SOURCE: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UlrMUV00L1w
The lead single “Magda” is a heart-wrenching narrative of a pretty provincial lass, indeed, her father’s “princess”–who had every other lad’s heart besotted by her beauty. In this single,
Gloc-9 takes the role of ‘Ernesto’ who is Magda’s childhood friend. In the preview of the song, ‘Ernesto’ takes us back to their happy childhood years and recalls such times when they would sail their paper boats in the stream. Those carefree innocent years are cut short when ‘Magda’ meets a man from Manila who suddenly takes her away.
As I listened to the mere preview of the song, it is clear that ‘Magda’–short for Magdalena–is a social commentary on the sad turn of events for many of our young innocent girls deceived and led astray and trapped helplessly and hopelessly to becoming “ladies of the night” in the city.
It is interesting to observe that as Gloc-9 has become more and more popular, he has not, as would normally be expected, become distant and detached from daily realities of life. As he progressively climbs the ladder of success in the music industry, he continues to keep his ears to the ground. Thus, his sensitivities and sensibilities have become more sharpened and refined and all of these have made him the artist he is now… and a powerful messenger too.
The Story Behind 