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Glaiza De Castro works with Korean music producer for new cover of IU and BTS's Suga's "Eight"

By Jansen Ramos
Published June 3, 2020 7:12 PM PHT

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Glaiza De Castro and South Korean music producer/rapper/model Hanjun collaborate anew for the former's cover of IU and BTS's Suga's new song titled "Eight."

Glaiza De Castro covered IU and BTS's Suga's new song, "Eight," anew. This time, the Kapuso actress-singer gave it a different flavor.

The Encantadia and Stairway To Heaven star collaborated with her music producer, rapper, and model friend from South Korea, Hanjun, whose Instagram handle is Zillion Dollar Baby, to add EDM vibes to her new version of the hit single.

The two met in 2016 during Glaiza's work trip to Seoul.

According to her caption, Hanjun re-arranged the song using digital audio workstation, Ableton.

The South Korean personality also performed the rap part of Glaiza's cover of "Eight."

Listen here:

Collaborated with my friend @zillion_dollar_baby this time who made the arrangement using @ableton as his DAW. MIDI controller and Drum Controller both from @nativeinstruments.

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Glaiza may not be a native speaker of the Korean language, but we think she nailed it and netizens can attest to that!

Read their comments here:

Glaiza's friend, Kaleb Veloso, even dubbed her as the Philippine counterpart of IU, to which she replied, ribbing herself, "Baka Hu U."

"Eight" was released last May 6 and has over 54 million views on YouTube, as of this writing.

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