Global artist Jackson Wang shares his journey of self-discovery and creative evolution ahead of his 'Magicman 2' World Tour concert in Manila at the Araneta Coliseum in Quezon City on Nov. 2, 2025. In a sit-down interview with The Manila Times, the Hong Kong-born singer opens up about authenticity, balance, and finding peace while staying true to himself. Read more about Jackson's true self: https://tmt.news/2213532
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00:00I think the main reason for that was I've never really shown my honest side because growing up in the commercial world, right, debuting in the commercial world, there are some sort of appropriate and inappropriate things that the label restricts.
00:26So I've never, so I don't know. And also because some of the songs that when I sang in the past, I didn't even know what it means. I just received a song and I just sang it. Okay, I wake up. This is the dance. Okay, go. You know, so I just felt like I needed this as an artist in my life at least once to talk about what, how I feel about everything, how I feel about life.
00:49That's why every single song in the album is, there's a message. And also my lifestyle, who I am, like 360 as a person, I try my best to let my fans know, even understanding that I might lose everything.
01:04But I would rather die like me as me, you know, and I want to, I think that's the, that's the basic respect I feel as a human to my fans and community to show and to share.
01:18This is who I am, you know, I have a lot, I've done, I've made a lot of mistakes. I have a lot of shorts, but this is, at least, you know, I'm honest, you know, so yeah, that's what I've been doing in recent three, four years.
01:35That's why when I go out, you know, going to drink, going to the parties, hosting parties, you know, when I, just being able to be, being able to be comfortable with my, my fans. Yeah.
01:50And for the people that don't, not know of, not know who I am, you know, I just want to be able to be me.
01:56And why?
01:57I think every single song in my album is, is straight from my personal journals. So there wasn't any song that was hard to write. There's no inspiration. It was just from, it was literally from my journal, every single song.
02:16So I just took what I wrote in the journal and I just changed it into a song format. So the hardest song I have, I don't know.
02:24I can't pay what?
02:26But how long?
02:27Oh, maybe the one, the song that I wrote for my parents. Yeah, maybe that's what, because maybe that was the hardest one.
02:34I don't think that was the hardest one. That was the longest one. Because when I, when we, when we finished, because I know it's from my parents, I start to think like, is this good enough?
02:49Is this, and I changed a lot of different versions. But then I went back to the first version, because it was the most, the first instinct, you know? Yeah.
03:00It's about being in control and also of your, of everything. And also, even like the fans of community, they know exactly who you are. Even if they, yeah, that's one of the things that I really wanted.
03:17But whoever that know of me, either you, uh, you can support me, you can love me, you can hate me. But I want to make sure that you know who I am. Yeah. And that's what I think it was my biggest, uh, struggle for my early on careers.
03:37I, I think the more I age, I'm just going with the flow, you know? Because back then, and I realized, you know, as a, at a young age, I try to plan a lot of things. But a lot of time, life just changed in the last second, you know? So, I just want to be, I think now, the more I age, I'm just going with the flow. And second, the more I age, I feel like I'm just very neutral about everything.
04:01I think my parents. Yeah, I really think. Because, you know, it's hard raising, raising me and my brother, you know? And I think every parent, every mom.
04:14Every mom is hard, you know? And, and I think my parents sacrifice a lot. And I realized, I think one of the songs, Sophie Rickey, the song that I wrote for my parents, is really talking about,
04:24the journal was saying, it felt like, us and our parents, we're on the same street, but they're just a bit, a bit, a bit in front of us, you know? And
04:36they were teenagers as well, you know? They went to parties in their generation, right? I think they, they enjoy, they had dreams.
04:46But I think once they had kids like us, there's so much that they sacrifice. But, you know, growing up as a, as a, as a kid, you won't understand that until,
04:57until, like, down the road, when you get, when you age, you start to think, hey, they're,
05:04they didn't have to raise us, you get me? So, this is just some thoughts that I had.
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