John Paulo Bagnas Nase (born September 14, 1994), better known by his stage name Pablo (formerly Sejun), is a Filipino singer, rapper, dancer, songwriter, and producer. He is the leader, vocalist, main rapper, chief songwriter, creative director and arranger of the Filipino

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and CEO of 1Z Entertainment, a company built and managed by

members.

Early life

Pablo was born on September 14, 1994, in

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, Philippines. He is the second-born child along with two sisters and two brothers. In high school, he served as a point guard in their

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varsity team. He entered college at the

Polytechnic University of the Philippines Polytechnic University of the Philippines (PUP; fil, Politeknikong Unibersidad ng Pilipinas) is a research institute, research and coeducational state Universities and Colleges (Philippines), state university in Manila, Philippines. It was founde ...

, and while on his senior year, he worked as a call center representative. After graduating with

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degree, Pablo worked as a

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. He had the passion for performing in his early years but was afraid of sharing it to others except to his inner circles.

Career

Pre-debut: Auditions

In 2016, Pablo auditioned for ShowBT Philippines after meeting their

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trainer at a Korean musical. He was being subtle in expressing his skills in

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because he did not want to show it to other people. However, Pablo still pursued performing as it was his passion. He was the first member of

to audition in the talent agency. After passing the auditions, he started training for two years and became part of NARRA trainee group. Due to the pressure in the training program, he resigned from his work as a data analyst to focus on the training. The trainee group performed at various events in the agency.

2018–2021: ''SB19'' debut, songwriting and production

Of all of the members of

, Pablo trained the longest. Implementing the

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training system, ShowBT Philippines conducted evaluations weekly by removing underperforming trainees. Pablo received a slot for the final line-up for

as the band's leader and

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. On 26 October 2018, Pablo debuted with fellow members Josh, Stell, Justin, and Ken with "Tilaluha" written by Pablo himself. Being a leader, Pablo always focused on the idea of "always choosing to be kind" reminding their fans and members to be humble always. Pablo served as the main songwriter of the band's songs participating on all of the singles such as "Go Up" (2019) and "Alab (Burning)" (2020). Pablo was also credited as the lyricist of the boy band's debut ''

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'' (2020) released on 31 July 2020. SB19's debut extended play ''Pagsibol'' (EP) released on 22 July 2021 was co-produced and written by Pablo.

2022: Solo debut

On 28 January 2022, Pablo released his first solo

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"La Luna" (2022) under

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. The song focused about his feelings and beliefs and acceptance of shortcomings free from society's unrealistic and unhealthy expectations. Pablo started his career in producing outside SB19 with hip-hop group PLAN B's R&B song "Love" released on 13 April 2022.

Artistry

Influences

Pablo's inspirations were Filipino hip hop artists Loonie and

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. He also admired the styles of Bigbang's

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, and NF.

Discography

As lead artist

Production credits

Videography

Music video

Live performances

Awards and nominations

References

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