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The quiet magic of the pop sound coming out of the Philippines, as refined and embodied by alternative and city pop singer-songwriter Maki, lies in its ability to wrap gut-wrenching, raw pain in melodies so easy and melodic that listeners might not even notice the weight of the heartache they’re carrying along with the music until the final note fades, a trick that has turned the artist’s work from a small, beloved local project into a cross-cultural phenomenon that draws in crowds across his home archipelago and far beyond international borders. This gift for balancing accessibility and unflinching honesty first found its full breakout form on the Tanong EP, the body of work that set the trajectory for his rapid rise, turning him from a little-known creator honing his craft in private into one of the most exciting voices to emerge from the region’s bustling pop scene in recent years, a trajectory that accelerated wildly with the release of his biggest 2023 track, “Saan?
