''Lapit'' (

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, "Closer") is the third studio album by

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singer-composer

Yeng Constantino Josephine Eusebio Constantino-Asuncion (born December 4, 1988), professionally known as Yeng Constantino, is a Filipino pop rock singer-songwriter, occasional actress and host. She is referred to as the ''Philippines Pop Rock Royalty'' and i ...

. The album was released on October 9, 2009, via

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through

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from the record label's website and later in music stores in the

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. After a week, it was pulled out of display shelves due to some technical errors in the album and is expected to be released again in a week before the album's grand launch on November 1, 2009. The album contains ten OPM tracks, all composed by Constantino, with the collaboration of Morning Glory.

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is the producer of this album. Its carrier single is "Lapit", a rock- inspirational song.

Track listing

# "Lapit" (Constantino) – 4:39 # " Jeepney Love Story" (Constantino) – 5:16 # "Wag Ka Magtatanong" (Constantino) – 3:32 # "Akin Ka Na" (Constantino) – 3:54 # "Pag Ayaw Mo Na" (Constantino) – 4:48 # "Takas" (Constantino) – 4:47 # "Ligaw" (Constantino) – 5:22 # "Siguro" (Constantino) – 3:59 # "Maghihintay" (Constantino) – 3:57 # "Wag Na" (Constantino) – 4:17 # "Takas and Jeepney Love Story (Acoustic Version)" (Constantino) – 3:18

Songwriter's block

Constantino suffered

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for almost nine months, delaying the release of this album. In an interview she stated that she felt pressured after the hit singles from her first album, "Hawak Kamay" and "Salamat", and was apprehensive that her third album would not be as successful after reading negative reviews about her second album '' Journey''. These articles criticized her compositions as "just a cycle of tunes" and labeled her as an "overnight sensation". The inspirational advice of

, the former drummer of the now defunct band

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, who promised to co-produce her third album, restored her spirit and motivation for songwriting and resulted in the ten tracks she wrote for ''Lapit''.

Charts and singles

''Lapit'' was released digitally via Star Records' official website on October 9, 2009, then in physical formats in music stores nationwide. A week later the album was pulled due to technical errors in the album track listing and was re-released before its grand album launch on November 1, 2009. ''Lapit'' would receive platinum status. "Lapit" was the lead single from the album, and Constantino's 14th top ten hit. The lyrics of the song had a resemblance with her first single which was "Hawak Kamay", an inspirational rock vibe. the music video of the song scored 2.87 million views on

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and became her second most viewed video, after "Jeepney Love Story", until August 2013 when it was surpassed by her single "Chinito". "Lapit" was used on the soundtrack for the

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TV series ''

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'' and ''

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''. The song reached the top of I FM Chart in the last week of 2009. In 2010 it won the

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"Texters' Choice Song of the Year". "Wag Kang Magtatanong" is a mid-tempo pop ballad written by Costantino. The song was released in March 2010 and it was decided as the official second offering single from this album. " Jeepney Love Story" debut at number eighteen on July 3, 2010, in Tambayan Top 20. It replaced

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's rendition of "

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as a passenger, which replaced the seat of Dorschner. As of December 2013 the music video of the song scored 10 million views on YouTube and became her most viewed video. "Wag Na" is her third single off the album. The song debut at number five on January 22, 2011, in Tambayan Top 20. So far it has reached 2 million views in YouTube. The song was Yeng Constantino's 20th top 10 songs. To date "Wag Na" music video reached 7.5 million views on YouTube with the official video and the other uploaded music video. "Siguro" is the fifth single from the album. It was released in the

in July 2011. The director of her music video was Avid Liongoren, produce by Yeng Constantino her Assistant Director was Jan Parma and director of Photography is courtesy by "Macky Galvez". On April 15, 2013, the song used as the official theme song for Koreanovela ''

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''. To date "Siguro" music video reached 6.3 million views on YouTube with the official video and the other upload video.

Personnel and music videos

Credits

* Acoustic Guitar – Yeng Constantino * Bass – Emerson Gamat (tracks: 10) * Bass, Guitar, Keyboards – Buddy Zabala * Drums – Kevin Cruz (tracks: 10) * Drums, Guitar, Keyboards, Percussion – Raymund Marasigan * Executive Producer – Malou N. Santos * Executive-Producer – Annabelle Regalado-Borja * Lead Guitar – Paul John Ibarra (tracks: 10) * Photography – Ronnie Salvacion * Producer – Raymund Marasigan * Producer dditional– Buddy Zabala * Rhythm Guitar – Nino Pabillano * Songwriter – Yeng Constantino (tracks: All) * Vocals – Yeng Constantino * Music videos All of her music video from this album are directed by Avid Liongoren. * "Lapit" * "Wag Kang Magtatanong" * " Jeepney Love Story" * "Wag Na" * "Siguro"

References

{{Authority control 2009 albums Yeng Constantino albums