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Maymay Entrata shares the story behind her hit song 'Amakabogera'

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E. Kristhoff Cagape

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<p>Maymay Entrata opened up about the story behind her hit song &quot;Amakabogera.&quot;</p><p>In an interview with<em> Billboard Philippines</em>, she shared that the track was offered to her in 2021, during a time when she was thinking of leaving showbiz. &quot;Nung 2021, lahat natutunan ko na except sa singing field, tapos kasi &#x27;yung 2021, talagang muntik na akong bumitaw. Almost gave up. You feel like so stuck. I&#x27;ve tried everything but I felt like I was not happy,&quot; she recalled.</p><p>At that moment, ABS-CBN offered her a chance to release a song. &quot;Thankfully, ABS-CBN reached out to me and then they told me that they are going to give me a song. Pop song daw. Dahil hindi ko pa po alam &#x27;yung takbo ng musika, as an artist sa musika, bale hinahayaan ko lang po &#x27;yung sarili kong mag-explore ng kahit anong genre hanggang sa mahanap ko ano &#x27;yung para sa akin,&quot; she recounted.</p><p>Before the song was written, she asked to meet with the team so they could understand what she was going through and reflect that on the song.</p><p>&quot;Sabi nila, &#x27;Okay, we&#x27;re gonna compose a song for you.&#x27; Sabi ko, &#x27;Sir before you&#x27;re going to compose a song for me po, can we have a meeting just so you know what&#x27;s the status here, mentally and emotionally?&#x27; Gusto ko kasi kung gagawa sila ng kanta na talagang konektado sa kung ano &#x27;yung pinagdadaanan ko at that moment po,&quot; she shared.</p><div><br/></div><iframe class="instagram-media instagram-media-rendered" id="instagram-embed-8" src="https://www.instagram.com/p/DDKGQRovsww/embed/captioned/?cr=1&amp;v=14&amp;wp=630&amp;rd=https%3A%2F%2Fod2-workbench-web.abs-cbn.com&amp;rp=%2F#%7B%22ci%22%3A8%2C%22os%22%3A23478765.5%7D" allowtransparency="true" allowfullscreen="" frameBorder="0" height="1130" data-instgrm-payload-id="instagram-media-payload-8" scrolling="no" style="background:white;max-width:540px;width:calc(100% - 2px);border-radius:3px;border:1px solid rgb(219, 219, 219);box-shadow:none;display:block;margin:0px 0px 12px;min-width:326px;padding:0px"></iframe><script async="" src="//www.instagram.com/embed.js"></script><div><br/></div><p>A month after the meeting, she received the demo for &quot;Amakabogera&quot; and was immediately moved by the song’s message.</p><p>&quot;Pinakinggan ko grabe talaga, sabi ko, &#x27;Wow sobrang ganda nito.&#x27; Naiyak ako kasi &#x27;yung &#x27;Amakabogera,&#x27; &#x27;yun talaga &#x27;yung mensahe sa pinagdaan ko po, talagang nag-resonate siya sa akin talaga. Naiyak din ako kasi hindi ko alam kung maabot ko ba siya tapos doon na nagsimula that I am really serious na po,&quot; she said.</p><p>Determined to give the song justice, Maymay spent the following months preparing for the recording.</p><p>&quot;[Sabi ko sa kanila], &#x27;Alam niyo po bibigyan ko ng hustisya ang kanta na &#x27;to. Bigyan niyo po ako few months to talagang seryoso talaga na mag-take ng lessons po ng vocal. Tapos dun na nagsunod-sunod na siya hanggang sa na-realize ko habang nagi-improve habang natutunan ko &#x27;yung singing, napamahal po ako,&quot; she said.</p>

<p>Maymay Entrata looked back on how her hit song ''Amakabogera' was created. </p>