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BGYO
BGYO, also known during their pre-debut as Star Hunt Academy Boys or SHA Boys , is a five-member Filipino boy group that began formation in 2018 by ABS-CBN Star Hunt Academy and debuted in 2021 under ABS-CBN's Star Magic. The quintet—composed of Akira, Gelo, JL, Mikki, and Nate—co-writes several of their output and considered their Filipino roots as one of their assets, as evident in their music, songwriting and style. Their lyrics, often focused on social issues relevant to young generation, hope, youth empowerment and self-love. Acclaimed as the " Aces of P-pop" and the first Filipino Pop group to have their own topic on Twitter. After debuting in 2021 with their single ''The Light (BGYO song), The Light'', BGYO released their first original soundtrack ''He's Into Her (song), He's Into Her'' which led to the group's first major recognition for the "Best Theme Song or Title Theme" at the Asian Academy Creative Awards, 2021 Asian Academy Creative Awards; also made them the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Light (BGYO Song)
"The Light" is the debut single of the Filipino boy group BGYO. It was released on 29 January 2021 as a Digital Single by Star Music. Written by the band members Gelo, Nate, Akira, Mikki and JL along with Distract, who has worked with SISTAR, NCT and GOT7; composed and arranged by Rogan and Ddank; mixing, mastering, and digital editing were done by Jang Tae In at Seoul Archive. "The Light" surpassed 100,000 streams on Spotify in less than two weeks after its release and fifty-three days after, the song became part of Spotify's "RADAR Philippines 2021 Roster". The music video of "The Light" has received more than a million YouTube views, 6 days after its release, and its the fastest debut music video by a P-pop group to reach 1 Million views in YouTube. It also broke the record for being the ''"Most Liked Music Video in a Debut Song"'' by a P-pop group of all time. Composition and lyrics "The Light" is a powerful genre-bending Original Pilipino Music or P-Pop infused wit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Baddest (BGYO Song)
"The Baddest" is a song recorded by Filipino boy band BGYO, released on August 20, 2021 as a fifth single of their debut album '' The Light''. It was written and composed by Tha Aristocratz and TC Mack, along with Jonathan Manalo and BGYO's Angelo Troy Rivera and Akira Morishita. The track was one of the BGYO songs—"Kundiman", " He's Into Her", "The Baddest"—chosen to be part of The Lunar Codex's "Polaris Collection" time capsules bound to the Moon in 2023. "The Baddest" was featured on Spotify's Radar Philippines and New Music Friday Philippines playlists upon its release. Ten days after, it surpassed 200,000 streams on Spotify, the fastest among BGYO songs to hit this benchmark. The accompanying music video of "The Baddest" has received numerous validation from the netizens, as it trended on YouTube and peaked at number 6 upon its release. Seven days after, its official music video surpassed 1 million views on YouTube, the second fastest music video of the group aft ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Light (BGYO Album)
''The Light'' is the debut studio album of Filipino boy band BGYO. It was released by Star Music on 7 October 2021. The album contains twelve tracks, with "When I'm With You" as its key single, four new tracks "Kundiman," "Fly Away," "Sabay," and "Rocketman", which BGYO co-written, four versions of the band's debut single in Bahasa, Japanese, Spanish and Thai, along with the group's signature hits The Light, He's Into Her and The Baddest. The album's lyrical content transcends the spirit of resilience, empathy, and love. The album debuts and peaks at number 1 on iTunes Albums Chart in 5 countries—Philippines, Hong Kong, Singapore, United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia. It also charted in Canada, Thailand, Qatar, Australia, Norway, Malaysia and Mexico; and has achieved the coveted feat of being the longest consecutive charting album by a Filipino act to stay at number one on iTunes Philippines of all time. The album surpassed 5 million Spotify streams, 2 weeks since its rele ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nathaniel "Nate" Porcalla
Nathaniel Porcalla (born June 26, 2003), known professionally as Nate Porcalla, is an American-born Filipino singer-songwriter, rapper and a member of the Filipino boy group BGYO. Porcalla has co-written several tracks released by BGYO: " The Light" (2021), " Runnin'" (2021) and "Rocketman" (2021). Prior to his music career, Porcalla was a staple competitor and performer around the United States and have joined dance reality competitions in the Philippines: Dance Kids (2015) and World of Dance Philippines (2019). Early life Nathaniel Porcalla was born on the 26th of June 2003, in Chicago, Illinois, United States of America where he spent most of his childhood. He began showing his interest in dancing at the age of 6 and trained at Xtreme Dance Center in Naperville. Career 2015–2018: ''Career Beginnings and Dance Kids'' In 2015, Porcalla went back and forth to Manila to compete with Dance Kids. On 22 April 2016, Porcalla, as a 7th grade student at Cowherd Middle Sch ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
He's Into Her (song)
"He's Into Her" is a song recorded by Filipino boy band BGYO, after their debut single " The Light" (2021). The song was released on April 23, 2021, as the official soundtrack of iWantTFC's digital Philippine romance comedy series '' He's Into Her''. The song was written and composed by Jonathan Manalo and Gabriel Tagadtad; and was one of the BGYO songs—"Kundiman", "He's Into Her", " The Baddest"—chosen to be part of The Lunar Codex's "Polaris Collection" time capsules bound to the Moon in 2023. "He's Into Her" debuted on iTunes Philippines at number one, hours before its official release and it marked as BGYO's second single to reach this spot, after "The Light". The accompanying song's lyric distribution video and the visualizer video also trended in YouTube Philippines, consecutively. Composition and lyrics "He's Into Her" is a Synth-pop genre-bending Original Pilipino Music or P-Pop infuses with Electronic music elements. It runs for a total of four minutes ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Akira Morishita
is a Filipino-Japanese actor, singer and songwriter known for being a member and lead vocalist of the Filipino boy group BGYO. Morishita has co-written several tracks released by BGYO: " The Light" (2021), " Runnin'" (2021), " The Baddest" (2021), "Kundiman" (2021), "Fly Away" (2021) and an original soundtrack for a series '' Bola Bola'' entiled " Mahal Na Kita" (2022), of which he released a solo version of the song. Prior to his music career, Morishita started as an actor known for four movies: "Sundalong Kanin (Rice Soldiers)" (2014), "Alienasyon" (2014), "Kalel, 15" (2019), "'Tol" (2019); a television series '' All of Me'' (2015) and have appeared on several television commercials aired in the Philippines: Jollibee, Cherifer and Royal. In March 2022, he became part of iWantTFC's original miniseries '' Bola Bola''. Early life Akira Morishita was born on the 27 April 2001 to a Japanese father and a Filipino mother; both of them worked as musicians in Japan. At a young ag ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kundiman (BGYO Song)
"Kundiman" is a song recorded by the Filipino boy band BGYO. It was released on 7 October 2021 as the eighth single of their debut album '' The Light''. It was written and composed by Akira Morishita with additional lyrics from Jerwin Nicomedez.For citations about "Kundiman" being the eighth track of The Light album and as a single of BGYO. * * The track was one of the BGYO songs—"Kundiman", "He's Into Her", " The Baddest"—chosen to be part of The Lunar Codex's "Polaris Collection" time capsules bound to the Moon in 2023. The track peaked at number 1 on Deezer Charts 100 in United Arab Emirates. Composition and lyrics "Kundiman" runs for a total of three minutes and twenty-eight seconds, set in common time with a tempo of 78 beats per minute and written in the key of D♯/ E♭ major. The lyrics were written in Filipino that tackles about a romantic love but given a modern twist. In the song, the word "Kundiman" was described in two different meanings—" Kundiman", as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bini (group)
Bini (stylized as BINI) ( Hyphenation: bi‧ni; IPA: /bini/, ɪ.nɪ is a Filipino girl group under ABS-CBN's Star Magic that is formed through Star Hunt Academy (SHA), and is composed of eight members: Aiah, Colet, Maloi, Gwen, Stacey, Mikha, Jhoanna, and Sheena. The group's pre-debut single "Da Coconut Nut" was released on November 20, 2020. BINI officially debuted on June 11, 2021, with their debut single " Born to Win". Name Group name The group's name was taken from the Tagalog word ''binibini'' which means "young lady", a nod to the group's vision to "embody the idea of a modern Filipina — sweet, fierce, independent, and informed." Fandom name Fans of Bini are known as "Bloom(s)", commonly stylized as BL\inftyM(S) with the infinity symbol replacing the Os taking inspiration from the group's tagline ''Walo hanggang dulo'' (Eight until the end). The name serves as a lovely reminder of Bini's story and journey, it stands for the beginning of springtime that there's ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Honorific Nicknames In Popular Music
