Barbie Almalbis
HINARAP ng batikang singer-songwriter na si Barbie Almalbis ang pinagdaanan niyang mental health issue sa bago niyang single na “Desperate Hours.”
Ang kanta ang kauna-unahan niyang track para sa upcoming fifth album niya na nakatakdang ilabas at the end of the year.
Kakaiba at bagong era ng musika ang mapapakinggan sa released track na ito ni Barbie.
“I’ve dreamt of doing something like this for years but didn’t have the knowledge and courage, so meeting Nick [Lazaro] has been a godsend, because producing this way is something that seems to come so easily for him,” sey ng alternative rock icon sa isang pahayag.
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Si Nick ang nag-produce din ng nasabing kanta na nakatrabaho na rin nina Clara Benin at Bp Valenzuela.
Kwento pa niya, “It’s also a lot of work. He made me sing hard, do crow sounds, explosions, portamentos, and ‘witchy’ voices, and though it felt a little weird at times, I think it actually sounds good in context.”
Naikwento rin ni Barbie na isinulat niya ang bagong single sa gitna ng nararamdaman niyang anxiety at emotional struggles.
“I couldn’t understand much about what I was going through, but I knew I needed to lean on God, and also sought the help of ‘last resort’ friends—like a last hope, ‘break-glass-in-case-of-emergency’ kind of friends,” pagbubunyag ng veteran singer.
Chika pa niya, “One day, things were beginning to get better, and I had a bit of clarity. I woke up early and wrote the pre-chorus: I can feel the rescuer…finally the war is over. It was actually more a song of faith, and soon enough, this struggle will indeed be over. Then it happened that later that morning, I was doing some reading and came across Psalm 18. I was surprised to find that it was about the same topic and even used similar metaphors. It really made me feel like I was on the right track, and so the psalm became a guide to finishing the rest of the song.”
Dagdag pa ni Barbie, “I’m almost always not trying to achieve anything. I’m not a planner. I really just try to follow my curiosity as an artist and express how I feel at the moment.”
Ang “Desperate Hours” ay mapapakinggan na sa lahat ng digital music platforms worldwide.