I'm so excited because today we are going to be joined by Paolo Relayos.

Hi Paolo.

Hi.

Nice to meet you.

Very nice to meet you too.

It's so funny.

We're pretending like we haven't been talking the last like 10 minutes.

Nice to see you.

Welcome to the Philippines.

Thank you.

I'm so excited that you're here and I'm sure all the fans are excited that you're here too.

I'm very excited.

So you got here maybe like a few days ago.

So how's it been?

It's been amazing.

It's always before going somewhere for the first time, you don't know exactly what to expect.

I just knew that I was excited.

I've been wanting to go here for a long time.

So yeah, it's been above my expectations and I can't wait for today and tomorrow to come back already.

Wow.

Already thinking about the future.

We love that.

Forward thinking.

But I feel like you said, you know, you don't know what to expect, especially when it comes to, you know, the fans and the people who will, you know, show you some energy when you're here.

Well, I think when it comes to Filipino fans, I think they're some of the most energetic people.

From what I hear.

It seems like it.

I mean, I am.

So even online, I feel like you can feel it.

But now that you've seen it for yourself in the last couple of days, can you confirm that this is true?

Yeah, I can confirm.

That's always interesting as well.

Like for me, being so far away from like Scandinavia and home where the culture here is very different and obviously there are like cultural differences in Asia, but and that's what's interesting for me, like that to see the small differences in how the fans are, you know, how maybe here I feel like people, I would say, like maybe more like screaming.

Yeah.

If that's a.

Yes.

Very loud.

Yeah.

Me too.

But I love it.

Yeah.

We love energy.

Yeah.

We love to give you that energy.

So when you play it also, I feel like will reflect in the way that you share energy with us.

So I love that you notice that about us.

I'm included because I'm also like that as a fan.

But it's so cool to see you, you know, like you said, you're so far away from home and you've gone in many different places around Asia.

So how does it feel that your music and you as a person resonate with so many people on our side of the world?

It's a little crazy.

Yeah, it is a little crazy.

And it's also crazy how natural it kind of feels as well.

That is kind of I think it's not a coincidence that Asia was the kind of first continent in my country.

So that kind of first discovered me and like really resonated with first my music, but then also so much with me as a person and my personality.

And I feel like me and my listeners are kind of like a relationship that just like a perfect match, you know, just dating and just like have so much in common and it's just like great vibes.

I love that you put it that way.

It was very natural because obviously anything forced doesn't, you know, the longevity is not good.

Yeah.

But I love that you said it's natural because that also shows us that you're very genuine in the things that you do in terms of music, but also the way that you relate to us, like through your TikToks, your videos and all of that.

And that's something we can definitely resonate with.

And obviously the music is a big part of that.

And here on Mixed Music Deep Dive, we would love to hear you, you know, sing a little bit, play a little bit.

Are you down to do something like that?

I'm down.

So what song will you be singing for us today?

It's so hard to choose.

So hard to choose.

Maybe some Hey Hello?

Okay.

Yeah.

We'll do Hey Hello.

How much do you want?

As much as you want to give.

Let's do a verse, pre-chorus and chorus then.

And just to be aware for the listeners, I think my voice still thinks it's Norwegian time.

So that means 5 a.m. in the morning, I think.

So it's very early for me.

So let's see how it goes.

We all need somebody.

We all want someone to hold for when we feel lonely and our place feels like home.

We go out the same nights without no one really knowing why.

We all need somebody, but I don't know where to go without you by my side.

Oh, I, I said, hey, hello, have you ever been to Rio, to Jamaica or Tokyo, had drinks in Malibu?

I said, hey, hello, we could see the Mona Lisa, fly to Rome and try the pizza.

Oh, anywhere will do.

Yeah, anywhere is cool if that means you, you, you, you, anywhere is cool if that means you.

Oh, my gosh, I can't believe that is like your 5 a.m. voice.

Thank you.

Only imagine how it is at like 10 a.m.

Exactly.

Wow.

I mean, all of us here.

We're all just like, that's my first time, I mean, hearing you obviously in real life.

So I was like, whoa, I mean, yeah, I can only imagine what it would be like when you're performing all out.

Thank you.

But you have such a beautiful voice.

Thank you.

My goodness.

I'm I feel so blessed that we all shared that moment.

Oh, thank you.

Happy to be here.

Header for the first time here on Mixclusive.

But this song is so good, too.

So tell us more about this track, like what inspired it and all that.

Yeah, so this track is I released a couple of months or one month ago with Cha Eun-woo from Korea.

So shout out to him.

Lovely human being and great artist and actor and model and everything.

