Ben&Ben
Ben&Ben’s new single “Di Ka Sayang” was launched on November 6, 2020. On November 9, 2020 at 6:00 p.m., the band launched its music video, which was helmed by Jorel Lising, the band’s frequent collaborator and the director behind their hits “Pagtingin” and “Nakikinig Ka Ba Sa Akin.”
The visible accompaniment of the tune follows the band performing in random intimate areas with Kintsugi artform because the backdrop. In keeping with vocalist and guitarist Paolo Benjamin, the inspiration behind the pottery restore technique because the binding theme got here from their manufacturing designer Dianne Khu.
“Throughout the planning of the video, issues got here collectively in a really natural form of method and we thought it match the idea completely,” Benjamin said. “Kintsugi is the Japanese artwork of piecing collectively damaged elements of pottery with gold glue. By doing this, brokenness is made entire in a method that’s a lot better than it beforehand was.”
“Our percussionist Andrew even has a tattoo of wabi-sabi, which is the Japanese philosophy of accepting and discovering which means within the imperfections in life and nature,” Benjamin continued. “We actually noticed Kintsugi as a strong technique to symbolize self-acceptance.”
“This 12 months has been the hardest 12 months for many individuals from our era and a whole lot of us are on this state whereby a whole lot of plans, desires, hopes and objectives had been compromised, cancelled or relatively sayang (a waste),” vocalist and guitarist Miguel Benjamin identified. “Even for us personally as a band, we had a tough time coping with these identical struggles. What we wished to share, nevertheless, is that we’re by no means alone in our hardships and that there’s nonetheless hope in a greater tomorrow.”
On November 11, 2020, Ben&Ben will launch a particular BBTV episode on its YouTube channel, which thus far has greater than 1.2 million subscribers. The award-winning nine-piece collective may also carry out at Lazada SuperShow 11.11 on November 10, 2020 and at Wishbus Unique on November 12, 2020.
