Filipino singer-songwriter Unique Salonga has released ‘Reality Checklist’, his newest single.
The atmospheric pop tune, which dropped last Friday (October 15) via O/C Records, is based on a painting by multimedia artist Jaime Pacena II.
The painting is featured on the single’s cover art, which features an unoccupied bed and a faded checklist at the bottom with the options “You”, “Me”, and “Him”.
Salonga deals with the reality of a fallen relationship in ‘Reality Checklist’: “Now, I’m terribly mistaken / This is just so heart-breakin’ / You said that it was real but you’re fakin’,” he sings in its chorus.
Listen to ‘Reality Checklist’ below.
Pacena II issued a statement about the painting, which Salonga shared. “A painting specifically made for my Solo Exhibition entitled ‘Ordinary Days’, based on a personal story in 2017,” it reads. The artist has also made an oil painting of Salonga, which you can see below.
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‘Reality Checklist’ is Salonga’s latest single following last month’s ‘Mga Katulad Mo’. Last year, Salonga released his sophomore album ‘PANGALAN:’. The album track ‘Huwag Ka Sanang Magagalit’ received a music video last November.
Salonga is the former frontman of IV Of Spades. He left in 2018, turning the band to a trio with Zild Benitez taking over main vocal duties. The band has been on a hiatus since August 2020.