Hey jumping in here to clarify since no one whose seen it seems to have explained this here - The reason they need to be tracks is because there's a total stripping down of the karaoke club at the end as a symbol of the protest that ended the regime. And at that moment three cast members step in and ask as a small acoustic band, and play live instruments and sing a song in which the lyrics contain verbatim accounts of that protest; So having live instruments for the show up to that moment would entirely take away the integrity of that theatrical conceit - and limit the metaphorical symbolism of that moment - the tracks rather than real instruments demonstrating the overproduced, fake, corrupt, uncaring energy of the Marcos regime in contrast with what feels like a small live indie band, to represent the on the ground, regular people, protesters who just want to live in a free country.
What I am confused about in this thread (and I haven't seen the social media posts, so maybe I'm missing something! ) is that I haven't seen any statement from AFM about this or an indication that the deal wasn't actually already made.
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