"Tumitigil Ang Mundo" (
transl.The World Stops) is a song recorded by Filipino boy band
BGYO released on 13 July 2022. The track is the first single of their upcoming
sophomore album,[2] written and composed by Marcial Domingo Antonio, Frederico Miguel Claveria, and Julius James De Belen of FlipMusic Productions, who has also worked with
Sarah Geronimo's hit song "
Tala".[3]
Composition and lyrics
"Tumitigil Ang Mundo" is a giddy track that runs for a total of four minutes and seven seconds. The song is set in
common time with a
tempo of 126
beats per minute and written in the
key of
C♯/
D♭major.[4] The lyrics were written in
Filipino, arranged, mixed and mastered by several musicians and producers from the local sound production house FlipMusic,[1] that tackles about young love and the feeling of how someone's surrounding would crawl slowly and be magical whenever that character sees the person he/she love.[1]
"Tumitigil Ang Mundo" is one of BGYO's brightest song to date...the electric energy of the song is enhanced by a
dancey pop beat with slight hints of
techno in the opening and chorus that breaks down for Mikki and Gelo's
rap verses.
"Tumitigil Ang Mundo" is the first original song of BGYO released over the last nine months that is not part of the
original soundtrack.[1] The snippet of the track was first heard weeks before the actual date of release via
Star Music's social media platforms. It trended[5] on
Twitter as the ACEs anticipated the official release.[6] The track and its music video was released on 13 July 2022.[7]
Reception
Rafael Bautista of Nylon Manila shared in an article "Even though summer may be over, "Tumitigil Ang Mundo" feels like a great
summer jam to move to".[1] JE CC of the Lionheartv.net describe the song as "the fusion of
disco and
pop vibes turns the new track into a certified
P-POP throbber, that is hard to resist jiving along once the play button is pressed".[8] In their performance of the track on 13 September 2022 in the Philippines' noontime show It's Showtime, the hosts praised "Tumitigil Ang Mundo" with
Vice Ganda saying "Para tayong dinalaw ng bagyo rito diba! Ang lakas ng datingan ng sayawan at kantahan. Ang ganda-ganda ng kanta niyo. (
transl. It feels like a typhoon visited us here, right! What a powerful performance. Your song is beautiful.)"[9]
Promotion
Live performances
BGYO's first ever live performance[10] of "Tumitigil Ang Mundo" happened at the
Mall of Asia via "Tugatog Music Festival", on 15 July 2022[11] and on the "BE YOU: The World will Adjust Benefit Concert", on 22 July 2022.[12] In July 23, they also performed "Tumitigil Ang Mundo" at the
Resorts World Manila as a part of the
Star Magic's kick-off for the "Beyond The Stars Concert Tour".[13]
The music video for "Tumitigil Ang Mundo" was produced by Chapters PH, directed by Karlo Calingao. It was presented inside a theme park[18] in the
Philippines named
Enchanted Kingdom. The opening scene was set in a photo studio wherein Gelo, Akira, JL, Mikki, and Nate mesmerized on a girl, Aiyanna Waggoner, that passed by on them while having a photoshoot. As the instrumental goes on, the boys follow the girl in a magical portal that leads them into the theme park. The boys of BGYO dressed up in a cool, comfortable and summery outfits chasing after a girl around the amusement park interspersed with sleek, electrifying and bubbly choreography. The music video ends up inside the photo studio with the boys staring on each other thinking of what had happened.[1]
Credits and personnel
All song credits are adapted from the official music video of "Tumitigil Ang Mundo" via BGYO's
YouTube channel, unless otherwise noted.[3][1]
Composer: Marcial Domingo Antonio, Frederico Miguel Claveria & Julius James De Belen of FlipMusic.
Arranger: Jumbo De Belen of FlipMusic
Vocal Arranger: Jumbo De Belen, Marcial Domingo Antonio & Frederico Miguel Claveria of FlipMusic
^Dondon Sermino (17 September 2022).
"Vhong, Ion, nakipag-showdown sa BGYO" [Vhong, Ion, had a showdown with BGYO]. Entertainment (in Tagalog).
Archived from the original on 18 September 2022. Retrieved 18 September 2022 – via Abante.
^Gorgy Rula (18 August 2022).
"Top Class, may final 5 na" [Top Class, named the final 5]. Newsen (in Tagalog).
Archived from the original on 22 August 2022. Retrieved 22 August 2022 – via Philippine Star News.
^Mari Thess (18 July 2022).
"BGYO, "Tumitigil ang Mundo" kapag in love" [BGYO, "The World Stops" when in love]. phentertainment.net (in Tagalog).
Archived from the original on 21 July 2022. Retrieved 21 July 2022.