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00:00Okay.
00:27Test, mic, check.
00:29Sound check.
00:34Mic check.
00:36One, two.
00:43May delay lang talaga, sir.
00:45Konti.
00:48For live.
00:49For live, no?
00:54Okay.
00:56So,
00:56first out to the
00:59LPD,
01:00which one
01:02that was
01:02connected to
01:03that
01:04one?
01:05Ito yung camera niya po, sir.
01:07Oh, ito din.
01:08Ayan.
01:09Okay.
01:09Lilipat na po.
01:10Okay.
01:12So,
01:13sige po.
01:22Okay.
01:26Hi, Pepsters!
01:51Welcome to Pep Live!
01:53I'm Rachel.
01:54Well,
01:55makakasama natin ngayon
01:56isang multi-hyphenate artist.
01:59Actor,
02:00singer,
02:00and manager.
02:02Let's all welcome
02:03James Reed!
02:05Hello!
02:06Hello, Rachel.
02:07Thank you for having me.
02:08Yay!
02:09Hello, Pepsters.
02:10Welcome back
02:11sa Pep Live, James.
02:13Dahil ilang beses na nating
02:14nakasama si James dito
02:16over the years.
02:17At least four times,
02:18if I'm not mistaken.
02:20So, we're happy to have you
02:21kasi nung last time,
02:22nung 2023,
02:24nakaano pa tayo
02:24dahil pandemic pa.
02:26Online tayo.
02:27So, ayan,
02:28makakakwentuhan natin,
02:29Pepsters, si James.
02:30Good to be back.
02:31Thank you so much.
02:32Keep your messages coming,
02:34no?
02:34So, kung may questions kayo,
02:36maybe,
02:36or shout out
02:37para kay James
02:38baka mabasa niya mamaya.
02:39So,
02:40let's go.
02:41Bago tayo
02:41magpunta sa ating
02:43kwentuhan, James,
02:44siyempre,
02:45magsisimula muna tayo
02:46sa isang
02:47icebreaker game.
02:52Ayan.
02:52So,
02:53ang ating icebreaker game
02:54ay
02:55pick five.
02:56So,
02:57we have a set of cards here
02:58na where you'd
03:00pick
03:00five cards
03:02and then
03:03for each card
03:03meron tayong
03:04random questions.
03:06So,
03:06talagang pang icebreaker
03:07conversation
03:08start or
03:09umpeg natin.
03:10And I'm sure,
03:11James,
03:11kaya-kaya mo yan
03:12sagutin.
03:12So,
03:12are you ready?
03:13Ready.
03:14Ready?
03:14Ayan.
03:15Game.
03:15Okay,
03:16sige.
03:17Pili ka kung
03:18is there a difference
03:19of the color?
03:20Actually,
03:21may mga meaning
03:22yung mga color.
03:23Ah,
03:24okay.
03:24So,
03:24tignan natin
03:25kung ano yung
03:26may category ka
03:27na kung ano
03:28yung sasagutin mo.
03:28Ayan.
03:29Flower,
03:31dreaming,
03:32eye,
03:32okay.
03:33Syempre,
03:34sya na talagay
03:34nag-define,
03:35no?
03:35Kasi may mga
03:36ano eh,
03:37icons eh.
03:38Ayan,
03:38okay.
03:38There's a,
03:39like an icon on top.
03:40Okay,
03:40I'll start here.
03:41Go ahead.
03:42Okay.
03:42So,
03:43the first question,
03:43what is it?
03:45Exposed.
03:46Okay,
03:47exposed agad.
03:48Ano yan?
03:49Ano sabi?
03:50Which friend
03:51would you call
03:52to help you
03:53bury the body
03:54and why?
03:56Grabe.
03:57Okay.
03:58How did you know?
04:00So,
04:01kung meron siyang
04:02i-buburry na body,
04:03sinong friend
04:04ang kasama mo
04:05na aayain?
04:06So,
04:07ibig sabihin,
04:07sinong trusted friend?
04:09Yung talagang,
04:10sabi mo na kahit ano,
04:12kasi mo siyang maaya.
04:13Maybe my dad.
04:17Why?
04:18He can keep the secret
04:19and he has a lot of secrets.
04:23So,
04:24and of course,
04:25you know,
04:25he would have my back.
04:27Alright.
04:28But now,
04:29I told,
04:29I said it's my dad.
04:30It can't be him.
04:33Pero ito,
04:33James,
04:34no,
04:34you've been close
04:36to your dad
04:37and closer now,
04:38most especially.
04:39Siguro,
04:40or ano yung,
04:41ano,
04:41pinaka natutunan mo sa kanya?
04:43Now that you're older,
04:45kasi before,
04:45syempre,
04:46mas bata ka.
04:47Hindi ko alam kung
04:47close na rin ba kayo
04:48nung bata kayo
04:49or mas naging close?
04:51Well,
04:51I've always been
04:52very close.
04:54Actually,
04:54it's because of him,
04:55I moved to the Philippines.
04:59He was quite sick
05:00in 2009-ish
05:03and then we moved
05:05to the Philippines
05:05because he loves
05:06the Philippines
05:06and we moved here
05:08in 2010-ish
05:09and he was sick then
05:12but he became
05:13a lot healthier,
05:14a lot better
05:14so I like to think
05:15it was very good karma
05:19for me
05:19because after that,
05:21you know,
05:21so many opportunities came
05:22and,
05:22you know,
05:23so many things,
05:24a lot of doors
05:24opened up for me.
05:28So,
05:29yeah,
05:29I'm very grateful
05:30for that
05:31and I'm also
05:32very grateful to him.
05:34He's been very supportive
05:35and always encouraging me
05:38to push myself,
05:40you know,
05:40saying,
05:40you can do it
05:41even though
05:42I didn't think I could.
05:44Was it him
05:45who was your inspiration
05:47when you joined PBB
05:48in 2015?
05:50I wouldn't say inspiration.
05:52Or did he encourage you?
05:54He was more
05:54peer pressure
05:55to join PBB, actually.
05:58From him?
05:59Yeah,
05:59it was,
06:00he kind of
06:02like dared me
06:03to do it.
06:04You know,
06:05it was more of a dare.
06:06Okay.
