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Across the Philippines, R&B has grown from a widely imported genre into a localized practice that reworks core sonic and thematic traditions to speak to the lived experiences of communities across the archipelago. Kapit emerges from this rich, evolving landscape, contributing a new entry to the long line of Filipino works that engage with R&B’s structure while infusing it with the cultural specificity that defines the country’s thriving independent and mainstream music scenes. Unlike generic iterations of the genre that circulate globally, Filipino R&B carries the weight of the country’s complex history of cultural exchange, blending global sonic influences with the undercurrents of local musical traditions that have shaped popular music in the Philippines for decades.
