"Runnin' is a collaboration single of the Filipino boy group

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and Filipino singer-songwriter Keiko Necesario. The official track was released on 18 June 2021 as a Digital Single by

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. It was BGYO's second single to co-write after '' The Light'' and the second collaboration track after '' Feel Good Pilipinas'' with

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. It was produced virtually as part of the 4th Season of '' Coke Studio: Itodo Mo Beat Mo''. "Runnin surpassed 20,000 streams on

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a week after of its release.

Composition and lyrics

"Runnin is a moody song that runs for a total of three minutes and twenty-eight seconds. The song is set in common time with a

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of 98 beats per minute and written in the

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. Most of its lyrics were written in

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, except with the Hook and Bridge part as it was written in

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, composed by Keiko Necesario and BGYO (Akira Morishita, Gelo Rivera, JL Toreliza, Mikki Claver, Nate Porcalla). Underoneceiling.com labeled "Runnin as "a contemporary pop ballad that contains elements of R&B".

Background and release

"Runnin was first revealed on the fourth episode of '' Coke Studio: Itodo Mo Beat Mo'' on 20 May 2021. The official lyric video was first uploaded on

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, on 21 May 2021. On 18 June 2021, the track was officially released as a single via digital download accompanied by a new lyric video uploaded by

on YouTube. The official music video was premiered on

' YouTube channel on 13 July 2021.

Reception

JE C.C. of Dailypedia considered the single as "the perfect mental health awareness campaign song, hatrecounts our gloomy and depressing moments first, reminding us that happiness is a choice and that we can easily shrug off our bad moments by deciding to move forward". The Filipino News described the track as "a song, about pushing on, despite challenges". Underoneceiling.com called the song "the first non-upbeat track of BGYO with smooth vocals".

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have cited "major LSS with BGYO and Keiko Necesario's new song Runnin.

Music video

The music video of "Runnin was produced by

as part of the 57th episode of the 4th Season of '' Coke Studio: Itodo Mo Beat Mo'' and was presented in an

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wherein BGYO (Gelo, Akira, JL, Mikki, Nate) and Keiko Necesario having fun and enjoying their time, with photographs flashing throughout the song.

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