Jeremy G On Charting New Territory With ‘ODDicted’: “It was time for me to be true to myself.”

When creating his sophomore EP, Jeremy G (also known as Jeremy Eriq Glinoga) didn’t want to just go about his normal conventions. On August 8, 2025, the former Voice Teens finalist and ASAP performer debuted his latest full-bodied release, following his Late Night Madness album in September of 2023. With two years of preparation, the artist now seeks to be his most authentic self in his music.

Having written and produced music for his fellow OPM (Original Pinoy Music) acts like BGYO, Nameless Kids, AC Bonifacio, and more, Jeremy G revisited creating for himself with a new determination. As such, ODDicted is a six-track journey that explores sonic styles like R&B, pop, and the classic early 2000s sound. Furthermore, marking a new chapter for the artist, the extended play delves into mature themes and perspectives of intimacy, impostor syndrome, and the like.

In an exclusive interview with Billboard Philippines, the award-winning singer-songwriter unveils his creative process in shaping his six-track EP ODDicted, and what he learned about himself along the way.

Billboard Philippines: Congratulations on the recent release of ODDicted! How are you feeling right now that it’s out?

Jeremy G: It’s a lot of mixed emotions, to be honest with you. I’ve been working on this for the past six months, or six months to about a year, and it was the first time where I was totally hands-on. From songwriting, and then [eventually] co-producing the whole thing. So, leading up to it was nerve-wracking, but then after I felt some sort of relief because I saw the feedback, and I’m so glad people liked it. People like the risk that I kind of took to release these kinds of songs.

If you were to hear these songs, it’s not really your typical OPM type of sound. So, the fact that people resonated with it really well feels gratifying to me, and I feel thankful for everyone listening.

Since you mentioned that it’s not the typical OPM sound, what’s the concept behind the album?

Well, my past projects, so [in the past] I had the maybe forever EP and then I had the Late Night Madness album. I felt like, for those two projects, I was always thinking, “What does the listener want? What do they want to listen to now?” while thinking of what I want to showcase to them. But this one was more of me being more real, I feel more authentic to myself.

Because I grew up in the States, and then I went here for The Voice Teens, and ever since then, I have always grown a love for the OPM sound and the OPM industry here. But I never fell out of love with where I grew up and the music that I grew up listening to. So, I felt like this EP was a chance for me to incorporate both and see where it took me — whether it was emotionally, through the stories, or through the sound. I felt like it was more of me exploring what I can do, with myself being the producer too.  It was time for me to try to take more risks to surprise people. 

Since you mentioned that you took inspiration from both OPM and American pop, can you share some of the inspiration that was fleshed out in this EP?

Some inspirations [are] definitely [from] Y2K — Y2K is a big inspiration. For the song “Parking Lot,” it was more about the visuals. We were thinking of Step Up 2 while doing the whole thing. Even for the music video, that was a big inspiration, so that early 2000s sound. Some songs are inspired by Justin Timberlake, some by Ne-Yo, and then there was a song where I tried to incorporate some LANY vibes into it. Now, that’s kind of the quote-unquote breaker for the whole EP.

So, there’s a bunch of inspirations and listening to the artists here, and how vocally amazing Filipinos are — I wanted to kind of incorporate that and test my limits myself vocally. So, with the musical arrangements and everything, I tried to see how far I could go. 

Can you walk us through the process of how you made the EP?

Oh, well, the songs definitely came first. Some came out of nowhere, to be honest. Some songs took me weeks to finish. There’s a song called “why me?” — that wasn’t even supposed to be mine. It wasn’t supposed to be under this EP, but we had a listening, and I just said, “Okay, maybe there’s a chance.” So I decided to show it, and everyone said, “Jeremy, what’s your plan here?” And then I said, “Hindi ko talaga alam, (I’m really not sure,) but it’s so close to me.”

I was the most authentic on this song; I feel like it should be interpreted by me as well. Because in that song, it was talking about me personally, about being in a bad place mentally. That’s the most vulnerable I’ve been in a song, so that’s how that came about. The other ones just came out of pure enjoyment and loving music and loving what I do as a songwriter, producer, and everything.

ODDicted shifts to a more mature kind of sound and songwriting. Can you explain where this shift came from?

I think it was just the natural progression of where my music went. I can say the first project I did was a very soft pop type, just like Ed Sheeran and that type of stuff. The second one was more of a Bruno Mars type of thing. Then I felt like this one was like time for me to — I don’t know if it sounds bad — but kind of act my age and try to try to be true to myself. Not in a bad way, but more like talking about what people my age actually go through and not trying to hide or be ashamed of it. I feel like it was just a natural progression of where my music was going.

So on “Parking Lot,” you have your only collaboration on the whole EP, which is with Darren Cashwell and Chie Filomeno. How did that come about? What was it like working with them on this project?

Darren Cashwell helped me co-write and co-produce three songs. They helped me write “hopeless romantic,” “so good,” and “Parking Lot.” I feel like throughout the process of working with them, it wasn’t a challenge at all; it was smooth sailing. Actually, “Parking Lot” — we wrote it within an hour, which is the craziest songwriting session I’ve been a part of.

It then came up during a meeting that the whispers in the song had to be by a girl because, originally, it was supposed to be me, like no partner. It was supposed to be me or Darren Cashwell. But then, they suggested a girl, and Chie and I are already friends. So I was like, “Okay, maybe it is Chie, and I feel like she’d be perfect for the MV” — so sakto din (it was perfect). She said yes.

Moving on to the production side, as you’ve talked about before, there are lots of different sounds that make up this EP. What new sounds did you explore here? What aspects pushed you out of your comfort zone?

I think the EP was also a sign of me evolving as a producer because I released an album in 2023. And since then, I haven’t done anything for myself — I didn’t write for myself, and I didn’t produce for myself. So I spent the time giving to others and writing for others. I feel like the stuff I learned from those projects alone helped me develop the sound and the production that I wanted to do for this project. Then I got the help of Darren Cashwell, and they’re amazing songwriters and producers. So, they helped me enhance that even more.

Since this has been a really big experience for you as an artist, taking big risks in your production and songwriting, what are some of your biggest takeaways or learning points from ODDicted?

I’d say one of my biggest takeaways is that once you’re vulnerable and authentic to yourself, you’re going to be surprised by how many people actually can relate to the music. What I’ve noticed, and I’ve mentioned this in some other interviews, but what I’ve noticed is that as a songwriter and as a producer, you never really see or hear how many people actually resonate with the songs that you make. You only see and feel yourself during the process.

So, especially in these kinds of events like a listening party, it’s going to be one of the first times where I see people enjoying the music that I write and seeing how being authentic and true to myself actually helped enhance the experience, not only for me, but for the listener as well. Kasi (Because) it’s not going to sound like it was forced. It’s probably going to sound how I intended it to be.

Listen to Jeremy G’s ODDicted here: