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Pinay-Arab singer releases third single in UK

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Edward Lao, ABS-CBN News

<div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img src="http://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2019/entertainment/04/25/20190425-lailana-shouly-cover.jpg?ext=.jpg"/><figcaption>Lailana Shouly’s &quot;Don’t Let It Affect U&quot; was made available to stream and download on a variety of online platforms such as Spotify, Amazon Music and Google Play Music on April 19.</figcaption></figure></div>LONDON – A Filipina-Arab singer based here recently released her third track, a song she hopes would send a message of optimism to those experiencing a sense of disconnection. Lailana Shouly’s &quot;Don’t Let It Affect U&quot; was made available to stream and download on a variety of online platforms like Spotify, Amazon Music and Google Play Music on April 19.The 23-year-old wrote, composed and produced the song herself, and explains it is about remaining positive despite the feeling of “intermittent disconnection.”“It is about the feeling of being disconnected from your loved ones, friends, your relationship with God and the worst – when you disconnect from yourself and can’t seem to get a hold of your thoughts and feel like you’re slowly losing your mind,” she said.The song also features the themes of religion and faith, with lyrics like “pray, pray every single day,” and highlights that it is OK to ask for help, as well as the importance of staying optimistic.“Pray every single day is something my mom used to tell me all the time. I grew up with two religions – Catholicism and Islam – so God was a very big part of my life growing up,” she said. But as she grew older, she started to question a lot of different factors about the two religions. “An old friend told me, even on your darkest days there is always an opportunity to get out of there, always an opportunity, you just have to find it, and that is exactly what I tried to embody in the song.” <div>A SONG FOR WHEN</div>&quot;Don’t Let It Affect U&quot; is Shouly’s third offering this year following the release of &quot;Loneliness ≠ Real&quot; in February and &quot;The Car&quot; in March.They belong to a 10-track album called &quot;A Song For When,&quot; a compilation of songs that Shouly wrote over the last eight years.“I wanted to create a portfolio of different sounds and use fun and wacky instruments that people in mainstream music may stay away from - but experimenting with those sounds and using them to intensify a certain feeling I want to portray really brought the whole project together,” she said.<div>PURSUING DREAMS</div>Shouly, who was born and raised in Dubai to a Lebanese-Palestinian father and Pinay mother originally from Nueva Ecija, moved to Britain with her family at the age of 16 and immediately immersed herself in her studies.But her true passion has always been music. So after graduating in 2017 with a degree in Hospitality and Business Management, Shouly decided it was time to pursue her dreams.Despite being new to the British music scene and only recently launching her career, Shouly is no stranger to performance art.From age 6 she started singing professionally in Dubai. At age 10 she began training in opera singing, and appeared in musical theater productions such as &quot;High School Musical&quot; and &quot;Let It Snow.&quot; At age 13, classical singing followed.Shouly, who also plays the piano and recently taught herself the ukulele, believes the Filipino in her has something to do with her love for music.“Filipinos are passionate about music and singing and I definitely think this is something that I inherited from my mother,” she said.She shared that she grew up listening to Filipino artists from the ‘60s and ‘70s like Jose Mari Chan and Freddie Aguilar, as well as more recent performers and bands.“I was classically-trained by a member of the famous Filipino musical family Tajanlangit, Tito Anton, and he was a major factor in making me the artist that I am today.”<div>UNSIGNED BUT OK</div>Shouly is currently unsigned to a record label, but that does not bother her – for now – and instead views this phase in her musical development as an opportunity to express herself and experiment.“One big goal of mine is to combine my classical music background with my current sound – a little bit of opera never hurt nobody! And another thing I want to work on is cross-language music,” she said.Due to the varied nature of Shouly’s songs, she said it could be tricky to pin down her musical style, but added that Indie Pop is probably closest.She is often told by others that her voice resembles a mix of award-winning British singers Adele and Amy Winehouse.The remaining seven songs from &quot;A Song For When,&quot; which will all be available to stream and download via online music platforms, will be released with one coming out each month until November.As she prepares for those upcoming tracks, Shouly is working as marketing executive and editor, and in her spare time serenades audiences in venues across London, Amsterdam, Los Angeles, Manila and Dubai.

LONDON – A Filipina-Arab singer based here recently released her third track, a song she hopes would send a message of optimism to those experiencing a sense of disconnection.

LONDON – A Filipina-Arab singer based here recently released her third track, a song she hopes would send a message of optimism to those experiencing a sense of disconnection.

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Pinay-Arab singer releases third single in UK

Edward Lao,

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Published Apr 25, 2019 04:53 PM PHT

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