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How Maldita’s Chavacano track “Porque” found its way to pop ubiquity
Written by Ian Urrutia
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endIndex: It’s been a decade since Maldita’s Chavacano track “Porque” exploded into the local pop charts. The song’s songwriter recalls how this came to be. Screenshot from MALDITA/YOUTUBE
Despite the call for representation and diversity in the grander scheme of the ‘OPM’ narrative, the majority of the Pinoy pop music that’s been getting traction on top 40 radio and streaming platforms are either too Western-influenced or Tagalog-centric. Without stating the obvious, it’s always the high and almighty folks from Metro Manila that perpetuate these significant inequalities, rendering everything outside of its cultural and socio-economic radar as irrelevant, lacking potential, and unworthy of attention.