![]() The result was the eclectic album Synthesis, a rather profound and successful work of art, that shows what can be achieved when artistas go beyond being mere entertainers and start freely sharing their own, original expressions, thereby becoming true artists. Her own colleague Glaiza de Castro, after two unremarkable records made in the confines of the mainstream production machine, decided to work with her own hands, write songs herself, and personally collaborate with producers. Some people may scoff at an artista deciding to pick up the pen and the microphone, but what Rhian is trying to do now, to break out of her mainstream-actress shell and enter new arenas of art, is not without its successful precedent. And those fans’ support will not be a blind following, because, more importantly, the admission also discounts her true potential as a musician, her own promising artistry as a songwriter. The admission though does not take into account, first of all, her loyal base of admirers and supporters, who are fiercely determined to see her through every new endeavor she chooses to pursue. She clearly had in mind those dismissive types who would think it overreaching for a popular actress to try her hand at music-making. ![]() “Someone had to say it, so I just decided to say it,” she later says, laughing. Onstage during the launch gig for Body Crashes’s music video, she admits to the crowd that it is “ baduy” when an artista wants to be a singer. I refer to her as a celebrity, because she is self-aware enough that people see her first as an artista in the Filipino sense of the word, and only second as an authentic artist, an actress or musician in the exalted sense of those labels. ![]() Overall the work exudes a personality and bleeds an aesthetic sense, one that feels true to the personality and identity of the celebrity whose work it is-Rhian Ramos. Aside from the grammatical ambiguity (is ‘crashes’ a plural noun or an intransitive verb?), there is a striking sensuality to it, a feeling conveyed by the song’s cover art, with its stark image and suggestive smoke. Body Crashes has a rather intriguing title.
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