“Ano ang kwento?! Ito ang kwento!” are lyrics from “HI! HELLO!” which is a song about sharing one’s experience in the modern dating world of dating apps, which was fun yet an unfortunate experience swiping left and right, and the repetitive cycle of chat messaging of Hi! Hello! upon every match. Finally, you will have a chance to meet someone who seems promising but still goes down the hill after the meet-up part of the dating game. And this process turns out to be a cycle – “Paulit-ulit na Hi! Hello!”—not until you hopefully meet “the one”. And since the artist grew up during the peak of romantic comedies that made him believe in something organic and idealistic, he is making his experience on the dating app feel a bit desperate and unnatural, at least for him.
HI! HELLO!
by Arnoldg
HI! HELLO! Publishing Details
Lyricist: Arnold Ray Garcia
Production House: Adlib Music
Producer/arranger: May Manuel, Andrew Mendoza
Mix and Master Engineer: Chi Capulong
Vocal Recording Engineer: Andrew Mendoza
Vocal Recording Studio: Studio 88 Philippines
HI! HELLO!’s arrangement and music production are a breath of fresh air in the current OPM scene, especially with its earworm intro and striking guitar solo, it will bring you back to the 90s alternative rock energy. The arrangement and music production of the song are pegged to Arnoldg’s directives to make it a “romcom” type of genre, fused with his influences – Arctic Monkeys’ Mardy Bum, KZ Tandingan’s Impossible, and Moira Dela Torre’s Babalik Sa’yo. And with the arrangers/producers’ (May Manuel and NEON) plus The Sensei Chi Capulong mix & master engineer’s extensive exposure in the alternative and romcom genre during its height of era, ergo, is a timeless pop, alternative, romcom vibe music production of – HI! HELLO!