Following the success of historic collaborations with established, game-changing artists like Filipino artists, Quiccs and Egg Fiasco, adidas Philippines zooms in on young illustrator and muralist Jappy Agoncillo with the release of the new City Shop “Manila Hoops” tee collection.
The Virgin Labfest (VLF), with its years of tradition as the festival of untried, untested and unstaged plays, makes a return to live stage this year with 12 new works slated to be unveiled on June 16 to 26, at Tanghalang Huseng Batute (CCP Studio Theater).
Netflix has just answered and confirmed everyone’s questions and crossed fingers for a sequel to the beloved Korean zombie series, All of Us Are Dead, with the announcement of its return for a second season.
In a highly-anticipated return to the big screen, “Jurassic World Dominion”, takes the global audiences to a world where dinosaurs live and hunt alongside humans all over the world.
GrabFood’s latest merchant discoverability program, Indie Eats, goes nationwide, putting the rightful spotlight to promising, small businesses.
For SHEIN, summer never ends with the launch of a summer lookbook series with beauty queen and historic Asia’s Next Top Model winner Maureen Wroblewitz.
Southeast Asia’s pioneer e-Commerce platform, Lazada, serves up a refreshing mid-year break as it rolls out its annual 6.6 Mid-year Mega Sale from June 6 to 8.
Barely a year since its entry in the PPop scene, dominated by predecessors who have laid the foundation for the genre’s mold-breaking meteoric rise, the young five-member “Monster Rookies”, VXON, with C13, Sam, Patrick, Vince, and Franz, have already pocketed one solid hit after another. For the New Agenda issue, editor Leo Balante zooms in on the emerging homegrown musical talent, to make a declaration on the young group’s inevitable ascent atop the pantheon of PPop greats—and of original Filipino music as a whole.
For American duo, joan, the hunt and discovery for the pair’s defining sound is not a new thing. As the indie-pop band puts it, theirs is a sonic exploration that has long evolved from their creative partnership that dates all the way back in college leading to now, two years in the midst of a pandemic—having recently released a two new EPs “hi” and “bye” by the tail-end of 2021. Hopeful to own an art that, on a deeper level, is true to themselves, the duo is raring to share their new ventures with their growing audience as the world slowly opens up and their artistry continues to break new ground and evolve.
Legendary alternative rock band Simple Plan makes a resounding comeback this year with the recent release of their sixth studio album “Harder Than It Looks”—more than half a decade since their last. For The New Agenda Issue, we sit down with lead vocalist and bassist Pierre Bouvier to talk newfound online fame brought about by their early aughts classics, the band’s sonic evolution, and the “prophetic” anthems now housed by the ten-track record that sing tunes to our collective pandemic emotions.
