Now down to the last leg of his highly successful Sarili Nating Mundo world tour this year, TJ Monterde said he and his wife KZ Tandingan are already feeling attached to their concert director John Prats, after more than 200 days of working closely together with shows happening almost every weekend. During their send-off presscon, TJ shared how close he and KZ have already gotten to John and his family.
“Every week kasi kami magkasama so hinahanap hanap na namin ang isa’t isa, literal. Pag wala kaming SNM sa week na yun or mga two weeks na, yun, parang may mali. Maghahanapan kami. Mag-mi-meet up kami. Sobrang naging close na din kami talaga na halos lahat ng mga plano namin sa buhay, naging super close na rin kami. Lalo na yung mga anak niya, best friend na ni KZ ngayon, yung si Forest. Siyempre sa aming dalawa as a couple, sabi nga namin lagi, super thankful kami sa Panginoon na we get to do this together. Kasi hindi kami pang long-distance talagang dalawa eh. We’re a clingy couple. Hindi ko ma-imagine pag hindi kami magkasama sa tour na ito,” he said.
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The talented Cornertstone artist also shared just how much he appreciates the effort that kababayans have put into supporting his international shows.
“As much as we can siyempre binibigay namin yung best namin talaga. Lalo na pag outside of the country. Kasi iniisip namin palagi, oo, medyo may pagod na nararamdaman kasi sunod-sunod. Meron kaming isang ginawa sa Amerika na four nights straight, as in Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday in two cities, dalawang shows sa San Francisco, dalawa sa LA. Dun mo makikita na pinaghirapan nila yung ticket na ito eh. Pinagpuyatan nila ito. Hindi madali ang buhay dun kaya kailangan namin ibigay yung nararapat na experience for all of them. So we always make that conscious effort na ibigay natin yung best sa kanila palagi,” he admitted.
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TJ also admitted that in all the shows he has done this year, something special always seems to happen, even when they don’t plan it.
“May mga times din na siyempre hindi ko alam kung paano ko siya gagawing raw or as authentic as possible kasi that’s 40 shows. Yun yung challenge sa akin. Kumbaga, each and every time, meron talagang nangyayaring special. Every concert. Usually, may nangyayari na marriage proposals na usual na nangyayari sa shows namin. Merong iilan na wala pero bilang na bilang lang yun. Sa Jeddah lang. Isa lang (na city) yung wala. Baka meron pero hindi lang namin alam. Sa CDO naman, gumawa kami ng gender reveal. Hindi ko alam kung bakit ganun yung nangyayari but nagiging special siya each and every city. Maybe because of hindi lang sa amin kundi yung audiences na excited din sila na ma-experience yung buong concert kasi excited din sila i-share sa amin yung story din nila through the concert that we’re having,” he said.