The kundiman is dying, if not already dead. Note that in the U.S., The Voice has a coach for country music; as a matter of fact all other coaches specialize in genres indigenous to the U.S. In the Philippines there are no such categories for Philippine music; everyone believes that to be "world class" is to imitate what foreigners are doing.

Young Filipinos are actually ASHAMED of the kundiman, because Filipino singers express the same attitude.