Janine Berdin

P-pop (Pinoy pop) is the umbrella term for Filipino popular music, spanning slick idol groups, powerhouse solo vocalists, dance-pop, ballads, and hybrid pop-rap/R&B crossovers.

OPM (Original Pilipino Music) is the umbrella term for Filipino popular music, encompassing mainstream pop, soft rock, ballads, and band music primarily sung in Filipino languages (especially Tagalog) as well as English. The tag crystallized in the 1970s alongside the Manila Sound movement and the…

Harana is a Filipino tradition of nocturnal courtship serenades performed outside a woman’s window, typically accompanied by a guitar and a small group of male singers. It took shape during the Spanish colonial period and blends Iberian musical elements with local languages and poetic sensibilities.