identity." He has clarified that he "wasn't trying to veer away from their music. I just knew that I wasn't made for it." A Philippine Daily Inquirer writer has opined that Nievera's first two albums "were heavy on the guitar". According to Nievera, "Honestly, I was trying to show off. I guess I wanted to make a point, create a nice impression—a good first handshake, if you will. But I've matured since then." In Dare (2016), his next album, he experimented with his genre and explored alternative pop: "I usually write my songs on a guitar, and they usually turn out to be very riff-heavy. For Dare, I wrote the songs on a keyboard first, to make my chords easier to listen and sing to." He has described the album as "the 'poppiest' I will ever get with my music." He says that "my music really gets noisy but I'm taming it down for everybody." Nievera uses his life experiences as an inspiration for his work. Since his debut as a recording artist, he has also been a strong supporter of . He dedicated Overwait "to show people that OPM doesn't have to sound like typical OPM songs, and that it could be any kind of music." He has encouraged, "For OPM to grow, we should start writing our own songs. There's nothing wrong in covering other people's songs. It's just that for the past twenty years, there have been too many cover versions already." He has also said, "Everyone needs to be more proactive if you wanna be in the music scene. It's going to take more of that original music to make an impact. And that's what will happen next." Awards and nominations Discography Albums Singles Songwriting credits Notes References External links 1986 births 21st-century Filipino male singers De La Salle–College of Saint Benilde alumni English-language singers from the Philippines Filipino DJs Filipino music video directors Filipino pop musicians Filipino radio personalities Filipino record producers Filipino rock musicians Filipino rock guitarists Filipino singer-songwriters Living people PolyEast Records artists VJs (media personalities)