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‘Hometown Cha-Cha-Cha’ inspires Sponge Cola’s Yael Yuzon to write a song

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style="color:#c9c8cd;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;line-height:17px;text-decoration:none" target="_blank">A post shared by Yael Yrastorza Yuzon (@yaelyraz)</a></div></div></blockquote><script async="" src="//www.instagram.com/embed.js" type="text/javascript"></script><div> </div><p>One of the celebrities who expressed his fascination for the hit Netflix show is Sponge Cola frontman Yael Yuzon. </p><p>Before the finale of the series aired on Sunday, October 17, Yael surprised his fans when he announced that he made a song inspired by the Kim Seon-ho-starrer.</p><div><a href="https://push.abs-cbn.com/2020/8/21/fresh-scoops/how-karylle-yael-yuzon-deal-with-pandemic-positiv-130696"><u><strong>How Karylle, Yael Yuzon deal with pandemic positively, productively</strong></u></a></div><p>Having written a song inspired by <i>Start-Up</i> last year, Yael also took the chance to share what he thinks about the show. </p><p>“Wrote a song about <i>Hometown Cha-Cha-Cha</i>. Happened sa <i>Start Up</i> last year, happened again with <i>Hometown.</i> Relatable characters ni Kim Seon-Ho, I guess,” he said. </p><p>“I write about things that move me. Nice show, ‘no? Para kang nagbakasyon sa isang coastal town with lots of love stories unfolding,” he added. </p><div> </div><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Wrote a song about Hometown Cha Cha Cha. Happened sa Start Up last year, happened again with hometown. Relatable characters ni Kim Seon-Ho i guess. I write about things that move me. Nice show no? Para kang nagbakasyon sa isang coastal town with lots of love stories unfolding.</p>— Yael Yrastorza Yuzon (@yaelyraz) <a href="https://twitter.com/yaelyraz/status/1449717252664688643?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 17, 2021</a></blockquote><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charSet="utf-8" type="text/javascript"></script><div> </div><p>He went on to share what the message of the song is all about, saying, “Different forms of love, daming bases covered, perfect balance ng light and weight, parang life lang, minsan mabigat, minsan magaan.” </p><p>While he hadn’t decided about the final title for the song as of this writing, Yael shared some of his ideas in mind. </p><p>“Not sure pa sa title ng song, thinking of PENGUINS AND POLAR BEARS or simply HOMETOWN. Wala lang, share ko lang. Nood tayo ng finale in a bit,” he remarked. </p><div> </div><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="tl">Different forms of love, daming bases covered, perfect balance ng light &amp; weight, parang life lang, minsan mabigat, minsan magaan. Not sure pa sa title ng song, thinking of PENGUINS AND POLAR BEARS or simply HOMETOWN. Wala lang, share ko lang. Nood tayo ng finale in a bit.</p>— Yael Yrastorza Yuzon (@yaelyraz) <a href="https://twitter.com/yaelyraz/status/1449718016464224263?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 17, 2021</a></blockquote><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charSet="utf-8" type="text/javascript"></script><div> </div><p>Earlier this afternoon, October 18, Yael took to Twitter to share that he has already started recording the vocals for the song. </p><p>Based on the emojis he used, it appears Yael picked “Penguins and Polar Bears” as the title of the song. </p><div> </div><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Recording vocals 🐧🐻‍❄️💙</p>— Yael Yrastorza Yuzon (@yaelyraz) <a href="https://twitter.com/yaelyraz/status/1449995954858315779?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 18, 2021</a></blockquote><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charSet="utf-8" type="text/javascript"></script><div> </div><p><i>Hometown Cha-Cha-Cha </i>also stars Shin Min-a and Lee Sang-yi. It is currently streaming on the digital streaming platform Netflix. </p>