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The “You Should Listen To This Artist” series showcases up-and-coming music artists who have piqued the interest of the POP! team, with the goal of providing these talented individuals a promotional platform so more people could know and hear about them. If you’re a bedroom/indie/amateur/budding music artist, send your materials to pop[at]inquirer.net for consideration. Rune, […]
Party Pace is the new rock band to grace the local music scene, and they’re more than ready to make a mark with their single “Sensitive Sun.” Released onto streaming platforms on March 25, “Sensitive Sun” gives listeners a soundtrack to their blissful beach escapades or just a relaxing stroll in the park with its […]
After nearly a decade, alternative rock band Placebo is back with a new full-length album, “Never Let Me Go”. In an interview, Brian Molko talks about the new album, its themes, and how the band has been coping these past two years during the pandemic. “Never Let Me Go” had been a work in progress […]
Music, whether we like to admit it or not, is an integral part of our lives. For those who create music, however, integral might just be an understatement. POP! recently sat down with award-winning producer and songwriter Dem Jointz and discussed his passion in music production, his artistry, and journey in a cutthroat, albeit colorful […]
Everyone considers Valentine’s Day as the most romantic day of the year. But it is quite interesting to note that how it all began isn’t that too dreamy. Saint Valentinus (a.k.a. St. Valentine), a Catholic saint, was executed by Roman Emperor Claudius II sometime during the third century A.D for solemnizing weddings for those forbidden […]
There are people who go the distance for love, some love each other at a distance. Gelene Peñalosa, currently a Contributing Writer for POP!, currently works as a Language Assistant in a high school in Madrid, Spain. Given her circumstances and this global lockdown, she and her boyfriend are miles apart, ever since she left […]
I have always believed that love is not simply a noun, but a verb—an action word—as you have to keep doing the things you do to prove it. Loving is not a mere feeling, but an obligation and a choice, because feelings fade in time, but you have to choose your person every minute, every […]
Out of all mainstream holidays, Valentine’s Day possibly has the most heteronormative underpinnings of all. Greeting cards and gifts deluge us with messages that this is an occasion to celebrate monogamous, heterosexual relationships, when men could buy gifts and treat ladies to candlelight dinners peppered by kisses and affirmations of love and loyalty. But when […]
Single…sigh. The Philippine Statistics Authority reported in February 2020 that there are 34.8 million singles or unmarried individuals in the country, which accounts for 44% of the total population, 10 years old and above. As of 2015, the report stated that there has been a significant increase in the number of single Filipinos between 2015 and […]