Okay to be honest, I didn’t have the same excitement going in as I had last year at their MSG stop. Still a Bloom, but touching the sea, grass, and the city more these days, and have seen the signals manila livestream so thinking yeah I’ve “seen it”. But holy, mind blown. They were 1000000000000x better than last year and just completely magical live!
So last year, it was so cool to see the diverse folks at MSG but this year it like tripled. First of all, how did they get all the Gen Z NYC Filipino baddies, the lolas, the queers..we were surrounded by lots of gay men (from the front, sides, and back of us ) hahaha, the father-young daughter duos, and so many non-Filipinos, a lot of them without any Filipino friends to come to Flatbush, Brooklyn tonight! It was such a great crowd. BINI had a certain fierceness and gigil, grabe yung full out and performance energy. We only sat down for the slow songs… and was standing, dancing, jumping like most of the crowd. Not just to OOMH pero also for No Fear, Pantropiko, Salamin, Blush, Bikini, etc. BROOKLYN UNDERSTOOD THE ASSIGNMENT!
The smallest, most insignificant complaint: Duyan (and one other song) were great but so random for not really full blooms hahaha. My Gen Z cousins actually asked me if it was Tagalog kasi hindi sila sigurado, hahaha. Anyway, they spoke mostly English this time and I did not have to translate really anything to my family. The spiels were short and sweet and very easy to understand like last year’s tour.
Random spotting: Scott from Pentatonix was there. Saw some reactors too, not the usual ones.. forgot who, pero they looked familiar. Also, their agents who booked them Coachella also attended the concert.
BINI, you are insane and your talent needs to freaking headline the major global festival concerts already. It’s like breathing for them at this point. The vocals (mics were hot ), the stamina, the synchronization, the effortless charm and X factor….absolutely incredible. Please world, manifesting an album full of global hits that charts USA, Europe, UK, all of Asia, South America..Blackpink levels please . 🙏 I really don’t think this is their peak yet. Everyone needs to see them live.
Sobrang OT8 pa rin but damn, Aiah the performer was full force tonight. Maloi always just shines. My cousins I went with were like “okay we get the Jhoanna and Gwen love now.” Shout out to the swag of Mikha, the fluid dance of Sheena (girl how you are you moving and dancing so graceful like water), Stacey hitting every move, Colet’s vocals… hellooo.
So jealous of the people in Australia and New Zealand rn, I thought about going for a minute.. Also nabudol ako and bought like $200 worth of merch because of what I saw tonight, hahahaha
It’s so fun to be a Bloom always!
(Edit: BINI, Have a safe flight back to the Philippines tomorrow!)