“Pa’no kung masaktan? Pa’no kung hindi na? Pa’no kung matapos?”
Filipino band Singco Mano pours raw emotion into their newest single “Ulan,” released under AltG Records. The track captures the weight of broken promises and the painful tug-of-war between what the heart longs for and what reality reveals.
“Ulan” is one of the band’s most personal releases. Written collectively by members Paul Santana (lead vocals), Gello Roque (lead guitar), David Legaspi (keys), Nate Mendoza (bass), and Ernest Suing (drums), the song reflects their confrontation with a shared fear: the fear of being hurt and the fear of losing someone who still exists in the physical world but has drifted out of emotional reach.
The band describes its essence as an exploration of a “sharp loss,” the kind that hurts most when you begin to mourn someone who is still present yet painfully distant. For lead vocalist Paul Santana, the track is rooted in real experience. “It is based on a profound personal loss,” he shares. “It was something I held onto so tightly, something I never truly learned to live without. From that experience, I discovered my biggest fear: the fear of losing.”
Produced by Singco Mano, the track features the detailed work of Jessie Ocampo, recording engineer and drummer of Nior, and Yoosol Park as mixing and mastering engineer. The band encapsulates the emotional core of the song in two words: pa’no kung (what if). For them, this simple phrase expresses an entire landscape of restlessness and tangled thoughts. “Who would have thought that something so simple could express such a complicated, weary heart?” says keyboardist David Legaspi.
Through “Ulan,” Singco Mano hopes listeners will confront their own fear of loss, feel it fully, and eventually release it. They want people to understand that this fear is not something worth carrying forward, and that what should remain are the lessons and the moments of joy that existed before the storm.
“Ulan” by Singco Mano is now available on all major streaming platforms under AltG Records.