06:06That's like inspiration.
06:08So,
06:09but I did,
06:10I joined
06:11and I wouldn't have
06:13experienced
06:13all the amazing things
06:15I had
06:15in my career
06:17if it weren't for that,
06:19if it weren't for him.
06:20So,
06:20that's what you're saying
06:21that from the get-go,
06:23he's also seen
06:24that you really have a potential
06:25to be a star.
06:26like going beyond
06:28your limitations.
06:30Ayan.
06:31Okay,
06:31next card.
06:32Next card,
06:33okay.
06:33From another set.
06:34Different set.
06:35Yes,
06:35definitely.
06:36I don't like to be one.
06:38Now you know
06:38what it's about.
06:40I don't even know.
06:40I don't know.
06:41That's it.
06:41Okay, go.
06:43Blue.
06:44Blue.
06:45So,
06:45the category is?
06:47Courage.
06:48Ooh.
06:48What do you want to know
06:51about someone
06:52that you've been asked,
06:54huh?
06:55That you've been
06:55scared to ask?
06:58Ah,
06:58what do you want to know
06:59about someone
06:59that you've been scared to ask?
07:01If you're going to
07:02ask someone
07:03something that you've
07:04never asked
07:05that person before,
07:06what would it be?
07:08Anong gano, no?
07:09Hmm.
07:11Wow,
07:12that's a tough question.
07:14It's kind of deep.
07:15Lali, malali,
07:16man.
07:17Ang bilis.
07:17that I've wanted to ask
07:18someone that I've been
07:19scared to ask.
07:23Hmm.
07:24That's so hard.
07:30Or is there anything
07:32that you
07:32don't get to ask
07:34someone?
07:35Like,
07:35if there's someone
07:36close to you,
07:36are you the type
07:37who'd be
07:39brave enough
07:39to ask it?
07:40Or you'd rather
07:41keep your feelings
07:42and not say it?
07:45I think it's hard
07:46because I can't really
07:47think of anything
07:48that I would be
07:49too afraid to ask.
07:50Sayon.
07:51Any type of person,
07:52I question everything.
07:55So maybe that
07:56doesn't apply to me.
07:57Hmm.
07:58That was a cheap,
07:59that was a cop-out.
08:01Next one, next one.
08:02I'll do an extra one.
08:03Oh, forget, forget, forget, forget.
08:04So we can
08:04check math and check math.
08:07Next one,
08:08life lessons.
08:09Describe a time
08:10when you believed
08:11giving up was the
08:12right thing to do
08:13but regretted it
08:14in hindsight.
08:18Hmm.
08:19Wow, these questions
08:20are so intense.
08:21I know, right?
08:22It's not an icebreaker.
08:23I know.
08:24Should I play?
08:25Icebreaker's like,
08:26spicy or sweet?
08:28Um,
08:29challenge pala.
08:30A time when I gave up
08:31and in hindsight,
08:32I realized
08:32it was the wrong
08:33thing to do.
08:36Or you regretted it?
08:37The only thing
08:45that's coming to mind
08:46right now
08:47because I'm being
08:48put on the spot.
08:51The only time
08:52I think I really
08:52like gave up
08:53on something
08:54was when
08:55I stopped
08:55acting.
08:59But
08:59I don't regret it.
09:02I think it was more
09:03of like I really
09:03needed that time
09:04to myself.
09:05It was a very
09:08crazy time
09:09and it was
09:10very intense
09:11back then.
09:12You know,
09:12I felt I loved
09:13team stuff
09:13and all the fans
09:14at the height
09:15of our careers.
09:16So I think
09:16I just really
09:18needed a break.
09:19So I don't really
09:20regret it.
09:21That's the first
09:22thing that comes
09:23to mind
09:23when I think
09:23of something
09:24that I kind
09:25of quit.
09:26Not exactly
09:27gave up on
09:28but I quit.
09:29But it's
09:30something that
09:30you did
09:33not really
09:34out of you
09:35because you
09:36wanted to quit
09:36but you want
09:37I think you
09:38at that time
09:40correct me if I
09:40wrong.
09:41You wanted to
09:42venture into
09:43something
09:43and just
09:44you know
09:44be able to
09:45make decisions
09:46for yourself
09:47in your career.
09:49So I'm not
09:49the type
09:50to accept
09:53failure.
09:57For example
09:58there's many
10:00times in the
10:02course of my
10:04label and my
10:05business where
10:05I could have
10:07accepted failure
10:08and defeat
10:08but I think
10:10it's only really
10:12a failure
10:12if you stop.
10:14If you continue
10:16through these
10:17mistakes,
10:17hard times
10:18and just keep
10:19going
10:19then you
10:21can never
10:21really fail
10:22if you
10:22don't give
10:23up.
10:24So it's
10:24from the
10:25very beginning
10:25or
10:26it's
10:26a personality
10:27you're
10:27like a daredevil
10:29somebody who
10:30takes risks
10:31that
10:32what's going
10:33to happen.
10:35Maybe
10:35I'm
10:36stubborn
10:37I'm
10:37very stubborn
10:39I won't
10:39give up.
10:41But
10:42it brought
10:43you places
10:43to places
10:44right?
10:45Definitely.
10:46I don't
10:47think I
10:47would have
10:48been able
10:48to achieve
10:50the things
10:50I have
10:51with music
10:51and with
10:52acting
10:52if I
10:53didn't have
10:53the same
10:54mindset.
10:55Okay.
10:56Next card.
11:01It's not
11:02icebreak.
11:03Challenge.
11:04Okay.
11:04Correction.
11:05Challenge for
11:06the first part
11:07of Pep
11:07Live with
11:08James.
11:09Wow.
11:11So intense.
11:12Beliefs.
11:13The categories.
11:15The categories.
11:16Beliefs.
11:17What are
11:18your beliefs
11:19limiting
11:20your potential?
11:23Oh my gosh.
11:25It's so
11:25big.
11:26What are
11:26your beliefs
11:27that are
11:27limiting
11:28your potential?
11:31This is
11:31something I
11:32struggled with
11:32before.
11:33I think
11:35we're
11:39really the
11:39only ones
11:40that are
11:42limiting
11:42our potential.
