Meet VJ SAMM: 7 Things To Know About The New MYX VJ! - MYX | YOUR CHOICE. YOUR MUSIC.
Meet VJ SAMM: 7 Things To Know About The New MYX VJ!
For someone who made the big decision to skip her graduation ceremony and await the uncertain, Samm Alvero—now VJ Samm—is not only a risk-taker, she also has no regrets. “Syempre umiyak naman ako na I wasn’t there, but I love what I’m doing now. I wouldn’t change it, I’d still make the same decision if I’d have to do it again.” The 21-year-old communications graduate from Ateneo had a very good reason for choosing the MYX VJ Search Finals, anyway.
“‘Yung [graduation] ko kasi, ending na eh. Yun na yung last part of that part of my life which is school. Sure naman nang ga-graduate ako,” she remarks. “So I was thinking, pa’no kung manalo ako sa MYX tapos wala pala ako dun, ‘di ba? That’s something I’m gonna miss out on.” And it looks like she made the right decision after all—now this lady is one of the newest faces of the Philippines’ number one music channel.
When you look back from a year ago, do you see yourself doing this? I ask Samm.
Samm believes she’d just be a normal “out-of-college fresh grad”, most likely job hunting in the advertising and public relations field if she didn’t take the chance with MYX.
Samm attributes her affinity to rap music to two things: her brother who exposed her to different music genres at an early age, and to rap being similar to “musical poetry.” Admittedly, she cried the whole time she saw her favorite rapper of all time, Chance The Rapper, perform at the Governors Ball Music Festival in 2017.
She loves Shanti Dope "as in exage"
It’s at the point wherein she tweets about the teen rapper every week! “I just recently started listening to Shanti Dope, and sobrang na-inlove talaga ako sa music n’ya. I’m so proud that he’s Filipino.” Her favorites? “Nadarang” which, she says, has a special place in her heart, and “Shantidope”.
She's almost always at the indoor cycling studio that she works out in so she realized it would be best to apply for part-time work there. Unexpectedly, working at the studio’s front desk helped Samm come out of her shell and learn to talk to different kinds of people. “It helped prepare me for where I am now."
Yup, this girl is really worth emulating! Catch VJ Samm on your favorite MYX shows this July!