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Josh Cullen brings the ideas behind his latest single “Like Me” to life in a striking new music video, transforming his collaboration with Jay Park into a sci-fi-inspired exploration of identity, imitation, and individuality.

Released via Sony Music Entertainment, “Like Me” is produced by Josh himself and co-written with Mathew Auditor and Jay Park. But while the song questions what happens when originality is shaped by imitation and algorithmic influence, its music video gives those ideas a visual language of its own.

Helmed by Josh Cullen alongside Iana Forbes and Louis Duran, the video places Josh in an otherworldly setting where movement, choreography, and visual details become extensions of the song’s themes. Intricate choreography and a commanding ensemble of backup dancers create a sense of repetition and synchronization, reflecting the tension between fitting into a system and maintaining an identity within it.

The result is a visual world that feels deliberately futuristic without losing its focus on performance. Josh moves through the video as both artist and storyteller, using dance as a way to explore the boundaries between individuality and imitation. The choreography becomes particularly central to the video’s narrative, emphasizing how easily identities can be replicated while underscoring what makes an individual distinct.

That tension sits at the heart of “Like Me.” Rather than framing adaptation as inherently negative, Josh’s concept recognizes transformation as part of artistic growth — while drawing a line between evolving with the world and becoming indistinguishable from everyone else.

The music video also marks another creative step for Josh, who takes a hands-on role beyond performing. From producing the track to co-helming its visual treatment, he helps shape “Like Me” as a cohesive piece of music and visual storytelling.

Josh debuted “Like Me” live during his solo showcase on September 26 at Samsung Hall in SM Aura, Taguig City. On October 2, selected fans will also get the chance to learn the song’s choreography at an exclusive dance workshop at SPAC3 Studios in Quezon City. More details are available here.

Watch Josh Cullen and Jay Park’s “Like Me” music video here. The single is out now worldwide on all major digital music platforms via Sony Music Entertainment.

Cabanatuan City’s polaris. is back with a song that feels like a late-night thought you can’t quite shake. Their new single, “Isip,” arrived on September 24, 2026, and it’s one of their most intimate tracks yet, a dreamy, nostalgic piece about loving someone from a distance and still holding on.

The song sits comfortably in that space between OPM, indie pop, and alternative pop. It’s soft around the edges but honest at the center. “Isip” captures the quiet ache of wanting someone who may never fully be yours. You know it might never become “tayo,” but that doesn’t stop you from keeping them close in your mind, or from being willing to cross whatever distance it takes just to find your way back to them.

Formed in early 2020, polaris. has always drawn from a wide mix of sounds: pop, funk, alternative rock, disco, and blues. Their influences stretch from Queen and The Beatles to Filipino favorites like Rivermaya, Eraserheads, P.O.T, and VST & Company. What sets them apart is how they balance solid musicianship with sharp, relatable songwriting. With “Isip,” they’re leaning into a more personal and emotional side of that sound, something that feels made for anyone who’s ever loved someone from afar and still chosen hope.

“Isip” is out now on all major streaming platforms. Give it a listen, add it to your playlist, and maybe send it to the person who gets it. Sometimes a song just knows how to say what you’ve been carrying.

On her debut EP, the singer-songwriter turns uncertainty, overthinking, and the pressure to have life figured out into a soundtrack for finding stillness.

There is a particular kind of uncertainty that comes with growing up: the feeling that everyone else seems to know where they are going while you are still trying to read the map.

For Keanna Mag, that uncertainty became the starting point for Saan Ba Pupunta?, her debut EP released September 25. Across seven tracks, the singer-songwriter traces the questions that have followed her through different stages of life — where to go, what to do next, and who she is supposed to become — while slowly arriving at the realization that perhaps there is no single answer.

It is a fitting progression for an artist whose music has long been rooted in the intimate details of becoming. From her debut single “to the bone” and fan favorites “Takipsilim” and “Walang Sigurado” to her collaboration with Cup of Joe on “Lahat ng Bukas,” Keanna has built her catalog around songs that give shape to feelings that can be difficult to articulate.

Now, with Saan Ba Pupunta?, she turns that inward gaze toward the larger question of what it means to move through life without knowing exactly where it leads.

The title itself came from a line that stayed with her after releasing “Sasabay.” “That line just stuck with me,” Keanna says. “I resonated with it because all my life, I’ve had these questions about where should I go, what should I do next, or who should I be?”

That questioning, however, often came with an instinct to control what could not be controlled.

“I spent every second of my life planning and overthinking about my future that I forgot to be in the moment; to live, to pause, to breathe,” she says. “I tend to compare myself and ask, ‘When will it be my turn?’ that I forget to celebrate and neglect my own accomplishments.”

Those thoughts eventually became the emotional framework of the EP. What began as individual releases, including “Babalik” and “Sasabay,” gradually evolved into a larger body of work — one that mirrors the unpredictability of figuring things out in real time rather than following a carefully mapped-out plan.

That sense of discovery also extended to the people who helped bring the project together. Keanna wrote and created music alongside her friends from 12th Street and her partner, Raphaell Ridao, many of whom were among the first people she met when she began navigating the music industry.

“They were some of the first people I met when I started being in the industry, so it’s a full-circle moment,” she says. “I’m happy they got to be with me on this journey.”

The EP also brings together the production work of Jean Paul Verona and Migz Haleco, while visual artist Antoinette Tejada, known as @ankulitmoh, helped translate the project’s world into its cover art.

Musically and narratively, Saan Ba Pupunta? is structured like a journey without a fixed destination. The newer songs — “Dulo,” “Palaisipan” with 12th Street, “Hahanapin,” and “Red Light” — sit alongside the previously released “Babalik” and “Sasabay,” creating a sequence that moves between uncertainty, movement, reflection, and release.

At the center of that journey is “Red Light,” a song Keanna intentionally wrote for the EP and positioned midway through its tracklist.

“I placed it in the middle of the tracklist to remind listeners to pause and breathe for a moment in the middle of their journey, especially when they’re going through something,” she says.

The pause is essential to the EP’s larger message. If its title asks where life is going, “Red Light” offers a different proposition: maybe the answer does not always have to come immediately.

That idea also makes “Sasabay” particularly meaningful to Keanna. The song, she says, carries the deepest personal resonance because of the people who have surrounded her throughout her journey.

“I’m blessed that I am surrounded by so many people who love and support me in everything that I do,” she says. “It also makes my heart warm and fulfilled when people tell me how much my music helps them with their healing, because that is one of the main reasons why I started making music.”

For Keanna, that is ultimately what she hopes Saan Ba Pupunta? can offer: not answers, but a place to breathe while searching for them.

“I want people to find stillness in my art,” she says.

And perhaps that is where the EP finds its clearest sense of direction. Rather than presenting uncertainty as something that needs to be conquered, Saan Ba Pupunta? makes room for getting lost, taking the long way, changing course, and arriving later than expected.

“I dedicate this EP to those who are figuring things out, taking the long way, and getting lost,” Keanna says. “I hope you find comfort in these songs and learn how to live with no regrets.”

After spending much of her life trying to anticipate what comes next, making the EP gave Keanna a different perspective on the future — one that does not demand certainty before the journey can begin.

“I realized while making this project that you don’t have to have it all figured out or have all the answers right away,” she says. “Some things are not meant to be planned; you’ll just figure it out along the way. Sometimes, you just have to go with the wind and see where it takes you.”

For an EP built around the question Saan Ba Pupunta?, Keanna Mag’s answer is refreshingly open-ended.

Maybe the point is not always knowing where you are going.

Maybe it is learning to be present while you get there.