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Anchored in the interconnected creative community that has lifted up the work of Adie and Janine Berdin, two of the most vital voices shaping modern Filipino popular music, Hoy! is an R&B sound from the Philippines that carries the full weight of the country’s decades-long evolution of the genre, which has long drawn from both local sonic traditions and global R&B innovations to create work that feels both intimately rooted in Philippine life and broadly relatable to listeners around the world. The link to Adie and Janine Berdin places this sound within a lineage of work that prioritizes emotional candor and creative boundary-pushing, two qualities that have defined both artists’ contributions to the local music scene, as they have moved between different sonic palettes and collaborative formats to challenge assumptions about what Filipino R&B can be, and who it can reach.
