SB19 FELIP, stage name “Ken,” is on fire with his first upcoming album “7sins,” reaching #1 in CDJapan’s all-genre on the first day of pre-orders. The CD release will be a Japan exclusive with a bonus track that will be available on the 21st of August.
Alongside the album release, FELIP has announced his Japanese schedule in connection with this solo comeback with a signing event on August 30, followed by his “7sins the album concert” on September 2 on his official X account.
7sins JAPAN events and dates
— FELIP (@felipsuperior) June 26, 2024
日本で会えるのを楽しみにしているよ！
*details to follow in the coming weeks pic.twitter.com/eayZ7wh5KC
It is expected to have nine tracks: “Foes,” “Envy,” “Wrath,” “Greed,” “Pride,” “Gluttony,” “Lust,” “Sloth,” and “Ache.” Ache is highly anticipated by fans as they theorize that this might be an unreleased song teased by FELIP before.
A fan with the handle @felipsupercore posts on the social media platform X, “OH MY GOD WE’RE FINALLY GETTING THIS UNRELEASED SONG?!?!? I AM CRYING ALREADY OH MY GOOD NOOOO WORDS CAN EXPLAIN HOW MUCH I ACHE!?!!!!!!! 😭😭😭😭😭😭”.
Two songs from the album will have featured artists, with Gluttony featuring PLAYERTWO and Lust featuring Cyra Gwynth.
PLAYERTWO is an alternative hip-hop group under Warner Music Philippines composed of five members, three being artists-producers with Ivo Impreso, Luke April, and Wave P, and two visual creatives, Puhken, and Ven Villariza.
FELIP currently has two collaboration tracks with PLAYERTWO: “FLYYY” and “Pagdali”.
Cyra Gwynth is a Belgian singer-songwriter of Dutch and Filipino descent with a distinct moody R&B sound.
For Philippine A’TINs, “7sins the album concert” will be coming to Manila on the 27th of July at Space at One Ayala. Ticket selling opened last June 24th, wherein superior pass tickets immediately sold out.
“7sins” will be available on all digital streaming platforms for fans locally and worldwide.
Awit Awards
Together with this achievement for the P-Pop superstar, the Awit Awards’ official Facebook page announced FELIP’s approved nominations under 15 categories on July 1.
These nominations are for his Extended Play (EP) “COMPLEX” for album of the year and best cover art; “STRAYDOGS” for record of the year, song of the year, music video of the year, best performance of a solo artist, and best rap/hip-hop recording; “KANAKO” for best regional recording, best rock/metal recording, and best cover art; “MICTEST” for best regional recording; “ROCKSTA” for music video of the year; and “MOVING CLOSER” for best ballad recording.
The hashtag #FELIP, recently, was trending on X for the artist’s achievement of the 15 Awit Awards nominations as well as the “7sins” preorders doing well across CDJapan, Amazon Japan, and Warner Music Japan.
FELIP is SB19 Ken’s name for solo releases. He takes part in writing and producing songs such as his solo debut with “Palayo,” his collaboration of a remix of “Pangga,” and many more.
His recent comeback “Fake Faces” extends his venture in exploring different sounds as he worked with Hyuk Shin and Seann Bowe of 153JoombasAPL in producing the song.
With reports from Catherine Jules C. Juvida
