Biography
Jonah Manzano is an Australian-Filipino singer-songwriter, independent musician, and social media feature creator based in Sydney, New South Wales. Originally from Pampanga, Philippines, he discovered his passion for music at a young age, beginning in a church choir and teaching himself piano using a homemade pencil-case keyboard. Over the years, he learned guitar, bass, drums, and flute, building a strong musical foundation.
After migrating to Australia in 2002, Jonah continued exploring music while completing his studies. Before becoming a full-time musician, he spent 13 years in the inbound tourism industry. When the COVID-19 pandemic arrived, he shifted his focus to creating original music and growing his presence online.
Jonah is known not only for his music, but also for his work in social media discovery, where he showcases new tools, features, and hidden updates across major platforms like Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, Threads, and YouTube. His ability to quickly spot new features and demonstrate them to users has earned him recognition across social media communities and tech-focused audiences.
His music blends pop and gospel influences and often touches on themes of love, faith, healing, and resilience. Notable releases include “Cry Out in My Heart,” “Aking Mahal,” “Story of Our Life,” and “Marry You Again.”
You & Me
Echoes of Our Wishes
Special song dedication to my passing dad
I Say, You Say
Marry You Again
Story of Our Life
Original song - I Stall
Cry Out in My Heart
Jonah Manzano
Genre: Pop | Released: 25 May 2020 | copyright ℗ 2020 prodiJY Records
Press Mentions & Features
Press Mentions & Features
TikTok Retires Its Separate Notes App — Published Mar 25, 2025 — Notes discontinuation screenshots shared by app researcher Jonah Manzano. Social Media Today
Instagram Experiments With AI-Generated Comments on Posts — Published Mar 16, 2025 — Example screens showing an IG “pencil with a star” AI comments icon shared by Jonah Manzano. Social Media Today
TikTok Now Enables You To Highlight Comments From Marked Viewers During Live Streams — Published Apr 3, 2025 — Example shared by Jonah Manzano showing the “marked viewers” live feature. Social Media Today
Instagram Adds In-Stream Translations for DMs — Published Jan 29, 2025 — Screens showing the new DM translate option, shared by Jonah Manzano. Social Media Today
TikTok Now Displays Reviews for Certain Location-Tagged Videos — Published Apr 15, 2025 — Jonah Manzano posted examples of a new “Reviews” tab in TikTok comment sections. Social Media Today
TikTok Adds Option To Activate Customer DMs During Live Streams — Published May 11, 2025 — Screens and in-app text posted by Jonah Manzano showing a LIVE setup menu to enable DMs as a lead-gen CTA. Social Media Today
Meta Expands Access to Opportunity Score To Help Advertisers — Published May 11, 2025 — Update screenshots and notes shared by Jonah Manzano about advertisers’ Opportunity Score. Social Media Today
TikTok’s Testing an AI Song Generation Process — Published Jan 17, 2024 — Example screens of TikTok’s “AI Song” feature posted by Jonah Manzano. Social Media Today
TikTok Adds Instagram Notes-Like Feature to Inboxes — Published Sep 5, 2024 — Jonah Manzano shared prompt examples for TikTok’s new short “thought” feature. Social Media Today
TikTok Adds AI Avatar Stickers, Expanding Its AI Tool Set — Published Aug 13, 2025 — (future-dated in site metadata) Example images posted by Jonah Manzano showing AI avatar sticker combinations. Social Media Today
Meta Adds VR-Based Avatar Achievements To Drive More Engagement — Published Jun 15, 2025 — Jonah Manzano shared screenshots of an Avatar Quests tab in Horizon/VR. Social Media Today
Instagram Adds Virtual Pets for Instagram and Horizon Worlds — Published Aug 24, 2025 — examples posted by Jonah Manzano of IG virtual pet prompts. Social Media Today
Instagram Adds Video Cutout Option to Create Animated Stickers — Published Feb 11, 2024 — article includes imagery and testing examples (site shows Jonah-shared examples in context). Social Media Today
Facebook Tests Generative AI Prompts for Better Post Captions — Published Feb 6, 2024 — Social Media Today article that references example screens and related research (Jonah’s posts referenced elsewhere in coverage). Social Media Today
PSA: Snapchat is testing a paid ad‑free plan — Nov 21, 2023 The Verge
Snippet: “We noticed it today when user Jonah Manzano posted on Threads about its availability in Australia …” The Verge
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TikTok can generate AI songs, but it probably shouldn’t — Jan 18, 2024 The Verge
Snippet: “Take this one from TikTok user Jonah Manzano, who created a song that somehow tried to make the word comedy have more syllables than it needs.” The Verge
New social media features and updates to know this week” — PR Daily, Nov 28 2023. Snippet: “Jonah Manzano … posted on Threads that the platform’s getting a new update to let users tweak their feeds.” PR Daily
“The Latest Updates on Social Media Platforms ‑ Edition Ten” — *Bannerflow Blog, May 21, 2024. Snippet: “As you can see in the example above, shared by Jonah Manzano, the new ‘Cutout’ editing option enables you …” bannerflow.com
“TikTok adds to search capabilities with a feature that lets …” — Tubefilter, June 12 2024. Snippet: “Jonah Manzano, a social media analyst known for testing experimental app features, spotted the new TikTok search feature.
Job loss pushes travel agent to pursue music — 22 Feb 2021
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Snippet: Jonah Manzano grew up surrounded by music. But it was only after losing employment due to the pandemic that he was able to truly pursue it. SBS Australia
How a music artist overcame addiction after a drug overdose — 4 Jun 2021
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Snippet: The story of singer and songwriter Jonah Manzano is a living example of someone who emerged from a terrifying illness that almost took his life. SBS Australia
‘God gave me a second chance’: How a musician turned his life around after addiction — (Date unspecified)
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Snippet: Singer and songwriter Jonah Manzano shares he suffered from a drug overdose that almost killed him a few years ago and that he struggled with alcohol and drugs. SBS Australia
Travel agent na nawalan ng trabaho dahil sa COVID‑19 ngayon ay isang matagumpay na music content creator — 19 Sept 2024
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Snippet: Matapos mawalan ng trabaho ng tumama ang COVID‑19 pandemic, pinasok ng dating travel agent na si Jonah Manzano ang pagiging isang music content creator.