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49 & Releasing First EP: My Journey as Virginia Please #shorts

6 Dec 2025 · 2 min

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In this YouTube short, Jethro Patalinghug, known as Virginia Please, speaks directly to the camera about turning 49 and confronting societal expectations about age. He explains that many people doubt his age because he looks younger and that he has never viewed aging as a linear progression. He frames his 49th year as a fresh start, describing himself as more grounded, authentic, and connected than ever before. This personal transformation fuels his creative output: he announces the upcoming release of his first EP, scheduled for January 8—his 49th birthday. While acknowledging internal doubts and external voices that label his musical pursuit as “too old,” he emphasizes confidence, a lack of expectations, and pure enjoyment in the music‑making process. He also links his artistic expression to his broader work in community organizing and activism, presenting this new phase as an integrated expression of his evolving identity.

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Hi, my name is Jethro Patalinghug, aka Virginia Please. And first and foremost, I want to address my age. I am turning 49 years old in about a month, and a lot of people don't think I am 49, but I am 49. I have lived that life, and I, in fact, I have lived so many lives. Maybe because of how I look, um, we have certain standards of how people at my age should look like, but, and a lot of people probably think, I'm assuming, and from what I receive as feedback as well, that I don't look my age. But I don't really I don't know, I've always been an exception to the rule. I never thought of age in that linear pattern. I never really considered myself growing older. And it also manifests in all of the things that I do. And in fact, one proof of that is now that I'm 49, I am releasing my first EP. And that sounds crazy, maybe for normal standards, because it might be too late, but I think a lot of people don't think think that way either. 49 or 50 is the new adulthood, I would say. And I really feel that I am just starting my life right at this very moment. I went through so many mutations or permutations of myself, and I feel like now is my most grounded, most authentic, most connected version of myself. And that's why I am spewing out all of this art expressions in terms of my creativity, my skills in community organizing and activism. And I just feel so much more confident at this point of my life. And in fact, I have an upcoming EP launch of my music on January 8th, which is going to be my birthday, my 49th birthday, if you could believe. And I just feel like, you know, there's this voices in my head telling me that, oh, you're too old and you're crazy for doing that. But no, I'm trying to ignore those voices in my head. Yeah, I am coming up with an EP. I No expectations. I am just enjoying the process and I'm enjoying making music.