Krissy bares heart in ‘Songs About You’

Ni Len Armea

Mga awiting tungkol sa pag-ibig ang nilalaman ng bagong album ni Krissy na kanyang pinamagatang “Songs About You” sa ilalim ng MCA Music. Ito ang unang album ni Krissy bilang solo artist matapos na mag-desisyon silang magkapatid na buwagin na ang kanilang duo na nakilala bilang Krissy & Ericka.

Una nang naglabas ng dalawang albums ang magkapatid: “Krissy & Ericka” noong 2009 at ang “Twelve: Fifty One” noong 2012.

Sa press launch na ginanap kamakailan sa Pasig City, buong sayang sinabi ng 20-taong-gulang na mang-aawit na pagkaraan ng limang taon sa music industry ay nakapaglabas siya ng all-original album kung saan lahat ng awitin ay siya ang sumulat at batay sa kanyang personal na karanasan.

“Songs About You is originally supposed to be a self-titled album because I’m coming out as my own separate person but I thought about it and kind of want to express more what the album is.

“It’s all compounded by different stories and different people in my life. It’s kind of like a storybook, there’s every emotion you can think of – there’s happy, there’s sad, there’s angry,” paglalarawan ng dalaga sa bago nitong album.

Carrier single ng naturang album ang “We Can’t Be” na kanyang isinulat para sa isang tao na akala niya’y magiging ka-relasyon niya. Bukod dito, ang ilan pang kantang nakapaloob sa album ay ang “Weekend With You,” “Piece of You,” “Distance,” “The Game,” “Don’t Forget Me,” “Gone Away,” at ang piano version ng hit single na “12:51.”

Suportado pa rin umano siya ng kanyang kapatid na si Ericka na ngayon ay pinili munang magpahinga sa paggawa ng musika kaya’t kinuha ni Krissy ang pagkakataon na gumawa ng album na mayroon niyang sariling tatak.

“The difference now is that my sister wasn’t there anymore to sing some parts with me but I’m kind of happy also because these are my songs, these are my feelings and she can’t relate to it anyway. She wants something else and I did too and it was okay for both of us,” saad pa ni Krissy na iniidolo sina Lana del Rey, Frank Ocean, at Drake.

Aminado si Krissy na ang kanta niya ay tungkol sa mga karanasan niya sa pakikipag-relasyon at ito ang kanyang naging paraan upang sabihin ang mga bagay na hindi niya nasabi noon.

“The album is kind of like the words that I never got to tell these particular people in my life because I’m a coward; it’s like a letter to them, to those boys I never got the chance to express how I really feel.”

Naniniwala rin si Krissy na kahit na personal niyang istorya ang mga kantang nakapaloob sa album ay makaka-relate rin ang marami kapag napakinggan na nila ito.

“I don’t write to make it [song] a hit. I was surprised with 12:51 how a lot of people could relate to it. If anything, that’s my goal – for other people to relate to my songs, to help others who are going through breakups, to have something to listen to, to let them know that there are other people out there who feel the same way,” dagdag ni Krissy na kasalukuyan ay nag-aaral ng Business Music Management.

“I just really hope that you enjoy listening to this album. It is a huge piece of me and I’m happy to share it with all of you,” ani Krissy sa kanyang mga tagapakinig.

Maaaring i-download ang kanyang mga kanta sa pamamagitan ng iTunes at spinnr.ph.