Shanne Dandan has spent years carving out a space as one of the most compelling voices in Original Pilipino Music, a landscape she continues to shape with the same intentionality that defines every part of her discography, including the pop recording Balisong, rooted in her home country of the Philippines. She first captured widespread national attention in 2013, when she joined the inaugural season of The Voice Kids Philippines, competing under the tutelage of legendary Filipino performer Lea Salonga, an early milestone that first introduced her rare, ethereal voice to audiences across the archipelago. That first brush with mainstream recognition was far from the last, as three years later, in 2016, she claimed the Grand Champion title on TV5’s Born to Be a Star, a win that cemented her status as an artist to watch, with the raw skill and emotional depth to sustain a long career of meaningful, resonant work.