SB19 (@SB19Official) earns the following recognitions at the Filipino Music Awards 2026.
For those who have witnessed every chapter. For the music that continues to cross boundaries. For every stage that carries their story forward.
This milestone is celebrated with everyone who has been there through it all, especially A'TIN!
#1ZEntertainment #SB19 #FilipinoMusicAwards
Our journey has always been better with you, A'TIN. Mula noon hanggang ngayon, maraming salamat for growing with us through every chapter!
Revisit our story through Wakas at Simula: A Visual Journey ๐
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I keep coming back to one question: Why is the burden on SB19 to not submit?
I respect BTSโs decision not to participate. They have every right to make that statement. Stray Kids also did not submit, and that is their right as well.
But when did one Asian artistโs decision become a moral obligation for every other Asian artist?
Were SB19 consulted before those decisions were made? Were Filipino artists, Thai artists, Indonesian artists, Japanese artists, or artists from smaller Asian music industries asked what they stand to gain, or lose, from this category?
Because โAsian musicโ is not one industry operating from one position of power.
BTS can walk away from the Grammys as one of the biggest acts in the world. Stray Kids comes from JYP, one of South Koreaโs major entertainment companies. SB19 occupies a very different position.
SB19 is self-managed through 1Z, the company they themselves built. They are not simply five performers standing on a stage. Their success helps sustain the organization and artists they are trying to build around them. And beyond their own company, they are helping push a still-emerging P-pop movement into spaces where Filipino pop music has historically had very little visibility.
So if SB19 gives up an opportunity to make a principled statement, who replaces the opportunity they surrendered?
Will the K-pop industry give P-pop that platform?
Will HYBE or JYP finance the infrastructure Filipino artists still need to build?
Will K-popโs enormous international machinery create an equivalent doorway for artists coming from smaller Asian markets?
If the answer is no, then perhaps we should be very careful about demanding that artists with fewer resources make the same sacrifice as artists who can afford to make it.
There is no shame in BTS saying, We have reached a position where we can walk away.
But there should also be no shame in SB19 saying, We are still building, and we are going through the door that is open to us.
Solidarity cannot mean that the most powerful decide what the principled position is and everyone with less power is expected to absorb the cost.
In fact, I would argue that leadership should work in the opposite direction.
When you are the biggest, you should be looking out for the smallest.
You should ask: If I close this door behind me, what will happen to those coming after me?
You consider whether the platform you no longer need might still be transformative for an artist from Manila, Jakarta, Bangkok, or another music industry that does not possess K-popโs infrastructure, capital, distribution network or global institutional power.
And fans should extend the same generosity.
You can celebrate your artist for declining without shaming another Asian artist for submitting. Those choices can come from completely different realities and still both be legitimate.
Equality is not demanding the same sacrifice from people standing on very different ground.
๐ฃ ZONE WARS E01: IN THE ZONE!
13 ARTISTS. 5 UNITS. 1 ZONE.
Meet O, Z, F, +, and 1 units! Find out how SB19, XONARA, and J2X got in the zone and landed in their respective units.
๐ https://t.co/19dvcodFDw
Don't miss your chance to see all FIVE subunits & their special collaboration stages LIVE on DAY 1 of ONE ZONE FEST this October 24 at the Araneta Coliseum!
๐ซ OZF DAY 1 tickets are still available via TicketNet.
#ZoneWars #OneZoneFest #1ZEntertainment
๐ฆ๐๐ญ๐ต ๐ช๐๐๐๐ฆ ๐๐ง ๐ฆ๐๐ ๐จ๐๐: ๐ง๐๐ ๐ง๐ฅ๐๐๐ข๐๐ฌ ๐๐ข๐ก๐๐๐ฅ๐ง ๐๐๐ก๐๐๐ ๐๐ก ๐๐๐ก๐๐ ๐๐ฆ
3 DAYS TO GO! โจ
From the stage to the big screen, get ready to experience SB19 like never before.
See you in cinemas, AโTIN! ๐
๐ต๐ญ Tickets open NOW! Exclusively at SM Cinema in the Philippines
๐ In cinemas worldwide beginning October 7
#SB19 #SB19_IN_CINEMAS
#SB19_WAKAS_AT_SIMULA #ATIN
๐ฆ๐๐ญ๐ต ๐ช๐๐๐๐ฆ ๐๐ง ๐ฆ๐๐ ๐จ๐๐: ๐ง๐๐ ๐ง๐ฅ๐๐๐ข๐๐ฌ ๐๐ข๐ก๐๐๐ฅ๐ง ๐๐๐ก๐๐๐ ๐๐ก ๐๐๐ก๐๐ ๐๐ฆ
4 DAYS TO GO, AโTIN! ๐
Get ready to feel the GENTO energy on the big screen. ๐ฅ
๐ต๐ญ Tickets open NOW! Exclusively at SM Cinema in the Philippines
๐ In cinemas worldwide beginning October 7
#SB19 #SB19_IN_CINEMAS
#SB19_WAKAS_AT_SIMULA #ATIN
.@SB19Official LIVE AT NBA HOUSE MACAO! ๐๐ค๐ถ
Catch the P-Pop Kings live for an exciting performance you wonโt want to miss. ๐ฅ
๐ October 10
โฐ 6:45 PM
๐ STAGE (Main Stage)
See you there, AโTIN! ๐๐๐ป
For more event details, please visit the official event page: https://t.co/WKj3CrcoPw
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