Twenty-five years ago, a song was placed in Ice Seguerra’s hands. It almost slipped unnoticed.

“I listened to the demo and never even bothered to learn it,” he recalls with a laugh. “In fact, the producer, Margot Gallardo, and I only really sat down to talk about it minutes before we recorded.”

At the time, Seguerra was moving through a blur of obligations, balancing school, live performances, and studio work. The session felt like just another stop in a packed schedule.

“I was so sleepy and tired that time,” he says, recalling the recording session.

Nothing about the moment suggested history in the making. Yet, not long after, Vicor Music executives made a decision that would quietly shift the trajectory of his career. Picking the track as the album’s carrier single.

“They were the ones who recognized it as a hit,” Seguerra says simply. "Nagulat pa nga ako e. Kasi I barely remember the session."

That song, “Pagdating ng Panahon,” would go on to become a defining moment in Original Pilipino Music and his life.

Prior to recording the tune, Seguerra was still widely known as Aiza Seguerra, the child star from "Eat Bulaga!".

“Yeah, that song changed my life,” he says. “It allowed me to reinvent myself, from child star to singer-songwriter, performer.”

Weddings, proposals, quiet moments of heartbreak and healing, “Pagdating ng Panahon” has threaded itself through the most intimate parts of people’s lives, often in ways Seguerra never anticipated.

“To record it all those years ago was already special,” he reflects, “but I never imagined how deeply it would become part of people’s stories.”

“After 25 years, people are still listening, still singing, and still finding themselves in this song,” he adds. “That’s something I will never take for granted.”

That lasting connection is what led him back into the studio, partnering with Vicor Music once again, to mark the song’s 25th anniversary with a new version.

“It feels like coming full circle,” he says. “Working together with the original record label to reintroduce a classic to today’s streaming audience.”

Time, however, has not left the song untouched in him either.

“The meaning of the song changes as you grow,” Seguerra says. “When I first recorded it, I was singing about hope and love in a very youthful way. Now, after everything life has taught me, the emotions feel deeper and more layered.”

Revisiting it, he adds, is not about recreating the past but reinterpreting it.

“It gives me the chance to honor the song and the people who made it part of their stories.”

For Seguerra, “Pagdating ng Panahon” is no longer just a breakout hit or a career milestone. It has become something more enduring: a shared memory between artist and audience, still unfolding, 25 years on.