Psalms David’s 3rd Single ‘Kaulayaw’ Reveals His Musical Influences
The Clash Season 1 alumnus Psalms David released his third single under GMA Music titled “Kaulayaw.” Screenshot from the performance video – GMA Music During the blogcon for the release of “Kaulayaw,” Psalms David revealed that he wrote the song during the pandemic. “Si ‘Kaulayaw’ kasi noong isinulat ko siya nasa pandemic ako noon so maraming nangyari sa utak ko, sa mental health ko, and it was a note for myself na rin kumbaga. Kapag pinakinggan mo siya ‘yun ang thought ko noon, lalo kang mai-in love. Pero kung malungkot ka tapos pinakinggan mo siya puwede kang maging malungkot o maging hopeful about love,” he said. After hearing the final version of “Kaulayaw” prior to its release, Psalms David was amazed by how their arranger captured his musical influences through the song without even telling him who they are. “Actually nagulat din po ako sa kinalabasan ni ‘Kaulayaw’ ngayon e kasi hindi po talaga ganyan ‘yung tunog niya. So ‘nung narinig ko po siya, sobrang galing for kasi ni Sir Ren Polumbarit, siya po ‘yung nag-arrange ng kanta, sobrang nakuha po niya ‘yung vision ko, tapos ang dami pa po niyang dinagdag. Actually, si ‘Kaulayaw’ mabagal po siya, mas mabagal [...]
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The Clash Season 1 alumnus Psalms David released his third single under GMA Music titled “Kaulayaw.”
Screenshot from the performance video – GMA Music
During the blogcon for the release of “Kaulayaw,” Psalms David revealed that he wrote the song during the pandemic.
“Si ‘Kaulayaw’ kasi noong isinulat ko siya nasa pandemic ako noon so maraming nangyari sa utak ko, sa mental health ko, and it was a note for myself na rin kumbaga. Kapag pinakinggan mo siya ‘yun ang thought ko noon, lalo kang mai-in love. Pero kung malungkot ka tapos pinakinggan mo siya puwede kang maging malungkot o maging hopeful about love,” he said.
After hearing the final version of “Kaulayaw” prior to its release, Psalms David was amazed by how their arranger captured his musical influences through the song without even telling him who they are.
“Actually nagulat din po ako sa kinalabasan ni ‘Kaulayaw’ ngayon e kasi hindi po talaga ganyan ‘yung tunog niya. So ‘nung narinig ko po siya, sobrang galing for kasi ni Sir Ren Polumbarit, siya po ‘yung nag-arrange ng kanta, sobrang nakuha po niya ‘yung vision ko, tapos ang dami pa po niyang dinagdag. Actually, si ‘Kaulayaw’ mabagal po siya, mas mabagal pa diyan, ano lang po talaga siya ‘laid back,’ tapos ‘nung nilagyan niya ng elements sabi ko ang daming lumabas. ‘Yung mga influence ko sa music, lumabas. Di ko naman sinabi sa kanya kung sino ang mga influence ko pero lumabas, so ang galing po ni Lord na nag-orchestrate po lahat.” he shared.
So who are Psalms David’s musical influences? He named three artists.
“Noong napakinggan ko po si ‘Kaulayaw’ ‘yung final po talaga, ang una ko pong narinig ay sina Troy Sivan, tapos may narinig din po akong The Juans, and ‘yun nga pong Hillsongs nahalo po talaga. Na-amaze po ako dahil sila nga po ‘yung mga influence ko sa music,” the young singer revealed.
“Kaulayaw” is now available on iTunes, Apple Music, Spotify, and other digital music platforms worldwide.
Watch the performance video for Psalms David’s “Kaulayaw” below:
