Why Gab feels 'vindicated' after doing 'super selfie' videos

<div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px;"> Gab Valenciano never thought that his "super selfies" will inspire popular singer Beyonce, who borrowed some of his moves for the music video of her new single, "7/11".</div> <div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px;"> Beyonce's <a href="http://www.abs-cbnnews.com/entertainment/11/26/14/how-gab-valenciano-got-involved-beyonce-music-video" style="color: #006699; text-decoration: none;"><strong>music video</strong></a> has over 30 million views as of writing.<br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="http://tcdn02.abs-cbnnews.com/sites/default/files/imagecache/imagecache_std/a_images/access/related/gabv-112814.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="267" src="http://tcdn02.abs-cbnnews.com/sites/default/files/imagecache/imagecache_std/a_images/access/related/gabv-112814.jpg" width="400" /></a></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <br /></div> "Honestly, hindi ko nga akalain na anybody would catch on the super selfie kasi kung panoorin mo [siya] ay kalokohan lang palagi. I think it's something that when you least expect it ay doon darating," Valenciano told reporters on Thursday.<br /> Valenciano started making his "super selfie" videos a year ago when he went to the United States to study.<br /> Recalling the time when he decided to create the videos, he said: "I was just bored -- slightly depressed, in a way. Wala akong magawa. Kumbaga, siyempre coming from a life here tapos going to the States... tapos 'yung mundo ko parang school, gym, school, gym. That kind of rattled me so I felt like I needed to release my frustrations and 'yun na 'yung super selfie."<br /> "Pero who would have known a year ago -- because I started a year ago -- na makakarating ako rito?" he added.<br /> Valenciano said he feels "very vindicated in a way" when his "super selfie" videos became a hit, noting how he has always wanted to "grow as a person and as an artist."<br /> "I feel like there's a reason why I left. I really felt that I wouldn't be able to grow as a person and as an artist dito. Kasi at the end of the day, I am still the son of Gary V. No matter what I do, no matter what I say, no matter what I accomplished here, people will always see me as that," he said, referring to his father, singer-dancer Gary Valenciano, who is dubbed as the Philippines' "Mr. Pure Energy."<br /> "I don't mind that. Wala naman akong problema doon," he quickly added. "But I'm a content creator, I love to create stuff. Hindi ko magagawa 'yon dito because people already know me as a dancer. So I had to step out of the box and go somewhere else to learn, study. I had to go through the motions of my emotions and find myself. And when I did, boom! I feel very vindicated, in a way."<br /> Meanwhile, Valenciano hinted that he has a "big project" that will be soon released online.<br /> "We are all handpicked to be part of this collaboration which will be released worldwide. It will come out online also, different artists," he said.</div>

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