[5] In 2018, he earned a degree in Bachelor of Arts in Integrated Marketing Communications from the University of Asia and the Pacific (UA&P) and was also the captain of their basketball varsity team.
[9] He joined the Quezon City Defenders, a NBL team which his mother and her husband Fadi El Soury later became the owners of.
[7][11] On February 5, 2021, Gutierrez released his debut single "On A Dream", which he wrote during the COVID-19 pandemic with Erick Walls & Mark J. Feist and contains lyrics in both English and Filipino.
[12][13] He had previously been signed to the Los Angeles-based indie label Hitmakers Entertainment in 2019, but due to the pandemic, his time with them was cut short.
[14] The following year, he competed on Family Feud Philippines alongside his aunt Jackie Lou Blanco and her children.