Kyle John Paradillo Echarri (born June 20, 2003) is a Filipino-American singer and actor. He made his first television appearance at the age of eleven when he joined season 2 of The Voice Kids. He has appeared in various films and television shows such as On the Wings of Love, Seven Sundays, Maalaala Mo Kaya, Kadenang Ginto, Silly Red Shoes, Huwag Kang Mangamba and The Iron Heart.
Early life
Kyle John Paradillo Echarri was born in Orange County, California. His family moved to Cebu City, Philippines in June 2014. He is the son of Jose "Joe" Echarri and Marie Paradillo-Echarri. His father is of Spanish descent. He has an older brother named Anthony (Nico) and a younger sister named Isabella Rae (Bella, born 2011, died in 2023).
Music
2015–2017: Career beginnings
Echarri rose to prominence and made his first television appearance at the age of eleven when he joined season 2 of The Voice Kids, where he landed Top 6 under Sarah Geronimo's Team. Just six seconds after he started singing One Direction's "Night Changes" during the blind auditions, Coaches Bamboo and Sarah already turned for the then 11-year-old Cebuano footballer eventually choosing to be part of Team Sarah.
Echarri released his first full-length studio album, It's Me Kyle, on August 26, 2016, under MCA Music, a Universal Music Group company in the Philippines. His carrier single, "Fall For Me" peaked at Number 4 on Myx's Pinoy MYX Countdown and was on the charts for more than 3 months and 2 weeks (14 weeks). In 2016, Echarri opened the Manila Tour show for the American singer, songwriter, and YouTube viral-hit artist, Greyson Chance. In January 2017, Echarri was part of the line-up for Fusion 2017, a Philippine Music Festival highlighting Original Pilipino Music, with other Filipino artists – Sarah Geronimo, Bamboo Mañalac, Aegis, 6cyclemind, Gabby Alipe, Autotelic, Yeng Constantino, Lyca Gairanod, Zendee, James Reid, and Nadine Lustre. The Philippine Daily Inquirer compared his talents to those of Justin Bieber.
2018–2019: Rising popularity
In 2018, Echarri became the latest recording artist to join Star Pop Star Music's record sublabel for the younger market. He successfully launched his latest single titled "Pangako" and it was soon followed by a music video released. The singer-actor first performed the song live in the MYX Music Awards 2018 held at the Araneta Coliseum and launched it on radio through MOR 101.9. The single immediately joined the daily top hits survey, MOR Pinoy Biga10, and has stayed in the charts for weeks.
Echarri became a member of a teen pop group titled ASAP G!. Other members of the group are Isabela Vinzon, Jayda Avanzado, Ylona Garcia, Jeremy Glinoga, and Darren Espanto. The group formed on June 3, 2018, and disbanded in November 2018, when the show was reformatted into ASAP Natin 'To.
He also became a part of the Star Magic Circle artist and the "Gold Squad" in 2018. The Gold Squad refers to the four teen stars of the top-rated series Kadenang Ginto namely Francine Diaz, Andrea Brillantes, and Seth Fedelin. In 2019, the Gold Squad members debuted their first album under Star Music titled "The Gold Squad - EP". This album consisted of five tracks including their famous dance craze song "Halo Halo" serving as the album's title track. They also released four new music videos including a new music video for Echarri's reprise breakout hit song "Pangako" featuring his on-screen partner Francine Diaz.
2020–present: Singer-songwriter, New Views
Echarri has continued to make music, releasing multiple singles, and two albums. He has always been very vocal about wanting to write his own songs, so it was no surprised that he branches out and become a singer-songwriter. In year 2020, he released his latest single titled “I’m Serious”. This young artist wrote the words and music of the track and produced the song under Star POP with the guidance and supervision of label head, Rox Santos. The release of his latest song marked as his first successful solo project as singer-songwriter. The song won People's Choice Award for “Dance Recording of the Year” in 13th PMPC Star Awards for Music.