MANILA, Philippines — Singer Rico Blanco has been a hot topic of late following confirmation by actress-singer Maris Racal that she and the former Rivermaya frontman have broken up.
Maris confirmed she and Rico broke up some time ago during a Star Magic Spotlight press conference last July 12.
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"Rico and I are over," a tearful Maris said. "It's fresh, it's been [a] few weeks... loneliest, emptiest weeks I've ever experienced in my life."
A day before the press conference, Rico uploaded on Instagram a video teasing a new version of Rivermaya's 1996 hit song "Kisapmata."
The artist only played the opening melody of the song — which Rico wrote and composed but was sung by Bamboo Mañalac — on his computer, featuring more defined guitar strings and likely will have Rico's vocals instead.
Text in the video said Rico's been working on the track for the past five months, and in the caption teased it would come out on July 19.
"Kisapmata," "wink" in English, is about an individual remarking how their supposed significant other quickly changed their mind about their feelings.