00:00When you were recording that song, did you know that it was going to be a hit?
00:09Oh, no. But I really loved that song when it was presented to me by Aaron Paul.
00:15Who was a hit maker?
00:17Yeah.
00:18Okay.
00:19But the problem was, when I was looking for a song for my album, when he presented it to me, he said,
00:25there's a problem with it because someone already got it.
00:29I asked him, why did you give it to me?
00:31He said, it's only 50% of what I paid for it.
00:33Hahaha!
00:37I didn't want to use it.
00:41So I gave it to him.
00:43He said, if you want it, just take it.
00:46To cut the long story short, I talked to the person who was going to use it.
00:52Every time I see him, I tell him that his song is really good.
00:56One time, he came up to me in the dressing room and said,
00:58Richard, do you really want Paminsan Minsan?
01:01I said, yes.
01:02We're not going to use it because it doesn't fit our album.
01:04Oh!
01:06It was meant.
01:07Yeah.
01:08How did Paminsan Minsan change your life?
01:11Well, it was my second hit.
01:13It was.
01:14My first hit was Indi Ko Kaya.
01:16So, of course, Paminsan Minsan legitimized my being a hit singer.
01:26This is just a trivia.
01:28There's a saying that it's hard to make a hit.
01:33But it is more difficult to do a second hit.
01:36That's true.
01:37Right?
01:38Follow up.
01:39Follow up is very difficult.
01:41Let's go to your hit, Rani.
01:43What's the story of Why Can't…
01:45You know, Tito Boy, I don't really talk about the story of this song.
01:48But for you, I'll tell you the story.
01:50Really?
01:51So, I was madly in love with this young girl.
01:54It went on for a while only to find out that we're related.
02:00So, it's not possible.
02:02You know, we come from a very conservative old family.
02:06And like Romeo and Juliet, we were really separated.
02:11So, the real version of Why Can't It Be was actually fast.
02:15It was like a pop rock.
02:18Wow!
02:19Because I was trying to be macho and I was trying to hide it.
02:22It's okay.
02:23But when I met Boss Orly Ilacan of OctoArts, he said,
02:27Iho, just make it a piano.
02:30So, I listened to the wisdom of the old man.
02:32And it worked.
02:33It certainly did.
02:34Yeah.
02:40It worked.
02:41Yeah.
03:10Yeah.
04:10You
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