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REON December 29, 2020 POP song “Suyo” by songwriters/artists Noah Alejandre and Reanne Borela of Ormoc City won first place during the Philpop 2020 songwriting competition. The Grand Finals night was streamed on Dec. 20 through the PhilPop Facebook page.
The winners also walked away with the grand prize of P1 million.
Alejandre and Borela make up indie pop duo Reon. Their bilingual entry “Suyo” is one of three songs submitted from the Visayas cluster. This year’s iteration of PhilPop introduced a new format wherein the songwriting competition now accepted song entries nationwide via clusters namely, North Luzon, South Luzon, Metro Manila, the Visayas and Mindanao.
PhilPop 2020 Songwriting Festival.
Reanna Borela, who penned
“Suyo” bested 14 other entries from Metro Manila, North Luzon, South Luzon, Visayas, and Mindanao clusters on the PhilPop Finals Night held online last Sunday, December 20, 2020.
Alejandre and Borela also served as the interpreters of their own track under the moniker, reon.
For this, the composers bagged a grand prize of P1 million, tax free.
Meanwhile,
Aikee’s “Bestiny” and
Sherwin Fugoso’s “Pahuway” won the first and second place, taking home P500,000 and P250,000, respectively.
The former entry was interpreted by
Kevin Yadao and
Ferdinand Aragon, who composed the PhilPop 2018 runner-up song, “Di Ko Man.”
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Reanne Borela’s “Suyo” bagged the top prize of the PhilPop 2020 Songwriting Festival.
The week-long celebration culminated with podcast documentaries, a series of radio guesting, music video premieres, and the annual finals night.
Conveying the intricacies of romantic relationships amidst language and cultural differences, “Suyo” bested 14 entries from Metro Manila, North Luzon, South Luzon, Visayas, and Mindanao clusters on the PhilPop Finals Night held online last Sunday, December 20, 2020. The winning song also walked away with the grand prize of P1 million, tax free.
Alejandre and Borela, the composer behind “Suyo,” served as interpreters for their own track under the moniker,