Belle Mariano's Rise and the Harsh Comments in Its MV

Rise is one of the talent management arm that takes care of Belle Mariano’s career. It is also the title of one of the songs in her Daylight album. The vocals on this one is different from all the rest. While the other songs come off with sweet vocals, this one has that stronger, bolder voice as Mr. Miguel Dumawal (of ABS CBN Digital) notes, “Iba yung tapang ng boses mo dun. Parang may ooomp ang boses mo dun.” (Eng Translation "The bravado of your voice is different in this song. Your voice had that extra ooomp." - 1:02:03 of the Daylight Listening Party). Belle admits that she was able to relate to “Rise” as it also speaks of her journey and feels that the song can be everyone’s anthem. She says we try to get by and try to find hope and inspiration, and she wants to make sure that her voice would be able to communicate just that. The follow-up question is more personal, asking about which particular experience she use to help her load on the emotions. She said that her whole showbiz experience can be characterized by the word rising. Mr. Dumawal agrees as he noted that Belle is on the “Rise” as everything seems to be happening all at the same time for her from a launching movie, Love is Color Blind to a debut album, Daylight.

This was composed by fellow “Rise” artist, Jayda Avanzado who is also a singer. She said that she did try to dig up on Belle’s life to help her write “Rise”. “Rise” has become a good inspirational song. We will be featuring it in another post as it has become a graduation song of choice for this year’s grad ceremonies.

We know that the music video is a story of triumph, but it hits closer to home for Belle as it includes snippets of hurtful comments she received when she was announced for the role of Maxpein Del Valle in 2019. It also ends with her dream to be recognized as a good actress. The video uses some details from her personal experience making it relatable. Making us want to protect her and “Rise” up against bullies in general.

This is a song in English and easily liked by international fans, but the part where they see the hate comments make them wonder what they are all about. To complete the experience for them, here is a translation of the Filipino comments. They will get the full impact of what Belle went through and even the video’s story line. They will also get to appreciate the strength that Belle has and the journey that she goes through. The English translation is in red. Pardon the lay outing- not a pro at that. Hoping you get to understand what the comments were all about.