November 6th, 2008
Rico Blanco is Back with a Video that Sucks?
While Rico Blanco has released the official music video for his new single “Yugto” post-Rivermaya and post-Human designer gig, director Quark Henares leaked an earlier version of the music video which Blanco supposedly didn’t like. Made by Quark’s former students, the official video isn’t bad either, but fans are disappointed that Blanco rejected the awesometastic Quark cut. Then what’s wrong? Quark is quoted as saying:
This is my third [music video] with him after ‘Balisong’ and ‘A Love to Share’, and even in those, lagi siyang may reklamo. I never had a problem with other artists I’ve directed. I just did a music video with Ely Buendia and there’s no complain[t] at all. I really didn’t want to do ‘Yugto’ and I told him baka magkaproblema na naman, but he even told me ‘Bahala ka na’.
You know, directing music videos now is something you do just for the love of it kasi madalas, abonado ka pa dahil paliit nang paliit ang budgets. So after this one with him, ayoko na munang gumawa ng music video. It’s not worth it.
The music actually sounds great, but one can’t help wondering why Blanco didn’t like the initial version of the video which is more stylized and looks quite attuned with the track—the strings and horns aren’t left to the imagination, the eastern sounds are accompanied with ancient folk images. Whatever happened?
December 25th, 2008 6:39 am
Hay, so sad. stylized version is really much better. wrong move lang talaga.
January 4th, 2009 7:35 am
@Sha We think the lesson is you don’t piss off your director who’s an artist as much as a musician.
March 2nd, 2009 1:32 am
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