Destino (Alamat album)

Destino (transl. Destination; stylized in all caps) is the second studio album by the Filipino boy band Alamat. It was released on November 21, 2025, through Viva Records. It contains eight tracks and "LuzViMinda" released as a single. Its tracks were produced by Jason Paul Laxamana, Alas Alvarez, Elijah Compton, and Jovel Rivera, as well as Bruce Weigner and Roland Lim Shi Jie of The Kennel.

On November 20, 2024, the Filipino boy band Alamat (transl. Legend) released a new single called "Hiraya" (transl. Dream), followed by its music video on November 22.^[1] On December 6, at their second solo concert Ragasa (transl. Rush), the group announced that they would release two new songs, "Champorado"^[a] and "Sa 'Yo Pa Rin Uuwi" (transl. I'll Still Come Home To You), for their upcoming album Destino (transl. Destination).^[2] "Uuwi" was released as a single on December 13.^[3] The album's release was delayed.^[4][5]

Destino took more than a year to finalize.^[6] Alamat's Mo Mitchell began writing "Sinigang", the album's second track, in 2022.^[4]

On August 24, 2025, the group began posting a mini documentary series to promote Destino. When in Manila's Andrea Posadas noted that these clips were markedly different from the group's typical "highly conceptual" teasers. In the clips, Alamat expressed their anxieties about the future of the group. For example, member Alas Alvarez mentioned in his individual teaser that he noticed Alamat's monthly listeners on Spotify dropping from more than one million to just 400,000.^[7]

On October 20, 2025, they announced that they would release "LuzViMinda", the lead single from Destino, on November 7 and the album itself on November 21 at the MassKara Festival in Bacolod City.^[8] In the same month, the group wore T-shirts as ski masks on the Filipino Music Awards red carpet, which was a stunt to promote the single. The imagery is inspired by laborers in the Philippines, who often use shirts as masks to protect themselves from the sun.^[9] On October 23, the group began posting teaser images inspired by everyday life in the Philippines, with creative direction and production by Alamat member Jao Canlas.^[10] They also continued to release mini documentary clips further revealing the album's creative process, lyric spoilers, and a glimpse into the group's lives behind the scenes.^[6]

Destino was released on November 21, containing eight tracks:^[11] "LuzViMinda", "Sinigang", "Pagbigyan (Bad Decisions)", "Pangako (Sa Puso Mo)", "Hapag", "Don't Wanna Dance", "Hiraya", and "Sa 'Yo Pa Rin Uuwi".^[5] "Champorado", originally announced as a part of the album, was rejected by the group's label Viva Records.^[12] On November 23, Alamat held a live showcase for the album at the Backyard Warehouse Studio in Quezon City. On November 24, they performed songs from Destino in the Wish Bus at the Riverbanks Center North Triangle in Marikina City.^[12] The group released a music video for "Hapag", the album's next single, on November 26.^[11]

The album's first track and lead single, "LuzViMinda", is a hip-hop song with electronic and trap elements,^[13][14] also incorporating the Philippine instruments gabbang (bamboo xylophone) and kubing (jaw harp).^[9] "Don't Wanna Dance" has been described as a mid-tempo UK garage and pop track containing kick and snare drums, as well as "bright" guitar.^[9][14] "Hiraya" has been identified as a funk, synth-pop,^[1] disco,^[9] and bubblegum pop^[4] song. "Sinigang" and "Sa 'Yo Pa Rin Uuwi" have been described as ballads, while "Hapag" and "Pagbigyan (Bad Decisions)" have been described as R&B tracks.^[12][14] The Line of Best Fit's Julienne Loreto said that Destino is musically split between ballads and more intense tracks.^[9] According to Zeen Media's Francesca Bacordo, the album "sits firmly within R&B".^[15]

"LuzViMinda" contains lyrics in each of the members' native languages: Bicolano, Cebuano, Ilocano, Kapampangan, Tagalog, and Waray, as well as English.^[9] Its title is short for "Luzon, Visayas, and Mindanao". According to When in Manila's Andrea Posadas, the song highlights the Philippines' diverse culture.^[16]

Destino received favorable reviews from critics. Julienne Loreto of the British music magazine The Line of Best Fit gave Destino a score of 8 out of 10. They described the album as a "joyride" that provided "depth" and "beauty" while still being "fun", though they criticized "Hiraya" for being "disco-lite mush" and "Don't Wanna Dance" for being generic.^[9] Mary Ann Gustilo of Pulp wrote that the album shows Alamat's authenticity.^[4] According to Jade Diones and Dara Gonzalez of Envi Media, Destino "marks a turn in Alamat's discography thus far" and emphasizes the group's growing "maturity" as artists.^[14] Art+ Magazine's Mian Centeno wrote that the album "cements Alamat's legacy".^[17]

Commercially, Destino entered iTunes Philippines' Top Albums chart from November 21 to November 23.^[12] The album was also projected to enter Billboard Philippines' charts.^[18][b]

Credits are adapted from Tidal,^[20] with additional information from other sources.^[d]