Upon its release, the track debuted at #1 on the iTunes Philippines all-genre chart, another record for Julie’s book, with her previous releases “Regrets,” “Breakthrough” album and it’s singles (“Tayong Dalawa” and “Nothing Left”) sharing the same success. The two artists were also featured as the cover of Spotify’s New Music Friday Philippines playlist.
Produced and written by OPM rock icon Rico Blanco, the track brings Julie into the shoes of the “third party” in someone else’s relationship, as it explores themes of forbidden love and longing for someone you can’t have. Aside from the unique point of view the singer-songwriter puts herself in for the first time, the music it is set to brings forth a unique mix of musical styles — featuring the Pinoy jukebox style of hugot, and putting some modern synth elements as well, resulting into a fresh yet familiar sound audiences would relate to.
Coming from a year of breakthroughs and heartaches, singer-songwriter Julie Anne San Jose returns with a brand new single that signifies a new chapter in her life.
Julie’s first album under Universal Records, “Breakthrough” broke the boundaries, with her change of sound and approach to her music. All of its singles (Nothing Left, Tayong Dalawa, Down For Me) and the album itself reached the top of the iTunes charts during their first day of release, with the song “Your Song (My One and Only)” also reaching 9 million streams and counting on Spotify.
This year, Julie is set to continue her stride with the release of her newest composition “Regrets.” The emotional song is a reflection of her experiences from the past year, may it be about her career or personal life.
Minutes after its release, the new single already reached the top spot on the iTunes Philippines All Genre and Pop Charts, continuing her streak of #1 hit singles, joining the likes of K-Pop groups BTS and Blackpink on top of the charts.
Breakthrough is Julie’s first album under Universal Records where she explores a different genre of music unheard from her previous releases. Prior to its release, the album’s featured singles ‘Nothing Left‘, her rendition of the Parokya ni Edgar classic ‘Your Song (My One and Only),’ her original song ‘Tayong Dalawa‘ and ‘Down for Me (featuring Fern.)’ all topped various charts as well.
My Guitar Princess is a 2018 Philippine television drama series broadcast by GMA Network. Directed by Nick Olanka, it stars Julie Anne San Jose, Gil Cuerva and Kiko Estrada. It premiered on May 7, 2018, replacing Ang Forever Ko’y Ikaw on the network’s noontime line up and worldwide on GMA Pinoy TV. The series concluded on July 13, 2018 with a total of 50 episodes.
Celina (played by Julie), a daughter of a house help became famous online as the “Guitar Princess”. Her mother was a former singer and was an employee of the Canadian Ambassador to the Philippines who had a Filipino wife and a son, Elton – Celina’s childhood friend. They will eventually meet again, when Elton comes across a video of the Guitar Princess and instantly becomes a fan.
Here are the songs on the viral videos of the Guitar Princess. Listen to the full songs available on:
Asia’s Pop Sweetheart Julie Anne San Jose has released a new album under GMA Records entitled, Chasing The Light. Even before the release of the album, her carrier single and one of several she penned in the album, “Naririnig Mo Ba”, has already topped the iTunes charts after its digital release in June. The song is about faith in love and the hope of feeling in love again, which anyone can relate to.
According to the Kapuso singer-actress, her album is closely similar to her recently released EP, Forever.
“Chasing The Light is more mature in the way na nag-evolve ‘yung genre. It’s different, kasi yung nauna kong albums with GMA Records, parang medyo ballad. I think my fans and I are on the same page when it comes to the kind of music I would make. I think they will like the album just how they liked my EPs,” Julie Anne relates.
Her latest album consists of several original songs and a revival, with Julie Anne’s writing the lyrics for two songs. She also collaborated with international rapper C-Tru, who has high regard for the Kapuso star’s talent. “As a Filipino-American with deep roots in the Philippines, it is an honor to collaborate with talented local artists such as Julie Anne. It’s amazing to be able to connect the Filipino culture here in the U.S. with my kababayan back home through the universal language of music,” C-Tru claims.
This single revolves around an important social issue that rarely gets heard in the radio airwaves these days–and that is the alarming increase of crime happening every single day in our country. This said growing concern was brilliantly addressed in “Dedma.” Anyone can relate with the topic discussed in this single as it would seem that criminals have become so brazen that it does not matter if you are young or old, rich or poor, they just don’t give a damn. For them everyone is fair game as long as they get what they want.
As citizens of the Philippines, we are all “witness” to these heinous criminal acts happening at a disturbing rate each time we tune in to the news, whether it is by watching television, scanning websites, and reading broadsheets. In fact, it has become so bad that almost every single one of us knows someone or is related to a person who has become a victim of crime in one way or another.
It is worth mentioning that Julie Anne San Jose and Abra composed “Dedma.” I can tell this joint effort was planned out in a relatively short amount of time given their own busy schedules. However, that they themselves were the songwriters for “Dedma” impressed me the most because as a music aficionado, I rely most on my sense of hearing. And when a song can get my full attention throughout its entire running time, then it is definitely well worth listening to.
Deeper is a good album. The prospects are good. It landed the No. 1 spot on iTunes on its first day of release last June 1. It is a light, varied pop collection that should easily please her fans. What I like most about it though is that Julie Anne shows herself to be an adept songwriter. This, I think, is the quality that distinguishes her from other girl singers today. She started out writing two songs in her first album — When You Said Goodbye and Baby You Are — and even arranged the latter. She did not arrange anything in Deeper but she did compose a lot of songs. In fact, half of the album are very well-written originals in both English and Filipino by Julie Anne.