Yes, everything.

Nothing you can't do.

And yeah, the inspiration behind the song was quite simple.

This song is just like it was written quite fast.

And when we started with like that, because it started with a hey, it sounds like, hey, hello.

OK, let's go with that.

And then what can that be?

That sounded like like you meet someone for the first time and you just like love at first sight kind of.

And you're just like, I'll go anywhere you go.

Like, it doesn't matter where we are, like as long as I'm with you, everything's good.

And then it was also fun writing to like name different places and like make it a kind of traveling song.

Yeah.

And I like that you said that, you know, it's like when you kind of fall in love with somebody for like when you see them, that feeling is so great.

And I feel like even in just hearing the song, that's how we feel.

We actually have a term in Filipino, it's called kilig.

I don't know how to I don't know how to explain it in English, but it's kind of like the butterflies that you have in your stomach.

Oh, I love that.

Yeah.

Yeah.

And just hearing you perform it right now, that's how we feel watching you.

Thank you.

So I feel like you did such a great job with the song, obviously collaborating with Chon.

What was it like working with Chon?

Yeah, it was great.

In this case, it was we've been talking about after I met him in 2022 to do something together.

And like, there's a lot of thing that has to like fall into place for a song to come out in the world, a lot of stuff behind the scenes.

So it was just about finding the right timing and the right song.

And when I sent him the idea we had for this song, and luckily he liked it.

And then it was very exciting when he jumped on it.

And when he sent the vocals, because it just gave the song like a totally different vibe and like new life and just like an extra 10 layers kind of to the song.

So I'm very happy that it's out and like I love I love how it influences people's lives and how I feel people feel like that it lifts them up a little bit even though even if you're like sad or happy, maybe you can just feel a tiny bit better.

Yeah, there's like a good vibe to it, like adds to your day.

And you know, this collaboration, we didn't know what happened, but we're happy it did.

And finally, it's here.

I mean, 2022, that's a little bit a while ago.

So we're happy it's finally here.

But you also came out with a new single not too long ago.

Actually, your most recent one, First Flight.

So tell us more about that, too.

Yeah, First Flight.

That's kind of ironically enough, almost the same concept, which is kind of fun that this song came like at the same time almost, which is also kind of about how you just want to get on the first flight with someone and run away for a second and like forget about everything else.

Let's just stay in this like beautiful vibe and like forget all the bad stuff and like the struggles and yeah, challenges in your everyday life.

And let's run away without someone that makes you feel good and just enjoy the feelings.

I like that you focus on like stuff like that, too, because sometimes, you know, life can get us like a little bit down, right?

So when we hear your music, at least it does uplift us.

It gives us that good vibe and just, you know, makes us happy.

I think that's exactly the consensus that we have here.

Having you on Mix makes us happy that you're here.

You're here in the Philippines for the first time.

We hope that you enjoy the rest of your stay.

We're so excited.

Yeah, you have so many things planned.

Yeah.

And yeah, what else can we expect coming from you?

What else?

What are you working on?

And what else can we look forward to?

I am now working very hard to finish my third album and a lot of new music that will come your way very soon.

Within the next year, a lot of new stuff will come and then I can't wait to travel more to places for the first time.

Like I am here meeting fans for the first time, trying to expand, trying to make memories and trying to give back to the people that makes this life possible for me.

And yeah, going on my first Asia tour as well in November.

Or not my first Asia tour, that's wrong.

But it's first time in mainland China also.

And yeah, the biggest one so far.

And that's going to be amazing.

Oh, congratulations.

Obviously, we're so excited for everything that you have planned.

And this is the first time, which means there will be more in the future.

And it can only go up from here.

So we're so excited for that.

But before I let you go, do you have a message to everybody watching and all of your Filipino friends?

Thank you so much.

Mahal ko kayo.

I will try the balut soon.

Oh my gosh, he's our Filipino cousin now.

I love it.

I love that.

But thank you so much for hanging out with me.

Oh, okay.

One last.

And if I say this wrong, we'll redo it.

Okay.

Uy, ang ganda mo.

Is it correct?

Yes.

Okay, good.

Yes.

Oh my gosh, I'm so kilig.

What's kilig?

It's like giggly?

Like butterflies.

Oh, okay.

Kilig, that was the one you said.

Yeah, kilig.

Yeah.

So I'm sure everybody's also kilig after watching that.

I'm kilig too.

Thank you so much.

Thank you.

Thank you so much for hanging out with me.

And thank you as well to everybody who tuned in to this exclusive interview.

Once again, this has been Samar Tuat and Roger Elias.

Thanks, guys.