11:44The only
11:45person that's
11:45really holding
11:46you back
11:46is yourself.
11:50And I
11:50used to
11:51struggle with
11:51that.
11:52Thinking,
11:53oh, I'm
11:53not good
11:53enough.
11:54I can't
11:54do that.
11:55This and
11:55that.
11:56And then,
11:57I don't
11:57know, one
11:57day I
11:58learned that
11:59it's really
12:00only what I
12:01believe
12:01that's
12:02possible.
12:04And unless
12:05I can believe
12:06it, then I
12:06can't expect
12:07anyone else
12:07to.
12:08If I can
12:09believe that
12:09I can do
12:10this, I
12:10can get
12:11on stage
12:12in front of
12:12thousands of
12:12people.
12:13If I can't
12:14do this
12:18or work
12:19on that
12:19or decide
12:20every day
12:21that I'm
12:21going to.
12:21If I can't
12:22believe in
12:22myself, then
12:22I can't
12:23expect anyone
12:23else to.
12:24Where do
12:25you get
12:25your anchor?
12:26Like something
12:26that helps
12:30you be
12:30stay put
12:31together,
12:32stay the
12:33course,
12:34even if
12:34it's hard.
12:36Do you
12:36have a
12:36mentor?
12:38It's
12:38your friends
12:43and family.
12:44You know,
12:44my circle,
12:46my community.
12:48I like to
12:49think we're
12:49like-minded
12:50and they
12:51keep me
12:51grounded.
12:54They don't
12:54treat me
12:55like I'm
12:56a celebrity,
12:57like I'm
12:57famous.
12:58I'm just
12:58James.
12:59and yeah,
13:01they keep
13:02me grounded.
13:03My values
13:04in check
13:05and my
13:06reason for
13:06doing
13:07everything I
13:07do.
13:08So when
13:09you say
13:09they keep
13:09you grounded,
13:10are there
13:10times that
13:11sometimes you
13:12get carried
13:13away with
13:14the things
13:14that you
13:15do?
13:16That's the
13:17point that
13:18your friends
13:19would tell,
13:20James,
13:21you'll
13:23see it
13:24or remind
13:25you.
13:26Is that
13:26definitely
13:27I have
13:28friends
13:28that are
13:29like that
13:29for me.
13:31Not even
13:31just my
13:32friends,
13:32people I
13:33work with
13:33have no
13:34trouble
13:34telling me.
13:37Maybe that's
13:37good.
13:38It's good.
13:38We need
13:39that.
13:39We need
13:39honesty.
13:40We need
13:40people we
13:40can trust,
13:42which is
13:42something I've
13:42struggled
13:43with in
13:43the past,
13:44having people
13:45around me
13:45that I
13:45can trust.
13:46Because when
13:47you have
13:47only yes
13:48people around
13:49you,
13:49wouldn't tell
13:50something's
13:51wrong.
13:52It's like,
13:53right?
13:53Yeah.
13:55So,
13:56okay.
13:56Next.
13:57I'm scared.
13:58Last now.
14:01This one.
14:02Dreaming.
14:02Let's see.
14:05Dreams.
14:05We knew it.
14:06Dreams.
14:09Where are you
14:10settling when
14:11you could be
14:11thriving?
14:15Where are you
14:16settling right
14:17now when
14:18you could be
14:18thriving?
14:19Hi, BJL.
14:21BJ, I?
14:22BJL?
14:23Hello.
14:24Thanks for
14:24tuning in.
14:25Wow.
14:25Where am I
14:26settling right
14:26now where I
14:27think I could
14:27be thriving?
14:29Hmm.
14:35On the top
14:36of my head,
14:36right now,
14:37I'm settling
14:38in the city
14:38where I think
14:39I could be
14:40thriving out
14:40in nature.
14:42Okay.
14:43So,
14:44you like
14:44spending
14:46time outdoors
14:48when you
14:48have
14:48I have to
14:49be here
14:49because of
14:51work,
14:52everything.
14:53But then,
14:53I just love
14:54being in nature.
14:55My goal
14:55is to move
14:56out of the
14:56city.
14:58When was
14:59the last
14:59time you
15:00went to?
15:01Nature
15:01tripping
15:02or just
15:03for leisure?
15:06Last time?
15:09Maybe just
15:09last week,
15:10I was in
15:11the mountains
15:12of Batangas.
15:13Before that,
15:14I got to travel.
15:15I was in
15:15Bali,
15:16beach.
15:16So,
15:17I get to
15:17travel a lot
15:18at least.
15:19So,
15:19hindi naman
15:19puro work
15:20naman yung
15:21pinakakabisihan.
15:23Soon.
15:24Ay,
15:25ayun na.
15:25And then start
15:25na yung
15:26taping.
15:27Ay,
15:27ayan na,
15:28meron na
15:28mga patikim.
15:29Wala na
15:30social life.
15:32Kasi,
15:34pero diba,
15:35anyway,
15:36mamaya natin
15:36tanongin
15:37kay James.
15:39So,
15:39okay,
15:40diba,
15:40umpisa pa lang,
15:41hindi pala
15:41icebreaker game yun,
15:43challenge pala.
15:44challenge breaker.
15:47Diba?
15:47Pero yun,
15:48kinamension mo na,
15:49no,
15:49na yung mga,
15:51um,
15:51on top of your head
15:52na reflections
15:53about your career,
15:55about life.
15:56But now,
15:57because it's your
15:5815th,
15:5815th year
16:00in showbiz,
16:02my gosh.
16:04My age is showing.
16:05Hindi.
16:05Finally.
16:07Of course not.
16:08And nakita natin
16:08kagabi,
16:09do,
16:09may nilabas na.
16:09Thank you,
16:10Mary Lucas Rivera.
16:11Thank you so much.
16:12Happy anniversary.
16:13Pinilabas mo sa IG,
16:15sa social platforms mo,
16:17no,
16:17na,
16:18um,
16:19yung iyong
16:1915 years,
16:20yung mga highlights
16:21from your career.
16:22But,
16:23how did you feel
16:23when you see,
16:24when you saw your
16:25pictures again
16:26from your,
16:26um,
16:28teenage years
16:29up to yung
16:30growing up years
16:31masa showbiz?
