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Filipino-Australian singer grentperez is heading to Manila for his first-ever live performance in Asia.

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Filipino-Australian singer grentperez to perform in Manila this month

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<div style="margin:0cm;color:rgb(0, 0, 0)"><span><span>Filipino-Australian grentperez is heading to Manila this month to perform for his fans. This will be the singer’s first-ever live performance in Asia.</span></span></div><div style="margin:0cm;color:rgb(0, 0, 0)"><span><span> </span></span></div><div style="margin:0cm;color:rgb(0, 0, 0)"><span><span>The June 16 show to be staged at Eastwood Central Plaza is open to the public on a first come, first served basis. Show starts at 6:30 p.m.</span></span></div><div style="margin:0cm;color:rgb(0, 0, 0)"><span><span> </span></span></div><div style="margin:0cm;color:rgb(0, 0, 0)"><span><span>The singer also just released his new EP on June 2. </span></span><span><em><span>When We Were Younger</span></em></span><span><span> is now available via AWAL and Fast Friends.</span></span></div><div style="margin:0cm;color:rgb(0, 0, 0)"><span><span> </span></span></div><div style="margin:0cm;color:rgb(0, 0, 0)"><span><span>The new EP was grentperez’s way of getting himself out of what he called a “songwriting rut” after his last musical outing. The EP has seven tracks that were created with the feeling of nostalgia as he wanted to recall the carefree creativity of his younger self.</span></span></div><div style="margin:0cm;color:rgb(0, 0, 0)"><span><span> </span></span></div><div style="margin:0cm;color:rgb(0, 0, 0)"><span><span>“Connecting with what I remember as a really lovely childhood grounds me in the real world and keeps me thinking of the important friends and family in my life,” grentperez explained, “it keeps me from getting ahead of myself.”</span></span></div><div style="margin:0cm;color:rgb(0, 0, 0)"><span><span> </span></span></div><div style="margin:0cm;color:rgb(0, 0, 0)"><span><span>The focus track &quot;Stuck On You&quot; shows the singer’s versatility and falsetto skills. “I wrote this song the first time I had been away from my friends at home for more than a month. I felt like I left just as things were getting good, so this song was a recollection of fond memories and a call to make new ones and wanted to speak about making up for the time we’d lost since I&#x27;d been gone,” he revealed about his songwriting process.</span></span></div><div style="margin:0cm;color:rgb(0, 0, 0)"><span> </span></div><div style="margin:0cm;color:rgb(0, 0, 0)"><a href="https://push.abs-cbn.com/2023/5/4/filipino-australian-grentperez-releases-new-single-ahead-of-ep-release-2307" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"></a><span><a href="https://push.abs-cbn.com/2023/5/4/filipino-australian-grentperez-releases-new-single-ahead-of-ep-release-2307" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><strong>READ: Filipino-Australian grentperez releases new single ahead of EP release</strong></a></span></div><div style="margin:0cm;color:rgb(0, 0, 0)"><br/></div><div style="margin:0cm;color:rgb(0, 0, 0)"><span>When the singer announced that he was coming up with an EP last May, he also released a single ahead of the release. </span></div><div style="margin:0cm;color:rgb(0, 0, 0)"><span> </span></div><div style="margin:0cm;color:rgb(0, 0, 0)"><span><span>&quot;When The Day Is Done&quot; is a song that leans heavily into disco tunes of the past and is “a timeless classic that the whole family can listen to. Or as my dad would say ‘The song I can dance to,&#x27;” grentperez explained.</span></span></div><div style="margin:0cm;color:rgb(0, 0, 0)"><span><span> </span></span></div><div style="margin:0cm;color:rgb(0, 0, 0)"><span><span>“This track embodies the line ‘there’s no place like home’ and when all is said and done, I just want to get back home and to the feeling of family having your back no matter where you are.”</span></span></div><div style="margin:0cm;color:rgb(0, 0, 0)"><span> </span></div><div style="margin:0cm;color:rgb(0, 0, 0)"><span><span>The youngest of three kids in a Filipino family, Grant Perez, aka grentperez, was raised on the music of The Eagles, The Beatles, and Queen thanks to his dad’s influence. His musical instincts helped him learn music on his own.</span></span></div><div style="margin:0cm;color:rgb(0, 0, 0)"><span><span> </span></span></div><div style="margin:0cm;color:rgb(0, 0, 0)"><span><span>By 2013, he launched his own YouTube channel which currently has over 600k subscribers. He started out with covers before deciding to make his own songs.</span></span></div><div style="margin:0cm;color:rgb(0, 0, 0)"><span><span> </span></span></div><div style="margin:0cm;color:rgb(0, 0, 0)"><span><span>By September 2021, he released his debut single “Cherry Wine” which became a hit on Spotify in several countries including the Philippines. Now with over 2 million—and growing—monthly listeners on Spotify, grentperez continues to gain more fans the world over.</span></span><span> </span></div>

<p>Filipino-Australian singer grentperez is heading to Manila for his first-ever live performance in Asia.</p>