BINI holds their first livestream after joining the fandom platform Weverse. MJ Felipe, ABS-CBN News
It was an eventful day for BINI after wrapping up their first livestream on the global fandom platform Weverse with great numbers. Their debut live garnered more than 423,000 views or cumulative plays, with more than 174,000 comments or chats and a whopping 21 million hearts or likes.
BINI’s leader Jhoanna shared with ABS-CBN News that the livestream felt weird having to reintroduce themselves again, to welcome their new set of fans and followers, most especially international fans.
“Nasanay kami sa livestream namin sa BINI Global (former membership), na pagka-open ng live, game na agad but now it feels different,” she said. “As much as we can, tina-try namin mag-usap in English para maintindihan nila kasi for sure, hindi nila maintindihan kung bakit kami tumatawa.”
The girls sang their version of “Happy 1st day to BINI on Weverse” with a matching cake and Pinoy street food that they introduced to their international audience. They also sang a Korean song, and talked more about the Filipino and Korean cultures.
The livestream lasted for an hour, and the girls immediately proceeded to their rehearsals for Coachella.
Maloi described their training as “rigorous,” with Aiah sharing how intense every training day is.
“We’ve been having rehearsals and trainings, seven hours, so nakakapagod at times pero no pain, no gain. So it’s all gonna be worth it especially when we’re there,” she said.
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Finishing touches for their looks or visuals for the music fest are also being finalized.
“Nag-try na po kami mag-fitting po with Ate Ica (stylist), our visual director and mga stylists po na gagawa ng outfits namin,” said Stacey.
Maloi added: “We’re excited na po talaga sa whole visual look and yung magiging outcome ng look ng BINI.”
“Lahat naman po ng concept, kahit anong bagay meron pong input ang BINI, very collaborative naman po ang management namin, stylist namin, lahat tinatanong kung comfortable kami. Yun po talaga ang number one,” said Maloi.
Before they depart for Los Angeles, California, BINI will have a sort of send-off event on March 21, Saturday, at Market Market in Taguig.
“We’re gonna perform some of our new songs there and punta na kayo kasi we have some surprises,” said Sheena.
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