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Juan Karlos' OPM Comeback Story

Juan Karlos Labajo (JKL) is a Filipino singer who experienced both mainstream popularity and periods of fading into obscurity due to changing music trends. His latest hit song "Ere" from his album "Sad Songs and Bullshit Part 1" reached number one on Billboard Philippines' songs chart for ten weeks, breaking streaming records. Prior to this success, JKL endured challenges like the rise of rap replacing his genre, but still released new music over the years. JKL embodies perseverance in continuing his passion for music despite setbacks.

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Juan Karlos' OPM Comeback Story

Juan Karlos Labajo (JKL) is a Filipino singer who experienced both mainstream popularity and periods of fading into obscurity due to changing music trends. His latest hit song "Ere" from his album "Sad Songs and Bullshit Part 1" reached number one on Billboard Philippines' songs chart for ten weeks, breaking streaming records. Prior to this success, JKL endured challenges like the rise of rap replacing his genre, but still released new music over the years. JKL embodies perseverance in continuing his passion for music despite setbacks.

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AWARDS AND THE 2019 A WIT AWARD FOR

The Greatest P EOPLE ' S VOICE F AVORITE S ONG. "B UWAN "
RECEIVED HUGE POPULARITY AND STARTED AS
A SONG CHALLENGE THROUGH SOCIAL MEDIA
PLATFORMS IN THE P HILIPPINES AND EVEN

OPM OVERSEAS .

IN THE TIME PERIOD BETWEEN THE RELEASE


OF THESE MASTERPIECES BY J UAN K ARLOS ,

Comeback
The Story of Juan Karlos’ Success
HE FELL IN TERMS OF POPULARITY DUE TO
THE CHANGE OF MAINSTREAM GENRES AND
THE RISE OF FAST - PACED GENRES SUCH AS RAP
AND HIP - HOP SONGS AND ARTISTS , SUCH AS
S KUSTA CLEE WITH HIS HIT “Z EBBIANA ,”
M ATTHAIOS WITH “C ATRIONA ,” AND MANY
IN THE MUSIC MORE .

INDUSTRY , DESPITE THESE ENDEAVORS , JKL WAS NEVER


THERE ARE SUBJECTED TO THE PRESSURE OF CHANGING
HIS MUSIC STYLE TO FIT MAINSTREAM
THREE TYPES OF
GENRES . H E CREATED SONGS FROM HIS
MUSICIANS : HEART , DEVELOPING HIS MUSIC WITH VARIOUS
THOSE WHO INSPIRATIONS , SUCH AS HIS TRAGIC EARLY
BECOME LIFE WHEN HIS G ERMAN FATHER LEFT HIM
AND HIS MOTHER , AND HIS MOTHER ’ S DEATH .
MAINSTREAM ,
NOTABLY , HE ALSO TOOK INSPIRATION FROM
THOSE WHO DO HIS BREAKUP WITH BEAUTY QUEEN M AUREEN
NOT , AND THOSE WHO ARE JUST RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE WROBLEWITZ . JKL CREATED MUSIC THAT HE
– THOSE WHO WERE ONCE FAMOUS WITH THEIR HIT CAN TRULY CALL HIS OWN .

SONGS BUT SLOWLY FADED AWAY FROM THE MEDIA . DESPITE ALL THESE CHALLENGES , JKL STILL
PUSHED THROUGH , RELEASING NEW SINGLES
THE THIRD TYPE OF MUSICIAN IS AND ALBUMS THROUGHOUT THE YEARS , SUCH
SPECIFICALLY TRUE FOR THE MUSIC CAREER AS “S AMPAGUITA ,” A COLLABORATION WITH
OF J UAN K ARLOS L ABAJO , OR JKL FOR THE BEST F ILIPINO RAPPERS OF ALL TIME ,
SHORT . JKL IS NOW MOST WELL - KNOWN FOR G LOC -9, HIS 2020 ALBUM “D IWA ,” THE 2021
HIS SONG “ERE”, A SINGLE ALBUM JKL SINGLE “B OSTON ,” A 2022 ALBUM NAMED
RELEASED ON A UGUST 4, 2023, VIA U NIVERSAL “DROP 1” CONTAINING THREE SONGS , “S HOT
M USIC P HILIPPINES . W RITTEN AND PRODUCED P UNO ,” AND FINALLY , WITH THE RELEASE OF
BY L ABAJO , THE SONG SERVED AS THE SECOND HIS LATEST ALBUM TITLED “S AD S ONGS AND
TRACK OF THE ALBUM TITLED S AD S ONGS AND BULLSHIT P ART 1”, WITH HIT SONGS LIKE
BULLSHIT P ART 1. I T REACHED NUMBER ONE “T APUSIN NA NATION T O,” “M AY HALAGA PA
ON B ILLBOARD ' S P HILIPPINES S ONGS CHART BAA KO SAYO ??,” AND ESPECIALLY "ERE."
FOR TEN WEEKS AND BROKE NUMEROUS
STREAMING RECORDS ON S POTIFY . JUAN K ARLOS IS THE EMBODIMENT OF
INDOMITABLE COURAGE , NOT JUST AS A
BUT BEFORE "ERE," JKL ALSO HAD MUSICIAN BUT ALSO AS A PERSON . M AY JKL’ S
ANOTHER HIT SONG NAMED “B UWAN ”, WHICH SUCCESS BE A CONSTANT REMINDER TO ALL OF
LITERALLY TRANSLATES TO “M OON .” US TO NEVER GIVE UP ON OUR PASSION AND TO
RELEASED ON J UNE 22, 2018, THROUGH MCA CONTINUE PURSUING IT , EVEN IF IT MEANS
M USIC , THE SONG BECAME ONE OF THE MOST REMAINING DISCREDITED AND UNNOTICED BY
PLAYED OPM SONGS OF 2018, WINNING S ONG MANY .
OF THE Y EAR AT THE 2019 M YX M USIC
-Terence Felix

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