Singer-songwriter mrld released her newest single, ‘Maligayang Pagkunwari’ via O/C Records last April 1. The release comes after the singer dropped her hit  single, ‘Ligaya,’ in October last year, which now has garnered over 14M streams on  digital platforms and has been listed in numerous Spotify hits playlists. 

For her debut release this year, mrld launches Maligayang Pagkunwari — an acoustic  rock song that explores what it feels like to suppress genuine emotions for someone  for the sake of the other’s tranquility. 

“ is a general feeling that not everybody talks about. Like how  we bottle up our feelings and hurt ourselves for the other person’s peace of mind,” mrld  shares. 

She adds, “I wrote this song way back in 2020, and I just couldn’t find the push to  release the song. I was scared that people would think of me as someone who acts like  someone who goes through so much as a kid, which is true, even I questioned the  situation at that time. I was a kid, it was new to me.”  

Ligaya’s enormous success has shepherded mrld to unequivocally release Maligayang Pagkunwari. She reckons the support she has attained from her hit single propelled her  pluck to share the message of this newest track to her audience. 

While Maligayang Pagkunwari has the earmarks of Ligaya, mrld acknowledges that the  creative process in producing this track seems to be more personal as her previous  releases lean more towards her visualization of a particular situation that she has never  been through. 

“But with this one, I felt it, I went through it, and I was hurt by it. This song is part of me,  and now I’m showing this to everyone. I hope they feel the connection, too,” she  explains. 

“They should always think about themselves first. Being selfless doesn’t make you  selfish. Trying to hide what we feel hurts, and we all don’t deserve that. I hope they 

don’t go through the same situation, but if they already did or if they do, I hope this  song reminds them that they’re not alone,” mrld shares as she talks about the  underlying message of this track. 

Arranged and mastered by Hazel Pascua and Franz Sacro, Maligayang Pagkunwari evokes a somber emotion filled with “strong sadness,” all while featuring mrld’s  flexibility as an artist. 

Maligayang Pagkunwari is now available for streaming on all digital music platforms,  including Spotify, Apple Music, and YouTube. (Denise Simone)