Pop/R&B Singer Manika’s “Just Can’t Let You Go” is Making
Manika (pronounced Ma-NEE-ka), whose mixed heritage includes Filipino, Japanese, Chinese, Malaysian and Spanish is recording with A-list songwriters/producers
for her full-length debut, including Tearce & Francci (Keyshia
Cole, Patti LaBelle, Jo Jo), Qura Rankin and Evan Bogart (Beyonce,
Rihanna, Leona Lewis, Natasha Bedingfield, Jennifer Lopez). Manika was
also the only female artist this summer on the Shop Til You Rock tour
sponsored by Pepsi and Gamestop. Shop Til You Rock is a music-inspired
back to school mall tour, and is the same tour Demi Lovato was on last
summer.
Manika was discovered by the late great Frank DiLeo (Michael Jackson’s long-time manager) and revered-music coach CeCe Sammy of UK’s Pop Idol. Her single, “Just Can’t Let You Go” has been added to over 37 stations nationwide (format – Top 40), and the official video was directed by Travis Payne, Michael Jackson’s “This Is It” choreographer and associate producer of the film.