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One Step Back, Two Steps Forward: Joco Comendador Returns to his Artistic Core with Avant-Garde Footwear
Pauline Nacar | July 9, 2021

How are footwear designers faring in this time when most Filipinos are indoors and unlikely to look for new outdoor shoes? For this artist-slash-designer, the pandemic rocked him back to his founding days, and inspired him to look at footwear, and himself, through different lenses.

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Mastermind
Breaking Borders: Iñigo Pascual Sets His Sights on OPM on the Global Stage
Pauline Nacar | July 6, 2021

Celebrating the official global release of his album “Options”, young actor-musician Iñigo Pascual catches up with Rank magazine to talk about his personal highs and lows during the pandemic, his musical evolution, and that unrelenting mission to be part of a generation that sees an OPM track win big on the Grammy stage.

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Fashion & Style
This BEAMS x Crocs Collab Takes Military-Inspired Form and Utility in a Resounding Global Comeback
Rank Magazine | July 5, 2021

Global casual footwear leader Crocs, Inc. unveiled the return of yet another collaboration with BEAMS, featuring two distinct collections and four unique styles. BEAMS X Crocs takes the Classic All-Terrain Clog and fuses it with military- and outdoor-inspired details that expertly marry form for the street and function for utility.

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Radar
What Makes Doctor of Pharmacy Arshie Larga’s TikTok Lessons on Health & Medicine a Social Media Must
Pauline Nacar | July 5, 2021

If there’s one thing we can take away from Arshie Larga’s growing influence online, it’s that Filipinos are eager to consume information packaged in an easy-to-digest way. And what’s better and easier to understand than a one-minute TikTok video?

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Mastermind
EXCLUSIVE: The Art of Raising Hell According to Cheat Codes
Pauline Nacar | June 22, 2021

Years into their explosive careers, and Los Angeles-based trio Cheat Codes finally launches their first full album, armed with intoxicating beats and even more exciting surprises kept neatly up their sleeves. Rank Magazine catches up with members Matthew and KEVI to take a peek into their world of three-part debut albums, man-eating flowers, and more.

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Music as Therapy: Inside the Dreamlike Estate of dia maté
Pauline Nacar | June 21, 2021

At only 19 years old, dia maté has entered the local music scene with an already-deep but ever-evolving understanding of herself, her craft, and the vastness of life’s many twists and turns. As she establishes herself in the industry with her first-ever EP, “Don’t Quote Me”, Rank Magazine delves into the young artist’s inner psyche, wishing to tell her story through her self-produced music and hope that hers is a story that resonates with others, basking greatly on the same healing properties of music on her.

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All Eyes on Abed Green
Leo Balante | June 18, 2021

Much like the rest of us, the Filipino-American student athlete turned fashion model and now actor-in-the-making Abed Green, took an opportunity in the midst of the great pause that we are presently in, trying to find the most fruitful of ways to be sane and empowered amid the darkness of being stuck and cooped up at home. Now, on social media and on his slowly-blossoming career as an on-cam talent and actor, Green is showing no signs of slowing down.

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A New Era: The Education of Darren Espanto
Pauline Nacar | June 14, 2021

It’s been seven years since that fateful blind audition changed Darren Espanto’s life forever. From “The Voice Kids” to his latest single “Tama Na”, the now 20-year old belter-turned-well-rounded artist walks down memory lane to look back on the explosive career he’s had so far, the many dreams he’s still working hard to pursue, and his upcoming comeback concert that links and celebrates the two.

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Events & Festivals
Nadine Lustre Bares ‘Absolute Madness’ in Upcoming First Solo Concert
Leo Balante | June 14, 2021

Following the titanic success of her much talked about visual album, multimedia queen Nadine Lustre returns in all her glory, doing what she does best in a platform she has long mastered, through her first-ever solo concert entitled “Absolute Madness.”

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Lists & Guides
Editor’s Picks: Father’s Day Gift Guide for All Types of Dads
Leo Balante | June 11, 2021

Whether you are celebrating your husband, your two fathers, your best friend who just became a dad, or whoever served as your father figure, we rounded up an extensive guide you on what to give the man of the hour with a list of swag from grooming, gear and gadgets, down to food and experiences for this special man and where you can get it.

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