Your Horoscope:
Loading ...CAVITE CITY – Chart-topping dance-rock crooner Efren Peñaflorida is set to release a new single this February 14, a follow-up to his CNN Song of the Year “Kariton Klasrum”.
The single, titled “Kariton Angel” will come out as a dance track with romantic lyrics and full of rock guitar. Showbiz columnist Julie Ang Babaw, who co-wrote the track with Peñaflorida, described the up-coming single as “a rock anthem that can make you dance and fall in love at the same time”.
Like “Kariton Klasrum” the new single is also a personal song. Peñaflorida told FHM Radio that he wrote the song after sexy star Angel Locsin spurned his romantic advances.
“When I was still wooing (Locsin), I had in mind to write a song titled “My Angel” which is about her” Peñaflorida told radio host Kriscross Aquino. “After she refused to return my love, I decided to change the title to “Kariton Angel.”
At first Peñaflorida thought of recording the song as a pop ballad, but decided against it after watching Lady Gaga’s “Bad Romance” on Channel V.
“I wanted to express my emotional side, to show how I feel after Angel rejected me. After watching (Bad Romance) I felt like dancing.”
Peñaflorida is expecting “Kariton Angel” to replicate the success of his smash hit “Kariton Klasrum”. He has enlisted Pinoy rock icon Pepe Smith to play guitar in the recording and Journey vocalist Arnel Pineda to add back-up vocals to the track. For the music video, Peñaflorida had approached Glaiza de Castro, who appeared on GMA’s “Stairway to Heaven” to be his leading lady and dance partner.
“Glaiza looks like Angel. Can’t you see the resemblance? Besides, Glaiza is also cute and sexy. What more can you ask for?” gushed Peñaflorida.
“Kariton Klasrum” was over-voted by fans as the no. 1 song at the CNN’s Year-end Hot 100 Songs for 2009, earning Peñaflorida a cash prize and the CNN Artist of the Year plum. It is also the only single in CNN history to debut at the top spot both at the CNN Dance chart and the CNN Mainstream Rock chart, a feat which the record-breaking single achieved on November 23, 2009. According to the Facebook group Definitely Filipino, Peñaflorida has already sold more than 400,000 fans and friends of his hit single, and is nearing the gold mark.
“Kariton Angel” will be released by Peñaflorida’s record outfit Dynamic Teen Company.
(No Ratings Yet)
Loading ...