Tanya Yuquimpo: Cat Power

Posted by Jayvee at September 11th, 2009

For someone who supposedly takes a while to open up to people, former Kitty Girl Tanya Yuquimpo is remarkably up front with UNO about art, music, style and how men should act.

By Jessie Grinter

Things rarely, if ever, go according to plan. Someone is always getting called in to tinker with the script. Extend the chorus. Add a bridge. Whatever.

“Yeah, I left the Kitty Girls about a month ago. I didn’t think it was about the music anymore.”

That’s right. Tanya Yuquimpo is flying solo, and loving it.

We meet at the lovely Attivo restaurant in Makati. Stereotypes and preconceptions disintegrate as we share lunch and discuss everything under the sun. The revelations and revolutions keep on spinning.
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