16:33Um,
16:34it was so,
16:35like,
16:37it was so crazy
16:37to see
16:38so much time,
16:40like,
16:41just passed.
16:42Um,
16:42beelis.
16:4315 years
16:44in the industry
16:45I started.
16:49My birthday,
16:5017th birthday,
16:52um,
16:53inside the
16:53PBB house,
16:54and then,
16:56now it's,
16:57uh,
16:5715 years later,
16:58it's 2025,
16:59I'm 32.
17:01Um,
17:02and for me,
17:03the best part
17:04about all of it
17:05is,
17:07um,
17:08all of the experiences
17:09that I had
17:10with the fans,
17:11you know,
17:11um,
17:12I could not
17:13be here,
17:14um,
17:16without them,
17:16I could not have
17:17achieved what I achieved
17:18without the fans,
17:20without all of the
17:20supporters,
17:21without,
17:22you know,
17:23their,
17:23their love,
17:25their support,
17:26it wouldn't have
17:26been possible.
17:27So,
17:28I wanted to make
17:29something special
17:30for my 15th
17:31anniversary
17:32in show business.
17:33Are you celebrating
17:34it,
17:35um,
17:35for the coming months?
17:37Or for the next year?
17:39Officially,
17:39it was in,
17:40I think,
17:40July,
17:41I think,
17:42was the 15 years
17:43officially.
17:44So,
17:44after PBB?
17:45Yes,
17:45after PBB.
17:46When you won
17:47PBB on the Bobby Greener.
17:49And then,
17:51uh,
17:51yeah,
17:5215 years later,
17:53it's been 15 years now.
17:54Uh,
17:55but I asked all the fans
17:56this year to
17:57participate in the video
17:58and to send
17:59any videos
18:00they have
18:00experiences with me,
18:02any moments
18:03that I could share
18:04with everyone.
18:04So,
18:05we made,
18:05um,
18:06like a 15-year
18:07compilation video.
18:09Wow.
18:10Did you take time
18:11to pause
18:12and reflect
18:13na,
18:14um,
18:14what's the,
18:16um,
18:18biggest thing
18:18that you learned
18:19from that 15 years
18:21in showbiz
18:22that made you
18:22who you are now?
18:25Um,
18:26that nothing's impossible.
18:29really,
18:31like,
18:32uh,
18:32nothing is impossible.
18:34I think
18:35in the biggest lesson
18:37from PBB,
18:39um,
18:41Koya was telling me
18:42to dream big
18:43and stop dreaming
18:45so small.
18:46Stop making yourself
18:47so small.
18:48Like,
18:48you're the big winner.
18:49You should dream big.
18:51So,
18:52I kind of kept that
18:53with me
18:53this whole career.
18:55Um,
18:56I'll never forget that.
18:58And that also,
18:59don't be afraid
19:00to reinvent yourself.
19:02You know,
19:03it's not like
19:03you have to be
19:05who you are today
19:06all the time.
19:08Actually,
19:08we have no obligation
19:09to be who we are today,
19:10uh,
19:10who we were yesterday,
19:11today.
19:12You know,
19:12we can always reinvent ourselves.
19:14We can always change.
19:15We can always let go
19:16of bad habits.
19:17We can always choose
19:18something better
19:19for ourselves.
19:20Um,
19:21and I think I did that
19:22when I shifted
19:24from one thing
19:24to another.
19:27Um,
19:28and it's scary.
19:30You know,
19:30everyone was telling me,
19:31are you sure you want
19:31to stop this?
19:32Are you sure you're gonna do that?
19:34What if you don't succeed?
19:35You're already famous.
19:36Why do,
19:37why throw it away?
19:38But,
19:39I think that's not important.
19:41Um,
19:42I discovered a lot
19:43about myself.
19:44And I feel like
19:45that was the point.
19:46Mm-hmm.
19:47Ayan.
19:48Grabe, no?
19:48Kasi talagang,
19:50ano eh,
19:51yun na,
19:51ang ganda doon sinabi niya
19:52na kahit na
19:53may nagawa kang mali
19:55or meron kang
19:56bad habits before
19:58na pwede mo pa rin
19:59baguhin.
19:59So,
19:59it's not as if
20:01end of the world
20:01na kapag nagkamali ka
20:03or feeling mo
20:05may maling
20:06nagawa sa something.
20:08Pwede ka pa rin
20:09talaga laging
20:10to get up.
20:10Never too late
20:11to change your life,
20:12change your perspective.
20:14Yeah.
20:15Ayan.
20:16So,
20:17eto,
20:17anything
20:18striking advice
20:20that you got
20:21from a mentor
20:22siguro sa career
20:23aside from your dad
20:25because you already
20:25mentioned him earlier.
20:27Meron ba?
20:28Mentor?
20:28Yeah.
20:29Sorry,
20:29I was reading the comments.
20:30Okay, go.
20:31Gusto ba?
20:31No, no,
20:32it's okay.
20:32It's okay.
20:33But thank you
20:34for all the sweet messages.
20:36I'm reading everything.
20:38Thank you guys so much.
20:39Um,
20:40mentor?
20:40Mentor?
20:40It's a Philippine
20:44entertainment industry.
20:45I would say
20:46who's my biggest mentor.
20:52Siguro
20:53Gary Vee
20:54has been
20:55um,
20:57such a,
20:58not just a mentor
20:59but like an inspiration.
21:00Hmm.
21:01Um,
21:02he's always supported me
21:04ever since my first time
21:05on ASAP,
21:07on ASAP stage
21:08at the PBB.
21:09Um,
21:10he really supported me
21:12when I
21:12started writing
21:13my own music.
21:14You know,
21:15he told me,
21:16and this was years ago,
21:17that
21:17you are,
21:18you know,
21:19shaping
21:19the music
21:20and the youth
21:20so don't stop.
21:23Whatever you're doing,
21:24it's good.
21:24It works.
21:25Don't stop.
21:26Keep going.
21:28Grabe, no?
21:29Si Gary Vee
21:31parang
21:31unexpected, no?
21:34Sa lahat ng mga,
21:36um,
21:37dami ng artisan
21:38na kilala mo
21:39pero kasi si Gary Vee
21:40always known for,
21:41um,
21:42giving out advice
21:43as someone
21:44andun sa industry
21:46for a long time.
