Chart Performance: Ella Eyre

Ella Eyre is a British singer-songwriter who has one #1 hit in the UK, Waiting All Night, her collaboration with Rudimental.

New Rudimental Video Shot in the Slums of Manila

I got curious when I saw the still photo for the video of Rudimental's new song, Not Giving in. The kids in the photo looked like Filipinos! And true enough, once you play the video, well, the whole video, is a glimpse of the underbelly of Manila's slums - drug use, theft, gang violence - it was not easy to watch since these slums are everywhere to be found here in Manila, juxtaposed among the houses of the struggling middle class and hidden by the big walls of the houses of the very rich. There is redemption though in the video and since Rudimental is a dance act, it's a no-brainer what it is!

Incidentally, Rudimental, as a music act, is totally unknown in the Philippines, except maybe for a few dance music aficionados like me.

Chart Performance: Rudimental

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Rudimental is a British quartet of songwriters and producers.  They have two #1 songs in the UK.

2012 - Feel the Love (with John Newman) (#1)
2013 - Waiting All Night (with Ella Eyre) (#1)

Their album, Home, also went to #1 in the UK.