Dingdong Dantes shares heart-melting clip of Zia singing 'Stand By Me'

Dingdong Dantes just shared a heart-melting clip of Zia singing Ben E. King's "Stand By Me."

In the short video he posted on Instagram, the "Descendants of the Sun" actor can be seen helping his daughter with the guitar chords as she strummed away and sang.

 

 

 

 

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Every night before we sleep, this little princess comes to my workspace as i send last minute emails and messages, complete my voice over for Amazing Earth, and pack up my stuff to wrap up the busy day. Usually, we’d watch a clip in her favorite YT channel, read about her current favorite scary story, or just simply talk about how exciting her day was. Occasionally, she would join me as i struggle to learn new songs on the guitar— as of writing, it’s already 5 months since I started my formal lessons with @yanyuzon — and I haven’t even completed any of the three (3) songs that I have been practicing on!! But there’s this one song that’s a favorite of mine. And little did i know that someone was always listening closely while I play the song. Tonight, that little one just walked up to me while i was in the middle of studying ‘I am I Said’ of Neil Diamond. She went behind the guitar, hugged it from my standpoint, and started to strum. She said, “Dad, let’s sing this song.” She did her thing. She strummed— not yet with chords ha— and sang. In the process of executing each stroke, each breath— i was melting. She calls this song When The Night...?? Well, she can call it whatever she wants. What’s sure is that i’ll stand by her, even if the moon is the only light we’ll see! Naaakanam!! ????

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Oct 1, 2020 at 5:39am PDT

Dingdong also penned a sweet caption about how he always gets to bond with his daughter every night, even after a tiring day of work.

"Every night before we sleep, this little princess comes to my workspace as I send last minute emails and messages, complete my voice over for Amazing Earth, and pack up my stuff to wrap up the busy day," the actor shared.

"Usually, we’d watch a clip in her favorite [YouTube] channel, read about her current favorite scary story, or just simply talk about how exciting her day was. Occasionally, she would join me as i struggle to learn new songs on the guitar," he added.

Apparently, Dingdong has been taking formal guitar lessons with Pupil's Yan Yuzon for five months but he has yet to complete any of the three songs he was practicing on as of writing.

Nevertheless, he said Neil Diamond's "I Am, I Said" became one of his favorites for one special reason.

"Tonight, that little one just walked up to me while I was in the middle of studying ‘I am, I Said’ of Neil Diamond. She went behind the guitar, hugged it from my standpoint, and started to strum," Dingdong said.

"She said, 'Dad, let’s sing this song.' She did her thing. She strummed— not yet with chords ha— and sang. In the process of executing each stroke, each breath— i was melting," he added.

Dingdong also shared the cute fact that Zia called Ben E. King's song "When The Night" instead of "Stand By Me."

"Well, she can call it whatever she wants. What’s sure is that I’ll stand by her, even if the moon is the only light we’ll see! Naaakanam!!" he wrote in the caption.

Zia is Dingdong Dantes and Marian Rivera's eldest daughter who — based on their posts — is becoming quite the musician.

The Kapuso Primetime Queen, who was among the thousands of netizens who gushed over Dingdong and Zia's sweet father-and-daughter cover on Instagram, left a string of heart-eyed emojis in the comments. —Margaret Claire Layug/JCB, GMA News