SHEAN on ‘ako ang bagyo’: ‘This song changed my life overnight’

SHEAN is only in Grade 11 (yup, he’s still a senior high school student), but he has already taken charts and social media by storm. His debut song, “ako ang bagyo,” is currently the No. 1 trending music video on YouTube Philippines and No. 2 on the Billboard Philippines Hot 100.

For the young singer-songwriter, the track is nothing but life-changing.

“I love this song. This song changed my life overnight,” he said during his first-ever Wish Bus gig on October 30, where he also performed “Lunes Nanaman” and “Getting Pretty.”

“ako ang bagyo,” released earlier in October, follows a love-torn narrator. It uses the metaphor of a typhoon to express their bitterness toward someone who led them on and that person’s new partner — only to reveal that they, too, can wreak havoc on the people they love.

“Hindi lang siya basta surface-level na bitter song… We discover sa bridge ng song na ‘yung tao pala na ‘to ay may pattern of hurting people,” he explained.

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In the same interview, he also recalled how he knew he wanted to be an artist back when he was still in junior high school.

“Noong Grade 8, naaya kami ng kaibigan ko na mag-perform sa school. So nagpalista kami. Tapos noong kami na — hindi nga kami nakapag-practice, so, parang, ‘Ano’ng kakantahin natin?’ Noong nasa baba kami [ng stage], nanginginig kami, kinakabahan kami. Tapos, ayun, pagakyat ko na ng stage, parang woah,” he shared.

As for his musical influences, SHEAN credited Taylor Swift, Olivia Rodrigo, Angela Ken, and Maki. Lately, he’s also been drawn to hip-hop artists, such as Skusta Clee.

Don’t miss SHEAN’s Wish Bus version of “ako ang bagyo” as it premieres on the Wish 107.5 YouTube channel. Subscribe now!

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