21:48Ayan.
21:48So,
21:49eto,
21:49medyo kanina
21:50na-touch na ng konti,
21:51no?
21:51Pero knowing
21:52what you know now
21:54and coming from
21:55and knowing
21:56what you've been through
21:57in the past,
21:58would you have changed
21:59anything?
22:01Um,
22:01any decisions
22:02that you might have
22:03done,
22:05um,
22:06for,
22:07whether for personal
22:08or for career?
22:11I've learned so much
22:12from all of those things
22:13and if it wasn't for,
22:15you know,
22:17uh,
22:18a lot of these
22:20hardships and challenges,
22:21I don't think
22:22I would have grown
22:22the way I did.
22:24So,
22:24I don't think
22:25I would change anything.
22:27Maybe I wouldn't
22:28have dyed my hair blonde.
22:30Okay.
22:30I can't remember
22:31the bass that you know.
22:32Maybe that was unnecessary
22:33but,
22:34um,
22:34other than that,
22:35I'm happy.
22:36So,
22:36hindi mo na,
22:37hindi mo na papakulayan
22:38yung buhok mo na.
22:38I don't think so.
22:40Okay.
22:41Ayan.
22:42so,
22:42so,
22:42so,
22:42of course,
22:43no,
22:43because you have
22:45a new single,
22:47um,
22:47you just released it,
22:49Blessed.
22:49Can you share with us
22:50your journey
22:51in doing that song?
22:54Blessed,
22:54um,
22:55so,
22:56for those who don't know,
22:57Blessed is my latest
22:58single,
22:59um,
23:00under Sony Music
23:00and I think this,
23:04uh,
23:05it marks the beginning
23:06of a new phase,
23:08um,
23:08a new era
23:08in my music.
23:10Uh,
23:11actually,
23:13the,
23:13it started with
23:14JGH,
23:15my,
23:15my EP,
23:16and that was all about
23:19it's,
23:20it means just got home.
23:21It's about me coming,
23:23coming home
23:25to myself,
23:27coming home to the fans,
23:29coming home to my roots
23:30in music,
23:32coming home to TV,
23:33coming home to a lot of things.
23:34Um,
23:35I feel like I've been away,
23:36um,
23:38not just physically,
23:39but,
23:40um,
23:41you know,
23:41I've just been away,
23:42working on myself
23:43and I feel like I'm,
23:44I'm back
23:45and,
23:45I'm very
23:47happy
23:48and I'm,
23:50you know,
23:50just comfortable
23:51in my own skin
23:52and that's why the music
23:53has been more vulnerable,
23:55it's been more,
23:56um,
23:59heartfelt,
24:00it's been more sincere,
24:01it's more
24:01guitar-driven,
24:03more acoustic,
24:04and
24:05I think this is
24:07the side of me that,
24:09um,
24:10I think the,
24:12the fans appreciate.
24:13Yeah.
24:14You know,
24:14when I got through
24:15at least JGH,
24:16they all said,
24:17I feel like I got to really know you
24:18because of this project.
24:20So,
24:20I'm very happy,
24:22um,
24:23and
24:23Blessed
24:24is,
24:26I think,
24:27the beginning
24:28where it starts,
24:29this new sound,
24:30this new direction.
24:31Um,
24:32hopefully,
24:32it'll be part of a bigger album.
24:34What song from JGH
24:36that you really feel
24:38speaks to you?
24:40From JGH?
24:41Mm-hmm.
24:42It's hard.
24:44They all really speak to me,
24:45um,
24:46but
24:46I didn't get to
24:48answer your question
24:49on the Blessing.
24:49But we'll go,
24:50we'll get to that
24:51because,
24:51um,
24:51we have to mention
24:52yung JGH
24:53because,
24:53yeah,
24:54that's where your
24:55new era of music
24:56begins
24:57and then before
24:58Blessed.
24:59So,
24:59um,
25:00for JGH.
25:00they all do.
25:04Like,
25:04they all really speak to me.
25:05They're all,
25:06like,
25:06very vulnerable
25:07parts of me.
25:09Um,
25:09except maybe
25:09Di Bale,
25:10uh,
25:10Di Bale.
25:11I think that was just
25:11a very,
25:12you know,
25:12fun,
25:13feel-good song.
25:14Uh,
25:17maybe Sandal.
25:18Yeah.
25:19Yeah,
25:19I wrote the song for,
25:21actually,
25:21all the songs
25:21are about Isa.
25:23Um,
25:23she's the inspiration
25:25behind all the songs.
25:26Um,
25:27it's never-ending
25:28things
25:30that I would love
25:30to say
25:31and sing about
25:32when it comes to her.
25:33She's really the inspiration
25:34behind,
25:36uh,
25:38why I'm so happy
25:39right now.
25:40And that song
25:41I wrote
25:42when she was
25:42having a hard time.
25:44And
25:44sometimes
25:46words don't fix things,
25:48you know,
25:49but
25:50I just wanted
25:51to let her know,
25:52you know,
25:54um,
25:55whatever it is
25:56you're going through,
25:57you can always
25:57lean on me.
25:58So,
25:59I wrote the song
26:00Sandal
26:00for her.
26:01So,
26:02when you write
26:02your songs,
26:03um,
26:04is there a specific
26:05mood
26:05that you,
26:06um,
26:07require yourself
26:08to be in
26:09or it just flows
26:10from the words
26:11or
26:12how do you do it?
26:15Mostly,
26:16for most of the songs.
26:17Depends.
26:18Sometimes,
26:19uh,
26:21I feel like
26:21if it's a good song,
26:22it just blows.
26:25It's the one
26:25that aren't so good
26:26where you get stuck
26:27and you really
26:28have to think
26:28like,
26:29what's the right word
26:30I'm trying to say
26:30or,
26:31I don't,
26:31I don't like this melody,
26:33let's change it,
26:33let's make it more catchy,
26:34let's make it more this.
26:36Um,
26:37the best songs,
26:38my favorite songs
26:39are the ones that
26:40it just kind of
26:41falls out
26:42of my mouth.
26:43Okay.
