Filipinos are reimagining Spotify to be more than a listening platform. With a massive catalog of music, podcasts, and hyper-personalized interactive features, the leading audio platform has become the go-to destination for discovering content that strikes a chord, paving the way for authentic expression.   Spotify’s data revealed that in the past five years, the number of playlists created on Spotify almost doubled, and podcast creators on Spotify grew more than tenfold. Launching “Authenticity on Aux,” Spotify celebrates how Filipinos turn to Spotify for authentic self-expression; whether it's listening to music that moves them, or tuning into podcasts for raw,...

The 2024 Tony Awards season may have come and gone, but our love for musicals lives on! Let’s revisit some of the iconic songs and dance numbers from unforgettable movie musicals that are also Tony Award-winning Broadway shows. These scenes have left an indelible mark on Filipino theater and Broadway fans for a reason.   If you haven’t seen a lot of musicals, prepare to be dazzled. Or if you have, you’re more than welcome to watch them again on Disney+ and relive the magic that these fantastic movie musicals bring.   HAMILTON (2020) – “Alexander Hamilton”   A killer...

Filtr and Sony Music Entertainment have recently teamed up for the ‘Summer POPsicle SZN’ playlist, a curated mix of chart-topping hits featuring some of the biggest international acts.    The playlist includes fan favorites such as “Greedy” by Tate McRae, “Water” by Tyla, “Saturn” by SZA, “drunk text” by Henry Moodie, “Unwritten” by Natasha Bedingfield, “double take” by Dhruv, “Stargazing” by Myles Smith, and local hits from BINI and Maki.   This initiative is part of the ‘szn’ (seasonal) campaign that started in October 2023 for Halloween, December 2023 for Christmas, February 2024 for Grammys, March 2024 for International Women’s...

Horror lovers are in for a treat: Netflix is set to release its local horror feature Outside on October 11th, starring Sid Lucero and Beauty Gonzales. The title was unveiled in the recently concluded Netflix APAC Southeast Asia Showcase in Fairmont Jakarta, where award-winning filmmaker and content director Carlo Ledesma joined a panel alongside other creatives and Netflix content heads from Thailand and Indonesia to discuss the future of storytelling in the region.    Outside follows a family’s quest for refuge amidst a zombie outbreak that has ravaged their community—until old traumas resurface to threaten their very survival.   Outside’s director Carlo Ledesma, a Filipino-Australian filmmaker, earned...

While developing the next installment for the captivating world of A Quiet Place, producer and writer John Krasinski found himself wanting to see how the rest of the world is dealing with this otherworldly crisis. “I especially wondered how people in a big city like New York, with all the chaos and noise there, all the millions of people, would respond,” he says.     This idea formed into A Quiet Place: Day One, where an ordinary day in New York City turns horrific as creatures rain down on Earth and start slaughtering humans indiscriminately. “I wanted to take a...