The One with the Number One

Yaaaaaaaaayyyyyy! Half A Million just landed on the #1 spot for Magic 89.9's #Top5at5 today, well technically yesterday since I'm posting this waaaay past midnight, but yeah, you get me. The chart has a new queen and she is slaaaaayin with this single from her new album 'A Different Playground' (which you should tots buy).

Half A Million has been on the #Top5at5 chart now for some time and just a few days ago it landed on the 2nd spot, triumphing over Charlie Puth's collab with Selena Gomez, Justin Bieber and Zayn Malik but still fell behind Lawson.

(c) @magic899

But todaaaay is an epic day as Karylle takes the number one spot for the first time, grabbing the throne from Lawson.

(c) @magic899

When Lawson was announced to take the number 2 spot, obvi, Karylle was taking the first spot, so people on twitter and Karylle herself has been in a celebratory mood already. As we wait for the announcement, a tidal wave of congratulatory tweets has flooded twitter.

(c) Snapchat: anakarylley

And then it was time to announce the taker of the number one spot. I, myself, was ready on Snapchat to capture the moment because I'm a fangirl like that. Of course, they tried to be all cliffhanger-y about it but we were sure it was in the bag and that it is Half  A Million and Karylle took a snap of herself awaiting the announcement as well but then suddenly they announced that Mark Ronson takes the first spot for today with Uptown Funk. Wait, what?

Karylle's snap when Uptown Funk was played
(c) Snapchat: anakarylley

They played like 30 seconds of the song with around a thousand people, including Karylle and myself, questioning "what the heck just happened" and "are they being serious, right now" before they stopped the song and started laughing. Maybe they heard the resounding tweet of "WTH". And then it was revealed, IT WAS A FREAKING PRANK! Well, somebody had to initiate the queen before she assumes her throne.

That look of relief.
(c) Snapchat: anakarylley

So, after pointing fingers at whose idea it was, they finally made it official and announced that Half A Million takes the top spot for tuh-day!! Yippeeee!

Here's my Snapchat story about it: pauautajay

And it looks like the queen is here to stay.

Let me use this picture one more time!

Congrats, K. May your single remain on the top spot and may all your other singles receive the same success. May the force be with you.

UPDATED: April 2

After dominating the #Top5at5 for 2 consecutive days, and down to the second spot again after Bieber takes the top spot on Thursday, Karylle has taken the #1 spot on #MagicPop30 today.

Damn Karylle, back at it again with the number one song. #DamnDaniel Congratulations on your achievements this week, ehem, best actress awardee.

-Basically PauAu

The One With A Different Playground 2.0

Finalmente, finally! After its release on November 6 of last year, #ADifferentPlayground has officially been launched last February 26 at Eastwood. I have been waiting for this for quite some time now. I've been going cray over this album and playing it over and over again that I couldn't wait for the actual launch to write a blog about it. If you'd scroll down a bit, I did a review of the album after hearing it for the first time (and I recommend reading that first. Here's the link coz I don't you guys having a hard time :)))) : http://basicallypauau.blogspot.com/2015/11/the-one-with-different-playground.html )

As usual, for every Karylle event I bring someone with me to help out in covering the event, but of course I did not disclose this upon invitation. So, this event's victim is non- other than my cousin. Hola, ate Kaia. (Follow her on twitter @ShikaraRomuar)

Thank you for patiently holding the video cam as I took pictures (thank her for the videos) and for braving the fangirl world with me. Thank you, also, for not disowning me after seeing how cray I get. I knew you were a bit culture shocked by how loud we scream but I'm sure you had fun.

Speaking of screaming, I think I shattered an eardrum when Karylle's voice over for her intro came in. As much as I would like to transcribe it for you, the kids just went wild for her voice, the more her entrance. I can't blame them because I, myself, lost it.


She started her set with Can't Shut Up which was the first song released from this album. I will never get tired of this cute choreography and catchy lyrics. Obviously, this was a crowd favorite because people were singing and dancing along to it. Perfect opening song to get everyone's energy up.

Half A Million came in second.

The thing I look forward to in live performances is hearing the story behind the song. I love the back story of accidentally creating the tune by playing a single chord. Also, I love the attempt of making a Game of Thrones reference by singing "north and south oppose" but as Yael said, GoT is about the east and west but in K's defense "east and west oppose, panget".

