Maki. Image: X/@clfrnia_maki Rising OPM singer-songwriter Maki is making a name for himself in the OPM scene with his back-to-back hits such as “Saan,” “Kailan,” and most recently, “Dilaw.” But for him, capturing the “youthful” side of love is one of the factors he considers to be charming about his music.
Many would recognize Maki as the singer behind “Saan,” which contains the catchy lyrics, “ Hinahanap ko ang ‘yong mukha / At baka biglang magkita pa tayo / Sa QC, sa UP, sa kalsada ng BGC .” He’s also a familiar name to many readers of TikTok “alternate universe” or AU K-pop fan fiction, as his songs are commonly used as the background music. Recently, Maki made his Global Spotify Chart Debut with “Dilaw,” which entered the 200th rank.
It is also included in the music platform’s Top 50 songs in the Philippines. But in a chat with INQUIRER.net, the singer-songwriter was cool as a cucumber, saying the pressure to create music will always be “inevitable.
” For him, it’s about knowing how to channel the pressure, which includes seeing the “fun” in it. “It’s about handling and trying to relocate your perspective when it comes to pressure, for example, like releasing another song which is different from ‘Saan.’ But the way I handle it, I’m trying to divert my perspectives — in the good side or fun side of what I’m doing,” he said.
Despite his draining schedule, Maki makes it a point to “maintain work and life balanc.
