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Feedback Loop

Spotify Survived 2025 Despite Boycotts and its Big Bet on AI

Artists protested, AI flooded the ecosystem, and users bristled at the changes. Spotify made it through 2025 anyway, maintaining its status as a music streaming giant

By Pie Gonzaga

Latest Stories

Film & TV

Why Stranger Things Resonates in an Age of Constant Crisis

The final season arrives at a time when apocalypse fatigue defines a generation. The cast reflects on growing up and why the show’s core truths hit even harder now

By Precy Tan
Playing With the Changes

Exclusive: Garance Marillier on Acting, Transformation, and ‘Couture’

From Raw to Elsewhere at Night, the French actress shares how she inhabits transitional roles and brings personal truth to every character

By Pie Gonzaga
Events

Things to Do in Manila This Weekend: Your December Guide to Music & Culture

From gigs to exhibitions, here’s your itinerary of things to do in Metro Manila for the month of December

By Rolling Stone Philippines
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Buckle Up

How 2025 Saw the Enshittification of Philippine Democracy

As our shared political reality rapidly degrades under the onslaught of AI slop, how did Philippine democracy fare in 2025?

By Ross Tugade
20 Best Filipino Songs 2025
Banger After Banger

20 Best Filipino Songs of 2025, According to Critics

2025 was the year when fresh voices, revived names and niche subgenres pushed Filipino music into a louder, stranger and richer places

By Rolling Stone Philippines
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Are You Still Watching?

In 2025, The State of Philippine Cinema is as Exciting as it is Confusing

A year of box-office highs, festival wins, and unwanted setbacks reveals a Philippine film industry evolving under pressure

By Mel Wang
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Hall of Fame

Kidlat Tahimik on Kapwa, Kapa-Kapa, and Katrin

The National Artist for Film and Broadcast Arts never had a plan for any of this, but through his partner, Katrin, he found his real purpose

By Erwin T. Romulo
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Hall of Fame

Paeng Nepomuceno Makes Winning Look Easy

The first man to be inducted into the International Bowling Hall of Fame talks about making history at the age of 19, building a career of world records, and what sets him apart from his competitors

By Jonty Cruz
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Hall of Fame

Jessica Soho Has Seen the Worst, Yet She Persists as a Journalist

The veteran journalist has seen it all, twice over: wars, calamities, coups, ghosts, and ghost projects. Despite the curse of a job that constantly points out the ills of the world, Jessica Soho will always choose knowing

By Jervi Wrightson
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Physical Media
Needle Drop

Inside the Fight to Keep Physical Media Alive for Filipino Music Fans

Even as digital streaming dominated music consumption, 2025 saw Filipino collectors continuing to build their own future for music — one CD, vinyl, and cassette at a time

By Elijah Pareño

Latest Stories

Roundup Wars

Spotify Wrapped Has Turned Music App Data into a Competition

Other apps like YouTube, Apple and Deezer dropped recaps that turn listening data into flashier stories built to win the end-of-year race

By Elijah Pareño
Old Soul

I Guess Spotify Wrapped Thinks I’m Old Now

The music streaming app promises that its “listening age” calculations are based on a completely logical term known as the “reminiscence bump”

By Mel Wang
Feedback Loop

Spotify Survived 2025 Despite Boycotts and its Big Bet on AI

Artists protested, AI flooded the ecosystem, and users bristled at the changes. Spotify made it through 2025 anyway, maintaining its status as a music streaming giant

By Pie Gonzaga
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Tired Yet?

November 30 Protests: How Filipinos Remained Fatigued Yet Hopeful Against Corruption

From early-morning tensions at Baha sa Luneta to a subdued Trillion Peso March at EDSA, photographer Dominic Pamatmat reflects on the shifting energy behind the latest anti-corruption protests

By Pie Gonzaga
Post Responsibly

Does Kiko Barzaga’s Suspension Violate Free Speech or Punish a Troll?

The Cavite representative faces a 60-day suspension for social media posts that some call reckless, but others defend as free speech

By Pie Gonzaga
No Means No

ICC Rejects Duterte’s Bid for Interim Release For a Second Time

The ICC’s Appeals Chamber upheld a September ruling blocking the former president’s release, citing concerns over flight risk and the integrity of the upcoming trial

By Pie Gonzaga
Off The Hook

Escudero Walks Free from Comelec Probe on P30M Lubiano Donation

The poll body says there’s no proof the senator’s campaign funds came from Centerways Construction, one of the companies at the center of the flood control corruption controversy

By Pie Gonzaga
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Events

Tarzeer Pictures Taps Eric Bico for Artist Talk and Karaoke Night

The photographer explores memory, healing, and song at Tarzeer Pictures through an evening of conversations and karaoke

By Mel Wang
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Dance With Purpose

Homeless Homies Brings its Fundraising Club Night to Manila for Out-of-School Youth

Looking to party for a cause? This Amsterdam-based initiative is holding a pay-what-you-can club night benefiting Manila’s most vulnerable youth

By Pie Gonzaga
Truefaith
You Are So Perfect

Truefaith Celebrates 33 Years With a Career-Spanning Concert This December

The six-piece returns to the stage for a 33rd anniversary show highlighting the songs and stories that carried them across eras

By Elijah Pareño
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Burn in Fury

Wolfgang Reunite for 30th Anniversary Show of Debut Album

The core members of Wolfgang reunite for a one-night show in 2026, marking three decades since their debut reshaped the language of Filipino rock

By Elijah Pareño
Stranger Things
Film & TV

Why Stranger Things Resonates in an Age of Constant Crisis

The final season arrives at a time when apocalypse fatigue defines a generation. The cast reflects on growing up and why the show’s core truths hit even harder now

By Precy Tan
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Playing With the Changes

Exclusive: Garance Marillier on Acting, Transformation, and ‘Couture’

From Raw to Elsewhere at Night, the French actress shares how she inhabits transitional roles and brings personal truth to every character

By Pie Gonzaga
weekend guide
Events

Things to Do in Manila This Weekend: Your December Guide to Music & Culture

From gigs to exhibitions, here’s your itinerary of things to do in Metro Manila for the month of December

By Rolling Stone Philippines
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