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What made Roxanne Barcelo break her promise to never sing again

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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="1382458" 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>&quot;It comes with a lot of trauma,&quot; shared Roxanne Barcelo, as she tried to explain why she was in tears after a performance in the &quot;Tawag ng Tanghalan&quot; stage over the past month. </p><p>One of the celebrity contestants, Barcelo initially said that it was because it was her <a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/entertainment/10/09/19/roxanne-barcelo-natupad-ang-hiling-ng-namayapang-ama-sa-tawag" target="_blank">late father&#x27;s wish</a> for her to sing again. </p><p>But given her beautiful voice, why was Barcelo so hesitant to take up the microphone in the first place? </p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/entertainment/11/06/19/tawag-celebrity-finals-thor-dulay-wows-judges-roxanne-barcelo-charms-viewers">READ: ‘Tawag’ celebrity finals: Thor Dulay wows judges, Roxanne Barcelo charms viewers</a></li></ul><p>This Tuesday, she told &quot;Tonight With Boy Abunda&quot; that singing for her had sadly been tied to some painful memories. </p><p>She recalled how the person who gave her her first record deal --former Universal Records boss Bella Tan-- died right before they released the album, which eventually topped the charts then. </p><p>This made her vow to never sing again. </p><p>Her dad passing away after telling her to share to the world the songs she written in secret (&quot;Sayang ang mga kanta mo anak.&quot;) only reinforced this promise of hers to avoid singing. </p><p>Though according to Barcelo, she soon realized that the best way to honor those who believed in her was through the very thing she promised not to do --to perform as a singer and succeed as one. </p><p>She said: &quot;Isa lang iyong dasal ko, &#x27;I want to sing a song without shedding a tear because I miss him every day of my life&#x27;.&quot; </p><p>She added that she wants to do it for her mother as well. &quot;I look at my mother every day and I just see iyong nanay ko na nami-miss niya iyong true love niya. ...I want to honor my dad and my mom.&quot; </p><p>Barcelo was on the late night talk show to promote her new movie, &quot;Love is Love.&quot;</p>