{"id":134649,"date":"2017-11-28T04:48:36","date_gmt":"2017-11-28T09:48:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=134649"},"modified":"2017-11-28T04:48:36","modified_gmt":"2017-11-28T09:48:36","slug":"yeng-constantino-sings-ikaw-in-mandarin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2017\/11\/28\/yeng-constantino-sings-ikaw-in-mandarin\/","title":{"rendered":"Yeng Constantino sings \u201cIkaw\u201d in Mandarin"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Filipina pop-rock singer-songwriter Yeng Constatntino spent her full six hours recording the Chinese version of her sought-after song \u201cIkaw.\u201d (Photo<\/a>: Yeng Constantino\/Facebook<\/a>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Filipina pop-rock singer-songwriter Yeng Constatntino spent her full six hours recording the Chinese version of her sought-after song \u201cIkaw.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cGinawa po ang<\/em> lyrics sa<\/em> Singapore. Ni-<\/em>record ko rin doon.<\/em> My boss po sa<\/em> Academy of Rock, Chinese descendant po siya, eh. Pinagawa niya ang \u2018Ikaw\u2019<\/em> in Mandarin (I composed the lyrics and recorded it in Singapore. My boss in Academy of Rock is a Chines descendant. He wanted me to write the song \u201cIkaw\u201d in Mandarin),\u201d Yeng was quoted in a Manila Bulletin report.<\/p>\n

Yeng had her interview at the media huddle for the first ever Fil-Chi star concert named \u201cNice To meet You\u201d which will happen on January 17, 2018, 8 o\u2019 clock in the evening at Mall of Asia Arena. The singer-songwriter will be joined by Chinese artists G.E.M., Della Wu, Chief (Cha o Chuan) and Da Zhuang.<\/p>\n

This event is produced by Philippine Dragon Media Network (PDMN).<\/p>\n

Aside from the Chinese artists, Kapamilya actress Kim Chiu will also be one of the performers.<\/p>\n

According to Yeng, singing her song in a different language is not an easy thing to do.<\/p>\n

\u201cMahirap pong aralin ang<\/em> Mandarin. Ang <\/em>pronunciation nila ay iba talaga. Kapag nag-iba ang <\/em>pronunciation ay nag-iiba ang<\/em> meaning. Konting mali sa<\/em> pronounciation ay iba na agad ang<\/em> meaning so kailangang ime<\/em>-morize ko talaga<\/em> (Learning Mandarin is hard. They pronunciation is really different. Once the pronunciation differs, the meaning of the word will change. Small mistake in pronunciation will lead to different meaning so I really need to memorize it),\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

\u201cI needed to have a vocal coach,\u201d she added.<\/p>\n

The singer-songwriter has always been looking forward to being part of an event as \u201cNice To Meet You.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cWe were hoping before na magkaroon nga ng mga<\/em> gigs na ganito, na makakanta ako<\/em> for Chinese communities. Nakikita ko na ngayon ang<\/em> fruit ng ginawa namin sa<\/em> Singapore. Nakakatuwa na meron ganitong<\/em> event (We were hoping to have gigs like this before where I can sing for Chinese communities. I can see the fruit of what we did in Singapore. I\u2019m glad that we have this kind of event.),\u201d Yeng stressed.<\/p>\n

She said that she was even surprised when she was chosen to perform in the event. She added that sometimes she\u2019s hoping for it although she wasn\u2019t expecting something like this to happen.<\/p>\n

\u201cTayong mga Pilipino, bukod sa nakakapag<\/em>-perform tayo sa Pilipinas (ay) gusto rin nating na nakakapag-perform para sa ibang lahi<\/em>. Opportunity po ito para sa akin<\/em> (We, Filipinos, aside from we are able to perform in the Philippines, we also want to perform for other people. This is an opportunity for me),\u201d Yeng explained.<\/p>\n

The Filipina singer earlier performed for a Chinese crowd at the China Asean Friendship concert. In the upcoming \u201cNice To Meet You\u201d concert. Yeng disclosed that there will be no collaborations with any of the Chinese performers. She said it will be a solo performance, and that she will be doing five to six songs depending on the audience.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Filipina pop-rock singer-songwriter Yeng Constatntino spent her full six hours recording the Chinese version of her sought-after song \u201cIkaw.\u201d \u201cGinawa …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":134705,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,46],"tags":[35839,35840,35841,894],"class_list":["post-134649","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-entertainment","category-entertainment-ph","tag-ikaw","tag-mandarin","tag-nice-to-meet-you-concert","tag-yeng-constantino","mauthors-joanna-belle-deala","mauthors-philippine-canadian-inquirer"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/134649","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/33"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=134649"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/134649\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/134705"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=134649"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=134649"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=134649"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}