00:37.9
12 years old lang siya noon, pero bigay todo kung mag-perform.
00:42.8
Kaya naman, deserve niya ang naging magandang takbo
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ng career sa showbiz nitong nakaraang sampung taon.
00:55.9
Ah, tutuloy ba natin?
01:00.6
Lahat na ng bata o hindi na bata.
01:04.6
Napaka-talented na singer, Darren Espanto.
01:07.8
Noong una kong na-meet si Darren, halos kasing pangkad ko lang siya.
01:11.7
Grabe, napaka-bilis talaga ng panahon.
01:15.2
Nakita ko, I go from the very start.
01:17.1
And the evolution of Darren.
01:20.9
Evolution talaga.
01:22.5
Opo, totoo naman po kasi may evolution yung buhok ko.
01:25.9
🎵 Laughter 🎵
01:26.2
Yung height ko akal.
01:27.7
Ano nila, hindi na ako tatangkad.
01:29.7
Laking Calgary sa Alberta, Canada si Darren.
01:32.8
Pangarap niya sana pumasok sa medical school
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dahil ito ang linya ng trabaho ng kanyang mga magulang.
01:38.9
My dad is in the brain injury unit.
01:41.3
Siya po yung unit manager.
01:43.4
And then my mom naman works in hospice.
01:47.4
Pero nang pala rin siya sa mundo ng showbiz,
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Pilipinas na ang naging tahanan niya.
01:54.7
Marami ang humahanga kay Darren.
01:57.7
Dahil mapakantaman o sayaw,
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At umaapaw ang kanyang talento.
02:05.5
Yan ba yung how you imagined your career to be when you were starting?
02:09.6
Talagang may blueprint na ako sa utak ko bago pumasok sa The Voice Kids.
02:14.0
Pero, you know, my biggest dream at that time was just to be able to perform po sa national TV,
02:22.2
Ang pangarap na yun natupad ng maging runner-up sa The Voice Kids.
02:26.7
Sunod-sunod ang naging performance niya sa ASAP.
02:30.2
At halos tuwing linggo, ay may iba't-ibang pasabog,
02:33.3
kaya naman madala siya ikumpara kay Mr. Pure Energy, Gary Vee.
02:39.2
Some Sokbet account that said,
02:41.1
you're the next Gary Vee.
02:42.7
Did you ever see that?
02:43.6
But for me, dami ko pang kailangang pagdaanan,
02:46.5
dami ko pang kakaining bigas,
02:48.9
sabi nga nila before I can reach, you know, what Tito Gary has reached.
02:52.4
And he is also one of the people that I've looked up to.
02:56.7
I'm still learning, and I continue to learn.
03:00.6
Ang pagsisikap at pagpapatuloy niyang matuto,
03:04.0
ang nagbukas ng maraming oportunidad sa kanya.
03:08.0
2018, ang una siyang sumabak sa aktingan,
03:10.6
kung saan nakasama ang sikat na tambalang,
03:13.2
Kath Niel, sa The House of Us.
03:15.9
Can I have Caroline back?
03:18.9
At ngayong taon naman,
03:20.1
ay kinaiinasan siya sa love triangle
03:22.3
ng tambalang Dawn Bell sa Can't Buy Me Love,
03:25.5
kung saan tumatak ang kanyang karakter bilang si Stephen Tanueco.
03:30.0
Are you seriously going to eat that?
03:31.5
Everywhere I go, kahit kapag nagshowtime po ako,
03:34.0
the crowd, they yell,
03:35.2
Stephen, Stephen!
03:39.3
Kahit ganito pa ako.
03:41.5
Pero kasabay nakasikatan sa pag-aartista,
03:44.5
hindi siya nakalita sa kontrobersya.
03:47.3
One of them being mentioned was,
03:49.4
um, parang may alitan between Cassie and Tita Carmina,
03:55.5
and I, but we're all good.
03:57.2
We're all friends.
03:58.3
And then nag-guest si Kylene sa showtime.
04:14.8
Netizens kind of took it the wrong way.
04:16.7
So I guess, what you're saying is,
04:19.6
people are, parang it's bound to be interpreted in different ways.
04:22.6
Opo, parang after my interview,
04:24.0
people just stitched their IG,
04:25.6
stories to my interview,
04:26.8
and then ginawa na ng issue.
04:30.4
Maraming nalining sa kanya ngayon.
04:34.6
wala naman po ngayon.
04:36.2
Just enjoying the single life.
04:39.3
Totoo po, at the moment, parang,
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you know, even if I tried to,
04:44.5
parang hindi ko po siya priority ngayon.
04:47.6
Kasi ang dami rin namang nangyayari sa buhay ko,
04:50.7
sa personal life ko.
04:51.7
What's the first letter of the alphabet?
04:55.5
Lalo na nung naging regular host na rin siya
04:58.8
ng It's Showtime,
05:00.1
kung saan marami na siyang napapasayang madlang people.
05:03.7
At syempre, todo paghahanda na siya
05:05.5
sa nalalapit niyang concert
05:06.9
para i-celebrate ang isang dekada niyang karera.
05:10.9
So I'm gonna teach Miss Bernadette Sembrano
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some vocal warm-up.
05:15.0
Itong mga ginagawa mo,
05:16.4
pwede rin for broadcaster?
05:17.8
Actually, they say hosts and, you know,
05:19.8
journalists, broadcasters,
05:21.3
they should also have vocal warm-ups
05:22.8
para na ma-warm up yung boses
05:27.8
Magagamit ito bago sumalang sa TV Patrol
05:30.4
mula lunes hanggang biyernes,
05:32.8
alas 6.30 ng gabi.
05:37.5
So first, vocal warm-up.
05:45.3
First warm-up pa lang.
05:48.0
Paano pa kaya yung mga susunod?
05:50.4
Tapos yung isa naman is tongue trills.
05:55.4
At ang huli, hindi ko na talaga kinaya.
06:03.5
Sige, ikaw na lang, my friend.
06:04.8
Mahirap na yan for me.
06:06.0
Ang awa ka sa lola mo.
06:07.2
Hindi yung dahil gigil ka lang.
06:08.6
Isa pang pangarap ang gusto niyang matupad
06:10.7
sa kanyang concert.
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Yun ay ang makasama ang coach
06:13.7
na gumabay sa kanya
06:14.9
noong nagsisimula pa lamang siya.
06:18.7
hindi mo pa rin nakaka...
06:19.7
Yun yung dream partner mo before, eh.
06:24.1
O matutuloy na ba?
06:31.7
Kailangan nilang man ako, eh.
06:34.2
Siya man ang binansagang
06:35.4
Asia's Pop Heartthrob ngayon,
06:38.4
ang simpleng batang si Darren Espato noon
06:40.6
dahil sa likod ng kanyang mga tagumpay,
06:44.6
at matuloy na gumagawa ng mga kanta
06:47.0
at pangalan sa industriya.
06:50.1
Sinabi ni ate Sara Jeronimo sa akin na
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maglabas ka lang ng maglabas ng mga kanta.
06:56.0
Just keep writing,
06:57.1
just keep performing.
06:58.0
Hindi naman kailangan lahat ng ilabas mo
06:59.8
papatok or magiging hit.
07:02.2
Aspire to inspire before you expire.
07:05.2
Kung anong kaya mong ibigay sa mundong ito,
07:07.7
kung may gift ka,
07:10.0
share it with the world, you know?
07:11.6
You never know who needs it.