In August 2012, she released her self-titled debut album which later on received numerous awards and is now a certified diamond record. Her single, “I’ll Be There” remains the only single certified double platinum, triple platinum and quadruple platinum by the Philippine Association of the Recording Industry (PARI).
I’ll Be There Music Video
I’ll Be There [Ver. 2] Music Video
Enough Music Video
For Everything Music Video
In April 2011, Julie started to do UStreams for her fans with a different theme every time. It is a webcast where she performs songs based on the theme. Her viral video Superbass, that has reached 16 million views, is from one of her UStreams.
Listen to cover songs from Julie’s first SoundCloud account.
Isang Gabi [Single]
2019
Regrets [Single]
2019
Breakthrough [EP]
2018
My Guitar Princess
2018
Chasing the Light
2016
Forever [EP]
2015
Dedma [Single]
2014
Deeper
2014
Julie Anne San Jose
2012
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2012
UStream
2011
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2010
Posted on November 7, 2019
Dahil sa pagganap niya bilang Vicky sa first Filipino anime series na Barangay 143, nominado si Julie Anne San Jose sa 2019 Asian Television Awards sa kategoryang Best Actress in a Leading Role. Nominado rin sa nasabing awards-giving body ang Barangay 143 sa kategoryang Best 2-D Animated Program, Best Direction (Fiction), at Best Theme Song. Read more: […]
Posted on November 7, 2019
Isang malaking karangalan para kay Asia’s Pop Diva Julie Anne San Jose na maging nominado bilang Best Actress in a Leading Role sa 2019 Asian Television Awards. Nominado ang aktres sa kanyang pagganap bilang boses ni Vicky sa Barangay 143, ang kauna-unahang Pinoy anime na ipinalabas sa GMA-7. “Malaking bagay rin po ‘yung ma-nominate ka […]
Posted on November 5, 2019
Kapuso artists are among the nominees for Star Awards for Music 2019. Alden Richards and Christian Bautista are nominated for Male Recording Artist of the Year while Julie Anne San Jose is up for the Female Recording Artist of the Year award, and Album of the Year. The Asia’s Pop Sweetheart is also nominated for […]
Posted on November 5, 2019
Kapuso singer and actress Julie Anne San Jose graces the cover of the November issue of MEGA magazine. “There is this consensus that Julie—Japs to her circle and fans—is the successor to divas reigning and past, but to the singer-songwriter, not to mention multi-instrumentalist, music is the bottom line. Nothing more, nothing less,” MEGA wrote […]
Posted on November 5, 2019
Asia’s Pop Diva Julie Anne San Jose slays the cover of MEGA Magazine. She posed for the fashion magazine’s November issue in collaboration with clothing brand, Lee, and phone brand, Vivo. On the cover, Julie wore a ruffled denim dress to commemorate the clothing brand’s “130 years of style.” View this post on Instagram The […]
Posted on November 1, 2019
There are people who love music, people with musical talent and then there’s Julie Anne San Jose. Julie Anne San Jose’s focus is impressive. Listen to her talk about music and you’d know she’s in it for life. Listen to her sing and you’re stranded in a dream state lulled, in a good way, by […]
Posted on October 30, 2019
GMA Network continues to earn nods from international award-giving bodies with eight nominations at this year’s Asian Television Awards (ATA). Asia’s Pop Diva and The Clash Master Julie Anne San Jose was nominated as ‘Best Actress in a Leading Role’ for her role as Vicky in Synergy88 Entertainment Media’s “Barangay 143” which aired on GMA […]
Posted on October 29, 2019
Asia’s Pop Sweetheart Julie Anne San Jose was ecstatic when she shared announced her upcoming collaboration with media-services provider and music streaming app Spotify. During her network contract renewal last October 25, Julie confirmed, “Yes, I’m working on something with Spotify and I’m very excited for this. I can’t spoil it yet.” As for when […]
Posted on October 29, 2019
With the temperature further dropping and the flowers blooming, now seems the perfect time to head up north for a vacation. In her Instagram, Kapuso singer Julie Anne San Jose showed the beauty of Benguet as she frolicked in the Northern Blossom Flower Farm in the town of Atok. 1 of 7 Photo: @myjaps (IG) […]
Posted on October 28, 2019
Asia’s Pop Diva Julie Anne San Jose’s journey as a Kapuso continues as she renewed her exclusive contract with GMA Network last Friday, October 25. Present in the contract signing were GMA Network Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Atty. Felipe L. Gozon, President and Chief Operating Officer Gilberto R. Duavit, Jr., Senior Vice President for […]
Posted on October 26, 2019
Tinuturing na malaking blessing ng Asia’s Sweetheart na si Julie Anne San Jose ang nominasyon bilang Best Actress in a Leading Role sa Asian TV Awards 2019 para sa kaniyang voice dubbing sa Japanese-Filipino anime na Barangay 143. Kuwento ni Julie sa isang interview, “Actually, malaking bagay na rin po ‘yung ma-nominate pa lang sa […]
Posted on October 25, 2019
Julie Anne San Jose remains a Kapuso as she signs a new contract with GMA-7 today, October 25. 1 of 8 Julie Anne San Jose Julie Anne San Jose confirms loyalty to her mother network as she signs a new network contract. 2 of 8 Popstar Kids She began her Kapuso career in 2005 […]
