[1] Nery was born on January 28, 1997 in Cagayan de Oro City to a musical family.
The first time he performed in public was when he was eight years old, where he sang "Fly Me to the Moon" for a cousin's debut party.
[1][2] He started writing songs seriously in high school, and received some formal training in singing after joining the glee club in college.
Before going full-time in his music career, he worked as a call center agent and as an online English teacher for Japanese students.
[1][3] Nery was booked to sing in comedian Wacky Kiray's show in Bukidnon, who later introduced him to Callalily's frontman Kean Cipriano who at the time had just launched his own label, O/C.