Julie Anne scores new YouTube hit

CEBU, Philippines - While riding high on the success of her youth-oriented series, Together Forever, Kapuso pop superstar and internet musical sensation Julie Anne San Jose continues her hot streak after her recent music video has gone viral with thousands of views in just two days.

Julie Anne’s music video for “I’ll Be There”, the upcoming single from her self titled album Julie Anne San Jose, is continuously gaining popularity after logging over 42 thousand views within 48 hours. Fans and supporters are obviously thrilled and her MTV, which premiered Sunday night, July 8, has been receiving an incredible amount of attention and positive reviews. The music video is directed by Mark Reyes.

GMA Films President Atty. Annette Gozon-Abrogar couldn’t be any happier and proud of Julie Anne’s rise to worldwide fame, “Julie Anne has once again proven her virality online. Her previous video on YouTube has so far garnered close to 15 million views and now we’re looking at thousands of views on her new music video, which was uploaded just the other night. She truly is a singing sensation not just on TV and but also on the worldwide stage offered by the internet.”

Director Mark, on the other hand, believes that the 18-year-old pop superstar is the next big music sensation to dominate the album charts and airwaves, “Julie Anne is this generation’s multi-media artist to watch out for. She is not only a singer, but a true musical prodigy. She is a promising songwriter / composer and a skilled instrumentalist on guitar, keyboard and even on drums. With her upcoming album and fast rising music video internet hit, I am sure that GMA has found its very own “angel of music.”  

Julie Anne’s screen partner Tween star Elmo Magalona also expressed his excitement over the success of her music video and immediately posted a message on his Twitter yesterday, “Great news to start the week.” Julie Anne and Elmo will topbill the teen romance movie “Just One Summer” which will be shown in nationwide theaters this August.

Meanwhile, Julie Anne is regularly seen every Sunday in the musical variety show Party Pilipinas on GMA. (FREEMAN)