Inamin ni Jaya na pinilit lamang siya ng kanyang ina na pumasok sa showbiz noon pero paaano niya kaya unti-untinng minahal ang industriya? Alamin 'yan sa video na ito.
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00:00 So, I asked you, how did you start?
00:02 Because I feel like,
00:04 I found out that you were already there during the Metro Pop.
00:07 You were not in the States when you started, actually.
00:10 I started in the States.
00:12 I was 18 when I ran away from my mom.
00:15 Then, I went to other places.
00:17 And she had no idea that I was working as a singer.
00:22 So how did you start working as a singer?
00:24 There, right?
00:25 No, I started here.
00:26 How?
00:27 At the age of 10, singers with dancers were popular, right?
00:32 Yes.
00:33 They were entertaining at nightclubs.
00:35 My mom had a Ramses Angel.
00:39 I was one of them.
00:41 She would slap me with fakes.
00:43 Boobs.
00:44 Boobs.
00:44 Boobs, you came along.
00:46 Then, high heels and the thong effect.
00:50 At 10 years old?
00:52 You're really a performer.
00:54 No, I was just a flirt.
00:56 You're not.
00:58 I didn't like show business.
01:00 So your mom would always make you fight because you didn't do it properly.
01:02 Yes, I would hide in the closet.
01:04 So what happened? How did you start?
01:06 How did you like it?
01:08 Yes, because...
01:10 I just started to like it.
01:12 I just started to appreciate the business aspect of show business.
01:18 Didn't you appreciate that she forced you at 10 years old?
01:22 Yes.
01:24 The background is that she discovered that I sing.
01:28 I would sing inside the bedroom, locked.
01:30 I thought that Miss Engot wouldn't hear me outside.
01:36 So every time I would sing, I would tape it, get the lyrics, and practice to death.
01:40 With matching compacts.
01:42 So there's glass.
01:44 Can you see yourself?
01:46 Yes, but I can't do it outside.
01:48 So you're shy.
01:50 Before...
01:52 Jai is not shy.
01:54 Did you ever think that you would become like this?
01:56 Did you ever think that you would become like this?
02:00 That you would become Jaya?
02:02 Yes.
02:04 You didn't choose to be like this.
02:06 Yes, but I needed to do it for work.
02:08 Because I wasn't able to finish high school.
02:10 Because my mom would either quit school and sing.
02:14 That was the only choice.
02:16 One, go to school and sing.
02:18 I was shy because I knew that she would make me sing in clubs.
02:24 So I needed to go on a venture.
02:28 You wanted a bigger goal.
02:30 But you were the one who got it.
02:32 No, I wasn't thinking of a bigger goal.
02:34 I was just thinking of doing what I wanted.
02:36 So I did what she wanted.
02:38 And then I went on my own.
02:40 And then I became Jaya.
02:42 How did you end up singing in the States?
02:44 It was an accident.
02:46 It was a beautiful accident.
02:48 A lot of singers now want to make it there.
02:52 And you started there.
02:54 There was a model.
02:56 She's black Italian.
02:58 She does a lot of advertisements of particular products that we know.
03:02 I'll say it later.
03:04 They made me do the demo vocals of "If You Leave Me Now".
03:08 It's a dance song written by Stevie B.
03:10 She couldn't sing when she went from New York to Florida.
03:14 Because that's our home base.
03:16 Stevie had his own recording studio.
03:19 So she said, "Hey, Louise, come over here and do a demo of this song."
03:22 Louise?
03:24 That's the name of the song, Jaya?
03:26 Yes, Louise.
03:27 So you're Louise, Darlene?
03:28 She's Maria Luisa.
03:30 Oh, I'm Louise.
03:32 Louise.
03:33 And then, suddenly, the girl came.
03:36 For six hours, she couldn't do the first line.
03:39 And the first line was, "We were not just lovers."
03:43 That's it.
03:44 I know that song. I heard it.
03:46 So, the billboard 100 magazine was reading.
03:51 I hope I'm here.
03:53 It's possible.
03:55 Then, it popped up.
03:57 Then the record label president came up to me with Stevie and said,
04:02 "I'm writing a check for $10,000.
04:05 Do you want to do the project or not?"
04:09 Of course, I want to do the project!
04:12 I'm not a fan of Stevie.
04:16 It was a five-year recording deal.
04:20 But I was only able to do two.
04:22 Why?
04:23 I quit.
04:24 Why did you quit?
04:26 I got sick and tired of it.
04:28 It wasn't what I wanted.
04:30 It still wasn't what you were looking for.
04:32 Even though the song made it to the top 40.
04:35 Yes, it made it to the charts.
04:36 That's not a music video, Ning.
04:38 That's why, Ning.
04:39 That's why.
04:40 I'm fine.