26:44I remember,
26:45before you mentioned
26:46that you record it
26:47sometimes,
26:49like,
26:49if you have songs
26:50in your head
26:50or your words
26:51in your head,
26:52you just record it
26:53voice notes.
26:55Yes,
26:55actually,
26:56I'm a damning
26:57voice notes
26:58on my phone.
27:01I don't,
27:01I'm not gonna play one,
27:03but,
27:03but there's,
27:05there's a lot,
27:06like,
27:07I'll just show you.
27:08I scrolled here.
27:10Oh,
27:11there's all.
27:12And I keep going.
27:14So,
27:15about,
27:15what,
27:15what,
27:15what,
27:16what,
27:16all your ideas
27:18for a song?
27:18Just ideas
27:19when I'm on the go
27:19and I need to
27:20remember it.
27:21Right?
27:22Yeah.
27:22So,
27:23yun ang isa
27:23sa mga,
27:24ano,
27:25tip.
27:26Parang hindi nyo
27:26makalimutan
27:27ng inyong concept.
27:28So,
27:28again,
27:29no,
27:29pepsters yun,
27:30nakikita natin
27:31yung mga messages nila
27:33and for the fans
27:34of James Reed.
27:35So,
27:35if you want
27:36your messages
27:38to be highlighted,
27:39you could actually
27:40go to our
27:42super chat
27:43sa YouTube
27:44para yan,
27:45nakikita natin
27:46dyan,
27:46ipa-flash,
27:47ma-highlight
27:48ang inyong messages.
27:49So,
27:49yan.
27:49Nakita ko kanina,
27:50sabi nila,
27:51mga gusto nilang
27:51kanta mo yung
27:53Pahinga.
27:54Pahinga.
27:55With TJ,
27:56no?
27:57With TJ.
27:58And then,
27:58I think yun yung
27:59favorite
28:00sa
28:00Just Got Home.
28:02I think
28:03all the songs there,
28:04that's my favorite.
28:05Favorite, no?
28:07Ang ganda kasi
28:07nung ano,
28:08talagang
28:08parang,
28:10oh my gosh,
28:11restful lang,
28:12o diba?
28:12Chill,
28:13yun yun.
28:14Ito,
28:14ito na.
28:15So,
28:15siyempre,
28:15of course,
28:16for your latest
28:17single,
28:17can you share
28:18with us
28:18your journey
28:20for Blessed?
28:21For Blessed?
28:22How do you
28:23Blessed?
28:24Um,
28:25I think,
28:27I just wrote
28:29that song
28:29because it was
28:30really how
28:31I'm feeling
28:32now.
28:33I wrote that song
28:33this year,
28:34February,
28:34and I don't
28:39know,
28:40my life started
28:41to make a lot
28:41of sense,
28:42a lot of toxic
28:42people I'd
28:43removed from my
28:44life and I was
28:45just focusing on
28:46myself and I was
28:47focusing on my
28:48relationship and I
28:49was focusing on the
28:49people I love and I
28:50care about and I
28:52realized really I have
28:53so much to be blessed
28:54for and that song
28:56just came out
28:57and yeah,
29:02I don't really
29:03know else.
29:04what to say about
29:05other than I just
29:07had a realization
29:08of how grateful
29:08I am and I
29:11think that song
29:11really captures
29:15how I feel
29:15if you listen to it.
29:17And it's like
29:17it's like 15
29:18years,
29:19it's like a milestone
29:20song,
29:21right?
29:22The Blessed?
29:22Yeah,
29:23it worked out
29:24and we used
29:25that song
29:26for the
29:2715-year
29:29what do you
29:31call it?
29:31ADP?
29:32ADP,
29:34yeah,
29:34the 15-year
29:35it's like
29:35it's a thank you
29:36message to all
29:38of the fans
29:39because
29:41yeah,
29:41I just really
29:42feel so blessed
29:43that
29:45all the people
29:47in the world
29:48that chose to
29:49give me so much
29:51love and support
29:52so how could I
29:55not be blessed?
29:56And it's hard
29:57the choices
29:58that you made,
30:00some of them
30:01are not the
30:02super popular
30:03choices.
30:04Like you mentioned
30:04earlier,
30:05a lot of people
30:06were questioning
30:07you,
30:08you know,
30:08sure
30:10but through the
30:12years they
30:13also understood
30:13you because
30:14I think
30:14I believe
30:15they also
30:16know your
30:16heart
30:17and even
30:18then,
30:18even when
30:18you were
30:19struggling,
30:19you connect
30:21to people
30:21and even
30:22with the
30:22people
30:22that's
30:23around you
30:24and then
30:24the
30:25homebite
30:27James
30:28ever since.
30:29Bernie
30:30knew it,
30:30he was watching it.
30:32He said it before
30:33the petsters.
30:37I think it really
30:38shows in the
30:39fans that
30:39have stuck
30:40with me
30:40for all the
30:4115 years
30:42that they
30:42didn't just
30:43follow me
30:45or like me
30:46for the work
30:47or the project
30:48or you know
30:49who,
30:50whatever it is
30:51I was doing
30:52but they really
30:52loved me
30:53for me.
30:55So that stuck
30:56around until now.
30:58So that's
30:59what James
31:00said,
31:01the
31:01pagiging
31:02vulnerable mo
31:03nagre-reflect
31:04talaga sa
31:04kanta.
31:05So anong
31:05part sa
31:06blessed
31:06yung
31:07din niya
31:07na talagang
31:08ay,
31:09umatak
31:09talaga
31:09sa'yo?
31:11Kasi
31:11umpisa pa
31:12lang
31:12nung
31:12kanta,
31:12sa ilang
31:14billion
31:14tao,
31:16tama ba?
31:17Sa walong
31:17billion
31:18tao sa ating
31:19mundo,
31:20nag-iisa
31:20ang tulad mo.
31:21Yun ba
31:22favorite mo
31:22or are there
31:23any other
31:23lines from
31:24the song
31:25that's really
31:27striking for me?
31:31It's really
31:34the whole
31:35chorus.
31:36I feel
31:36blessed that
31:37it shows me.
31:37I've been
31:38chosen to
31:38know your
31:38love and
31:39I'm my
31:40best,
31:41don't you
31:41notice when
31:42you're
31:42around.
