Since January 16, 1998,[5] about a dozen incidents occurred in connection with strenuous complaints over the singing of the song "My Way", prompting Filipino newspapers to name the phenomenon the "'My Way' killings".
[3] Attention to these killings peaked on May 29, 2007, when 25-year-old John Mark Arimbuyutan was shot dead by bouncer guard, Nico Palapar, at a bar in San Mateo, Rizal.
The last known incident was in June 2018, when Jose Bosmion Jr. was stabbed to death by his neighbor, Rolando Cañeso, during a birthday party in Dipolog City.
[9] New York Times writer Norimitsu Onishi argued that the killings might be "the natural byproduct of the country's culture of violence, drinking and machismo".
[10] According to Roland B. Tolentino, an expert in pop culture at the University of the Philippines Diliman, the killings connected to singing the song in karaoke may simply reflect its popularity in a violent environment.
"[2] Cases of karaoke rage, where singers have been harassed, assaulted or killed mid-performance have been reported all over East and Southeast Asia.