AYO is a seven-member Davao-based Filipino P-pop boy group composed of Justin, Renzo, GV, TJ, Enzo, Zack, and Patrick. The group was publicly introduced in December 2025 as one of Sony Music Philippines’ latest additions to its growing roster of regional P-pop artists, alongside fellow Davao-based groups HARA and Daelux.
The name AYO is connected to the Cebuano word “maayo,” which can describe someone as good, skilled, capable, or talented. “Ayo” is also traditionally used as a call for attention when approaching someone’s home, giving the name a second meaning that matches the group’s goal of making people notice its arrival.
AYO made its first major public move on April 22, 2026, with the pre-debut single “I’m Him.” Produced by Paolo Lofranco, the song combines upbeat hip-hop production, layered textures, and commanding vocal delivery with a message about identity, purpose, self-discovery, and collective strength. The members also contributed to the song’s writing and production process.
Rather than presenting the members’ different personalities and backgrounds as limitations, “I’m Him” treats those differences as a collective advantage. Its accompanying music video, directed by ODS Productions, contrasts industrial warehouse scenes with more elevated helipad visuals to represent AYO’s duality: chaotic yet refined, raw yet controlled.
As one of the newer P-pop groups emerging outside Metro Manila, AYO brings greater visibility to talents from Davao and Mindanao. Its early identity is built around confidence, individuality, regional pride, creative participation, and the ambition to become part of the wider Filipino pop movement.
Justin is a member of AYO who is reported to serve as the group’s leader and main dancer. He helps represent the group’s performance foundation through leadership presence, strong movement, and confident stage energy.
Renzo is a member of AYO who is reported to be the group’s all-rounder. He contributes versatility, performance balance, and confident stage presence to the seven-member lineup.
GV is a member of AYO who is reported to serve as a main rapper and dancer. He adds rap energy, rhythm, attitude, and a stronger hip-hop presence to the group.
TJ is a member of AYO who is reported to be the group’s main vocalist, visual, and youngest member. He brings vocal strength, youthful energy, and visual appeal to the lineup.
Enzo is a member of AYO who is reported to serve as one of the group’s vocalists. He adds melodic support and vocal balance to its hip-hop and performance-focused sound.
Zack is a member of AYO who is reported to serve as a rapper and visual. He contributes attitude, visual presence, and performance confidence to the group.
Patrick is a member of AYO who is reported to serve as a dancer and vocalist. He contributes movement, vocal support, and performance energy to the seven-member lineup.
Discover AYO’s growing discography as a new Davao-based P-pop boy group, beginning with a bold hip-hop pre-debut release centered on identity, confidence, individuality, duality, and the power of combining different strengths.
I’m Him | 2026
Pre-debut single released on April 22, 2026, under Sony Music Philippines.
AYO is a seven-member Davao-based Filipino P-pop boy group under Sony Music Philippines, composed of Justin, Renzo, GV, TJ, Enzo, Zack, and Patrick. Publicly introduced in December 2025 as part of Sony Music Philippines’ growing roster of regional P-pop artists, the group arrived alongside fellow Davao-based acts HARA and Daelux, signaling something meaningful about where the P-pop scene is expanding: beyond Metro Manila and into Mindanao.
That regional origin is not incidental to what AYO is building. It is central to it. The group’s creative partnerships, their production collaborations, and the identity they are constructing around their music all point back to Davao as a deliberate home base rather than a starting point they are trying to leave behind. AYO is building P-pop from Mindanao, and that is the point.
The name carries two layers of meaning that both speak to who the group is. The first draws from the Cebuano word “maayo,” meaning good, skilled, capable, or talented, framing the group as a collection of people who are genuinely capable of what they are setting out to do. The second comes from the traditional use of “ayo” as a call for attention when approaching someone’s home, which frames the group’s arrival in the P-pop scene as exactly that: a knock at the door, an announcement, a demand to be noticed.
Both meanings work together. AYO is not asking for permission to be here. They are calling out their arrival and backing it up with the talent to match.
AYO made their first major public move on April 22, 2026 with the release of their pre-debut single “I’m Him” under Sony Music Philippines. Produced by Paolo Lofranco, the track combines upbeat hip-hop production with layered vocal textures and a central message about identity, self-discovery, and what happens when seven different people bring their individual strengths into one shared space.
The members contributed to the writing and production process, which places “I’m Him” in the category of pre-debut releases that actually reflect the group rather than simply being assigned to them. That level of creative participation this early in a group’s public life says something real about how AYO is being developed and how much agency the members have in shaping their own sound.
The music video for “I’m Him,” directed by ODS Productions, was shot between industrial warehouse settings and elevated helipad visuals, a deliberate contrast that captures AYO’s duality: raw and refined, grounded and reaching upward at the same time. ODS Productions is a Davao-based creative company, and the decision to collaborate locally rather than bring in a Metro Manila production team reflects AYO’s commitment to building something in and for Mindanao, not just from it.
The visual pairing of the two environments works because it does not try to resolve the tension between them. AYO is a group that exists in that tension, between where they come from and where they are going, and “I’m Him” holds both without collapsing one into the other.
The core argument of “I’m Him” is that difference is an advantage. Rather than presenting seven members as variations of a single type, the song leans into what makes each person distinct and frames those distinctions as the source of AYO’s collective power. Every member brings a different background, a different performance strength, and a different presence on stage. “I’m Him” does not smooth that over. It puts it front and center.
That approach is an honest reflection of how the group is actually built. Justin leads as main dancer, GV anchors the hip-hop energy as main rapper, TJ carries the vocal weight as main vocalist and visual, Renzo holds the all-rounder role that keeps a seven-member group balanced, and Enzo, Zack, and Patrick each contribute movement, vocal support, and performance confidence across the lineup. The song’s message and the group’s actual structure are the same thing.
One of the more significant things about AYO’s emergence is what it represents for where P-pop is developing geographically. The scene has historically been Metro Manila-centric in terms of where groups are based, where labels operate, and where live performances happen. Sony Music Philippines introducing AYO, HARA, and Daelux as a cluster of Davao-based acts in late 2025 signals a deliberate push to develop talent from outside the capital, and AYO is one of the clearest examples of what that looks like in practice.
Davao is the Philippines’ largest city by land area and one of its most significant cultural centers outside Metro Manila. Building a P-pop group there, producing their music video there, and keeping creative partnerships rooted there is not a limitation. It is a foundation that gives AYO a distinct identity in a scene where most groups share the same geographic context.
As P-pop continues to grow and more labels and companies look at regional talent, AYO’s trajectory will be worth following as one of the earlier data points for what Mindanao-based P-pop can build and sustain.
As of mid-2026, AYO remains in their pre-debut period with “I’m Him” as their only official release. Their fandom name has not yet been verified. What the group has established in that time is a clear identity, a strong debut single that was covered by Billboard Philippines, a creative framework rooted in Davao, and a seven-member lineup with the range to develop in multiple directions as they move toward their official debut.
The next significant milestone will be whatever comes after “I’m Him,” whether a follow-up single, an official debut, or a first body of work that gives the P-pop audience a fuller picture of what AYO sounds like across more than one track. This profile on PPop Beats stays updated with AYO’s music, fandom name, debut date, and every milestone as the group moves forward.
