My career has been going better than expected, and I'm grateful.

William Singe

Categorized in : Better Career Going Grateful

I was raised by my father, who was a singer, songwriter, guitarist, and bass player. His brothers all did the same thing, so I was kind of always raised around the music.

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I will continue to work hard until I get to where I want to be.

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Even in school, I used to get kicked out in every class except music. I was always at the top of my class in music.

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Songwriting was definitely first. I started singing, and then I was rapping; then I went back to singing. As I was growing up, I just taught myself piano and guitar.

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I like to sing R&B slow jams. It's always been my thing.

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'X Factor' did a lot for me, but things truly started to take off for me when I went to social media.

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I see a lot of Filipino fans supporting me, so I want to give back the love.

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I never started doing the videos because I thought they were going to get millions of views. I started doing them because I was at home, and I was bored.

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I got tired of asking people to do stuff and waiting on results, so I just took it into my own hands.

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No one's going to put in the effort you are for your career.

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I'm trying to break away from doing covers or from being considered only as a YouTube star. I'm a singer, songwriter, sound engineer, and producer.

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Some people would say, 'Nah, he's just a YouTube kid.' But I sing, play instruments; I can mix, master, and engineer - all those stuff.

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Deep down inside, I do feel, at times, that I have to prove to people that I'm actually an artist.

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I'm always open to collaborations.

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You get butterflies when you see all the fans screaming.

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I was so naive to think once you sign, it's all good, and you are a superstar.

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A lot of artists are blind to how to use these crucial social media platforms - you don't have to put all your faith on other people; you can do it yourself.

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There are a lot of singers, but they weren't doing it the way I was, taking an Adele song and putting a hip hop beat behind it to make it a different song.

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Since I was about a little boy, I've always wanted to do music.

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For everyone who hated, there are a hundred people who showed me love, and so, you know, I'm going to spend time showing them love than focusing on the negatives.

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