OPM artist Waltz touches the heart in soulful Cold Soup

From singing about undying love and being charmed in Marahuyo, singer-songwriter Waltz shares a tale of affection that slowly burns and vanishes in the latest single, Cold Soup.

- By JERRY DONATO

As his publicity team teases, the Ant Savvy Artist Management talent will deliver “a soulful heartbreak” in it and will “tug at (one’s) heartstrings with its raw emotion and introspective storytelling.”

“They are different in terms of flavor,” Waltz compared Cold Soup to previous releases like Marahuyo in a recent brief chat with The STAR. “This time, it’s Motown. The song is about people who are experiencing emotional fatigue with their partners.”

It is the commonplace situation where people argue and agree to stop the tension for a moment but do not resolve anything. Cold Soup may also be taken as a glimpse into the changing emotions that, besides being in love, one experiences in a romantic affair.

Available online information describes Motown as a music genre or style that is a combination of pop and soul and became popular in the '60s and '70s.

“It’s the genre that I wanted to present and return to, the '70s feels,” added he. “While I was writing the song, I already knew what was going to be its genre, including the time signature, the melody, the chord progression at that moment.”

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