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Rising Filipino artist  Jolianne  teams up with acclaimed Korean producer  Ziv  for “ Kuryente ,” a sticky-sweet, pop soul track that captures the feeling of infatuation in its earliest stages. Co-written by Miguel Benjamin of the award-winning band Ben&Ben as a love letter to his wife with Jolianne and Ziv as equally involved in the songwriting process, “Kuryente” was inspired by the couple’s intimate anecdotes, where they feel tiny jolts of static electricity whenever their hands touch. This tender detail shaped the song, later brought to life through Ziv’s intricate but playful production and Jolianne’s glistening interpretation. “That inspired me to make and produce this playful song about how infatuation and early romance feels,” shares Ziv. ““I really wanted to hit the right balances of expressing who I was through my musical background. Being Korean yet being born here in the Philippines, I wanted to find the right balance of putting both of those influenc...

  Rising singer-songwriter Jolianne gears up for her new era in music with the release of “ I’ll Be Somebody You Want ,” out today via Sony Music Entertainment .  The R&B ballad is all about finding a genuine romantic connection with someone who isn’t afraid to embrace all facets of who you are as a person, regardless of your complexities and imperfections.  Written by Jolianne herself, the song shows strong moments of breakage and vulnerability as the Cebuana yearns for a kind of love that is patient and unconditional, yet firm enough to withstand atrocities that may come in the way.  She admits, “I wrote this about somebody who only ever loved me at my best.  But you don’t get to choose which parts of a person to love. You take the good with the bad. I want to be loved as unconditionally as I love.” “I’ll Be Somebody You Want” is produced by RJ Pineda, who is known as a keyboardist for Filipino bands such as Apartel and Brat Pack. According to Jolianne, it wa...