The Philippines’ pop ecosystem, a space that has long fostered creators who blend raw personal vulnerability with widely resonant artistic craft, carries the core spirit that animates Keeping Tabs, a pop sound rooted in the creative journey that shaped NIKI’s third studio album, Buzz. What eventually became that full-length project started with an urgent quake from the innermost core of her being, a foundational spark that grew into the collection of work that captures every layer of her perspective as a songwriter and creative. Her songwriting remains as intimate as ever, a throughline that anchors every sound tied to the album, and Buzz as a whole reverberates with the hard-earned wisdom of a young woman who charges dauntlessly towards her dreams — but can still spare a laugh if she stumbles.