BTW, GoT is back on April 25th, finally we can find out if Jon Snow lived or not. I hope he didn't turn into a white walker. And is it just me or is Yael channeling Jon Snow? It's probably the hair.

Like what I said in my previous post, I love the progression of this song and now I love it even more because they were able to perform it live and sound the same as the record. So the same that Youtube had some copyright issues for the audio. Pffft. Request Half A Million on Magic 89.9!

This next song, I didn't expect for Karylle to sing since this was from her previous album so, the more that I didn't expect for her to perform Sa'yo Na Lang Ako as a duet with her husband, Spongecola vocalist, Yael Yuzon! Don't you just love them together? #Kayel

Every time Karylle sings this song, the story of her PhilPop experience never fails to pop-up and make the crowd laugh. This version of the story however, contained a bonus sample of her declamation chops with Edgar Allan Poe's Tell-Tale Heart while her husband supports in the background.

I never thought of this song as a duet but hearing them makes me realize that it could actually work as such. #BlendingOnFleek Studio version, please!

Tenderly was the sound I don't usually hear from Karylle and found it unusual for her when I first heard it but hearing her sing it live, it made me like and appreciate the song more.

For Sunflowers, which, I agree, is a very high song, Karylle had Robin Nievera perform with her.

A quick background of the song was also shared and how it started with Karylle saying that she loves sunflowers. I'm still not sure why sunflowers is the title and if the word was ever mentioned in the song but anyway, I love the vibe of this. It's so chill and feel-good. In my opinion, it's a perfect song to energize you but at the same time, also just right to calm you down.

Update: I just read the full lyrics. Sunflowers is there. HAHAHA. 

Another of my favorite was performed. Kiss You was also a song from Karylle's previous album but it's still obviously a crowd fave basing it on their reaction, and by that I mean the screams. It's funny how K translated "kiss you" in French and in Filipino. The Filipino version was not expected but gaaaah. That was just too witty for my life. Also, the dance from the music video never gets old.

Magbalik Ka Na, Mahal is her rendition of the song from the 2012 production of Rama Hari. This production is very memorable to me. Apart from the fact that the show was really amazing and made me appreciate theater even more, this was the first time I ever met Karylle, so imagine my fangirl soul all over that place and going cray. It's really great that they deviated from the original song by making it sound more modern but with the same deep, and I mean intensely deep, words. Hearing this live made me realize something, Karylle needs a new musical soon!

Upon my first listen of A Different Playground, Sunny Daze was an early favorite. I liked the chill vibe of the song and I loved it even more live. It didn't need much to make it awesome. I fell in love with the melody of  this song that I've been told to be unconsciously singing or humming it. That guitar! This is my new Basically a.k.a. the song to calm me down. I really want to make a cover of it upon learning the chords but I don't think I can bring justice to this waaaay toooo awesome song, so let's leave it to Karylle.

To end her set, Karylle sang Baliktanaw, the optimistic view of not throwing away the good memories with the bad, which for me is probably the most positive break up song I have ever heard. The live version made me feel it even more because the crowd was singing along to every line. This is definitely #LSSWorthy and playing this in the morning does the job of waking me up. This was definitely the perfect song to end the event on a high note and I mean that literally. The ooohhs and the adlibs were just off the roof.

On a non-musical not, can I just say how #OnFleek Karylle was during her launch. It's cute that she, technically, stayed in character by dressing up the same as her album theme. I love the dress #Retro. Also, #VocalsOnFleek + #StylingOnFleek + #EyebrowsOnFleek + #CatEyeOnFleek = #KarylleSlayingInEveryLevel

I've met and seen Karylle perform live a ton of times already but every time always feels like the first.

Look at that fangirling face. Hihihi. 🤗🤗🤗 It always feels like the first time. 💕 @anakarylle #fangirlmode #KarylleADPLaunch BLOG IS ON ITS WAY. ✌🏼️ basicallypauau.blogspot.com

A photo posted by Pau Autajay (@paulinegoddess) on Feb 27, 2016 at 11:47pm PST

I hope Karylle liked the Alena painting I gave her.

Just had to add this video somewhere:

p.s. I missed doing this and I really don't mind doing this as a job. HAHAHA

p.p.s. Proper credits in using the photos and videos.

-Basically PauAu