The ‘BINIverse World Tour 2025′ felt like a culmination of the girls’ hard work and a breathing proof of the love they cultivated with their fanbase, the BLOOMS
BULACAN, Philippines – Five years ago, a girl from a relatively unknown P-pop girl group posted an edited photo of her members in a sold out, packed concert. Like a manifestation of some sorts, she wrote, “Hard work and determination will get you where you want to go.”
Five years later, after a meteoric rise which seemed impossible against all odds, she will recreate that same edited photo, this time, in a real packed arena screaming “walo hanggang dulo” so loudly, you can feel the walls of the dome shake.
BINI is on a once in a lifetime generational run, and it was even more apparent after the P-pop girl group sensation made history as the first Filipino musical act to headline a concert at the world’s largest indoor arena on Saturday, February 15, 2025.
The “BINIverse World Tour 2025” felt like a culmination of the girls’ hard work and a breathing proof of the love they cultivated with their fanbase, the BLOOMS.
Leader Jhoanna fondly recalls how they performed at the adjacent Philippine Sports Arena. “Hindi pa tayo kilala ng mga tao noon,” (People didn’t know us back then), she said. At the Philippine Arena, thousands chanted hers, Stacey, Colet, Maloi, Gwen, Aiah, Sheena, and Mikha’s name.
The concert is not just a showcase of the powerhouse that BINI came to be, it also felt like a look back on their humble roots, the challenges they faced, and how it informed their identity as a group.
To more achievements
Receiving a surprise award from Billboard Philippines as the Number 1 Top Artist of 2024, Number 1 Artist for Hot 100, and the Philippines’ Top Songs, as well as snagging the MTVEMAs Best Asia Act 2024 award, an emotional BINI thanked their family, friends, and supporters. “Grabe ang pagmamahal ninyo sa amin,” Jhoanna shared. “BLOOMS, thank you so much.”
“Alam namin mami-miss niyo kami kasi magsisimula na ‘yung world tour, pero please know na dala namin lahat kayo sa bawat bansang pupuntahan namin, at babalik kami,” Jhoanna promised after the announcement of their next tour dates and destinations.
(We know you will miss us because the world tour is about to start, but please know that we will take you all to every country we go to, and we will come back.)
‘BINI, you saved my life’
BLOOMS are as equally, if not, more grateful for the girls.
“Guys, you saved my life,” one fan shared. “Sobrang pinanghahawakan ko lahat ng songs, nakaka-relate ako sa BINI, na ang buhay ay di karera.” (I hold on to your songs, I relate so much to BINI, that life is not a race.)
Another BLOOM gushed, “I’m so proud of the girls kasi grabe yung journey nila. April lang ako nag-start na maging BLOOM, pero grabe yung naging inspiration nila sa akin. I’m in my mid-40’s na, ajumma na. I’m so glad na naging BLOOM ako.”
(I’m so proud of the girls because of their journey. I only became a BLOOM in April, but they already gave me so much inspiration. I’m in my mid-40’s, an old woman. I’m so glad that I became BLOOM.)
As BINI ended the first of the many shows they will do this year to thunderous applause and cheers, profusely thanking the 55,000-strong crowd they love, one cannot deny that the universe indeed belongs to them, and we’re just living in it. – Rappler.com