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‘Polish and potential’: P-pop group BINI wows with 1st live performance, goes viral

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Miguel Dumaual, ABS-CBN News

<div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img src="http://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2020/entertainment/11/24/20201124-bini-1.jpg?ext=.jpg"/><figcaption>BINI performs its pre-debut single ‘Da Coconut Nut’ on ‘It’s Showtime.’ <em>ABS-CBN</em></figcaption></figure></div><p>MANILA — Ahead of their official debut, the P-pop girl group BINI is making a splash online with their first live performance going viral, drawing a flood of comments praising their stage presence and synchronization.</p><p>BINI, comprised of eight girls who train under ABS-CBN’s Star Hunt Academy, performed their pre-debut single “Da Coconut Nut” on “It’s Showtime” last Saturday.</p><div><script src="https://connect.facebook.net/en_US/sdk.js#xfbml=1&amp;version=v2.5" async="" type="text/javascript"></script></div><div class="fb-post" data-href="https://www.facebook.com/itsShowtimena/videos/131706375096575" data-width="auto"> </div><p>Since then, the number’s official upload on Facebook has fetched 2 million views, and that’s aside from a Twitter fan upload which has drawn nearly a million views.</p><p>The Facebook video, uploaded on the official “It’s Showtime” page, has drawn more nearly 80,000 reactions and some 6,000 comments, with many expressing surprise with the group’s polish and potential.</p><figure class="op-interactive"><iframe height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/eZfeW9WDwmA?enablejsapi=1" width="560"></iframe></figure><div class="iwantbar">Watch more in <a href="//www.iwantv.com.ph/">iWantv</a> or <a href="//tfc.tv/">TFC.tv</a></div><p>“I enjoyed watching them,” wrote user Heisen Berg. “First time I saw a very cohesive Filipino girl group. Walang nananapaw, almost the same physique, cute girls, synchronized dance moves! I hope Filipinos give them a chance!”</p><p>Another comment, from John Oliver Mimay, read: “Am not a fan but I simply like the performance. From the music style to the choreography and very pleasing presence. These Pinays are raising the standards and deserve my [stars].”</p><p>A new fan, Zin Francis Alcasid, noted that the group is presented as identifiably Filipino. Aside from the pre-debut single being an electro-pop revival of an iconic OPM tune, the “sound and phrasing is also very Pinoy,” he said.</p><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">LOOK AT THE MATERIAL!!!! STAN BINI I THINK COCONUT NUT SOTY <a href="https://t.co/VBrDGPQ8Nf">https://t.co/VBrDGPQ8Nf</a> <a href="https://t.co/OJnSgCZEto">pic.twitter.com/OJnSgCZEto</a></p>— joem 🥥 #DaCoconutNutSOTY (@binunjing) <a href="https://twitter.com/binunjing/status/1330454553213366272?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 22, 2020</a></blockquote><div><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charSet="utf-8" type="text/javascript"></script></div><p>A growing community of fans — some, since the girls’ trainee days — was also apparent on Twitter, where users exchanged links of their favorite TikTok videos and other pre-debut performances from BINI.</p><figure class="op-interactive"><iframe height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/P8r5BWGkPcE?enablejsapi=1" width="560"></iframe></figure><div class="iwantbar">Watch more in <a href="//www.iwantv.com.ph/">iWantv</a> or <a href="//tfc.tv/">TFC.tv</a></div><figure class="op-interactive"><iframe height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/DiZiWJ1NodY?enablejsapi=1" width="560"></iframe></figure><div class="iwantbar">Watch more in <a href="//www.iwantv.com.ph/">iWantv</a> or <a href="//tfc.tv/">TFC.tv</a></div><p>Notably, on YouTube, fan-made videos providing graphics for the line distribution and lyrics of “Da Coconut Nut” — inspired by K-pop fandom culture — already had thousands of views, just two weeks after the single was released.</p><p>BINI is composed of Aiah (19), Colet (18), Maloi (18), Gwen (17), Stacey (17), Mikha (16), Jhoanna (16), and Sheena (16) — described by Star Hunt Academy as the “embodiment of the modern Filipina: sweet, fierce, independent, and informed.”</p><figure class="op-interactive"><iframe height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/2bpeN_G4CuU?enablejsapi=1" width="560"></iframe></figure><div class="iwantbar">Watch more in <a href="//www.iwantv.com.ph/">iWantv</a> or <a href="//tfc.tv/">TFC.tv</a></div><p>BINI was trained by voice coaches Kitchy Molina and Anna Graham, choreographer Mickey Perz, and South Korea’s MU Doctor.</p><p>The Korean training group helped launch the idol careers the likes of Mino (WINNER), Hye-bin (Momoland), Hyojung (Oh My Girl), I.M (Monsta X), Changbin (Stray Kids), and Kim Sohee (Produce 101).</p><div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img src="http://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2020/entertainment/11/24/20201124-bini-2.jpg?ext=.jpg"/><figcaption>Star Hunt Academy narrowed down 250 hopefuls to eight trainees to form BINI. <em>ABS-CBN</em></figcaption></figure></div><p>BINI’s version of “Da Coconut Nut” — originally by Smokey Mountain and written by National Artist for Music Ryan Cayabyab — was a collaboration with MU Doctor and Korean musical producer VO3E.</p><p>Its choreography had input from Korean dance coaches Moon Yeon Joo and Kwan Seong Chan, who have worked with big names such as BTS, Twice, Red Velvet, and Seventeen.</p><p>Nearing their official debut, BINI is set to release both original songs and classic revivals as its singles, according to Star Hunt head Laurenti Dyogi.</p><div><strong>Related video:</strong></div><figure class="op-interactive"><iframe height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/7GN0oFmRi_g?enablejsapi=1" width="560"></iframe></figure><div class="iwantbar">Watch more in <a href="//www.iwantv.com.ph/">iWantv</a> or <a href="//tfc.tv/">TFC.tv</a></div>

<p>BINI was trained by voice coaches Kitchy Molina and Anna Graham, choreographer Mickey Perz, and South Korea’s MU Doctor.</p>

BINI was trained by voice coaches Kitchy Molina and Anna Graham, choreographer Mickey Perz, and South Korea’s MU Doctor.

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‘Polish and potential’: P-pop group BINI wows with 1st live performance, goes viral

Miguel Dumaual,

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Published November 24, 2020 07:00 PM PHT

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