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Viva Music Publishing, Inc, working with Viva, Vicor and Ivory, presents “SWABE” – a compilation of pop gems reimagined by today’s biggest music trendsetters.

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SWABE: Bringing Back Pinoy Pop’s Coolest | One Music PH


Viva Music Publishing, Inc, working with Viva, Vicor and Ivory, presents “SWABE” – a compilation of pop gems reimagined by today’s biggest music trendsetters.


<div>Viva Music Publishing, Inc, working with Viva, Vicor and Ivory, presents “SWABE” – a compilation of pop gems reimagined by today’s biggest music trendsetters. </div>What do music artists such as <a href="https://open.spotify.com/artist/0GnuCXvnvVtX5DShryuyp9?si=8a63f152b82f45b7" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Aiza Seguerra,</a> <a href="https://open.spotify.com/playlist/60vYwaMRQYkywF8p8sYALl?si=bd5d9cce48864845" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">M.Y.M.P.,</a> <a href="https://open.spotify.com/artist/4sEykiNSzZbkFkNXTb1bVd?si=93e73ea897bb4456">Hotdog,</a> <a href="https://open.spotify.com/artist/6l880dxsvN2x5wiceaG6D0?si=ef4b8bc458154a05" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Rico Blanco</a>, <a href="https://open.spotify.com/artist/6ZgBJRjJsK1iOJGKGZxEUv?si=e2dc558ebd2a4883" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">South Border </a>and <a href="https://open.spotify.com/artist/1vlz5PDUCNuZJeuJoufQkN?si=68e2f5b9592d412a" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"> Ogie Alcasid</a> have in common? All these aforementioned names are legit legacy acts and have been responsible for some of the most memorable songs in Pinoy pop. And between these artists, you can trace a record of hits, massive ones mind you, dotting the history of OPM that span decades.<div style="text-align:justify"> </div>Now, three music labels namely <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@vivarecordsofficial" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Viva Records, </a><a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC27Q3ls_w78LPo5Juo8p3Aw" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Vicor Musi</a>c and <a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC-41daFrBBou8CAoaa7_6Ig">Ivory Music,</a> each with their own storied music catalogs, are bringing back the songs of these Pinoy pop luminaries in a big way.<div style="text-align:justify"> </div>Starting with newly-minted hit artist <a href="https://open.spotify.com/artist/4iXntje546XRJmmMTjTO7g?si=51a1e558f3c5431b" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Amiel Sol, </a>the singer-songwriter behind <a href="https://open.spotify.com/track/06IkOr83qPqa3yYvrIjgxp?si=a9427cc8cda54438" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">“Sa Bawat Sandali,” </a>who’s taking on a veritable pop classic with his cover of the 90’s monster hit <a href="https://open.spotify.com/track/48D6RUVMzcOx2ggRFTRjUx?si=c9e82f7f99964ff7" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">“Pagdating Ng Panahon.” </a>Amiel Sol who, like original singer Aiza Seguerra before, currently personifies cool-sounding balladry with his relaxed lyrical delivery, gives life anew to inarguably, one of the greatest love songs ever written in OPM history. Amiel Sol’s version brims with quiet yearning, the perfect fit for the innate optimistic theme that is at the heart of “Pagdating Ng Panahon.”<div> </div><div><iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/N-CZizDtvCo?si=DnIvjBiSI7Kg0xLW" title="YouTube video player" frameBorder="0" allowfullscreen=""></iframe></div><div> </div>Fresh off being hailed as 2025’s first big hit artist for his song <a href="https://open.spotify.com/track/2Dhdu4YB3y5U3RiIcCJduv?si=369cfe0e546c4d6f" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">“Tibok,”</a> <a href="https://open.spotify.com/artist/48veLPCIJh5NVQxhyNRKCm?si=c27baed1290143d4" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Earl Agustin</a> is a tailor fit for the acoustic pop classic <a href="https://open.spotify.com/track/4Mk2hfT0oXkuwX8bd5jln0?si=6d2c6ecc40aa4bf6" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">“A Little Bit”</a> popularized by M.Y.M.P.. Written and composed by lyricist Raymund Santes, “A Little Bit” was the vehicle that brought the then acoustic trio M.Y.M.P., nationwide acclaim. Originally arranged with acoustic instruments, Earl Agustin’s take creatively reconfigures this acoustic ballad into an R&amp;B laced lovesong with Earl Agustin crooning, the songs’ head-over-heels sentiments with soulful aplomb.