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OPM singer Abby Clutario shares her experience working on her cover of Japanese song "Chichi Wo Motomete" which is now part of Voltes V: Legacy's soundtrack.

She said during an online interview with the press, "Actually overwhelmed ako sa pag-yes. Nung pandemic isa ito sa mga ginawa kong covers sa aking socials."

Abby added, "Very grateful and overwhelmed as well kasi medyo naging biglaan, at talagang nagmadali kami para maiayos ang project na ito."

She continued, "In a way, dream come true siya, binigyan ako ng chance na maitugtog siya sa mas maraming audience."

Abby also described how different this song cover is from her other covers, "Unang unang, 'yung technique, kasi iba 'yung language niya. Iba kapag Tagalog kasi it flows freely sa atin.

"Merong touch of classical na atake at some point 'yung song so kailangan ko rin mag-warm up.

"Sa process ng recording magakiba rin 'yung atake o technique."

"'Yung part ng Japanese song na kailangan sabihin 'yung lyrics, ibang preparation din."

She also narrated the challenges she faced when studying the song, "Ang challenge kasi, very iconic itong kanta pati 'yung singer, at male 'yung singer--so kinakailangan na i-rearrange ko siya para bumagay sa boses ko. The idea before was just to make my own version using the chapman stick [an electric music instrument].

"Very mellow siya compared sa original version. Meron lang ding konting twist doon sa original version, may ibang elements na maririnig kayo na magsasabuhay sa kanta dito sa version ko. I guess the language talaga is the language kasi ayaw ko siyang magtunong may accent sa Japanese."