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About Me

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Hello! I'm Lyz, chosen name Alistair. My pronouns are he/him and I'm an independent game developer and freelance illustrator that goes by Siyokoy or Beeccoe on Twitter, Bluesky, Tumblr, and Itch! I have an interest in fantasy, storytelling, world-building, Filipino history, and queer content! You can usually find me around fellow Filipino creatives creating works for the Filipino queer community.

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Favourite Filipino Visual Artist

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My favourite contemporary Filipino Visual Artist at the moment is my friend Stes who goes by Alamangoes on all social media platforms! I met her while we were in the same fanbase of Fiction podcast obsessed nerds. She's a digital artist whose work often involves detailed maximalist depictions of Filipino women both in modern and colonial times.

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Favourite Filipino Band

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My favourite Filipino band as of right now is Ben & Ben! I've seen their performances live a few times here in Davao and I've cried every single time. They are fantastic live performers and their crowd control and stage presence is magnificent. I love listening to their music during road trips. Out of their discography, my favourites are Di Ka Sayang, Paninindigan Kita, and Ride Home.

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Favourite Filipino Clothing Brand

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Balik Batik is a Filipino clothing brand whose goal is to "spread the love for Filipino traditional artistry & weaving". They collaborate with a variety of indigenous groups to create their patterns and designs and have worked with Filipino artists such as SB19 to showcase their work.

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Favourite Filipino Rapper

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My favourite Filipino rapper is Gloc-9. While many new rappers have risen and fallen from fame, I find that Gloc-9's lyricism and focus on the ails of society has allowed him to remain relevant in my psyche. I still find myself returning to Magdalena, Hari ng Tondo, and Sirena-- the last of which still makes me cry to this day.

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Favourite Filipino Movie

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Heneral Luna is a period drama biopic depicting the life and death of Heneral Antonio Luna during the Philippine-American war. It's a very emotional film that depicts the mentality that allows Filipinos to continue being used and abused by its rules and colonizers. It's an upsetting but true reflection of our current society, and I can still remember how I was moved to tears upon the movie's ending. I sobbed uncontrollably in my living room with my mother asking "Huy ngano nag hilak man ka". It's safe to say my eyes were not fine after. It was the first time I'd ever seen any of my peers be interested in Philippine history.

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Sherwin Tuna, otherwise known as DJ Love, the father of Budots.

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Budots

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                                                         .... also I was honestly just flabbergasted at how bad foreigners were at dancing budots.

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Budots is a genre of Electronic Dance Music that originates from Davao City and is considered street style techno. It first emerged as a dance craze and early on was associated with youth drug culture. However, due to the influence of Sherwin Tuna otherwise known as DJ Love, it was transformed into a full-fledged musical genre. Recently its influence has spread to worldwide audiences due to the popularity of DJ Johnrey's Emergency Budots remix on TikTok. I wanted to highlight budots as it's incredibly rare to see Bisaya culture, ESPECIALLY Bisaya STREET culture, become popularized not only in the Philippines but globally as well.

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An example of budots music.

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Kiat Jud Day ( Original Version ) [ HardkTek Remix ] [ OFFICIAL AUDIO ] | Sis_Phindik Tiktok Trend

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The continued spread of budots music to national and global states also allows for cultural exchange to occur between the Bisaya people and outsiders who may have otherwise been left unknowing of its existence. Through the agenda setting theory we can also see that DJ Love's anti-drug advocacy has assisted in helping Davao's addicted youth step away from abuse despite the genre's origins.

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Budots, as mentioned before, is a music genre born from street dance. It is, at its core, something borne of communal activities. Groups of people from all ages and backgrounds take to the club, the streets, their homes, and even school stadiums, to dance to budots. The music genre has undeniably become an integral part of Bisaya culture, especially here in Davao. For many people, budots serves as a means of enjoyment, escapism, and socialization. The genre allows people of a variety of backgrounds to connect to each other and lose themselves in the music, thus fulfilling their social integrative and tension-release needs.

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Below are examples of how Budots has been used in recent years.

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Foreigners using budots music as an outfit trend.

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EMERGENCY BUDOTS TREND | TIKTOK COMPILATION

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Foreigners dancing to budots music but not going far enough to be considered doing the budots dance.

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"Emergency" paging dr beat emergency, Budots dance #shorts

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This video features many Filipinos (but not all) doing the Emergency TikTok trend and exhibiting proper budots dance style.

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NBC news coverage of budots.

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Budots, a Filipino dance and music genre, becomes a global TikTok sensation

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“Emergency Budots” dance videos on TikTok have brought more recognition to the genre.

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A foreign YouTuber covering Filipino outrage over incorrect budots dancing.

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Budots: The wild story behind the TikTok craze

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CNN coverage of the budots Tiktok dance trend.

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What to know about the ‘Emergency Budots’ taking over TikTok | CNN

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Before budots became a vehicle to share fashion inspiration, it was a viral dance craze and the stuff of memes in the Philippines.