grentperez releases dreamy new track “My Heart it beats for you”

Hot on the heels of topping viral charts across Southeast Asia with his debut single “Cherry Wine”, Filipino-Australian artist grentperez has revealed a dreamy new single, “My Heart It Beats For You“.

A collaboration between grentperez and his fans, the songwriting is a sweet insight into this exciting new artist’s world, and even features a verse in Tagalog. “‘My Heart It Beats For You’ was initially created live on Twitch, where I started the song and the chat would type out some lyrics that they thought fit. I hand picked a few and their contributions which made up the second verse, ‘And when the sun sleeps at night…’ ” grentperez says.

The uplifting new offering is a little slice of bliss, which he initially teased on YouTube back in May, which led to his fans demanding for an official release.

On what the song means to him, grentperez shares, “This song in particular has a special place in my heart. Melodically it feels very warm and stable, very subtly swaying you around like a gentle rock of a boat, while the lyrics somewhat fade from image to image like you’re recollecting memories and feelings that never happened. ‘My Heart It Beats For You’ was heavily inspired by the likes of Lionel Richie, Norah Jones, and Don McLean’s Vincent, to name a few and I hope that can be pronounced in the production of the song.”

In less than a month since the release of his debut hit “Cherry Wine”, the track has already seen massive support in Southeast Asia, landing coveted features on MTV Asia, VH1 India, SEA Today (Indonesia), ABS-CBN (Philippines), Nylon Manila and more. The song is now dominating viral charts in Singapore, Philippines, Malaysia, Indonesia, Thailand and Vietnam!

After spending the pandemic honing his own sound and nurturing his songwriting, grentperez is now sitting on a wealth of stunning bedroom pop that will coax out your inner romantic. Born in Australia, Grant grew up as the youngest of three kids in a Filipino family. Raised on a diet of The Eagles, The Beatles, and Queen thanks to his dad before moving onto the likes of Musiq Soulchild. As soon as he received his first nylon string acoustic, he taught himself Jeremy Passion’s “Lemonade”, learning chords, shapes, and plucking patterns.

At the end of 2013, he launched his YouTube channel which has garnered almost half a million subscribers and over 30 million views to date. In early 2020, he found himself at a crossroads as a freshman in college. “It was either, ‘Finish Uni’ or ‘Do music’,” he recalls. “Guess what I chose?”

On how his parents felt about his decision to leave college to pursue music as a full-time career, he shares, “When I fully dropped out, my parents were surprisingly fine with it, I’d like to think they understand that I wanted to take a risk, and they trust me not to get lost if in the event I’m unsuccessful, I know that they’re my biggest supporters and I’m very very grateful to have them as my parents.”

When asked about the stereotype of Asian parents when it comes to education, he laughs while responding, “That being said, the decision still came with a few “Are you sure?”, “So, You’re not going back to Uni”, “You can still be a doctor” questions and remarks.”

With lots more new music to come this year, grentperez is definitely a rising artist to keep an eye on.