In Conversation With Liza Soberano About Taking Risks As An Artist
During Careless Music’s Trade Launch, she chatted with us about how her current mindset as an artist is aligned with the record label
Filipino-American artist Liza Soberano debuted in showbiz in 2011. She has grown a lot since and absorbed tons of learnings on her way to becoming one of the brightest young actresses in the Philippines. She has starred in some of the top teleseryes and blockbuster films, and even took on a voice role in Netflix’s Trese.
With a grateful heart for all the opportunities ABS-CBN had given her, Liza now gets ready to embark on the next chapter of her career. During Careless Music’s recent Trade Launch, she signed a contract with the record label chairman James Reid and CEO Jeffrey Oh, to make her deal with them official.
She looked as stunning as ever as she greeted the guests at Careless Music’s Trade Launch. But, she noticeably has a bolder and braver aura, too, especially in her custom JustBonita black dress with a corseted bodice and thigh-high slit and voluminous hair.
Liza is first and foremost an actress, revealing that she even took acting lessons when she was in Los Angeles, California recently. But now that she’s with Careless Music, expect her to surprise and delight everyone with her creative facet as a singer, with the ultimate goal of crossing over to the global entertainment scene.
Hinting at what they’re aiming to achieve with Liza, James said at the Trade Launch, “I would say Liza is easily one of the biggest stars in the country, and we’re really excited to partner with her. She’s a very talented actress. She has an amazing voice that she’s been hiding from everyone. That’s what we’re excited to bring out. You know, she has an eye for fashion. She has a deep understanding of pop culture, which is incredible. And she really is a force to be reckoned with. So we’re excited for everything we’re doing in the Philippines and overseas as well.”
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On what she likes about Careless Music
“With Careless, they do things differently… They make the artist kind of like the boss. So James [Reid] always says he works for me, not the other way around… That’s what’s kind of fun. I feel like the boss of my own career now. I feel more excited to take risks and do things the way I envision [them].”
Photo Credit: @lizasberano @mickeysee @renzpangilinan
On exploring a music career
“With music, I’m just getting started because unlike other artists, I’ve never really taken music seriously. It was always something that I did just for fun and till now, it’s still something that I wanna do for fun. I’m still mainly an actress, but I do wanna explore getting into music as a way to express myself, my personal life, and my personal experiences in life.”
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On accepting acting projects
“I’m going back to the States to pursue an acting course. And then there are projects being offered here and there. But I’m still going through the scripts, and I just wanna make sure that the first thing that I do is the right thing for me. Because I feel like that’s kind of moving me in the direction that I wanna get to. So it has to feel right.”
Photo Credit: @lizasberano @mickeysee @renzpangilinan
On how Careless Music’s vision is aligned with her current mindset as an artist
“So their vision is always to do things the way they want to do it. They always say it’s not about what we do but it’s always about the people that we do it with and how we do it. And so, that’s always something that I strongly could relate to. The glitz and glamour of showbiz was never the most important thing to me. It was always about how I felt doing it and how I felt working with people that I was working with.”
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On how Careless Music’s vision is aligned with her current mindset as an artist
“With Careless, they’re like a family. They help each other grow by giving each other projects that nobody thinks they can get initially. They’re able to take risks and they’re just so fearless. And that’s exactly what I want for myself because there came a point whereーI keep sayingーI’m starting to get comfortable with everything that I was doing. And I think comfortable is scary because then excitement goes away, nervousness goes away. And that’s always important for artists.”
Photo Credit: @perrytabora
On being a risk taker
“No, I wasn’t a risk taker before. But I’m at this point in my life where I do wanna become a risk taker, and I wanna be able to make decisions on my own, whether it be the right decision or not. At least, I learn and I grow.”
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On working with James Reid
“It is a lot of fun working with him because he relates to the same sentiments as me when it comes to creative expression. And that’s actually what drew me and what really excited me about working with him because I feel like nobody in the industry understands what artists go through [other] than, like, your co-artists. And so, he’s pretty chill. More than anything, he’s chill. He allows us to do whatever we want, like before this event, he was telling me to just say whatever I want. He’s cool.”
Photo Credit: @gracelibero
Lead and gallery photos from @lizasoberano @mickeysee @renzpangilinan @perrytabora
Gallery cover photo by Grace Libero-Cruz
Layout by Raff Colmenar
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