u/Grouchy_Situation432

Uploaded Fancam by the same person with Coachella week 1 fancam.
Japanese Entertainment by Tokuriki

We see them all the time on social media, and even here on Reddit. There is a vocal group of "OPM purists" who constantly brand artists signed to big labels as fake, inauthentic, sellouts, or "not real artists."

It seems like whenever an artist actually succeeds commercially, they are immediately dragged down and labeled as manufactured. Here are some common arguments they throw around:

When an artist has a dedicated composer (take Sarah G. and a lot of famous singers and performers for example), they are branded as fake and not authentic when singing an composition from others.

If an act doesn't play musical instruments on stage like pop groups or pure vocal soloists they are dismissed as not being "real" musicians. It means dapat may instrument ka at least one?

When an independent artist finally gets the recognition they deserve and signs with a major label, they are immediately accused of selling out. Mga binenta ang kaluluwa for Fame and money.

On top of the gatekeeping, a lot of these purists cross the line into outright bigotry. We see homophobic remarks thrown at openly gay artists like Gian of COJ, and blatant misogyny directed towards P-Pop girl groups.

Another thing I always see is when they say ppop is copycat of Kpop. However, they fail to aknowledge that there are also Rock bands, R&B Artist, or rappers who are copycats or inspired by some Western Artist or style as well.

Is it really bad to pursue and aspire Financial success in Music and just do it for the sake of gatekept Artistry? Even Mozart and Bach were paid during their time.

Is it really bad na hindi mo compose ang kinakanta mo? To Follow that logic, Does that mean Songwriters who don't have the voice are also less of an artist because they cannot interpret their composition?

JUST ASKING. (will wait for downvotes sa mga tatamaan)

"L.A. will always have a place in BINI's history and I hope this opens more doors to other Filipino artists—please help us to push Filipino music to the global stage." Jhoanna

She also asked that every Filipino work together to elevate Filipino music both inside and outside the country and serve as a path to open more doors for other Filipino artists to perform and showcase their talent to the world.

And this woman is only 21 or 22 years old?

Grabe yung pang gaslight talaga. Todo tanggol sa mga Comment section sa mga News websites dahil nakikita ko lumalabas sa newsfeed ko. Pinagtatanggol yung interview ni Sara Dutae about PAX SILI PUCK SILIC na HINDI NAMAN DAW KAILANGAN ALAMIN LAHAT NG VP ang galawan ng presidente dahil di nya trabaho yun at ang trabaho nya ay mag lingkod sa mga kababayan. hahaha
Tapos lakas makapang limos ng mga ito kapag gipit.

This became a topic nadin maybe early 2000s about FIlipino as Pacific Islanders at hindi daw Asians. They prefer daw to identify themselves as islanders. It became a hot debate especially to US born pure blooded or Filipino Americans.

Also recently, nung nag Coachella ang BINI, there's also a case of reverse Colorism among them Pinoys sa US when some comments says they are NOT BROWN ENOUGH to represent Filipinos on that stage and not all of them are Morena and should tan their skin. Also some insisted that they should also be labeled as 1st all Pacific Islander Girl Group to perform at Coachella and not just 1st All Filipino.

Only found out it actually has an MV tonight.
No actual promotions or news? Haven't heard about it with ABSCBN or I just missed it.
I'm pretty excited about the Movie. It looks promising based from the trailers.
Various animated movies had representation from Mulan to Moana.
Now it's time for Filipino.

It's for an international Film by Dreamworks.
But the performers, producers, and Composers are Filipino. And it has Tagalog lyrtics.

BTW, The song is amazing and very inspiring.

A Parallel World (from Forgotten Island)

℗ 2026 Back Lot Music, a division of Universal Studios Music LLLP
Released on: 2026-07-23

Main Artist: BINI
Producer: Shawn Wasabi
Producer: Nathan Matthew David
Composer Lyricist: Nathan Matthew David
Composer Lyricist: Shawn Wasabi