WATCH: Lovebirds KZ Tandigan, TJ Monterde’s duet goes viral

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As Valentine’s Day approaches, singing lovebirds KZ Tandigan and TJ Monterde cheered up their fans with a musical piece about long-distance relationships.

On Monday, Monterde dropped his newest song called “Ikaw at Ako pa Rin,” a collaboration with his real-life girlfriend Tandigan. The song focuses on the ups and downs of their relationship as they balance their work schedules to find time for each other. “Whatever happens, there’s a rainbow at the end,” they belt out in the song’s chorus.

Monterde penned in his Facebook post,  “Sa nature ng trabaho namin ni KZ, madalas kaming hindi nagkakasama,
nasa malayo ako, nasa Manila naman siya, di kaya’y nasa labas siya ng bansa, ako naman ang nasa Pinas (With the nature of our work, we often don’t see each other; sometimes I am in a faraway place while she is Manila, or she is overseas while I am here in the Philippines).”

“Ngunit minsan ma’y hindi nagkakaintindihan, hindi nagkakasundo, nagkakatampuhan (actually madalas),
lagi pa din dapat nating tandaan na mas makapangyarihan ang pagmamahal above all, kaya naisulat namin ang kantang ito (But sometimes there are misundertandings, disagreements, quarrels [in fact, often], but we should remember that love is powerful above all, that’s why we composed this song),” he said, concluding that there are no perfect relationships existing in the world.

Their song managed to touch the hearts of Facebook netizens, especially those healing from the wounds of heartbreaks and those in a long-distance relationship. It has reached 1.7 million views and 94,000 likes as of Thursday.

Tandigan, who rose to fame with her “X Factor Philippines” victory, and Monterde celebrated their second anniversary as a couple this month.  Gianna Francesca Catolico

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