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Despite the challenges of producing songs amid the pandemic, Filipino band Ben&Ben have taken the time to create beautiful music as they recently dropped their new single titled “Lifetime.”

In an interview with Unang Hirit, the group shared the inspiration behind the song.

Source: benandbenmusic (IG)

“Lifetime was a song that was born out of a YouTube comment. This song basically was written para samahan 'yung mga tao, para samahan sila sa mga feelings nila na 'yon in the hopes na they get to somewhere better after,” Ben&Ben's Paolo said.

He was referring to a fan under the alias “Anne Jou” who shared her story by posting a comment on the group's music video of their another hit song “Pagtingin.”

The story goes:

“I had a bestfriend during high school whom I liked but never told him because I was scared of losing our friendship and also him himself. So instead of telling him what I actually felt, I hid and buried my feelings. And you know what happens to feelings that are buried? They grow. The like I felt for him became love. I wrote poems, songs. After 8 years, I attended his wedding [last] January. And guess what? The world is really overly-cruel. Before his wedding, he thanked me for being his best friend and told me that before he met the girl he got married to, he loved me first. For 5 years. But he was also scared of losing me so he just decided to keep it. I was shocked and I slightly had anger towards the world. We didn't know that if only one of us dared to make a move, a lifetime was waiting for us. So people, while you can, please express how you really feel so that in the end you won't regret anything.”

Released on June 4, “Lifetime” was written by Miguel Benjamin and Paolo Benjamin, and recorded and produced by Ben&Ben through Sony Music Philippines.

Watch Ben&Ben's performance of “Lifetime” on Unang Hirit in the video above.