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Meet Krystal Brimner: Award-winning actress sets sights on pop stardom

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Miguel Dumaual, ABS-CBN News

<figure class="op-interactive"><iframe allow="autoplay; fullscreen" frameBorder="0" height="100%" id="ivsplayer01" scrolling="no" src="https://player.ivideosmart.com/ivsplayer/v4/dist/html/iframe-src.html?iframeid=ivsplayer01&amp;key=e8c22c015ca9eafa76f1e3edfa03c603&amp;spid=3001339&amp;vid=2232384" width="100%"></iframe></figure><div class="iwantbar">Watch more News on <a href="https://www.iwanttfc.com/#!/browse/Genres/News/tag_id_genres/id_news" target="_blank">iWantTFC</a></div><p>Krystal Brimner once reached a point when she doubted a future for her in showbiz, after several of her projects both as an actress and as a singer were halted by the pandemic.</p><p>Two years later, the 15-year-old up-and-comer can heave a sigh of relief, having released her debut EP and as she gears up for a new ABS-CBN teleserye — both undertakings she thought she had lost.</p><p>Making a splash with her film debut in “Honor Thy Father,” which clinched her an acting trophy from the Metro Manila Film Festival in 2015, and only a year later as the titular “Annie” in Resorts World Manila’s staging of the musical, Brimner was a promising talent who was ready to take on more opportunities in showbiz.</p><p>In fact, prior to the onset of the pandemic, Brimner had been juggling being part of the performing trio ASK on “ASAP Natin ‘To,” starring roles in the since-cancelled ABS-CBN teleserye “Kahit Minsan Lang” and the musical film “Song of the Fireflies,” as well as preparations for her debut record.</p><p>All of those, however, were sidelined, with no certainty as to whether they could ever resume.</p><p>“I was already starting to doubt myself and my career. I felt like, ‘Ay, ito na, wala na, wala na akong projects and people will forget about me,’” she told ABS-CBN News.</p><p>“I was glad that my family was there to keep pushing me to keep going because I know my success won’t be overnight. It will have to be years before I even get to where I want to be. I’m really glad that I have a great support system,” Brimner recalled.</p><p>While it did take years, Brimner can now mark a career milestone of releasing her self-titled EP, which she regards as a “dream come true.”</p><p>“It was a year in the making. It was also something that got halted by the pandemic. Luckily, I got to do it right after the [lockdown] and I still got to release the songs. I’m really happy that I did, because all the songs in the EP are really something I’m passionate about and proud of,” she said.</p><p>Brimner sees the album as a re-introduction of sorts, given most of her followers know her foremost as the curly-haired girl in a red dress from “Annie.”</p><p>“I definitely felt pressure kasi ‘yung mga kanta na na-release ko before, super bata pa ako noon, like ‘Annie’ days pa. It was really a big image [change] of Krystal Brimner,” she said, laughing.</p><figure class="op-interactive"><iframe height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/Ch2FT-ZxcS8?enablejsapi=1" width="560"></iframe></figure><div class="iwantbar">Watch more News on <a href="https://www.iwanttfc.com/#!/browse/Genres/News/tag_id_genres/id_news" target="_blank">iWantTFC</a></div><p>The record tackles topics most teenagers can relate to, from infatuation, self-image and insecurities, zest for adventure, to charting goals.</p><p>“Definitely, the song that I resonate with the most would be ‘Higher,’ because I feel like I’m at a point in my life where I’m getting to where I want to be slowly. I’m starting, and hopefully it can take me higher,” she explained.</p><p>Having penned her own song in the EP — the Ariana Grande-influenced “Trippin’” about falling for someone — Brimner is setting sights on doing more songwriting for her future music releases.</p><p>That, however, will have to wait, as Brimner attends to another passion of hers: acting. After losing two roles due to the pandemic, Brimner is raring to start work on a new teleserye, which she teased has the working title “Iron Heart.”</p><p>Brimner was candid in answering which of her two passions weighs for her at this point in her life — being a 15-year-old with limitless possibilities as a perfomer.</p><p>“For me, right now, it’s acting. Considering that I still want to pursue music, acting has a special place in my heart. I don’t think I’ll ever let go of acting. Hopefully I won’t,” she said.</p><p>Reclaiming a new start both as an actress and singer after a season of uncertainty, Brimner is certain, more than ever, that she wants to keep going “higher” — as her song goes — in the industry she first entered at age 9.</p><p>Asked what she hopes to achieve in the next five years, Brimner answered: “I hope that by the time I’m 20, people will know who I am. People will know me for performing, for acting, and I hope people will find me as an inspiration. Iyon ang biggest goal ko — na maka-inspire ng mga tao, to keep reaching higher for the dreams.”</p><p>Related video:</p><figure class="op-interactive"><iframe height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/hBbqicUFvZM?enablejsapi=1" width="560"></iframe></figure><div class="iwantbar">Watch more News on <a href="https://www.iwanttfc.com/#!/browse/Genres/News/tag_id_genres/id_news" target="_blank">iWantTFC</a></div>

Krystal Brimner once reached a point when she doubted a future for her in showbiz, after several of her projects both as an actress and as a singer were halted by the pandemic.

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Meet Krystal Brimner: Award-winning actress sets sights on pop stardom

Miguel Dumaual,

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Published Sep 14, 2022 08:12 PM PHT

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Updated Sep 14, 2022 10:36 PM PHT

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