PHILIPPINES — PLDT Home’s #SpeedThatMovesYou musical series is launching a potent message this Valentine’s Day, with celebrities Gigi de Lana, Markus Paterson, Kaori Oinuma headlining. The telecommunications company’s new anthology celebrates the power of connections in forming meaningful relationships and discovering love in different forms. The two-episode mini-series dives into how the internet allows
people to find communities, friends, even that special someone despite the physical distance. The series was published on Feb. 11 on the PLDT Home YouTube channel.
The first episode featuring Gigi de Lana and Markus Paterson was dubbed “Duet,” wherein Markus portrays a popular singer-songwriter experiencing an artist’s block, struggling and under extreme pressure to create a successful music record. He finds solace in writing music for himself and posting it under an anonymous account on TikTok. Meanwhile, a young college student Arlisa portrayed by Gigi is a talented artist who sings covers and duets under an anonymous account as she prefers to be low-key and away from the
spotlight. Arlisa discovers Markus’ song on social media and creates a duet cover that starts their online friendship and a budding romance: With both of their characters living drastically different lives, will the connection that they built last?
The second episode featuring Kaori Oinuma portraying character Abbie, a professional gamer and streamer who has amassed a considerable following online and whose dream is to be a successful eSports player. Her mother is an overseas Filipino worker who wants Abbie to have a stable job as an Accountant. Abbie juggles both her studies and her passion for eSports — a side of her that she hides from her mother. With a major eSports competition upcoming, her class responsibilities piling up, plus the emotional strain of hiding her dream career from her mother, will Abbie be able to balance it all?
The series also features a new song “Speed of Love” performed by Gigi de Lana, Markus Paterson, and Kaori Oinuma and written by the award-winning songwriter Jonathan Manalo on Spotify.
