"a little bit of Justin Timberlake." Nievera has said that he owes his musical proficiency to his parents, singers Martin Nievera and Pops Fernandez, who brought him along to live performances and studio recording sessions as a child. He stated in 2012, "I mean, ever since I was a baby, everything around me was singing, music, tours, albums, recordings. So I've experienced it and I wanna see if I can do it. So, that's what I'm here now." He continues to receive advice from them, of which he said, "Whatever I do, even if it's not music, they will help me. So, both my parents will be part of my life and supporting me with whatever I do so they are helping me now." He considers them "the best performers in the world". Musical style Nievera's music contains elements of rock, indie rock, blues rock, and alternative pop. He says "it's more rock-oriented, it's loud, [because] that's the music I grew up with." He has described himself as "not commercial enough": "The biggest challenge, for me, wasn't finding a genre because I know the genre that I like. The biggest challenge is having people listen to me and understand that it's not the same as my parents' music." As the son of Martin Nievera and Pops Fernandez, he is often compared to them, whose genre is pop and R&B. The Manila Standard wrote, "Here is a guy who could've milked the same tried-and-tested pop star formula dry, but chose instead to shed himself of all the trappings of stereotype and clichéd commercial success." Nievera has stated, "I love my parents' music and the songs that they've made in the past but I can't sing like my dad because his range is much higher than mine. Their voices are light years better than mine, and I had to creatively figure out a way to make my sound interesting to be relevant." His mother has added, "[He] really has a different music and style. When he first sang to us, I was also shocked. ...This is how he sounds, because he's actually very shy." Yahoo! News wrote, "His debut album Overwait luxuriates in blues-derived guitar riffarama, making you think the young Nievera could be distancing his own music from his parent's legacy. But as the album progresses, the first blush leads to surprise that Martin's first-born... could carve out his own musical