He was first seen as a contestant on the first season of The Voice Kids under Bamboo Mañalac's mentorship, where he was eliminated in the competition's second round.

[2] His mother, before she passed, worked as a hotel singer, while his sister and grandmother also possessed singing talents.

[3] At the age of 10, Tabudlo began his music career when he competed on Talentadong Pinoy and became a finalist.

[7] He continued producing songs with Jonathan Ong and Chris Anthony Vinzons of Sonic State Studio.

[7] In 2020, Tabudlo signed on to Spotify's RADAR program, which is aimed at helping local artists gain more recognition.

[18] "Binibini" went on to become the longest-running number #1 local track by a Filipino RADAR artist on Spotify Philippines Top 50 chart.

It also made it onto other Spotify charts in other countries including Canada, Singapore, Hong Kong, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates.

[10] Its success led to a new version featuring the vocals of James TW and new lyrics written in English.

[23] He closed out the year with a performance at the BYE 2021 virtual concert, which included a duet of "Give Me Your Forever" with Thai singer and actor Billkin.

[25] Tabudlo started 2022 by releasing "HATDOG", a collaboration with James Reid, on New Year's Day.

[31] He then staged a free digital concert called "Sabihin Mo Na" on his YouTube channel.

[37] More milestones also came for his hit "Pano", as it got its own music video and became the first Filipino song to enter Spotify Malaysia's Top 50.

[47] He also collaborated with many international artists that year including Johnny Orlando, Joan, Mae Stephens, Violette Wautier, and more.

[48] He then joined Coke Studio's international program as its first Filipino artist, and got the opportunity to collaborate with South African rapper Nasty C on "Fallin'".

That year, he became the first Filipino male solo artist to achieve one billion Spotify streams.

[50] On October 14, he held a concert at Bonifacio Global City (BGC) to celebrate Episode's second anniversary of its release.

[53] He also continued "The Morning Tour" with a show in Singapore and held his first major concert at the Mall of Asia Arena.

[57] Tabudlo has cited LANY, John Mayer, Shawn Mendes, Bamboo Mañalac, Ed Sheeran, and Charlie Puth as his influences.

[6][7][15] For his second album, he cited more influences to his music such as James Brown, Bruno Mars, Anderson .Paak, Harry Styles, and Michael Jackson, and OPM artists April Boy Regino, and VST & Company.

[46] The American alt-pop duo joan has also been what he calls his "musical heroes" as he listened to their songs when he was going through his first heartbreak.

[58] He has also had several mentors including Moira Dela Torre and producers Jonathan Ong, Chris Anthony Vinzons, and Cleng Saturno.

[13] He was in his first year of college studying Mass Communication when he had to stop schooling as he got busier with his music career.