<div> <iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/JF6B6J0sJ9k?si=bWGfvfc-H3yhR1jI" title="YouTube video player" frameBorder="0" allowfullscreen=""></iframe></div><div> </div><div></div>Southborder’s <a href="https://open.spotify.com/track/3EdBq6AJ190RVcq4icTHtS?si=587c09113d1b42ee" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">“Love Of My Life” </a>is considered as one of the band’s most enduring originals. And it would take a singer of prodigious skill to pull off the songs’ looping falsettos. It’s a good thing that none other than high-caliber vocalist-singer <a href="https://open.spotify.com/artist/09Xydf4dlkr29dH99DmsvQ?si=OSlpSO9HRhWl6EHSTiGYgQ" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Janine</a> who’s putting her stamp on this fan-fave hit. Janine has already done it to past covers, and her A-game for doing memorable versions of hits and making it her own is still on. Janine revitalizes <a href="https://open.spotify.com/track/40XfdgcBGSYZd56VAYerGV?si=7c028d0d7f734291" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">“Love Of My Life”</a> with a sprinkling of synth-y magic dust, scat-laden vocal sauce, and a lilting rhythm topped with Janine’s assured singing.<div style="text-align:justify"> </div><div><iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/8Z3zNJ1wvOs?si=Zu9uZWOcbwwVjVLQ" title="YouTube video player" frameBorder="0" allowfullscreen=""></iframe></div><div style="text-align:justify"> </div>When it comes to retro pop, young<a href="https://open.spotify.com/track/5mi8Oe95frx6LhvFioXE7t?si=fa9b068cdf6147da" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"> “Miss Miss”</a> singer-songwriter <a href="https://open.spotify.com/artist/7dFzqx2qyelGPiBKmdSEOT?si=d21d0703a8ab49e7">Rob Denie</a>l is tops. A torch-bearer of classic sounds, clean cut pop arrangements, and easily recognizable melodic progressions, Rob Deniel is fit-perfect to reinterpret one of the most enduring songs from the Manila Sound era. And here he is, wearing it like a tailored suit, covering the Hotdog classic <a href="https://open.spotify.com/track/5BcxhLZzZqjH68PrrbJs2c?si=9d095d0a147a4a84" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">“Ikaw Ang Miss Universe.” </a>Whether by design or serendipitous luck, Rob Deniel even sounds like a young Rene Garcia as the instantly identifiable melodies shimmers anew in the hands of this young tastemaker.<div style="text-align:justify"> </div><div><iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/iZUsWsbUPGA?si=x3VP5RPn_LKxqco7" title="YouTube video player" frameBorder="0" allowfullscreen=""></iframe></div><div style="text-align:justify"> </div>With a slew of written songs, there’s at least one song by Rico Blanco that any one listener can latch onto. And that’s the case for Rhodessa who seems born to sing the fan-fave song <a href="https://open.spotify.com/track/4jq5J39hJ28RmDhNp1QkYk?si=91acdcebfcd740de" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">“Antukin.”</a> <a href="https://open.spotify.com/artist/0XRPxTyrrVeDXLt6Wxw4UD?si=b5c40178ff7d4548" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Rhodessa</a> is a Pinoy pop singer who transcended the bedroom pop scene with her surprise <a href="https://open.spotify.com/track/4XSIv5hJzP6kEQqsLli1eE?si=ac358ae75fbe4458" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">“Kisame”</a> hit, and here she is again, with her playful but sincere take on this early aught rock classic where she cuts down to the heart of the matter and highlights “Antukin” and its urgent theme of love finding a way. Rhodessa, jolts “Antukin” into a percolating piece of irresistible pop.<div> </div><div><iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/j0KLDnPVJ0w?si=aOFiDriwZzlZZPaS" title="YouTube video player" frameBorder="0" allowfullscreen=""></iframe></div><a href="https://open.spotify.com/artist/7EI84Mki1SMyB7NcBDPUCd?si=007253d10e5241b7" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Shanne Dandan</a> is Pinoy pop’s best kept secret. A powerhouse vocalist with a mean artistic streak, Shanne Dandan has been quietly but steadily building her reputation in the local music scene and is acknowledged by her peers as a creative driving force in the art-y side of the music scene. And it shows in her imaginative handling of the Ogie Alcasid gem “<a href="https://open.spotify.com/track/2pVPBdm9NentGO7h4Xg9Ol?si=c8ec7e18cc3b4ee4" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Mahal Kita Walang Iba.”</a> Shanne Dandan leaves the original ballad version behind and instead reimagines it into a jazz-pop tinged number with interesting filigrees of brass and that smooth, mellifluous singing voice that Shanne is known for, with the latter weaving in and out of the song’s re-energized arrangement like a confidently handled instrument. <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/3wTW9AjJkex9PbIEQbmF5L?si=a3998eda3e124726" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">“SWABE”</a> is a 6-track album compilation of classic OPM hits creatively reimagined by today’s leading hitmakers, sonically designed with the tasteful listeners of today in mind. Viva Records, Vicor Music and Ivory Music with Viva Music Publishing, Inc. has launched “SWABE”.

Viva Music Publishing, Inc, working with Viva, Vicor and Ivory, presents “SWABE” – a compilation of pop gems reimagined by today’s biggest music trendsetters.

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SWABE: Bringing Back Pinoy Pop’s Coolest | One Music PH

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Published Jun 11, 2025 02:42 PM PHT

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