Ferdinand Aragon

Career

2014–2018: Beginnings In 2014, Aragon won the first prize in the National Artist Jose T. Joya Awards for his collage art titled "Innocence", which raised awareness towards victims of child sexual abuse material. He was a freshman at UP Cebu at the time.

In 2016, he won first prize in the competition again for another collage art piece titled "Bullet to a Butterfly". He dedicated it to children who were victims of civil unrest, particularly the children affected by the Syrian civil war.

In 2017, he won first prize in the competition for the third time with his university thesis piece "Beast of Burden", made out of paper and torn magazine pages. The artwork was about child labor.

In 2018, a song that Aragon wrote in 2013, "Libu-Libo" , became an official entry to the Kanta Kasingkasing competition. Performed by Vincent Eco, the song received the Jury's Choice Award. In December that year, he was also the first-runner up for the Philippine Popular Music Festival, with the song "Di Ko Man" . It is a ballad in Cebuano (Bisaya) that he wrote himself.

2019–present: Visayan Music Awards win, song releases, further recognition On July 27, 2019, Aragon became the first ever grand winner of the Visayan Music Awards in 2019. His winning song, "Matag Piraso" , was inspired by the Japanese art of kintsugi.

On July 31, he released the love song "Dinamalayan" , his first in Tagalog. It was released as a part of the Linggo ng Musikang Pilipino , as organized by the Organisasyon ng Pilipinong Mangaawit .

In March 2020, Aragon released a new version of "Libu-Libo" performed by himself, under Viva Records.

Rappler Kara Angan described Aragon as a Visayan pop "juggernaut" in an article published on January 8, 2025.

On September 13, Aragon was one of the performers for Filipino singer-songwriter Colet Vergara's pre-birthday event Kani si Colet . He covered Vergara's Cebuano composition known as "Laban Lang Pirme" .

In October, he received two Awit Awards nominations in the Best Regional Recording category: one for "Ang Paghuwat", and another for "Buhi".

At Morissette Amon's Ember concert in November, Aragon was a surprise guest. They sang "Ang Paghuwat" together.

Awards and nominations AwardYearCategoryNominee(s)Result Awit Awards 2025 Best Regional Recording"Ang Paghuwat" with Morissette Amon "Buhi"