February 13, 2026 — Some artists write songs. LU writes receipts. The kind you laugh at first, then end up singing at the top of your lungs months later in a karaoke room with friends who know exactly who you’re talking about.
Raised in San Luis, Aurora, by the river that taught her how to sit still and listen, LU began writing songs at 12 as a way to survive emotions that felt too big to name. That instinct never left. Her music lives in the space between knowing and doubting, loving and leaving, trusting and being wrong. Now based in Quezon City and signed under Off The Record with distribution through Sony Music Philippines, LU brings her coastal roots into songs that feel intimate, sharp, and unmistakably human. These are stories you don’t just hear. You recognize them.
That honesty broke through with “Lasing Na Sa’yo,” which debuted at #1 on Spotify’s Fresh Finds Philippines and earned placements on EQUAL, OPM Says Chillax, OPM Rising, and New Music Friday. It was the kind of debut that quietly sticks. The kind that ends up on your late night playlists, then somehow makes its way into your go to karaoke picks without you realizing it.
Her new single “PUCHA” feels destined for that same fate. An upbeat alt pop heartbreak anthem, it captures the bitter clarity of realizing you were right all along only after the damage is done. The cheating. The gaslighting. The self doubt. And finally, the release. With raw, conversational lyrics and a defiant, laugh it off energy, LU turns betrayal into something you can shout, sing, and survive.
Out this week on February 13, “PUCHA” lands like a heartbreak just before Valentine’s Day. Not a love song, but a reminder. LU writes songs you will sing soon. In cars. In bedrooms. In karaoke rooms where everyone suddenly goes quiet when your part comes on. She is the next name you’ll search, the next voice you’ll look for when you need a song that says what you couldn’t.
Watch out for LU.