After a one-year pandemic-forced delay, the Tokyo Olympics is finally just around the corner. As our athletes gear up for the competitions, a Filipino band offers the power of music to take these warriors further.
Upon realizing that there was no song specifically dedicated to Filipino athletes, Johnny Cross took it upon themselves to compose one back in 2019. For a band whose name is a modern twist on the Filipino everyman Juan Dela Cruz, it was only fitting.
Around two months before the start of the 2019 Southeast Asian Games, Johnny Cross came up with the anthem aptly titled “Pilipinas,” which ended up accompanying our athletes in the said sporting event.
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