Heal (Southeast Asian artists song)

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"HEAL"
Song by Southeast Asian artists
ReleasedSeptember 11, 2020 (2020-09-11)
Genre Pop
Length
  • 4:45 (song)
  • 5:10 (music video)
  • 5:16 (lyric video)
Label Star Music
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s) Jonathan Manalo
Music video
"HEAL" on YouTube

"Heal" (stylized in all caps) is a song produced by Jonathan Manalo and released on September 11, 2020 by Star Music. The song was produced as a collaboration song featuring all-female Southeast Asian singers, [1] to extend the love and spur unity for everyone's healing during these hard times as well as in response to the COVID-19 pandemic situation. [2] [3]

Contents

Overview

"HEAL" was produced as part of the eponymous project that is the first in Southeast Asia. [2] It also part of the #StreamToDonate project, wherein participating artists donating their share of fees and royalties to “Pantawid ng Pag-ibig” (A Bridge to Love), a fund-raising campaign by ABS-CBN which aims to provide relief to Filipinos who have lost their sources of income and livelihood due to the COVID-19 pandemic. [2]

Production

"HEAL" was composed by ABS-CBN music creative director, Jonathan Manalo, Tarsier Records founder Moophs and Alex Godinez, also known as Xela, with Manalo serves as its overall producer. [2] [4] The song was performed by 14 Southeast Asian all-female singers, [5] [6] consisting of Filipino singers: Kyla, KZ Tandingan, Jayda, Moira Dela Torre, Jona and Lesha; Indonesian singers: Rini Wulandari and Yura Yunita; Malaysian singers: DOLLA and Shalma Eliana; Singaporean singers: Haneri and Haven and Thai singer, Valentina Ploy. [2] [7] [8] According to project head, Naomi Enriquez: "The all-female lineup was really intended for the music because that's how the demo sounded, that's how the vision of our creative director was". [9] The project was finalized during the COVID-19 situation. [10]

Themes

Elyse Ilagan, writing for One Mega, wrote that the song "delivers a message of hope and healing" while "choosing love to overcome hate and negativity in the world". [10]

Credits and personnel

Credits and personnel adapted from liner notes. [11]

Song
Project team
Music video

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References

  1. ↑ Kathleen A. Llemit (27 September 2020). "Girl power gives off 'healing' vibes". Daily Tribune. Archived from the original on 6 June 2021. Retrieved 25 November 2020.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 "All-female Southeast Asian artistes unite for ABS-CBN Music's "Heal" project". ABS-CBN Corporation. 3 September 2020. Retrieved 22 November 2020.
  3. ↑ "Southeast Asian artists unite for "Heal" project". Manila Bulletin. 4 September 2020. Retrieved 24 November 2020.
  4. ↑ "All-female, SE Asian fund-raising track "Heal" to drop Sept 11". Inquirer. 7 September 2020. Retrieved 22 November 2020.
  5. ↑ "All-Female Southeast Asian Artists unite for ABS-CBN Music's HEAL Project". Lionheart TV. 2 September 2020. Retrieved 24 November 2020.
  6. ↑ Renee Nuevo (7 September 2020). "14 Southeast Asian artists are collaborating on a song called HEAL". Metro Style. Retrieved 24 November 2020.
  7. ↑ Surej Singh (11 September 2020). "Kyla, Haneri, Valentina Ploy among 14 Southeast Asian singers on charity single, Heal". NME . Retrieved 24 November 2020. The project, orchestrated by ABS-CBN, features artists from the Philippines, Singapore, Indonesia, Malaysia and Thailand.
  8. ↑ "KZ, Kyla, Jona, Moira team up with Southeast Asian artists for ABS-CBN Music's Heal Project". Myx. 14 September 2020. Retrieved 24 November 2020.
  9. ↑ "Female Southeast Asian artists collaborate for ABS-CBN Music's Heal project". ABS-CBN News. 7 September 2020. Retrieved 25 November 2020.
  10. 1 2 Elyse Ilagan (15 September 2020). "EXCLUSIVE: The Heal Project Southeast Asian Artists On Healing, Music and Mental Health". OneMega. Retrieved 24 November 2020.
  11. ↑ HEAL (media notes). Various artists. Star Music. 2020.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
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