Soliven (Justin Soliven Villarosa) is a JUNO Nominated Canadian singer, songwriter and multidisciplinary artist. He is one half of the Hip-Hop/R&B duo MANILA GREY. Soliven drifted into the music scene with MANILA GREY, co-writing the duo's hits "Silver Skies", "Timezones", "Turbo" feat. Arthur Nery, “Zen Mode” feat. P-Lo, “Backhouse Ballin’” feat. James Reid and have written songs with Guapdad4000, MBNel, Al James and Nadine Lustre to name a few, amassing over 50+ million streams collectively. His experimental and unorthodox flows along with his smoked out melodies and vulnerable lyrics about love, lust and life earned him a nomination for Breakthrough Group Of The Year at the 2021 JUNO Awards with his group MANILA GREY; the first ever Filipino-Canadians to get nominated at the awards in Canadian music history. Soliven recently released his single "Love Lust" off MANILA GREY's 2023 Album "SOUND DRIFT". More from Soliven soon. Photographed by Sharad Gadhia