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WATCH: Duterte sings along with orchestra after SONA

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<figure class="op-interactive"><iframe height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/O4efOngErO0?enablejsapi=1" width="560"></iframe></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>After blasting the corrupt, venting about red tape, and calling on Congress to pass his legislative priorities, President Rodrigo Duterte just had to break into song. </p><p>In true Filipino fashion, the President, known to have taken on the mic in intimate videoke sessions and even at one <a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/11/12/17/watch-duterte-sings-upon-trumps-orders">state dinner</a>, sang along with the Philippine Philharmonic Orchestra (PPO) after his fourth State of the Nation Address on Monday. </p><p>Duterte sang one of his favorite songs &quot;Ikaw&quot; and followed it up with the classic &quot;Moon River&quot; after his hour-and-a-half speech in an impromptu performance outside the Batasang Pambansa session hall. </p><p>It was the first time an orchestra was invited to perform for a President&#x27;s SONA. </p><p>He thanked the orchestra after and asked them to have dinner with him sometime, eliciting cheers from the musicians. </p><p>&quot;Fellowship, I miss. Sa totoo lang (The truth is), I&#x27;m a prisoner. That&#x27;s why I&#x27;m tired of this. Hindi ka makagalaw, hindi makalabas, wala talaga (You cannot move, go outside, nothing),&quot; he said. </p><p>The President added that music &quot;brings your soul to beauty, brings you closer to God.&quot;</p><p>&quot;Ang ganda. Bilib ako (It&#x27;s beautiful. I&#x27;m impressed),&quot; he said of the orchestra&#x27;s performance. &quot;I salute you.&quot; </p>

<p>After blasting the corrupt, venting about red tape, and calling on Congress to pass his legislative priorities, President Rodrigo Duterte just had to break into song. </p>

After blasting the corrupt, venting about red tape, and calling on Congress to pass his legislative priorities, President Rodrigo Duterte just had to break into song.