MANILA, Philippines — Gloc-9 plans to release more socially relevant songs in the future, like that of Upuan, which recently resurfaced online amid public outrage over the controversy surrounding ...

If one listens closely to Gloc-9’s most potent sociopolitical songs, from “Upuan” (2009) to “Paliwanag” (2022), the hopefulness in his voice seems to have waned as the years went by. He certainly ...