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About this Song
Magic Wand unfolds as a rock and roll sound rooted in the diverse, dynamic creative landscape of the Philippines, a work that ties to the long, rich lineage of rock and roll that has flourished across the archipelago for generations. Rock and roll as a genre has long found a deeply receptive home in the Philippines, where creators have reimagined its core structural and creative ethos through the lens of the country’s own sprawling musical heritage, weaving together the global foundations of the genre with the cultural sensibilities that define artistic expression across the nation’s many distinct islands and communities. This continuity of creative reimagination has turned the Philippines’ rock and roll scene into a space of endless possibility, where every new work that carries the genre’s mark adds another layer to a growing, evolving canon that is at once tied to rock and roll’s global history and unmistakeably, inextricably Filipino.
