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Published April 25, 2025 6:09pm
JC Regino could not help but become emotional recalling his last conversation with his father, April Boy, before the OPM icon passed away.
In Friday’s “Fast Talk with Boy Abunda,” JC said that while he was in the United States, his dad urged him to return to the Philippines.
“Alam ko mas masaya ka dito kasi mas mahal mo ‘yung music,” April Boy told him. “Kumanta na ulit tayong dalawa.”
His father likened their duo to Batman and Robin.
“'Wala tayong iwanan. Tayong dalawa ang laging magkasama, kakanta tayo, gagawa tayo ng mga kanta, gagawa tayo ng mga awitin, ipaparinig natin sa mga recording studio para kumanta na ulit tayong dalawa. Samahan mo ‘ko. ‘Wag mo kong iiwan. Gusto ko kasama kita laging mag-perform,'” he recalled his father had told him.
JC described this as the “huling-huling hindi ko makakalimutan kay dad.”
He admitted that carrying on their shared musical dream feels incomplete without his dad.
“Pagka siyempre, kakanta ako sa stage, magpapasaya ako ng tao, pagka minsan, napapalingon talaga ako minsan sa kanan o sa kaliwa kasi lagi siyang nando’n eh. Dalawa kaming nasa stage eh. Ngayon ako na lang eh,” JC said.
The absence is felt even more whenever he receives new opportunities, like signing with GMA.
“Parang mas maganda siguro sana kung nakikita niya. Proud kasi siya sa ‘kin eh kasi nga sa ‘kin niya tinuro lahat ng pagkanta, paano maggitara, paano magpasaya ng entablado. Tapos ngayon kulang na kulang,” JC said.
The creative process has also become more challenging for him.
“Sa kaniya ko po kasi lagi pinaririnig ‘yung kanta ko. Ngayon, wala na. Wala na ‘yung ’pag pupunta ako do’n nagsasabi sa ‘kin, ‘Anak, ang ganda ng ginawa mong kanta.’ Ngayon, wala. ‘Di ko alam kung tama ba ‘yung mga ginagawa kong kanta o hindi kasi siya ‘yung nag-sa-suggest sa ‘kin kung, ‘Anak, ito, palit natin lyrics niyan,’” he said.
April Boy passed away in 2020.
He was best known for his songs “'Di Ko Kayang Tanggapin” and “Paano ang Puso Ko.”Meanwhile, JC has released multiple singles under GMA Music, including “Wala Na” and “Babytawan.”
—Carby Rose Basina/CDC, GMA Integrated News
