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After\u00a0 a\u00a0\u00a0 four-year\u00a0\u00a0 hiatus in making\u00a0 songs\u00a0 of\u00a0\u00a0 his\u00a0\u00a0 own, RicoBlanco returns with a rousing new anthem to help us deal with the uncertainty of thetimes.This Too Shall Pass is Rico Blanco\u2019s first solo single in four years, as well as his firstunder Sony Music Philippines. The song was written from a place of discomfort andfear, witnessing how the much louder tremor of pandemic anxiety instantly changed ourlives and left us with little time to mourn and move forward.With frontliners risking their lives with little protection, people going hungry, and thesocial order crumbling to pieces, Rico felt powerless by the situation. Hence, he had toforego his difficulties of living alone and coping with his own emotional troubles, as therewas work to be done. He shares, \u201cMy efforts are little in light of a pandemic like this. Asbig as my imagination is for this song, I also feel that it\u2019s not enough. But it\u2019s what I cando and contribute as a musician.\u201d\u00a0 This Too Shall Pass succeeds in repurposing music\u2019s mission: Outside of its function asan entertainment fodder and a way to escape, it carries the resilience of the humanspirit. In darkness, it shines brighter.
\nThe big, sprawling pop tune is his most personal to date, which he struggled over thecourse of two weeks to finish, and almost did not. \u201cSome songs are anchored on truth,but they are wrapped and adorned in a lot of romanticized thoughts,\u201d he shares. \u201cThissong is real, inwards and also outwards; it\u2019s something that I really want to tell everysingle person. I wasn\u2019t able to give a message to the frontliners, and I feel very guiltyabout this. I needed to finish this, and I want them to hear this. I know each one of us isgoing through something. I wrote this song as my way to reach out.\u201d With sonic elements that span continents and a carefully honed production which hesupervised himself, Rico\u2019s latest single defies convention with a global sounding opusthat\u00a0 incorporates\u00a0 musical\u00a0 dispatches\u00a0 and\u00a0\u00a0 personal\u00a0 anecdotes.\u00a0 From\u00a0 samples\u00a0 of\u00a0\u00a0 hisnieces laughing culled from a family chat group to his attempt to blur the cultural linesby incorporating European techno, hip-hop beats, Asian riffs, Afro chanting, and Pinoyfiesta in a seamless, genre-bending extravaganza, This Too Shall Pass is ambitious inscope and sound design, but its heart is for the people who need light and love.There\u2019s a sliver of joy in finding one of the most prolific artists emerge\u00a0 from a longsilence.\u00a0 As\u00a0 Sony\u00a0 Music\u2019s\u00a0 GM\u00a0 Philippines\u00a0 and\u00a0 VP\u00a0 Business\u00a0 Development Asia,\u00a0 Ms.Roslyn Pineda sums it up: \u201cMusic is important \u2013 we all know this.\u00a0 But never more sothan when we are faced with uncertainty, because it is then that the power of musicbecomes unquantifiable, almost limitless.\u00a0\u00a0 Music can make you feel you\u2019re not alone.Music can save you from despair.\u00a0 And so it is with a song like This Too Shall Pass.\u00a0 It is so relevant to the times that it becomes a declaration, a prayer, a mantra — all rolled into one.\u201dRico\u00a0\u00a0 Blanco\u2019s\u00a0 \u201cThis\u00a0\u00a0 Too\u00a0\u00a0 Shall\u00a0\u00a0 Pass\u201d\u00a0 is\u00a0\u00a0 now\u00a0\u00a0 available\u00a0\u00a0 on\u00a0\u00a0 all\u00a0\u00a0 digital\u00a0\u00a0 platformsworldwide. Watch out for the music video to be released soon.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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