Analysis

Cornelio, Ray Justin B.

IV- 7 BMAE

Master Works in World Literature

The Song: Among all the entries in ABS-CBN’s ABS-CBN’s Himig Handog 2017, “Titibo“Titibo-tibo” rose to the top and bagged 1st place for being the song entry granting its songwriter Libertine Amistoso and singer Moira Dela Torre a spot in today’s music industry. The song has been an earworm to this generation’s forerunners and has been sang from the slums and hall of condominiums. The song was written in a free-verse structure and is accompanied b y ukulele with a jazzy jazz y vibe. The song seems to expound the Gender spectrum theory the same as with how does the song “Sirena” by Ebe Dancel explains the fluidity of gender and how does the LGBTQ break normative standard and gender roles. In contrary to the idea presented by the 2 songs, Gender  Binarism

( wala po akong maisip na OPM na will make the thesis statement true hahahaha) was

tackled by the song produced and sang by Lady Gaga. Though these songs come from different cultures and origin they still do tackle the contemptuous question; Is Gender fluid or binary? Let us analyze first the lyrics of the song and how does it mirrors gender fluidity taking the lyrics as an empirical example.

Elementary pa lang, napapansin na nila Mga gawi kong parang hindi pambabae eh kasi Imbes na chinese garter, laruan ko ay teks at jolens Tapos ka-jamming ko lagi noon

The introductory verse starts by reiterating past accounts of the persona’s childhood. It shows that she was exposed to masculine figures and activities; which are all society-dictated stigmas. Thus fortifying the idea that sexuality is influenced by society and

Mga sigang lalaki sa amin Who dictated these anyway? #SOCIETYSUCKS

 Nung ako'y mag high high school ay

Not only gender roles and activities are the things dictated by

 Napabarkada  Napabarka da sa mga mga bi-curious na na babae na

the socio-normative standards, the way that people dress seems to follow the norms too. Whether be it a heterosexual

Ang hanap din ay babae

or those who are part of the LGBTQ community, all of them

Sa halip na makeup kit, bitbit ko ay gitara

seems to submit to these stereotypical descriptions.

Tapos pormahan ko lagi ay long sleeves na

Sadly ,this is how the society stereotypes such genders

T-shirt at faded na lonta

and how they are viewed in the society in terms of their appearance and roles.

The first two verses show how the society stereotypes gender and its role and how does society  play a huge role in developing one’s identity and how his orientation builds up. Titibo-tibo is a good song to start with if you want to build stereotypical orientation among your students. Just kidding! Pero noong nakilala kita

This part of the song shows how gender could develop and

 Nagbagong bigla ang aking timpla  Natuto ako na magparebond at

transform throughout one’s life. Though the song reminded stereotypical like how it always has been, it clearly shows the gist of how Gender Spectrum works. May it be for Love, Lust,

Mag-ahit ng kilay at least once a month

Biological need or may it be intrinsic or an extrinsic

Hindi ko alam kung anong meron ka na Sa akin ay nagpalambot nang bigla Sinong mag-aakalang lalake pala Ang bibihag sa tulad kong tigreng gala

[Chorus] Kahit ako'y titibo-tibo Puso ko ay titibok-tibok pa rin sa'yo Isang halik mo lamang, at ako ay tinatablan At ang aking pagkababae ay nabubuhayan  Na para bang bulaklak na namumukadkad Dahil alaga mo sa dilig at katamtamang Sikat ng araw-araw mong pag-ibig Sa 'king buhay nagpapasarap

motivation, gender fluidity could happen once an individual has decided to do so.