Ziv and VVINK team up for third-wheel song ‘Trisikulo’
Released through Sony Music Entertainment, the single uses Filipino wordplay to connect a tricycle with the experience of being an extra person alongside a couple.
‘Trisikulo’, a collaboration between Ziv and P-pop girl group VVINK, is out through Sony Music Entertainment. The single takes a humorous approach to wanting companionship while seeing others find romance.
Ziv said the idea came from his own experience: friends and relatives regularly joke about him being a third wheel. He wanted to reflect his current circumstances and felt that few songs explored the subject. The title links that situation to the three wheels of a tricycle through Filipino wordplay.
Alongside producing the track, Ziv shared songwriting duties with Ben&Ben member Paolo Benjamin Guico and Angelika Samantha Ortiz, who contributed to BINI’s ‘Pantropiko’. Mixing was by Jacques Jenkins; Luna Tebbs carried out the mastering.
The music combines OPM and K-pop influences with elements of J-pop and J-rock. It follows ‘Kuryente’ and ‘Walkie Talkie’, two earlier Ziv singles. VVINK said the collaborators became comfortable together quickly, despite their differing personalities and viewpoints.
VVINK is also included in Spotify RADAR 2026. The group’s song ‘Baduy’, which features DJ Love and Pio Balbuena, earned the 39th Awit Awards’ Best Novelty Recording prize and was named Pop Song of the Year at the 2026 Filipino Music Awards.
