Cesca, the latest sensation in the music scene, made a significant impact with her debut EP Travel under ABS-CBN’s Star Pop record label last year. The EP features heartfelt and acoustic tracks inspired by her personal experiences, including the song “What If” which reflects on a destructive relationship.
Cesca writes lyrics that fluidly shift from English to Filipino. She is able to convey her thoughts and emotions in both languages without compromising the message and the overall coherence of the lyrics. Her bilingual songwriting ability adds a unique and dynamic element to her music and enhances her identity as an artist.
“I don’t have any inspiration in using both languages but I’m pretty sure other people have done it before. I realized that I best express myself in Taglish and whenever people hear my music, I want them to hear the authentic version of myself. The only challenge is, I wanted to use Taglish without sounding cringy,” the eloquent young singer told Manila Standard Entertainment during last week’s launch of “What If’ MV.
The newly released music video-turned-short film – which features BGYO’s Mikki – was directed by Raymark King Bingcang.
“It was so hard for me to let this song out because it exposes the most toxic relationship I’ve ever been in. I wrote this song for this one person and I asked him what if we were strangers? What if hindi tayo magkilala sa lifetime na ‘to? Would we be different people from who we are now?,” said Cesca.
The singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist also shared that she felt glad to have Mikki as her partner in the music video.
“I was really happy that I was able to be a part of Mikki’s feature where he’s going to act and I’m also happy that he’s able to portray the kind of guy that I was dealing with before,” she confessed.
As a visual and multimedia artist, Cesca is known as the poster child of this generation’s woes and wit. She lists Taylor Swift, Gary Granada, and Neil Sedaka as her musical inspiration.
She made her debut in 2022 with the single “Lovesick (Pagmahalasakit)” which earned over 1.7 million streams and also landed the cover of Spotify’s Fresh Finds Philippines. Following its success, Cesca released her single “Pambihirang Harana” which was featured on the IWantTFC series Tara G!. She also performed one of Dirty Linen’s soundtrack “Kung Makakapili Lang.”