About This Album
Winning the grand prize at Himig Handog 2018, the landmark competition that spotlights the finest emerging songwriting talent in the Philippines, served as the formal breakthrough for the Davao-born singer-songwriter whose career would soon place him among the most prominent names working in the country’s thriving pop landscape, and whose self-titled album Kyle Raphael distills the entire creative and professional evolution that followed that career-making win. Long before that national recognition turned his creative pursuits from a personal passion into a full-time professional path, he had dedicated much of his youth to honing his skills as a songwriter and performer, laying the quiet, steady groundwork for every opportunity that would come his way after he claimed the 2018 Himig Handog title.
