Brian McKnight Jr.’s song gets a new spin

American singer-songwriter Brian

McKnight Jr. (photo) has come up with a new version of his breakout hit Marry

Your Daughter, released under Tarsier Records as maiden venture to becoming a gateway for international artists to the Philippines.

“This song literally changed my life,” Brian shared on Instagram. “To everyone, all over the world, and especially my people in the Philippines, Indonesia and Africa, I’m more thankful than you know for turning a demo that was leaked, into a breakout hit overseas.” Brian re-recorded the timeless Marry

Your Daughter track and it was given a fresh spin by Tarsier Records founder and producer Moophs — who made sure to capture Brian’s electrosoul sound in the final product.

The project sets in motion the new

venture of ABS-CBN Music, through Tarsier Records, to bring in international talents and music to the country, aside from championing Filipino artists to the global stage.

Marry Your Daughter, a one-take recording by Brian and his brother Niko about a man facing his future fatherin-law for approval, went on to be a viral hit in places like Guam, Indonesia and the Philippines between 2008 and 2009.

The son of 16-time Grammy nominee Brian McKnight Sr., Brian Jr. has released three EPs since the success of Marry Your Daughter, namely If We

Survive, JeepMusikVol.1 and Junior. He dropped his first-ever LP in April of this year, 919soul, a 13-track album which boasts of ‘90s hip-hop sound combined with modern-day electrosoul.