Robin Nievera

Roberto Martin Fernandez Nievera (; born November30, 1986) is a Filipino singer-songwriter and record producer. He is a former VJ for the music channel Myx and radio DJ at Wish 107.5.

The eldest child of singers Martin Nievera and Pops Fernandez, he began his own professional career as a VJ after winning Myx VJ Search 2010. At the time of this success, he was studying music production at De La Salle-College of Saint Benilde and serving as the vocalist and guitarist of an indie rock band. Nievera tried deviating from his musical parents as a child, but eventually became interested in music after learning to play the guitar in school.

In 2012, Nievera signed with PolyEast Records and released his debut album, the blues rock-influenced Overwait, for which he won New Male Recording Artist of the Year at the PMPC Star Awards for Music. He was the producer for No More Words (2012), a duet album by his parents. Nievera has since self-produced his subsequent albums. He mounted his first solo concert in 2013, in support of his second album, Nightmares (2012), which he had independently made available a few months prior. He signed with Homeworkz and released Dare, his third album which explored alternative pop, in stages throughout 2016, during which he ventured into radio, hosting The Roadshow at Wish 107.5 until 2018. Nievera is currently based in Los Angeles, California.

Life and career 19862011: Early life and career beginnings Roberto Martin Fernandez Nievera was born on November30, 1986 to singers Martin Nievera and Pops Fernandez. He was named for his paternal grandfather (Roberto "Bert" Nievera) and his father. He has a younger brother named Martin Ramon (nicknamed "Ram"). When he was twelve, he learned to play the guitar as a school requirement: and serving as the vocalist and guitarist of an indie rock band called Wagyu, He said he joined the competition because "I love talking. I love to talk besides making music [because] I like making people laugh. I like doing things with the camera."

20122015: Overwait, Nightmares, and The Next Attraction Nievera signed with PolyEast Records and launched Overwait on March14, 2012. Nievera composed the entire album. The music video for "In 3's" premiered on Myx in April 2012 and hit the Pinoy Myx Countdown for weeks, as he opened for the American pop rock band Hanson on its Shout It Out World Tour in Manila on March30, 2012. During this period, he was also producing his parents' duet album titled No More Words. It became available in May 2012 and also included "Smile" sung by the two.

In March 2013, Nievera embarked on his first solo show called The Nightmares Concert, based on the Nightmares album. mother: "I guess my mom liked the songs and the album and she said you need to have a concert. So she planned out going to Teatrino, paying the downpayment. With everything else she said: 'You fix it, you pick the songs,'" he related. a music show of Viva TV

In January 2014, Nievera said that he was planning "to do a lot of things, music-oriented, Internet-oriented, and out of music-oriented." He mounted a concert, The Next Attraction, at the Music Museum in San Juan, Metro Manila in July 2015, with Isabella Gonzalez, Paolo Valenciano, and Karylle (children of his parents' contemporaries, Kuh Ledesma, Gary Valenciano, and Zsa Zsa Padilla, respectively). It was directed by Paolo Valenciano, with musical direction by Nievera, and was repeated twice in August.

2016present: Dare and DJing Nievera signed with Homeworkz, an independent record label In February 2016, he unveiled his third album, Dare , with the release of the lead single, "No More Light". accompanied by a music video as a promotion. He also guested as a DJ on The Roadshow, FM radio station Wish 107.5's early evening program, in August 2016. He went on to become the regular host; according to Wish 107.5, "This gift of gab, along with his deep love for and passion to support Filipino creativity, makes him a great roadshow host." Nievera said, "[The management] gave me the job not only to be the DJ here, but to also make it work like how we've done in Manila. I've been The Roadshow DJ for two years, and [the staff] there all taught me really well on how to do this, so I'm trying to do my best so that we can do the same way that we do it back home."

In 2019, Nievera was a special guest at his parents' Two-gether Again concerts in the United States and Canada. , he is based in Los Angeles, California. There, Nievera has been collaborating with Buwi Meneses and Max Cogertcollectively known as Robin, Buwi& Max Trioto write rock instrumentals and songs. Nievera also admires the Beatles,

As the son of Martin Nievera and Pops Fernandez, he is often compared to them, whose genre is pop and R&B. Since his debut as a recording artist, he has also been a strong supporter of .

2013 Robin Nievera Favorite New Artist

2012 Robin Nievera for Overwait New Male Recording Artist of the Year

Discography Albums + List of albums Title Album details Overwait The seven remaining tracks were each released monthly following that. The album itself was officially released on November30, 2016. Label: Homeworkz Formats: Digital download

Singles + List of singles Title Year Album "In 3's" 2012 Overwait "Smile" "No More Light" 2016 Dare

Songwriting credits +List of songs written or co-written for other artists, showing year released and album name Title Year Artist Album "Smile" 2010 Regine Velasquez Fantasy 2012 Martin Nievera and Pops Fernandez No More Words