CHRISTIAN BAUTISTA starred in his first international film A
Special Symphony. He is part of the first Pan-Asian musical TV series The
Kitchen Musical. He is also the only recording artist to receive a 4x Platinum
Record Award for Romance Revisited: The Love Songs Of Jose Mari Chan for 2011.
He worked with Grammy-nominated pianist Jim Brickman, K-Pop R&B trio One
Way, and fronted for the concerts of K-Pop sensations Rain and 2NE1. He also
topbilled jampacked concerts here and abroad. He also has numerous endorsements
tucked under his belt coupled with billboards all over the Metro and has
consistently won numerous awards and citations.
With all these
career highlights, Christian Bautista remains humble expressing and thankful
for all these blessings. “Ever since I took the very first steps in my career,
I cherished all the lessons and experiences I’ve gained through all those
years- the ups and downs, the highlights and the difficult moments. These
helped me hone my craft and led me to doors of opportunities. Every recognition
that goes my way, favorable or critical comments on my work challenge me to do
better because I owe it to my audience that I utilize my full potential,” says
Christian with a smile.
It is a dream of
many artists and performers to collaborate with some of the most respected
people in the international recording scene. But the chance of it happening is
pretty slim. That is unless you are Christian Bautista.
Today, Asiansation
Christian Bautista adds another feather to his cap as he launches his first international
album Outbound.
Outbound features
Christian’s collaboration with music producers and artists he met and worked
with from the United States ,
Korea , Japan , Singapore ,
and Indonesia
“It’s the first
time that we want to try and attempt to do more outside the country. [And] Yes,
I’m very proud of this album,” says Christian, smiling.
The album consists
of eight songs which is a good mix of slow and upbeat ballads. The first single
All That’s Left offers Christian’s new, bolder sound, and further proves that
he is more than just a balladeer.
“Slowly nag-build
up kasi ‘yan because of The Kitchen Musical. Parang nabigyan ako ng confidence
to try something na kakaiba, na mas current na contemporary. So I told myself,
sige let’s try this,” says Christian.
While taping for
The Kitchen Musical, Christian never stopped to get in touch with some of the
region’s movers in the music industry until he met Tat Tong, composer of the
anthemic All That’s Left.
In a phone
interview, Christian shares, “Tat Tong kasi is a friend of Kewei [Tay ]. Kewei and I did a duet for Please Be Careful With
My Heart in Singapore
And write they
did. The remarkable results were All That’s Left and the other song
Unphotographable.
Tat’s other
masterpieces-original songs in Outbound include What Can I Do and his masterful
arrangement on Christian’s cover of George Michael’s Faith, which is very
special for Christian because it was used in his first big solo number in The
Kitchen Musical.
Aside from
Christian’s collaborations with Tat, Outbound gathers its noteworthy works with
Grammy-nominated multi-platinum instrumentalist Jim Brickman for Never Far
Away, the K-Pop R&B trio One Way for Wrong Number, Indonesian songwriter
Satrio for the hit song I’m Already King, and with Avex Japan
Christian’s music
videos always feature familiar and beautiful female celebrities: from Anne
Curtis, Georgina Wilson, Solenn Heusaff, and Angel Locsin (in Beautiful
Girl) to Cristine
Reyes (in I Remember The
Girl) to Paula Taylor (in Tell Me Your Name) to Carmen Soo (in Afraid for Love
to Fade) to Angelica Panganiban (in Nakaraang Pasko) to Sarah Geronimo (in
Please Be Careful With My Heart).
In All That’s Left, it features CosPlay Queen Alodia Gosiengfiao. When asked what’s like working with her, Christian says, “Alodia’s beautiful, she’s talented, she stayed up with us [from] 8 PM to 8 AM. We danced all night long until 3 AM. It was fun.”
And while it’s
apparent that Outbound has drawn him out of his comfort zone, Christian admits
that it does not mean he will stop being a balladeer.
“For this album
talaga kasi medyo half-half. Half experimental, half-medyo ballad pa rin naman
siya. [And] Easy listening pa rin naman. Pero definitely I’m not going to drop
the ballads,” he says, smiling. “Kasi siyempre, nagsimula ako sa ballads and
du’n naman talaga ako kumportable. So hindi ko p’wedeng iwanan talaga ‘yun.”
As a performer,
Christian believes he’s improved, but he’s not reached his peak. “Honestly, I
do feel that I’m at my best so far. [But] I just hope I’m not at my best.”
He adds, “[And] As
I continue this journey, I have reached another turn on the road ahead. This is
the right time to pursue new paths and directions. And there is no better way
to begin this new and exciting phase than to share my latest work with you.
With your support and a personal sense of renewed energy and devotion, I am
ready to face the challenge of the future.”
Outbound is out
now in all major record bars nationwide under Universal Records.
TRACKLISTING:
1. All That’s Left
2.
Unphotographable
3. Faith
4. I’m Already
King
5. What Can I do
6. Never Far Away
7. Wrong Number
8. Sakura
A live performance
of Christian
Bautista singing "I'm
Already King"
Christian
Bautista’s Bloggers’ Conference is brought to you by Universal Records in
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