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  • Class A for Aicelle
    Class A for Aicelle

    February 25, 2015 — While everyone was worrying about how they would get to work on time, I was excited to end the day and go straight to Aicelle Santos‘ first major concert at the PETA Theatre. I was skeptical at first if I would make it on time but, through God’s grace, everything just went unexpectedly smooth. I found a friend that carpooled me from Megamall to Cubao. Passing through the Ortigas station, we could see that the queue was a hot mess. Whew! Really dodged a bullet there.  My friends and I have followed Aicelle’s career since she was a runner-up in the 2nd season of GMA7‘s Pinoy Pop Superstar (PPS).  She became a regular in the now defunct show SOP, eventually being grouped with Jonalyn Viray (PPS Grand Champion Season 1) and Maricris Garcia (PPS Grand Champion Season 3) as the sorely missed girl group La Diva. After the group disbanded, each diva pursued their careers as solo artists. In 2013,  Aicelle bagged the title role in Katy! the Musical and, later that year, made a deeper mark in the theater world as Aileen, the biritera of Barangay Venizia, in Rak of Aegis.

    Finally, it has happened to me.

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  • 1. Lauryn Hill – Doo Wop (That Thing)

    One side you’re in the 60’s, on the other you’re in the 90’s. But it’s happening in the same block/neighborhood. All at once. And we have 2 decade-appropriately styled Lauryn Hills in the video.

    2. Destiny’s Child – Emotion

    Three different stories of heartbreak and loss that are seemingly unrelated, then in the end, we find out they’re all related. The best part is when the members switch screens. It also spawned this hilarious parody.

    3. Kyla – Nasaan Ka Na (trans.: Where Are You Now)

    I believe this local video was inspired by the previous one (and the next). This shows two sides of a relationship that has gone cold.

    4. Cibo Matto – Sugar Water

    This is my earliest memory of watching MTV (when it actually lived up to its name, by showing actual music videos) and going “OMG,” “WTF,” “How did they do that?” all at the same time. The left side runs normally, while the right side runs in reverse.

    5. The Chemical Brothers – Let Forever Be

    From the same director as above, Michel Gondry, the father of trippy music videos, makes IMO one of the trippiest videos of all time.

    6. Two Door Cinema Club – Come Back Home

    I’m pretty sure the director of this video was (at least, partly) inspired by Mr. Gondry. Its concept is somewhat like a mixture of the two previous ones.

    7. Zedd – Stay The Night

    The most recent video on the list, director Daniel “Cloud” Campos (he’s the dancing guy in it), makes clever use of light bulbs as a teleportation device — one minute you’re in your apartment, the next minute you’re in your significant other’s bed.

    8. Kylie Minogue – Come Into My World

    Also from Michel Gondry, IMO one of the best pop videos of all time. It’s fun watching the scene loop over and over and seeing the different little details that change. It’s also clever how all the Kylie’s seem to interact with each other and sing together during the chorus.