Filipino band Lola Amour receives the special award for Philippine Popular Music at the Music Awards Japan 2025.
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00:00Filipino band Lola Amor receives the Special Award for Philippine Popular Music at the
00:05Music Awards Japan 2025.
00:08The homegrown Filipino band's 2023 hit song, Raining in Manila, is among the six songs
00:12from around Asia to be recognized by the award-giving body.
00:16Music Awards Japan is touted as the Asian version of the Grammys.
00:20Winners are selected by a pool of 5,000 music industry professionals.
00:24The band writes on Instagram,
00:25it's truly an honor to receive this recognition in Japan, especially since the song was inspired
00:31by Japanese city pop.
00:33Other songs that received awards include K-pop boy group Seventeen's God of Music and Ghost
00:37by Thai artist Jeff Sator.
00:39Vietnam's Tung Duong, China's Zhu Shen, and Indonesia's Salma Salsabil also received awards.
00:46Lola Amor is celebrating its ninth anniversary as a band this year.
00:50It marked several other milestones in 2025, such as releasing its first international
00:54collaboration, Maria, with Australian singer Oliver Cronin.