Pinoy Magazine: “P-pop is not a genre”
P-pop's logo under Viva Records
Pinoy Magazine recently cleared out that P-pop is not a genre but a label of Viva Records. In other words, XLR8, Pop Girls, and RPM were the only official p-pop groups. Therefore, Down To Mars, A-Five, Voyz Avenue, Sakto, Pointen and 1:43 could not be call P-pop.
On a side note, Popsicles website used the term “P-pop”, which stands as “Pinoy Populars,” to refer to the Philippines entertainment industry. Thinking of kpop, members of our original forum gprimetime were confused of the word P-pop since we didn’t have that upbeat type of music back then. Surprising all of the forum members, Viva Records released the first p-pop group Pop Girls on late 2009. Who’d have thought somebody will actually make one? Our staff members were just dreaming about it.
Here’s Pinoy Magazine’s statement:
Hi everyone! Just want to clarify something. Lately there have been a lot of Male Groups coming out and categorizing themselves as “P-POP” group well in fact, “P-Pop” is a sub-label of Viva Records, not a music genre that includes XLR8, RPM & Pop Girls ONLY. Ang dami kasing nakiki-ride (so many bandwagoners)…so there. Peace out! 
Spread the word and feed your friend’s mind with correct info!
If these pop artists are not P-pop, what should we call them? Fpop, Phil-pop, Fil-pop, Flip-pop? Music icon Gary Valenciano referred to it as Fili-POP . Any ideas?
Source: Pinoy Magazine
Can’t we just call it OPM?
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Or OPPM.. Original Pinoy Pop Music?
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Or we could just call it OPM. (original pinoy pop music or original pinoy music)
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P-pop still stands for Philippine Pop. And that’s just what it is, a term used for Pop music in the Philippines.Therefore, ANY pop music from the Philippines will still be considered P-pop . It just so happens that there’s a record label called P-pop based on the term Philippine Pop.
XLR8, RPM, Pop Girls are P-pop groups under the label P-pop, and 1:43 is still a P-pop group under the label MCA Music.
We don’t need to call it anything else. P-pop is a genre AND it is also the name of a record label.
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I completely agree with J. Mon. P-pop IS a label under Viva records but that doesn’t mean that the actual genre doesn’t exist. What right have they to say that other pop groups can’t call their type of music P-pop? Just because they “started” it first? P-pop the label and P-pop the genre are two entirely different things.
I say we should still classify the other acts as P-pop.
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To VIVA : Palitan nyo ng name yung records nyo. Hindi naman kasi pwedeng P-pop records ang tawag sa company nyo e. Pag-mamay-ari ng Pilipinas yan. hindi lang ninyo.
Imagine if may ganyang company name ang mga company sa korea or japan
K-pop Records? Or J-pop Records? WHAT THE F*CK.
Or other genres, like Rock Records? RnB Records? Acoustic Records? Jazz Records? Hindi nyo ba kayang mag-isip ng mas magandang name ng record label nyo?
“Ang dami kasing nakiki-ride” – tang-***? Baket? Kayo lang ba ang pwedeng mag-produce ng filipino pop groups (ayan a hindi ko na ginamit yung term na p-pop, inaankin nyo e. mga p*ta)? NAPAKASELFISH NAKAKAINIS!!
Sorry for the bad words. Kelangan ko lang ilabas yung galit ko. Nakakainis kasi. Kung pananatilihin yung record label na P-pop Records ng Viva, walang patutunguhan tong P-pop. Seryoso. Kasi madidiscourage na mag-produce yung ibang companies kasi VIVA LANG DAW PWEDENG MAGPRODUCE NG P-POP GROUP E DIBA?
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ganun?
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Sana mabasa to ng VIVA.
Para malaman nilang it’s not a good idea to name a company “P-pop Records”
Ahhh. Alam ko na.
Ni hindi nga nila magawang ipromote ng matino yung mga artists nila e, pagpalit pa kaya ng company name. (XLR8 and Pop Girls with two substitutes sa PP, it’s f*cking pathetic. Di man lang nila mapromote yung XLR8 at Pop Girls sa ibang station, unlike Mocha Girls, Kitty Girls, Pointen,)Wag na tayong umasa.
