Eight Boys, One Endless Summer
There’s something about the road to Laiya that feels cinematic even before anything happens. The sky gets bigger the farther south you go, and the city slowly dissolves into salt air. Club Laiya, Batangas. Four years ago, this shore gave birth to the first Boys of Summer, tentative and sun-drunk and full of reckless hope. Now, in the blazing summer of 2026, we came back. Not to recreate something, but to begin again.
Eight young men. Three days under a Batangas sun that had no interest in going easy on anyone. Somewhere between the golden hour and the blue of early morning, something was made, and not just images. A record of who these boys are right now.
This is Boys of Summer 2026. And this time, the boys brought everything.
Paul Enriquez: Fresh Face, Big Energy
Paul calls himself approachable, and he means it, though “magnetic” might be closer to the truth. His summer is about balance: the gym, family, and finally breathing after a stretch of nonstop work. He’s building across music, modeling, and content all at once. He’s most at ease in front of a camera and most nervous behind a mic. Next up, he says, is getting more established, on his own terms.
Eli Padilla: The Boy Who Stays Up Until Sunrise
For Eli, summer means staying out too late with the music too loud. It feels like freedom and disappearing, both at the same time. He’s an actor early in his story, and he’s drawn to complicated roles, the quiet soft boy with hidden anger, the kontrabida people eventually come to understand. He already knows that tension, not chemistry, is what makes an audience lean in. Three years from now, he just wants to still recognize himself.
Caizer of 6ENSE: The Boy Who Moves Before He Speaks
Caizer started as a dancer in 2020 and added singing in 2024, and he learned fast that doing both at once, controlling his breath mid-choreo, can’t be faked. SB19 and Alamat taught him to build his own sound without waiting for permission. On set, he was all looseness and joy. What he hasn’t said yet, in his own words: “I’ve shown people how I move, but I haven’t told them why I move.”
James Lucero: Quiet on the Outside, Everything on the Inside
Sunkissed, laid-back, recharged. That’s James’s summer in three words. His Instagram is reserved, but in person he’s cheerful and quick to smile. Protecting his craft means keeping his platforms quiet on purpose. Acting surprised him with a joy he didn’t expect, and on set that authenticity just showed up naturally under the sun.
Marcus Asis: The Commercial Model Who Makes Every Room His Stage
Marcus grew up fast. He was caring for his younger brother by age five and selling stickers by six, just to make his mom proud. That instinct to provide never left. It just turned into commercial modeling. He posts everything he shoots and isn’t bothered by the algorithm, and he dreams of directing one day. His campaign pitch for Boys of Summer says it all: “smash my burger.” Happiness is power, and you eat it.
Anton Eusebio: The Athlete Who Plays Beautiful
At 6’5″, the La Salle-CSB small forward moves between two physical languages. On the court it’s power and motion. In front of a lens it’s stillness and control. Off-season means later mornings, Drake on repeat, and still no shortcuts on rice and protein. He isn’t fazed by skeptics of athletes in editorial spaces. He knows he’s more than one thing, and he’s building a second story in modeling and influencing.
Kobie Brown: Two Summers, One Soul
Kobie’s summers split between two worlds, loud and spontaneous Filipino beach trips and quieter, cherished British ones from his years in Málaga and the UK. He used to hang back in group settings. Now he’s the organizer, the one who makes things happen for his friends. Post-PBB, with GMA Network, Sparkle, and Cornerstone in the picture, he’s stepping into the chapter he’s been building toward all along. On set, it was Paul’s easy energy that put him instantly at ease.
Ron Angeles: The Actor Who Stays in the Room
Ron’s ideal day starts slow, with good coffee and no rush and no plans. That same deliberate presence carries into his work on heavyweight projects like Mallari and Uninvited, where he prepares fully, stays focused, then decompresses with a friend and a beer once the character is set down. On the Boys of Summer set, what he noticed most in the other seven was simple: real happiness, doing what they love.
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Photography by Sherie Bolo with Jyllan Bitalac
Photography Assistance by Zarah Samonte
Art Direction and Editing by Joe Andy
Production Coordination and Headed by Cha Canicosa
Production Assistance by Jimmy Española and Hence Laren Bayson
Videography by Sean Pascual
Video Editing by Luigi Macalintal
Cover Story and Interview by Anya Encarnacion
Styling by Raine Robo
Grooming by Kim Roy and Jhai Castillo
Interns:
Lewer Haron Muñoz
Kharel Clark Nanip
Patricia Joy Marquez
Miah Cariaga
Shemaiah Dela Cruz
Official Venue Partner: CLUB LAIYA by LANDCO
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The boys are wearing pieces from ZARA and Bershka.
