"While We Are Young" | ||||
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Single by Keiko Necesario featuring Quest | ||||
from the album Escape (2017), [1] Ang Babaeng Allergic Sa Wifi (Official Motion Picture Soundtrack) (2018) [2] | ||||
Language | English | |||
Released | 30 June 2017 | |||
Recorded | 2017 | |||
Genre | pop, [3] electro-folk | |||
Length | 3:51 | |||
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Songwriter(s) | Keiko Necesario | |||
Producer(s) | Nick Lazaro (la balls Studio) | |||
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"While We Are Young" on YouTube |
"While We Are Young" is a collaboration single of Filipino singer-songwriter Keiko Necesario and Filipino rapper Quest. The track was originally released on 30 June 2017 as part of Keiko Necesario's sophomore album Escape and has surpassed 800,000 streams on Spotify from the day of its release. [1] [4] It was re-released on 1 August 2018 by Stages Sessions,as part of the official motion picture soundtrack of the film Ang Babaeng Allergic Sa Wifi. [2]
"While We Are Young" runs for a total of three minutes and fifty-one seconds. The song is set in common time with a tempo of 116 beats per minute and written in the key of D major. [5] The lyrics were written in English by Keiko Necesario and the rap parts by Quest. [6]
Wish 107.5 described "While We Are Young" as "an electro-folk pop track [that] is an ode to taking chances,rising above frustrations,and chasing after one’s biggest dreams". [7]
Wish 107.5 expressed that "While We Are Young [as] glowing with perkiness and vigor [that] should definitely sit on the top your summer playlist". [7]
On 29 July 2018,Keiko performed "While We Are Young" on Penshoppe Fancon Crowd. [8]
On 18 August 2017,Keiko and Quest performed the song on Wish 107.5 Bus. [7]
Credits adapted from YouTube:
"While We Are Young" | ||||
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Single by BGYO | ||||
Language | English | |||
Released | 18 June 2021 | |||
Recorded | 2021 | |||
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Length | 4:00 | |||
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Songwriter(s) | Keiko Necesario | |||
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"While We Are Young" on YouTube |
"While We Are Young" is the first revival single by the Filipino boy group BGYO. The official track was released on 18 June 2021 [9] as a Digital Single by Star Music. [10] It was produced as part of the 4th Season of Coke Studio Philippines' Itodo Mo Beat Mo. [11]
BGYO's version of "While We Are Young" runs for a total of four minutes. [12] The song is set in common time with a tempo of 120 beats per minute and written in the key of F♯/G♭ minor. [13]
BGYO's version of "While We Are Young" was first revealed in the first episode of Coke Studio Philippines' Itodo Mo Beat Mo on 17 May 2021. [14] On 18 June 2021,the track was officially released as a single via digital download accompanied by a lyric video uploaded by Star Music on YouTube. [9]
Arambulo Live shared "BGYO made sure to put their own spin on the cover by speeding up the track a bit and including awesome dance moves!" [11]
Jose Villanueva III,better known as Quest,is a Filipino singer,rapper and songwriter,known for his song "Sige Lang" in 2012 which is the theme song for the basketball team Gilas Pilipinas. Quest is a hip-hop and R&B singer wherein he won 'Best Urban Music Video for 2010' at the MYX Awards Philippines for his first single "Back to Love".
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"He's Into Her" is a song recorded by Filipino boy band BGYO,after their debut single "The Light" (2021). The song was released on April 23,2021,as the official soundtrack of iWantTFC's digital Philippine romance comedy series He's Into Her. The song was written and composed by Jonathan Manalo and Gabriel Tagadtad;and was one of the BGYO songs—"Kundiman","He's Into Her","The Baddest"—chosen to be part of The Lunar Codex's "Polaris Collection" time capsules bound to the Moon in 2023.
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"Runnin'" is a collaboration single of the Filipino boy group BGYO and Filipino singer-songwriter Keiko Necesario. The official track was released on 18 June 2021 as a Digital Single by Star Music. It was BGYO's second single to co-write after The Light and the second collaboration track after Feel Good Pilipinas with KZ Tandingan. It was produced virtually as part of the 4th Season of Coke Studio:Itodo Mo Beat Mo.
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