Joseph Vincent Encarnacion is a Filipino American singer and songwriter. He might look familiar because he was featured in Clara Chung's Heartstrings music video. Like most of the artists I talk about, Joseph gained exposure by posting videos of himself singing on his YouTube channel. He even caught the attention of Ellen Degeneres and was featured in her segment, "Ellen's Wonderful Web of Wonderment", in April of 2010. During this segment he performed an acoustic cover of Iyaz's "Replay". A few weeks later, Joseph was invited back on to The Ellen Degeneres Show and he performed "Cooler Than Me" by Mike Posner. In the beginning of 2011, Joseph released his original song, "If You Stay" on iTunes and Amazon. He also released a music video to his song on his YouTube channel, and it has garnered over 2.5 million views. The music video is about about a boy who notices a girl in the library. He distances himself from the girl, and starts playing the guitar and pouring out his heart in song, down an aisle of books. At the end of the music video, the boy has the courage to start walking towards the girl, leading viewers to think he will confess his heart directly to her. I like the use of the lighting in between the aisle of books, giving the illusion that the boy will walk into the sunset with the girl. But that doesn't exactly happen. Check out Joseph's music video to "If You Stay" and to find out what happens in the end!
