Our cover for this week is Australian-Filipino RINI who is based over in the USA. He has a HUGE presence in Asia as well as The Philippines. His single Pressure will be receiving its fourth play this week on The Chosen Dozen, making him the first Chosen One artist for 2023!

You can also expect to hear new entry's from Glenn Lumanta (Aus) Knowa Lazarus, Meleena & Mark Thompson (US/PH/AUS), Eliza Marie (US), Jay Secret (NL), Timba (Aus), and Dotty and Malli (PH)!

Our cover for this week is Davao-based collective PLAYERTWO which consists of Ivo Impresso, Wave P, and Luke April. The boys put together the band late last year and have already enjoyed some pretty huge successes thanks to their fanbase online.

The trajectory in 2023 for this particular group is fast so make sure to keep an eye on them throughout the later months of the year!

We will also be exploring more FlashBack and Chosen Classics than usual as we celebrate the 40th episode of The Chosen Dozen!

So here we go, Episode 40 of The Chosen Dozen!

Last week, we kicked off the year in style with 12 brand new entries, and this week, it's business as usual as we remove four tracks and introduce brand new tracks from Denise Julia, Kio Priest, BeeBop ROCsteady and Zacari.

Our cover for this week's episode is Filipina-American artist Janel Marisse who recently dropped a brand new project titled 'DWN2MARS' (Down To Mars). She will also be visiting the land of a thousand islands in Feb and we can't wait to have her back!

This week we will be revisiting our interview with nonother than Filipino DJ extraordinaire Manila Killa - who Steph had the pleasure of catching up with Head In The Clouds Manila back in December - a special shout out to the crew for helping organize that one!

You will also be hearing brand new entries from Janel Marisse, RINI, Andura, GMC, Jae K, Olivia Escuyos, Kimmortal, Jigo Viriña, One Voice, Clinton Kane, Lotti and PLAYERTWO!

For episode 37, we give you our Batch of 2022 Series Episode 4 and compiling all the Filipinos based around the world, who made a massive impact on our show last year.