{"id":3727,"date":"2019-11-13T11:05:11","date_gmt":"2019-11-13T18:05:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/songexploder.net\/?p=3727"},"modified":"2025-08-20T10:26:05","modified_gmt":"2025-08-20T17:26:05","slug":"jay-som","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/songexploder.net\/jay-som","title":{"rendered":"Episode 172: Jay Som"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"subhead\">&#8220;Tenderness&#8221;<\/div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/songexploder.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/SongExploder172-JaySom-600x314.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"314\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-3734\" srcset=\"https:\/\/songexploder.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/SongExploder172-JaySom-600x314.png 600w, https:\/\/songexploder.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/SongExploder172-JaySom-300x157.png 300w, https:\/\/songexploder.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/SongExploder172-JaySom-768x402.png 768w, https:\/\/songexploder.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/SongExploder172-JaySom.png 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" allow=\"monetization\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"200\" width=\"100%\" style=\"min-width: 300px\" src=\"https:\/\/play.prx.org\/e?ge=prx_93_907ad5ed-946c-4f3c-b6dd-d545dfc4a9c3&#038;uf=http%3A%2F%2Ffeed.songexploder.net%2FSongExploder\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<div class=\"download-links\">LISTEN: <a href=\"https:\/\/itunes.com\/songexploder\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">APPLE PODCASTS<\/a> \u00b7 <a href=\"https:\/\/radiopublic.com\/SongExploder\">RADIOPUBLIC<\/a> \u00b7 <a title=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/show\/10lMwCjvzLCLwth2AW6cLG\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">SPOTIFY<\/a><\/div>\n<p>Melina Duterte, who goes by the name <a href=\"https:\/\/www.jaysommusic.com\/\">Jay Som<\/a>, is a singer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist. She\u2019s released three albums as Jay Som, and has produced, engineered, and mixed each one. Her third album, <em>Anak Ko<\/em>, came out in August 2019. In this episode, Melina breaks down a song from it called \u201cTenderness.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>You can <a href=\"https:\/\/song.link\/i\/1463755453\">buy or stream &#8220;Tenderness&#8221; here<\/a>. Watch the official music video below.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Wd5FyYa_H_I?si=nvHSW7NlXFvwuNNz\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>For a transcript of this episode, <a href=\"http:\/\/songexploder.net\/transcripts\/jay-som-transcript.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">click here.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><i>Illustration by <\/i><i><a href=\"http:\/\/www.lerms.net\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Carlos Lerma<\/a><\/i><i>.<\/i><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><span class=\"header\">footnotes<\/span><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Linn_LM-1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Linn LM-1 drum machine<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Wurlitzer_electric_piano\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Wurlitzer electric piano<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/boyscouts.bandcamp.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Taylor Vick &#8211; Boy Scouts<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;Tenderness&#8221; LISTEN: APPLE PODCASTS \u00b7 RADIOPUBLIC \u00b7 SPOTIFY Melina Duterte, who goes by the name Jay Som, is a singer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist. She\u2019s released three albums as Jay Som, and has produced, engineered, and mixed each one. Her third album, Anak Ko, came out in August 2019. 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