31:44But then
31:45yeah,
31:45that line,
31:47actually Jason
31:48Marvin,
31:48amazing
31:49songwriter,
31:49helped me
31:50write this
31:50song.
31:51And he
31:52came up
31:52with a
31:52line.
31:52And he
32:02said that
32:02because he
32:03wanted to
32:03say
32:03isa.
32:05And so
32:05nag-iisa
32:06ang isang
32:07tulad mo.
32:10May play
32:10on words?
32:11Play on words.
32:12We stuck
32:12her name in
32:13the...
32:14Hindi
32:15lalata,
32:16ah.
32:16O na
32:16may isip
32:17ko na
32:17para
32:18ka sa
32:18kanya,
32:19dedicated,
32:19pero
32:19naandunan,
32:21oh,
32:21guys,
32:22paano naman
32:22yung songwriting.
32:23How would
32:23he like
32:24writing
32:24with Jason?
32:25Amazing.
32:26He's
32:26incredibly
32:27talented
32:28songwriter
32:30and
32:31we've
32:32worked on
32:32more than
32:33just
32:33Bless.
32:33We've
32:33worked on
32:34many
32:34songs.
32:35He
32:35also
32:35worked
32:35on
32:36Pahinga
32:36and
32:38some
32:39songs
32:40also
32:40coming
32:40out
32:40in the
32:41future.
32:41So
32:42it's
32:42really
32:42a
32:42collaboration
32:43even
32:43Pahinga
32:44with
32:44DJ.
32:45Is
32:46it
32:46hard
32:46like
32:47when
32:47you
32:47brainstorm
32:49with
32:49other
32:50artists?
32:51No,
32:51I love
32:51it.
32:55The more
32:56minds,
32:56the better
32:57I think
32:57for me.
32:59And
32:59it's
32:59more fun
32:59when you're
33:00working
33:00with
33:00people
33:01creating
33:01a
33:02song
33:02than
33:02when
33:02you're
33:02just
33:02alone.
33:05And
33:05I remember
33:05in LA
33:06you even
33:07had
33:07this
33:08week
33:08long
33:09training
33:10or
33:11brainstorming
33:11with
33:12other
33:12artists
33:12before
33:13for
33:13your
33:13past
33:14album.
33:15So
33:17talagang
33:17collaborative
33:18si
33:19James.
33:20So
33:20ito
33:20na.
33:25Ayan.
33:26So
33:26bago
33:26natin
33:26itawid
33:27sa
33:27next
33:27question
33:28ay
33:28magbabasa
33:28muna
33:29tayo
33:29ng
33:29mga
33:29iba
33:29kasi
33:30sayang
33:30dahil
33:30alam
33:31ko
33:31kanina
33:31pa
33:31tinitignan
33:32ni
33:32James.
33:32So
33:32ayan
33:33basahin
33:34natin
33:34sir
33:34ano
33:34ba
33:35yung
33:35mga
33:35pwedeng
33:35i-highlight
33:36dyan.
33:38James
33:39number
33:39one
33:39ako
33:39ikaw
33:40ikaw
33:40na
33:40mag
33:41shout
33:41out
33:41magbasa
33:43James.
33:43Thank you
33:51Bernie
33:51Franco.
33:52Wow.
33:52I appreciate
33:53it.
33:54Okay.
33:55Next.
33:56Cha
33:57Villariza
33:57Gomez.
33:59Yes.
33:59We love
34:00you.
34:00James
34:00Lilan
34:01Guapo
34:01mabait
34:02pa.
34:02Thank
34:03you
34:03so
34:03much
34:03Cha.
34:05Hi
34:06to
34:06Arnia
34:08Arnia
34:09Cerato
34:09from
34:10our
34:10team.
34:11Pep.
34:12Is he
34:12here?
34:12Oh
34:12no
34:13he's not
34:13here
34:13he's
34:14on
34:14he's
34:15at
34:15home
34:16actually
34:16we're
34:16from
34:17home
34:17today
34:17except
34:19for
34:19us
34:19here
34:20ayan
34:20pwede
34:22nako
34:22hindi
34:22magwork
34:23talaga
34:23ba
34:23Arniel
34:24ayan
34:25Catherine
34:26Catherine
34:26cat
34:27clothes
34:27long
34:29looks so
34:29good
34:30on you
34:30but
34:30you're
34:30right
34:30we
34:31love
34:31your
34:31dark
34:31hair
34:31I'm
34:33glad
34:33you
34:33liked
34:34it
34:34ayan
34:35okay
34:35last
34:36oh
34:37my
34:37gosh
34:37they're
34:38all
34:39isa
34:39hi
34:40Jenna
34:41Villanueva
34:42thank you
34:42for tuning
34:43in
34:43so we're
34:45down to
34:45our last
34:46few
34:46questions
34:47so you
34:52also
34:53have
34:53aside
34:53from
34:53this
34:54music
34:54this
34:56new
34:56actually
34:56this
34:57new
34:57I
34:58think
35:00you're
35:00coming up
35:01with a
35:01new
35:01album
35:02right
35:02I'm
35:03working
35:03towards
35:03an
35:04album
35:04yes
35:04okay
35:05so
35:05what
35:06are you
35:07planning
35:07for
35:08itong
35:09Blessed
35:09with
35:10a new
35:11album
35:11that
35:11will
35:12be
35:13your
35:13plans
35:14yes
35:14that's
35:14my
35:14plan
35:14Blessed
35:15will
35:15be
35:15part
35:16and
35:16it's
35:16the
35:16beginning
35:16of
35:17the
35:17album
35:17and
35:18I'll
35:18be
35:19working
35:19towards
35:19it
35:20and
35:20it
35:20should
35:20be
35:20out
35:21by
35:21next
35:21year
35:21okay
35:23and
35:24in
35:24terms
35:24of
35:25singing
35:26career
35:26James
35:27we're
35:27waiting
35:28to
35:28him
35:29because
35:29recently
35:30he's
35:31announced
35:31his
35:32will
35:32be
35:33to
35:34return
35:34with
35:35no
35:35less
35:35than
35:36Catherine
35:36Bernardo
35:37yes
35:38I'm
35:42very
35:42excited
35:42it's
35:42my
35:43first
35:43time
35:43doing
35:44a
35:44teliserie
35:44in
35:45seven
35:47years
35:47since
35:482018
35:49is that
35:50seven
35:50years
35:50three
35:52plus
35:52yes
35:53okay
35:54I've
35:56done it
35:58in seven
35:59eight
35:59years
36:00so
36:02I'm
36:02finally
36:02making
36:03my
36:03comeback
36:04to
36:05TV
36:06and
36:07to
36:07my
36:08dreamscape
36:08family
36:09and
36:10it's
36:10my
36:11first
36:11time
36:11working
36:11with
36:12the
36:12one
36:12and
36:13only
36:13Catherine
36:14Bernardo
36:14and
36:15I'm
36:16very
36:16excited
36:17I
36:22love
36:22team
36:22love
36:23the
36:24cross
36:26over
36:26partner
36:28partner
36:29mga
36:29nai
36:29imagine
36:30lang
36:31ng
36:31fans
36:31yan
36:32eh
36:32pero
36:32ngayon
36:32naging
36:33posible
36:33na
36:33darating
36:34talaga
36:34yung
36:34point
36:35ay
36:35pwede
36:36talagang
36:36mangyari
36:37na yung
36:37from
36:37Jadine
36:39and
36:39Cathlon
36:40may
36:40crossover
36:41na
36:41ano
36:42naman
36:42iba
36:42naman
36:43ngayon
36:43bago
36:44I
36:45think
