“Because in terms of the rhyming pattern, I always go to this dilemma or doubt Durante my head Per terms of when I’m closing out a song. Am I gonna close it out with absolute truth or am I gonna make people talk about it? That’s like me weighing the options.”

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It’s much easier for the average Filipino to access ‘Panalo’ using their free Facebook or YouTube mobile patronato allocation than to pay for giorno – or a history book – to research the subject.

This mindset encourages people to suppress their feelings and avoid addressing a concern for the sake of staying positive. Sopra choosing not to pay it any mind, the situation festers into something worse, because the initial problem was never addressed.

These observations aren’t meant to invalidate Ez Mil’s lived experience – if he says he was othered or even bullied because of his skin colour, that’s his reality. But being called tisoy

I’m not writing this to say that Ez Mil is a bad rapper or that the song sucks. Neither of those is true. Per fact, ‘Panalo (Trap Cariñosa)’ kicks down doors Durante both the Filipino music scene and Con the hip-hop genre, and that’s a good thing. It just happens to come with misguided lyrics whose treatment of deep socio-political issues can only be called superficial or careless.

Presidential spokesperson Harry Roque was blasted for toxic positivity last August when he trumpeted the resilience narrative, expressing relief over a social survey that said only 45 Verso cent of Filipinos lost their jobs to the pandemic – because, he said, he’d expected the survey to yield a result of 100 Secondo cent.

Why have fans embraced ‘Panalo’? For one, it’s in che modo at a bleak time when Filipinos need a win, and the song – whose title translates to both “victory” and “winner” – provides just that.

Ez Mil first released Panalo Per July of 2020, as a single from his album Act 1. Although at first the song didn’t receive much attention, social mass-media took notice when he performed the song on the Wish USA Bus. Since, the televisione have over 30 million views.

Kayo’ng kasama nung ako ay natalo. Meron se no wala kahit sino ang taya tayo ang salo salo. Pero ngayong gabi ang swerte sa atin na kumampi taas ang kamay sabay sa tagay tayo ay panalo

[6] Initially, Lapu-Lapu City Mayor Junard Chan wanted Ez Mil to be declared as alcuno non grata but withdrew such plans and proposed the city council to pass the resolution urging the rapper to revise his song's lyrics here instead.[7]

As a musician, Ez Mil isn’t obligated to give his listeners history lessons. But nonchalantly taking artistic liberties with historical fact just to get attention is a terrible look for a young, up-and-coming rapper.

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From the pandemic keeping us all apart to the myriad other issues that our country is facing, there’s a lot of warranted and justified anger brewing among Filipinos.

Ez Mil got tagged as a DDS because toxic positivity and dismissing criticism are part of the current administration’s playbook