PPop Beats · Inside P-Pop

R&B is more than slow songs and smooth vocals. Learn how to hear the groove, vocal phrasing, and genre blending behind R&B-influenced P-pop.

Puregold OPM Con 2026 was not only a showcase of Filipino artists. With P-pop acts standing alongside OPM names across genres and generations, the event showed how P-pop is no longer treated as separate from the larger Filipino music story.

Baby Dolls are turning “Oooh Lala Baby” into a fun P-pop moment, proving that dance-craze energy, humor, and easy participation still have power.

BINI and SB19 joining the Forgotten Island soundtrack is not just another music update. It shows how P-pop can move beyond concerts and charts, and enter global stories shaped by Filipino culture.

SB19’s solo projects do not weaken the group’s identity. Instead, they reveal the different emotions, instincts, and creative directions each member brings back to the group.

P-pop simply means Pinoy pop or Philippine pop: Filipino-made pop music shaped by local culture, performance, and modern pop influences. But as the scene grows, it is becoming harder to define in just one sound.

Some fans may say a good P-pop song should stand on its own. Others may argue that in a crowded scene, a release needs a strong visual world, performance moment, or rollout identity to become truly memorable.

Not every important P-Pop story starts with a viral hit. This June, several artists and groups are focused on building their next chapter through new projects, concerts, performances, and upcoming announcements.

P-Pop Unite 2026 is doing more than bringing the community together. Through its focus on artists, creatives, and the next generation of performers, the initiative offers a glimpse into where Filipino pop music could be headed next.

While established names continue to lead the industry, June is becoming an important month for rookie and emerging P-Pop groups looking to reach larger audiences.

BINI's Signals World Tour is more than a major career milestone. As the group prepares to perform across 19 cities and four continents, the tour could become one of the clearest tests yet of how far P-Pop can reach beyond traditional Filipino audiences around the world.

P-Pop continued making noise this week through new music, major milestones, fan gatherings, festival appearances, and exciting signs of industry growth. From BGYO's upcoming EP and KAIA's Cebu event to XONARA's streaming achievement and FELIP's high-demand Sulfur event, here's everything fans were talking about this week.