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lol. they can’t even make a mv na pinag-gastusan. (like pop girls – crazy crazy, eurasia – working girls etc etc.)
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ano toh viva? ‘andami kasing nakikiride?’ o sige kayo na sikat. mga mayayabang. anlalaki ng ulo. bigla tuloy akong tinamad na bumili ng album nila.
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“On a side note, Popsicles website used the term “P-pop”, which stands as “Pinoy Populars,” to refer to the Philippines entertainment industry. Thinking of kpop, members of our original forum gprimetime were confused of the word P-pop since we didn’t have that upbeat type of music back then. Surprising all of the forum members, Viva Records released the first p-pop group Pop Girls on late 2009. Who’d have thought somebody will actually make one? Our staff members were just dreaming about it.”
– go popsicles!! kayo ang unang nakaisip ng term na p-pop!
kaya walang karapatang mang-ankin ang viva.
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VIVA,
You guys just decreased alot of people’s interest and RESPECT to your company’s artists and unfortunately you specified the name of the groups very well. With your statement this only reflected on how you guys produce your artists. Sorry to say..mejo BASTOS.
And we have read this from one of the most reliable Filipino music online news, popsicles:
“On a side note, Popsicles website used the term “P-pop”, which stands as “Pinoy Populars,” to refer to the Philippines entertainment industry. Thinking of kpop, members of our original forum gprimetime were confused of the word P-pop since we didn’t have that upbeat type of music back then. Surprising all of the forum members, Viva Records released the first p-pop group Pop Girls on late 2009. Who’d have thought somebody will actually make one? Our staff members were just dreaming about it.”
Shame viva, or if this is denied shame on the one who made the statement just so stupid
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dba marcus davis? sinisiraan mo lang ang pilipinas, bumalik ka na sa planeta mo dun ka na kay obama!
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This why 1:43 never claimed that they are P-Pop. Ang sinasabi lagi nila OPM Pop sila para walang conflict sa P-Pop label ng Viva.
Ang Down to Mars, K-Pop daw sila. Ang sabi nila dati sa interview nila “WE WON’T SING TAGALOG SONGS BECAUSE IT IS CHEAP!”
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Fpop, Phil-pop, Fil-pop, Flip-pop?
How about P-FLOP ? Viva is a flop, duh?! >_<
Suits them very well
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self proclaiming naman to hays.. ganito ba talaga magisip ang pilipino ngaun? tapos sasabihin dapat suportahan ang musikang pilipino? kaya nawawalan ng gana makinig ng OPM eh dahil sa mga katulad ng ganito hay naku bago sana i claim na P-pop cla eh magtrain muna ng maaus hindi trashy like or should i say bago iproclaim ng VIVA na kanila ang P-pop eh magayus din muna cla dahil hindi cla ang mapapahiya ng lubusan kundi ung produkto nila dahil un ang mga lumalabas sa tv hindi cla mismo
basta ako suportahan nalang natin ang makabuluhang musikang pilipino
no heart feelings or bashing feelings guys just think deeply.
“piliin ang iniidolo” – Elmer
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marcus davis yuck!!!!!!!
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good thing nang nalaman ni david foster na magbakasyon si sarah ng 5 weeks binigyan nya ito ng tutor kase gusto ni david na mag collab sila ni charice, kaya kayo xlr8 wag na kayong magpapaalipin kaya marcus, pera lang hanap nyan. kano yan. tayo ay pilipino at di tayo kano.
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well. di pinoy ang manager nila.. marcus davis? kailan pa yan naging pinoy. he’s just making his name here in philippines para sumikat.!
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what f*ck!? angkinin b nman ung pinoy pop…mukha tlagang pera viva..Bumaba lalo tingin ko sa Viva..what a very money hungry ent company
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VIva records doesn’t even know what the flippin heck they are talking about. There is no such company called P-Pop like you Viva Records are saying. P-Pop is a genre therefore, A-five, 1:43 and the others are under P-Pop as well. What a bunch of idiots Viva Records re. XLR8 Pop-Girls are not the only P-Pop.
