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

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

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

Rolling Stone Philippines takes a good, hard look at the triumphs and blunders that defined 2025, changing Filipinos for better and worse