If you’ve scrolled through TikTok recently, you might have heard the catchy refrain, “Paging Dr. Beat! Emergency! Emergency!” This remix, layered with a wobbly bassline and high-pitched sounds, is ...

One TikTok earworm has been dominating "For You" pages globally — and shedding light on a lesser-known genre of electronic dance music from the Philippines. “Emergency Budots,” a remix of “Dr. Beat” ...

If you’re up on the latest TikTok dance trends, you may have heard this refrain looped over a wobbly electronic bassline punctuated by high-pitched noises. The disco remix has been used in thousands ...

Forged in the slums of Davao City in the Philippines, budots was largely sneered at for its unsubtle, maximalist sonics and associations with gang culture. But recent virality has reframed its image, ...

A common complaint I get from parents and teachers is the disconnect between classroom learning of Filipino and the practical living aspects of our national language. Classroom lectures, and textbooks ...

MANILA, Philippines — Former Senator Ramon “Bong” Revilla Jr., who is included in the 2019 Senate race winners’ circle, said he will discharge his duties as a senator and not just perform the “budots” ...

But for those who know the context behind the song, the real emergency is that these users are doing the dance all wrong. Budots, slang for “slacker” in the Visayan language, is thought to have ...