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Ebe Dancel shares the stories behind some of his hit songs

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<figure class="op-interactive"><div id="IVS_ABS_Body_Video_1_Container"> <ivs-player id="IVS_ABS_Body_Video_1" data-ivs-spid="3001339" data-ivs-key="e8c22c015ca9eafa76f1e3edfa03c603" data-ivs-vid="1434292" data-ivs-floating="1"></ivs-player> <script src="https://player.ivideosmart.com/ivsplayer/v4/dist/js/iframe-parent.js"></script> <script src="https://player.ivideosmart.com/ivsplayer/v4/dist/js/loader.js"></script> </div></figure><div class="iwantbar">Watch more in <a href="~//www.iwantv.com.ph/">iWantv</a> or <a href="~//tfc.tv/">TFC.tv</a></div><p>MANILA—His songs — deep, heartfelt and personal — have struck a chord with Filipino listeners.</p><p>Being in the music industry for a long while now, former Sugarfree front man Ebe Dancel has established himself as one of the most successful local songwriters.</p><p>And on Wednesday&#x27;s interview on &quot;Tonight With Boy Abunda,&quot; Dancel shared the stories behind some of his famous tracks.</p><p>1. &quot;Prom&quot;</p><p>&quot;Mostly my frustration from high school. I was in love with someone. Some guy stole her. So I never got to go to the prom with her.&quot;</p><p>2. &quot;Huwag Ka Nang Umiyak&quot;</p><p>&quot;This one I wrote for a friend. She&#x27;s very iyakin. May nakikita siyang asong may pilay, iiyak na siya. I decided to write a song for her because I was tired of saying huwag ka nang umiyak. Parang nag-record na lang ako para kung iiyak na siya i-play ko nalang. One of the fastest songs I was able to write.&quot;</p><p>3. &quot;Bawat Daan&quot;</p><p>&quot;This one I wrote for a musical based on Sugarfree&#x27;s &#x27;Sa Wakas.&#x27; That&#x27;s maybe one of the lowest points of my musical career. I went solo. I had no shows. I had nothing. Then the musical came along, sabi nila, we need you to write another song. Na-realize ko music is the journey, music is my way home.&quot;</p><p>4. &quot;Burnout&quot;</p><p>&quot;Some people see it as a love song when it&#x27;s really not.&quot;</p><figure class="op-interactive"><div id="IVS_ABS_Body_Video_2_Container"> <ivs-player id="IVS_ABS_Body_Video_2" data-ivs-spid="3001339" data-ivs-key="e8c22c015ca9eafa76f1e3edfa03c603" data-ivs-vid="1434289" data-ivs-floating="1"></ivs-player> <script src="https://player.ivideosmart.com/ivsplayer/v4/dist/js/iframe-parent.js"></script> <script src="https://player.ivideosmart.com/ivsplayer/v4/dist/js/loader.js"></script> </div></figure><div class="iwantbar">Watch more in <a href="~//www.iwantv.com.ph/">iWantv</a> or <a href="~//tfc.tv/">TFC.tv</a></div><p>During the interview, the award-winning singer-songwriter said he contemplated giving up on music after parting ways with Sugarfree, but he decided to stay after being told by a fan that he&#x27;s different when on stage.</p><p>&quot;Sabi niya, you seem to know what you are doing . . . Whenever you are on stage, you seem to be in control of your life,&quot; Dancel said.</p><p>&quot;I went home and I cried. I realized I&#x27;m taking this gift from God for granted and it changed my whole perspective.&quot;</p><p>Dancel was on the late-night show to promote his digital concert on Sunday at 7 p.m. that can be streamed on onemusic.ph.</p>

<p>"Prom" was about a girl Dancel was in love with in high school, but got "stolen" from him.</p>

"Prom" was about a girl Dancel was in love with in high school, but got "stolen" from him.