Quick Facts
Stage Name: Daryl Ong
Honorific Nickname: Asia’s Pop Balladeer
Birth Date: March 24, 1987
Hometown: Puerto Princessa, Palawan
Current Base: Metro Manila
Status: Active
Languages: Filipino, English
Additional Skills: vocal arrangement, music video production, song composition, animation
Genre: Pop (ballad, OPM), R & B
Daryl Ong – Photo by LionhearTV
About Daryl Ong
Daryl Ong hails from Puerto Princesa, Palawan from where he first had a taste of the singing stage as a local band vocalist. From there moved on to Metro Manila where he dabbled with the idea of pursuing a singing career, joining Pinoy Pop Superstar in 2005 and then Pinoy Idol in 2009.
In 2010, he struck a different career path opting to work as a cartoonist in ABS-CBN, but would very slowly circle back to his true love, after having met Thor Dulay, a Season 1 contestant of The Voice of the Philippines. By Daryl’s own account, Thor told him he should be a singer and introduced him to a talent manager who soon gave him work as a vocalist.
He eventually joined the boy group Voices of 5, releasing their eponymous album in 2013. In the same year, Daryl started his own YouTube channel. What seemingly began as a long, arduous path to fame eventually snowballed into online frenetic activity, with his wildly popular song covers and videos raking in millions of views. As of this writing, he has more than 400,000 subscribers and over a hundred million views on YouTube.
In 2014, he joined Season 2 of The Voice of the Philippines where he was mentored by Grammy Award-winning group Black Eyed Peas member apl.de.ap. He signed up with Cornerstone Entertainment, Inc. in 2016 and then with Star Music in 2018.
Early in 2018 Daryl was tapped by KPop producer-composer In Soo Shin, who heard his English version of the Goblin theme song Beautiful, to sing the English version of the Korean song Stop My Heart. In September 2018, Daryl’s rendition of Even If It Hurts was released in Korea under Warner Music Korea.
Videos
Albums
- Daryl Ong (Gold – 2015)
- Daryl Ong Minus-One (2016)
Singles
- Tahimik Lang (Songs to Slash Your Wrist By – 2013)
- Basta’t Kasama Kita (Ang Probinsyano Soundtrack – 2015)
- Smile (The Voice Performance – 2015)
- One Life to Live (Music of My Soul – 2015)
- Time Stands Still (Music of My Soul – 2015)
- To Infinity (Music of My Soul – 2015)
- In the Shelter of Your Wings (Music of My Soul – 2015)
- Stay (On the Wings of Love Soundtrack – 2016)
- To Love Again (2016)
- Sayang ang Time (Set the Fire – 2016)
- Signature Smile (Set the Fire – 2016)
- Minamahal Pa Rin Ako (Himig Handog P-Pop Love Songs – 2016)
- Batang Bata Ka Pa (Seven Sundays Theme Song – 2017)
- Darna, Ikaw Na (2017)
- Nando’n Ako (2017)
- Mahal Pa Rin Kita (2018)
- Stop My Heart (Replay – 2018)
- Even If it Hurts (Replay – 2018)
- Stealing Fire (Chosen – 2018)
- Hanggang sa Kinaya ng Puso Ko (Changing Partners Soundtrack – 2018)
- Hangga’t May Tinig Ako (ASOP Music Festival Year 3 – 2018)
TV
- The Voice of the Philippines (Season 2 semifinalist – 2014)
- Himig Handog P-Pop Lovesongs (Interpreter – 2016)
- FPJ’s Ang Probinsyano (Wedding singer – 2017)
- ASAP (2015-present)
Awards
- PhilPop Music Festival Best Song 3rd Prize (Torpe – Composer – 2014)
- 29th Awit Awards Best Performance by a New Male Recording Artist (Mabuti Pa – 2016)
Nominations
- 8th PMPC Star Awards for Music Best New Male Recording Artist of the Year (2016)
- 8th PMPC Star Awards for Music R&B Artist of the Year (2016)
- 8th PMPC Star Awards for Music R&B Album of the Year (2016)
- Wish 107.5 Music Awards Artist of the Year
- Wish 107.5 Music Awards Best Wish Cover (Stay – 2017)
- Wish 107.5 Music Awards Best Wishclusive Performance by a Male Artist (Stay – 2017)
- Wish 107.5 Music Awards Original Song of the Year by a Male Artist (Hopeless Romantic – 2017)
- 30th Awit Awards Best Ballad Recording (Stay – 2017)
Perspective
Listening to Daryl is a mesmerizing experience, and I mean that almost in an otherworldly kind of way. There are songs I absolutely despise that end up sounding magical when he sings them, a mind-blowing effect I’ve never fully experienced with any other singer. Like every enchanted creature, I am unable to determine if his influence stems from his enticingly soft, supple tone or his impressively intricate runs. The alternative explanation is that he is a true mage, a vocal enchanter of sorts.
Praise for the Artist
With that performance puwede kitang ipahuli sa mga pulis, kasi ‘yung pagkanta mo P.N.P., patok na patok! Wala ka talagang katulad. Kahit anong kanta ibigay sa iyo you just manage to give it your personalized version and the way you sing it, laging galing sa puso. (With that performance, I can get the police to arrest you, because the way you sang it… it was a hit! There’s no one else like you. Whatever song you’re given, you just manage to give it your personalized version and the way you sing it, it’s always from the heart).
– apl.de.ap
International Singer
Member of Grammy Award-Winning Group Black Eyed Peas
ABS-CBN News – The Voice coach comment
Good job man. You hit all the right notes. That was a complete performance. Nice and tasteful. Very sweet. That’s something only you can do on this show
– Bamboo Mañalac
Singer-Songwriter, Filipino Rock Icon
ABS-CBN News – The Voice coach comment
Contact
- facebook.com/darylnatics
- twitter.com/imdarylong
- instagram.com/imdarylong
- youtube.com – Daryl Ong
- soundcloud – Daryl Ong
Bookings
- darylong2016@gmail.com
Listen
Apple Music
On Instagram
Trivia
- Before pursuing a career as a singer, Daryl was first employed by ABS-CBN as a cartoonist, lending his talents to the animated series, “Super Inggo at ang Super Tropa”, the first entirely Filipino-made animated TV series. The show had 14 episodes which aired from November 2009 to February 2010.
- He was discovered and is mentored and co-managed by OPM hit maker Vehnee Saturno. Before he became a The Voice contestant, he sang Saturno’s demo songs for other artists.
- He takes care of his voice by drinking salabat (ginger tea) and getting enough sleep.
- Daryl wrote the single Mahal Pa Rin Kita.
- His fan group is known as Darylnatics.
- He has a son named Dwayne.
Posted: January 2, 2019
Profile photo used with permission from LionhearTV.