While they’re in a romantic relationship, Maris Racal quipped that she still gets nervous “all the time” whenever her boyfriend, Rico Blanco, evaluates her work as a music artist.
“After I finish writing a song, I will have him listen to it. And sometimes he’s impressed, sometimes he’s not. So there’s still that kind of pressure even though we have this kind of relationship,” she told the Inquirer in a recent Zoom press conference for her latest single, the power-pop tune “Ate Sandali.”
Maris is now with Balcony Entertainment, Rico’s record label and management company, whose artist roster also includes Ebe Dancel, Zild and Never the Strangers.
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