PREMIERE: Pantayo "One More Latch (Give It To 'Ya)"

Still from “One More Latch (Give It To ‘Ya)” / Image courtesy of the artist

Catchy, raw and unapologetically sexy, Pantayo is back with a brand new video for “One More Latch (Give It To ‘Ya)” premiering exclusively today on Hella Pinay.

The opening track off their sophomore LP, Ang Pagdaloy, released last month on Telephone Explosion Records, “One More Latch” is a sultry, gong-infused meditation on desire and desirability. The Toronto-based all-women kulintang ensemble – consisting of Eirene Cloma, Michelle Cruz, Joanna Delos Reyes, Kat Estacio, and Katrina Estacio – combine percussive metallophones and drums from kulintang traditions of Southern Philippines with electronic and synth-based grooves, as well as offer music and cultural workshops. Pantayo – meaning “for us” in Tagalog – explores the possibility of kulintang through their experiences as queer diasporic Filipinas.

Speaking to the single, Toronto-based filmmaker and Pantayo collaborator Tricia Hagoriles says: "With the visceral use of only gongs, drums and vocals, ‘One More Latch (Give it to Ya)’ feels like an homage to women musicians in the 90s that wrote or performed songs about their own sexual desires (ie. TLC’s ‘Creep’ and Janet Jackson’s ‘That’s the Way Love Goes’). Which, for an all-women Filipina band near-explicitly expressing sexual desire, is a point of subversion in itself.”

Directed by Hagoriles, the visual is a sparse, moody exploration of light, shadow and silhouette featuring cinematography by Alex Tse and wardrobe by one of our fave stylists (and frequent Hella Pinay collaborator) Cat Calica. The video also showcases guest artist and producer alaska B on drums.

“One More Latch (Give it to ‘Ya) IS a BOP of a hookup song, but it’s also a reclamation of desire,” continues Hagoriles. “As Pantayo speaks about the writing process, the song came from an unabashedly lusty place. The song and the video will be about owning carnal instincts, overcoming the shame of wanting and being wanted, redefining desirability and sensuality beyond a physical and one-sided realm."

Watch the official video for “One More Latch (Give It To ‘Ya)” below.