00:04You know, right now, Matty Hunyosa is a back-to-back golden buzzer on Britain's Got Talent.
00:11You know, I was looking on YouTube. I was trying to find out if I did an interview with Matty.
00:15Yes, I did. I did an interview with Matty. And he is about to compete in the finals.
00:20If you were to give him a piece of advice, what would that be?
00:26I feel like Matty is doing great. I think he's performing so well.
00:30And I think he's representing the Filipinos so well on Britain's Got Talent.
00:33So I don't really have much advice. I would say, you know, just stay confident and secure in who you
00:38are as an artist.
00:39And I know you're going to kill it and take home the crown for us Filipinos again in Britain's Got
00:44Talent.
00:44I would love that. I would love to have another champion.
00:47I actually performed with Sophrano the other night. Yes, yes.
00:51Vasquez, yes. Yes, yeah.
00:52No, but Jessica, take us to that moment. When you are on stage.
00:56And then you're standing there. Yes.
00:59And you're about to sing. And you know that millions of people are watching.
01:05Yeah. What do you say? I mean, you know, what do you actually tell yourself?
01:11Yeah, you know, it's very stressful. And I can tell you, you know, I was nine months pregnant.
01:15I was very stressed. But I had to learn to kind of breathe through it and tell myself,
01:20you know what, I made it this far and whatever the Lord has for me, let it be his will.
01:24Do you do that internal monologue?
01:26Definitely, yes.
01:26I mean, do you say, Jessica, you know, boy, this is your moment. I mean, do you actually talk to
01:31yourself?
01:32Yeah, you know, I do. And I also pray. I'm like, Lord, please, like, just ease me.
01:37Give me the peace that only you can give me.
01:39And I'm just trusting what you have in store for me.
01:43And I feel like, you know, he's always delivered more than I can ever ask or think.
01:46And I feel like his hand is over, you know, the Filipino people as well with our talent and us
01:51kind of coming, you know,
01:52out of nowhere in all of these, you know, platforms, kind of showing up and showing out all these talents.
01:58We have been, Carlo and I have been in this music business for a long, long time.
02:03And at a certain point, I was, I had this, I had this idea that it was formidable.
02:11It was almost impossible to break into the American music business.
02:17Today, how easy, how difficult is it?
02:22I feel like it is, it's still a little difficult because, you know, it's so saturated.
02:27There's so many people trying to, you know, get into, to break into, especially in America.
02:33But we do have, you know, amazing artists, you know, who are Filipino Americans, yes, that are like representing for
02:40our people.
02:41So that makes me very, very proud. And it also makes me proud to represent, you know, myself.
02:46Does it make it easier? I mean, you know, we listed names here. Bruno, first name basis.
02:51Bruno Mars, Olivia Rodrigo, her, you know, we have Saweetie, and even Sofia, La Fortez of Cat's Eye.
03:00I mean, having, having these Filipino American artists, I mean, that, does that make life easier?
03:07Definitely. We've come a long way since, you know, the past.
03:11When I was younger, you know, I would get discriminated against.
03:14They would tell me, oh yeah, no, you can't do this kind of music or that kind of music or
03:18be on this platform
03:19because you're not the race that we're looking for.
03:22But now, you know, I actually find, you know, producers.
03:25Did you get this in your face? I mean, would you?
03:27Yes, yeah, definitely. Yeah, you know, it was very blunt and straightforward.
03:30And I was so young, so, but it's okay, you know, like I said, we've come so far.
03:34And now, actually, I hear producers in TV places talking about how they are looking for Filipino faces.
03:41Mabuhay.
03:41That's right.
03:42That's right.
04:16That's right.
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