When describing popular music artists, honorific nicknames are used, most often in the media or by fans, to indicate the significance of an artist, and are often Pantheon (gods), religious, Kinship terminology, familial, or (most frequently) Imperial, royal and noble ranks, royal and aristocratic titles, used metaphorically. Honorific nicknames were used in classical music in Europe even in the early nineteenth century, with figures such as Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Mozart being called "The father of modern music" and Johann Sebastian Bach, Bach "The father of modern piano music". They were also particularly prominent in African-American culture in the post-American Civil War, Civil War era, perhaps as a means of conferring status that had been negated by Slavery in the United States, slavery, and as a result entered early jazz and blues music, including figures such as Duke Ellington and Count Basie. In Culture of the United States, U.S. culture, despite its Republicanism, republ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Star Music
Star Music (stylized in lowercase as starmusic; formerly known as Star Records), is a record label in the Philippines owned and operated by media conglomerate ABS-CBN Corporation. It was formerly a separate company operating as a wholly owned subsidiary of ABS-CBN until 2013 when it was merged to ABS-CBN Film Productions, Inc. It is now a division of ABS-CBN Music, a division of ABS-CBN for its music. Its publishing and distribution subsidiary in the country is Star Music Publishing (formerly Star Songs, Inc.) and has over one thousand songs in its catalog including the classic song "Anak" by Freddie Aguilar. It is a member of the Philippine Association of the Record Industry (PARI), a non-profit and private trade organization, that represents the recording industry distributors in the Philippines. Star Music also released video karaoke VCDs versions of the label's songs in the Philippines. History Star Music was founded on February 20, 1995, as Star Recording, Inc. with Sta ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Star Magic
ABS-CBN Center for Communication Arts, Inc., doing business as Star Magic (formerly known as ABS-CBN Talent Center), is the talent agency owned by ABS-CBN Corporation based in Quezon City, Metro Manila, Philippines that was founded in 1992. History In April 1992, Freddie M. Garcia, then ABS-CBN executive vice president and general manager, and Johnny Manahan, then program director, formed the idea of creating a stable of new stars exclusively for the network. Star Magic was created to assist young talent in the Philippines, where its talents undergo training in acting, personality development and physical enhancement before joining in the Philippine television and film industry such as the television shows of ABS-CBN and Star Cinema films, commercial projects, and corporate events. On June 26, 2011, the company celebrated its 19th anniversary on '' ASAP Rocks''. It also launched the new website and the new music video with the current artists of the company. In 2019, Star ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Contemporary R&B
Contemporary R&B (or simply R&B) is a popular music Music genre, genre that combines rhythm and blues with elements of Pop music, pop, Soul music, soul, funk, Hip hop music, hip hop, and electronic music. The genre features a distinctive Record producer, record production style, drum machine-backed rhythms, Pitch correction, pitch corrected vocals, and a smooth, lush style of vocal arrangement. Electronic music, Electronic influences are becoming an increasing trend and the use of hip hop or electronic dance music, dance-inspired beat (music), beats are typical, although the roughness and grit inherent in hip hop may be reduced and smoothed out. Contemporary R&B vocalists often use melisma, and since the mid-1980s, R&B rhythms have been combined with elements of hip hop culture and music and pop culture and pop music. Pre-history According to Geoffrey Himes speaking in 1989, the progressive soul movement of the early 1970s "expanded the musical and lyrical boundaries of [R&B] i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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