36:45um it was bound to happen at some point um but you know i'm not really seeing it as a love team
36:53i were working together on this project and it's really truly an honor to work but next to you
37:02you know such a talented um powerful you know name in the industry so i'm very blessed again
37:11to to work with kathryn and then um kasi nabanggit lang natin no dahil nga pareho kayo dun sa mga
37:19pinakasikat my love games in the Philippines alam mo yung grab it alaga yung reaction ng fans
37:25sa inyo diba so i think marami talaga nagbulat na huh oh my gosh magkasama sila so yeah so far um
37:33hindi pa kami nag shoot um for our taping but we've done a look test and a cam test
37:43we shot teasers and so far sa experience kathryn is very you know professional talented humble and kind
37:54and um yeah i'm i'm very excited to to work with her i feel like this will be um a great experience
38:05and especially my comeback project so i couldn't be more thankful to um to dreamscape and abscdn
38:13you've met her before or worked with her before not yet not worked but we've met before but we haven't
38:20had the chance to work together so this will be the first time so it's been years since you um
38:29did an acting stint how do you feel about making a comeback what made you decide okay i'm ready
38:36to act again because for so long parang ang daming nagre-request at sana we see you back on tv or in the
38:42movies pero parang iniiwasan mo for the past few years um i think i wish i had a better answer but
38:50i think it's about time you know i always wanted to come back to tv at some point and
38:56i feel like uh this time around um things are different you know that's it's it's a different
39:05environment and um you know i think mentally and emotionally i can i can handle it this time
39:14um i didn't take it so well uh last time but i you know i've grown a lot since then so yeah i just feel
39:22like i'm ready and it's time okay so for the rest of 2025 so i don't know um one step at a time because
39:32i'm here up and masyadong malayo are there any other things that you still want to accomplish for
39:37yourself this year as we draw near to the end of the year this year um
39:46uh no i think there's not enough time to accomplish anymore this year i've already accomplished so much
39:51uh i don't want to do anything else this year except um work on my music um shoot this amazing
39:58um tv series that will be coming soon early next year um and yeah just enjoy the time that i have
40:08it's my lapitan holiday season so just enjoy my time my friends family um but next year besides the
40:17teleseria besides the album i hope to also do a uh asia tour southeast asia tour and australia
40:26wow wow okay and then for my last question siguro ano na lang yung pinaka mindset mo at this point
40:35in your life with everything that's going that's happening with your career your personal life
40:42siguro what keeps you um going or what inspires you now
40:48what keeps me going um
40:58many many many many many things it's hard to just put it into one category but let's just say love
41:03um
41:07oh ayan sana marami silang na um um
41:11um
41:13sa ating kwentuhan session ngayon james thank you so much for um visiting pep headquarters so thank you
41:19pepsters then ayan meron pa ba mga um
41:22um
41:25mga messages and dami pa rin and it's about time for a solo concert
41:30yes coming soon
41:33grab the wedding when easy lang step by step tayo patapos na yung 2025 guys
41:39and let's thank you james
41:41ayan thank you kat we got both
41:44ayan so once again pepsters no um we are um inviting you to um catch james sa kanyang mga
41:53upcoming projects can you you can you invite them sa
41:56na mga gagawin mo pa mga shows concert
42:00oh okay yes later on i'll be on uh the wish bus i'll be performing my latest single blessed so please
42:07tune in and uh the official music videos out now on my on my youtube um so please
42:13watch there's a very cute uh surprise ending um for the music video where i went up script
42:21so please watch it and watch till the very end um and i want to say thank you for uh to all the
42:28fans who submitted their videos their moments with me um to be part of the 15 years um in the
42:37industry for me so thank you so much moving for being part of my journey and
42:41um there's so many things um but yes stay tuned and um follow me on my uh my socials my instagram
42:52tiktok oh and uh i'll also be performing it's a showtime wow okay then tomorrow wow
43:02i'm just promoting my my latest single best and uh yeah hopefully you can tune in as well thank you so
43:12much thank you thank you thank you thank you so thank you once again james no for all pepsters and
43:17mga fans na nag nanonood sa amin ngayon keep on um um tuning in sa ating pep tv sa youtube meron
43:26ni tayo sa facebook and of course nasa pep.ph din yan for all our live interviews no and then of
43:33course um abangan din nyo tignan nyo din ang mga latest hot stories natin dyan hindi lang yan mga
43:39entertainment news fair time lifestyle non celebrity section so andyan yan lahat guys so follow us on the
43:45social media platforms na naka flash dyan sa stream and then you may also follow me on instagram and
43:51twitter at thank you so much james i'm happy to have you here again thanks for having me thank you
43:59can you say bye to our pepsters bye pepsters see you next time bye everyone
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