MANILA, Philippines – The Father and Son Duo proved the world 2 things: first is that Filipinos can provide a world class performance, and the second is that age is just a number in Gary V’s case. Gary and Gab Valenciano took the stage as MTV Music Evo 2016’s opening acts doing what they are known for, providing an adrenaline pumping show. Gary Valenciano was really thankful that he was still being given the chance to be a part of something like this even after 3 decades of being in the industry. Being a veteran in the dance music genre, Mr. Pure Energy really knows how to nail a show. Most of the songs that he sang are either infused with dance moves, or various percussion instruments.
Wanting to spice up the MTV Music Evo even more, Gab Valenciano, a world renowned dancer and performer joins his father for a one of a kind performance. Gab like his father, is also known for being a really talented dancer, percussionist, drummer, musician, choreographer,music producer and arranger for several local artists like Sarah Geronimo and Jericho Rosales but was successfully able to make a name for himself because of his creativity. In the YouTube space, he is known as the “Super Selfie King” , filming, self-editing and producing wacky but highly entertaining videos of himself dancing and doing various other stuff. Besides all of those, he was also known for collaborating with the American Idol sensation, Jessica Sanchez for one of her most current releases, “This Love” as well as collaborating for choreography on global pop superstar Beyonce’s video release of 7/11.
Gary V, along with Gab Valenciano performed various songs together or separately with classic songs like “Di Bale Nalang”, “Babalik Ka Rin” and “Shake it Off”. Together, they really defined MTV Music Evolution’s theme for this year which is dance music.
During the press conference, Gab Valenciano shared one of his dreams that is to one day influence people. Both Gary and Gab are really proud to tell the press how proud they are to be Filipino and that even the foreigners are jealous to the Filipinos because of their singing ability. In addition, they also urged the Filipinos to support local talent more.
Lastly, Gab advised the would be content creators to never stop creating content and stop trying to compete with everybody. Rather, it would be better to collaborate with them because for him, passion will be your key to success.
