Southeast Asia’s homegrown artists are knocking K-pop off its pedestal

Filipino call centre worker Jaycer Bajo’s Spotify playlist has changed a lot over the past few years.

Bajo used to mostly listen to chart-topping hits from the United States, but these days, he has a steady stream of Pinoy Pop, or P-pop, artists on rotation: from boybands ALAMAT and BGYO, to the girl group BINI, which in April became the first all-Filipino girl group to perform at the Coachella ...