Yet, I agree above who says let go of XLR8 as they are not spreading their talents as they are always stuck in GMA. XLR8 needs to be spread around the network.
Gee, I don’t even know what to say anymore. All I can say is Viva Records are fucked up when it comes to P-Pop. To be honest, they can’t even make a proper Music Video for XLR8.
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P-pop is not a genre. Pop music itself is not a genre as it stands for POPULAR music, as in mjsoc that is considered trendy. Back in the 1920′s jazz musoc was POP music, now it is not.
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Flip-Flop!
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they should promote their groups on different stations here in the philipines allo na dumadami na ang mga staiond dito kagaya ng tv5, abs, gma pwede din sa q or sa myx dba? madami silang pagpippilian, madami pa ang chance na mapansin sila ng mga pinoy…dito muna magsimula tulad ng kpop, they ar focus in their country then sumikat dahil napansin overseas…dba ang galing?wag masyado isolate sa iisang istasyon…wala naman cgurong exclusive contract na nakasalalay dito….if in case lang…
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edhi just call thm p-pop na rin. di namn masama kung matulad to sa sublabel ng viva ryt? at least madaling matandaan
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I dislike VIVA.
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oh… I thought it stood for Philippine Pop just like kpop or jpop.. but guys..don’t criticize your own music! I <3 philippine music cuz you guys have originality.. just dont compare them to other music. BE PROUD!!(not in a show-off way)
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I never thought that this was happening. Grabe naman ang VIVA. They disappointed the people. Who do they think they are. Pop industry in the country is still on the process of having its own name, tapos ngaun, ito gagawin nila? What a shame. Is money all they want? Ang essence ng pagkakaroon ng mga groups na yan ay para magkaroon ng inspiriasyon ang mga Pilipino at magkaroon tayo ng pagmamahal sa sariling atin. kasi masyado na tayong nkakain ng mga banyaga. How dare they to do that. They have no right to have that copyrighted. Kasi naman, for general use yan eh. They are so wise but in a way stupid. I hope all these comments from the very beginning up to the end will reach them. Very sad.
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A.) P-Pop is a genre, not something that VIVA can freely coin themselves. There are other groups out there working for other companies who also fall into the genre. So this little snippet from the magazine is bull shiet. On top of that, VIVA is stupid for thinking they can trademark a whole genre just for themself.
B.) As talented as I think XLR8 is, I think their potential is being repressed by VIVA, the CHEAPEST company I’ve ever seen. Their music videos are so LAZY. They can’t even build their own sets at all! They rent out arcades, laser tag studios and homes to film their music videos? They have minimal scene changes, and the quality on their videos is ridiculous shoddy. Pop Girls last MV was released into youtube on 240p. That’s embarrassingly low quality. They can’t match up the quality of any country out there, I even saw better things coming out of Mongolia. Meanwhile other countries like Japan and Korea are out there making extremely high quality music videos with cameras operating on the latest technology (some even invented by them themselves) and here we are with music videos that a high schooler could even make better. Shame to VIVA.
C.) VIVA’s talent scouting is awful and their whole age policy thing is ridiculous and unheard of. Look at those fat Harrissah twins they scouted who couldn’t make it and are trying to spread lies about some fake group they have coming up. VIVA get a grip of reality and realize what’s out there. You can’t get away with crap. Do a favor for the Philippines and put out a good music video and hire real talent. Enough with those crappy countdowns and credits in the beginning too. That was so 90s – Scratch that – 80s.
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hayaan nyo nalng kasing tawagin nilang P-POP ang grupo nila, ang pagtawag kasi ng P-POP sa grupo nila ay nagpapakita lang na Proud sila na nasa Pinas or Pinoy sila, hayaan nyo na ksi nuh…
basta ba tungkol sa Bansa natin Ok na yun, kau tlga…
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