Rooted in the Philippines’ thriving, interconnected ecosystem of contemporary R&B, the sound titled Where It All Started sits within a long, nuanced lineage of the genre’s evolution across Southeast Asia, and specifically within the archipelago’s own rich landscape of musical exchange that has shaped local iterations of R&B for generations. R&B as a category has long occupied a central space in Filipino popular music, creating a shared language that connects creators and audiences across the country’s varied island communities, while also linking local artists to broader global conversations that have redefined what the genre can encompass, moving far beyond its early 20th century origins to incorporate a vast range of approaches that honor both regional specificity and the genre’s core ethos of creative authenticity.