Jaehwa Bernardo

Album art for 'Talk To Me,' a collaboration between Singaporean dance pop artist ALICIA DC, Filipino hyperpop star IIICCCYYY and Laotian diva Thinlamphone. Handout photo

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Pinoy, Singaporean, Laotian artists team up on dance track

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<div><span class="fr-img-caption fr-fic fr-dib" style="width:960px;display:block" width="960"><span class="fr-img-wrap"><img src="https://od2-image-api.abs-cbn.com/prod/editorImage/1773040938785IMG_6879.jpg" style="width:960px" class="fr-fic fr-dib" width="960"/><span class="fr-inner" style="text-align:left">Album art for &#x27;Talk To Me,&#x27; a collaboration between Singaporean dance pop artist ALICIA DC, Filipino hyperpop star IIICCCYYY and Laotian diva Thinlamphone. <em>Handout photo</em></span></span></span></div><p>Southeast Asian musicians are on a roll, as artists from the Philippines, Singapore and Laos have come together for a dance pop single.</p><p>Titled &quot;Talk To Me,&quot; the song is a collaborative piece between Singaporean dance pop artist ALICIA DC, Filipino hyperpop star IIICCCYYY and Laotian diva Thinlamphone.</p><p>&quot;Talk to Me&quot; explores the feelings one experiences during an intense crush, with &quot;I like you&quot; expressed in English, Bisaya and Lao — the mother tongue of each of the artists.</p><div><span class="fr-video fr-deletable fr-fvc fr-dvb fr-draggable" contenteditable="false" draggable="true"><iframe width="640" height="360" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/GOStSxCHtvo?&amp;wmode=opaque&amp;rel=0" frameBorder="0" allowfullscreen="" class="fr-draggable"></iframe></span></div><p>The song was created last September at a songwriting camp in Bali hosted by the AXEAN Festival, where the three artists first came together. The trio finished the track in just one day with Singaporean producers Ian Lee and Daniel Alex Chia.</p><p>IIICCCYYY is the solo pop project of Elisha &quot;Icy&quot; Ang, who also serves as the main vocalist for the Cebu alt-pop band Sepia Times.</p><p>ALICIA DC is a Singapore-based singer-songwriter, while Thinlamphone is a Laotian artist known for blending contemporary pop, R&amp;B, folk and dance influences in her music.</p>

<p>Southeast Asian musicians are on a roll, as artists from the Philippines, Singapore and Laos have come together for a dance pop single.</p>

Southeast Asian musicians are on a roll, as artists from the Philippines, Singapore and Laos have come together for a dance pop single.