BINI LOOKS FORWARD TO WORLD TOUR IN 2025

WHAT A YEAR 2024 HAS been for BINI. But it looks like 2025 is shaping up to be an even bigger year for the "Nation's Girl Group" with their first-ever world tour.

- NATHALIE M. TOMADA

In an exclusive interview with The STAR on Thursday, BINI members Jhoanna, Maloi, Stacey, Mikha, Gwen, Sheena, Aiah and Colet shared what they were most grateful for this year.

Besides hit songs, they mounted major solo concerts—first with "BINIverse" in July at the New Frontier Theater with several stops in cities outside Metro Manila, then the "Grand BINIverse" three-day concert series at the Big Dome in November.

The girls also had their first international collaboration with Indonesian pop superstar Agnez Mo for a remix version of Cherry on Top. The group reportedly met her at the Enterprise Studios in L.A. and then at the Billboard Korea's K Power 100 launch in Seoul some months back.

"We're grateful for the opportunity to showcase our song to everyone, especially (to people) in Indonesia. We're grateful for Agnez Mo's beautiful voice and for accepting this project," began Stacey.

"Thank you also to the brands we've worked with," Jhoanna added.

"For this year, there have been so many blessings and achievements that we've gotten. We are grateful because it shows that our efforts have been seen and acknowledged," Aiah further said.

"And not just the efforts (as individuals) but also the teamwork. Everyone has put in a lot of work, especially when we did the concerts. Having done two concerts in a year, that was hard to pull through but we managed. Thank you everyone who has shown us so much love.