Troye Sivan has six hits in My FABE Music Top 10 countdown. Three of them went all the way to #1.

This week, Bloom, zooms up to #3.

2018 - Bloom (#3)

2018 - My My My (#1) *1 week

2016 - For Him (w/ Allday) (#1)*1 week

2016 - Youth (#1)*1 week

2016 - Wild (#5)

2015 - Papercut (with Zedd) (#5)