After debuting in 2021 with their single The Light,[10] BGYO released their first multi-lingual studio album The Light.[11] They are the first Filipino act charted at number one[12] and the fifth Filipino artist to appear on the weekly Billboard Next Big Sound chart.[13][14] Three of their songs—"Kundiman", "He's Into Her", "The Baddest"—were chosen to be part of The Lunar Codex's "Polaris Collection" time capsules bound to the Moon in 2023.[15]