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Iyong-Iyo exists as a sound rooted in the Philippines, categorized within the broad, evolving global canon of R&B music. R&B as a genre has long served as a flexible, resonant framework for creators across Southeast Asia, and the Philippines’ iteration of the form carries its own distinct lineage of cultural exchange and creative reinvention that positions every R&B sound emerging from the archipelago within a rich, interconnected community of practitioners. The classification of this sound as R&B places it alongside a wide range of works from the Philippines that draw on the core structural and thematic throughlines that define the genre globally, while remaining rooted in the local cultural contexts that shape all music created within the country’s borders.
