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JK Labajo confirms 'Ere' inspired by his breakup with Maureen Wroblewitz

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Ganiel Krishnan, ABS-CBN News

<div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img alt="https://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2019/entertainment/09/03/20190903-jk-maureen.jpg" src="https://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2019/entertainment/09/03/20190903-jk-maureen.jpg"/></figure></div><p><br/>MANILA -- Singer-songwriter JK Labajo confirmed that his emotional track &quot;Ere&quot; was indeed inspired by his breakup with beauty queen Maureen Wroblewitz. </p><p>The revelation was made during an interview with ABS-CBN News during an event by the social platform TikTok.</p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/entertainment/06/10/22/juan-karlos-maureen-wroblewitz-break-up">&#x27;Thank you, I love you, goodbye&#x27;: Juan Karlos, Maureen Wroblewitz break up</a></li></ul><p>&quot;Ere,&quot; which garnered significant attention upon its release, is an introspective ballad that delves into the emotions felt during the aftermath of a breakup. </p><p>&quot;Kung hindi obvious, ewan ko na lang!&quot; Labajo said. &quot;Well, I&#x27;m not really hiding anything, it&#x27;s a super given thing that the whole thing was for a breakup. &#x27;Ere&#x27; is one of the songs that I made for my relationship that ended, so that’s it.&quot; </p><p>&quot;What part of the song? The whole song! Surprise!&quot; he added. </p><p>Labajo has achieved a milestone after &quot;Ere&quot; became the first Filipino song to debut on the Spotify Global chart.</p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/entertainment/10/16/23/juan-karlos-ere-hits-12-million-streams-on-spotify">Juan Karlos&#x27; &#x27;ERE&#x27; hits 1.2 million streams on Spotify</a></li></ul><p>During the interview, Labajo was also asked about his working relationship with Andrea Brillantes, his co-star in the ABS-CBN series &quot;Senior High.&quot;</p><p>&quot;It&#x27;s nice working with her. It&#x27;s nice working with everybody, honestly. And everyone is really professional, we are all really close on set,&quot; he said. </p><p>&quot;She&#x27;s (Brillantes) doing really well,&quot; he continued. &quot;Malapit na din matapos &#x27;yung &#x27;Senior High&#x27; kaya nalulungkot na kami, but we hang out outside of set and ayun, we have fun working.&quot;</p><p>&quot;Senior High&quot; is directed by Onat Diaz and Andoy Ranay. Aside from Brillantes and Labajo, the series also stars Kyle Echarri, Elijah Canlas, Zaijian Jaranilla, Xyriel Manabat, and Daniela Stranner.</p><p>Meanwhile, Labajo also shared his experience with TikTok, noting how the platform has changed so many lives. </p><p>&quot;It changed a lot of people&#x27;s lives because now we have a platform where people can share their talent and skills. [For] people who are selling, it really helps their business reach a bigger audience per se. It&#x27;s this kind of platform that gets this amount of people kaya nakilala &#x27;yung songs natin.&quot;</p><p>As to how he handles the pressure of being one of the most followed singers on TikTok, he replied: &quot;The thing is, I&#x27;m not really pressured to do anything. I&#x27;m just enjoying the things that I&#x27;m doing and the people I work with, actually.&quot;</p><div><strong>Related video: </strong></div><figure class="op-interactive"><iframe height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/LdD-PJitYJ8?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><figure class="op-interactive"><iframe height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/AN5aelP0GFw?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>

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JK Labajo confirms 'Ere' inspired by his breakup with Maureen Wroblewitz

Ganiel Krishnan,

ABS-CBN News

Published Dec 11, 2023 11:44 AM PHT

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