Born for You | |
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Born For You official title card
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Genre | Romance, Drama, Music, Comedy |
Created by | Rondel P. Lindayag |
Developed by | Roldeo T. Endrinal Julie Anne R. Benitez Kylie Manalo-Balagtas |
Written by | Benedict Mique Nathaniel Arciaga Abi Lam Parayno Allan Cuadra |
Directed by | Onat Diaz Jon Villarin Jerry Lopez Sineneng Jerome Pobocan Darnel Villaflor |
Creative director(s) | Johnny Delos Santos |
Starring |
Janella Salvador Elmo Magalona |
Opening theme | "Born for You" by David Pomeranz |
Composer(s) |
David Pomeranz David Zippel |
Country of origin | Philippines, Japan |
Original language(s) |
Filipino English Japanese |
No. of episodes | 65 (list of episodes) |
Production | |
Executive producer(s) | Cathy Magdael-Abarrondo |
Location(s) |
Manila, Philippines Tokyo, Japan Hoshu, Japan London, United Kingdom |
Editor(s) | Rommel Malimban Jay Mendoza |
Running time | 30-45 minutes |
Production company(s) | Dreamscape Entertainment TV |
Release | |
Original network | ABS-CBN |
Picture format |
480i (SDTV) 1080i (HDTV) |
Original release | June 20 | – September 16, 2016
External links | |
Website |
Born for You is a 2016 Philippine musical drama television series directed by Onat Diaz and Jon Villarin, starring Janella Salvador and Elmo Magalona. The series premiered on ABS-CBN's Primetime Bida evening block and worldwide on The Filipino Channel on June 20, 2016, replacing The Story of Us.
An ancient Japanese myth tells the story about the Red String of Fate, it's when two people with connecting red strings are destined to meet and fall in love. A young hopeless romantic and a Celebrity Hearthrob who share the same love for music find themselves tangled up in their shared past and their connecting red string of fate.
The show ended on September 16, 2016 with a live concert finale held at the Kia Theatre, with a total of 65 episodes and it was replaced by Magpahanggang Wakas, but the schedule time is after FPJ's Ang Probinsyano, while Till I Met You took over BFY's timeslot.
Sam Kazuko (Janella Salvador) is an aspiring Filipino singer who grew up in Japan. A hopeless romantic, she believes in the concept of Red string of fate, a Japanese Belief which says that an invisible red string connects a person to their destined soulmate. On the other hand, Kevin Sebastian (Elmo Magalona), a popular teen heartthrob in the Philippines and son of an OPM icon Mike Sebastian (Ariel Rivera), who popularized the song "Born For You", doubts the authenticity of love and destiny, because of the complicated relationship of his parents. Their common love for music is what brings Sam and Kevin together, but it also becomes an obstacle to their budding romance. Sam's father, Buddy (Bernard Palanca), composed the song "Born For You" for his wife, Cathy (Vina Morales), but Marge (Ayen Munji-Laurel), the daughter of the country's richest record label owner, stole the song and gave it to Mike in hopes of saving his music career. Buddy confronted Marge, and this resulted in an accident which caused Buddy's death. Following the death of Buddy, Cathy becomes an OFW in Japan in order to support Sam and her mother, Caring (Gina Pareño). She then meets a Japanese bonsai maker who offers to marry her so that she can bring Sam to Japan. As fate would have it, Kevin goes to Japan to promote his new single for his new album. There, Sam meets Kevin as they bump into each other in the Shibuya crossing. Kevin fell in love at first sight with Sam and pursues to know her even more. Kevin and Sam grows closer as Sam helps out as Kevin's translator. When it was time for Kevin to go back to the Philippines, he tells Sam he hopes to see her again. After Kevin goes back to the Philippines, Sam decides she wants to go back to the Philippines to be a singer. In the Philippines, Sam gets a job as a "Singing Delivery Girl" where she delivers flowers and sings as well.