Jean Kiley is back.
She is out with her new single “Te Amo,” a catchy, Latin-pop tinged tune she wrote herself.
She shared, “My demo was an acoustic version of the song. I reached out to a producer friend to collaborate. We arranged the song together and finally got the version we wanted.”
As to what inspired the whole thing, she said, “I was inspired by a character in a K-drama I watched on Netflix. After watching, I wrote down the lyrics about the characters feelings, then got my guitar, found the right chords to back up my melody. After about an hour or so, I finished the song while I snacked on some dark chocolates.”
Jean revealed that the character is Kim Da Mi’s Jo Yi Seo in the hit drama “Itaewon Class.”
“The song is all about Kim Da Mi’s character Jo Yi Seo’s feelings,” Jean shared. “You know when you love someone, you get butterflies, you want to say it, confess, you want them to like you back, you’re kinikilig and all that, I just translated those feelings into words.”
According to Jean, “Te Amo” is all about her going back to her first love, dancing.
She said, “Dance music has always been a passion project that I always wanted to do.”
“I am a big fan of dance music. Hearing Latino style sounds, reggaeton and the like makes people groove a little and dance. That’s the quality that attracted me to it.”
Note the song also features actress Ella Cruz and singer Krissha Viaje.
Jean explained, “It was my dream to do a collaboration with people who share my same enthusiasm for K pop. I happen to know that Ella and Krissha are big K pop fans themselves. So we clicked.”
“Te Amo” is now available in digital music platforms.
