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3 years later: Resurgence of 'When I'm With You' surprises BGYO

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Jose Miguel Dumaual

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<div><span class="fr-img-caption fr-fic fr-dib" style="width:960px"><span class="fr-img-wrap"><img src="https://od2-image-api.abs-cbn.com/prod/editorImage/17262221054552024091311094_bgyowiwy.png" style="width:960px" class="fr-fic fr-dib" alt="BGYO&#x27;s Nate, JL, Akira, Gelo, and Mikki form an ace, symbolizing their fandom, at the end of their performance of &#x27;When I&#x27;m With You&#x27; in the &#x27;One Dream&#x27; digital concert in November 2021. ABS-CBN Events/Screenshot"/><span class="fr-inner"><span data-darkreader-inline-bgcolor="" data-darkreader-inline-color="" id="isPasted" style="color:rgb(65, 65, 65);letter-spacing:normal;orphans:2;text-align:left;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;widows:2;word-spacing:0px;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;white-space:normal;background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);text-decoration-thickness:initial;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;float:none;display:inline !important;--darkreader-inline-color:#bfb9b1;--darkreader-inline-bgcolor:#181a1b">BGYO&#x27;s Nate, JL, Akira, Gelo, and Mikki form an ace, symbolizing their fandom, at the end of their performance of &#x27;When I&#x27;m With You&#x27; in the &#x27;One Dream&#x27; digital concert in November 2021. ABS-CBN Events/Screenshot</span> </span></span></span></div><p>MANILA — Even the members of BGYO were surprised by the sudden resurgence of their lovestruck pop track &quot;When I&#x27;m With You,&quot; three years after it was first heard as a single.</p><p>In recent weeks, the song about becoming one&#x27;s best self in the right company appears to have resonated with a fresh audience, making the rounds on social media and generating new fan covers.</p><p>&quot;Nagulat na lang din ako kasi pagkita ko sa X, ang daming nag-ti-tweet,&quot; BGYO member JL Toreliza told ABS-CBN News on Wednesday.</p><p>&quot;First album pa siya, e!&quot; Akira Morishita pointed out.</p><div><span class="fr-video fr-deletable fr-fvc fr-dvb fr-draggable" contenteditable="false" draggable="true"><iframe width="640" height="360" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/9Qi6wCqSjwM?&amp;wmode=opaque&amp;rel=0" frameBorder="0" allowfullscreen="" class="fr-draggable"></iframe></span></div><p>Written and composed by Kidwolf, &quot;When I&#x27;m With You&quot; is one of the tracks from the first studio album of BGYO, &quot;The Light,&quot; released in October 2021.</p><p>&quot;Na-surprise po kami,&quot; Nate Porcalla said of the renewed interest in the song.</p><p>Among others, a resurfaced mash-up of the tune with One Direction&#x27;s &quot;Perfect&quot; and BGYO&#x27;s old live performances of &quot;When I&#x27;m With You&quot; have extended its traction online.</p><div><span class="fr-video fr-deletable fr-fvc fr-dvb fr-draggable" contenteditable="false" draggable="true"><iframe width="640" height="360" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/FcRH6SoQ9aQ?&amp;wmode=opaque&amp;rel=0" frameBorder="0" allowfullscreen="" class="fr-draggable"></iframe></span></div><p>The opportunity to strike while the proverbial iron is hot was not lost on the boys, who on Thursday included &quot;When I&#x27;m With You&quot; in their Wish Bus set, along with their most recent single, &quot;Trash.&quot;</p><div class="twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered" style="display:flex;max-width:550px;width:100%;margin-top:10px;margin-bottom:10px"><iframe id="twitter-widget-0" scrolling="no" frameBorder="0" allowtransparency="true" allowfullscreen="" style="position:static;visibility:visible;width:550px;height:576px;display:block;flex-grow:1" title="X Post" src="https://platform.twitter.com/embed/Tweet.html?dnt=false&amp;embedId=twitter-widget-0&amp;features=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%3D%3D&amp;frame=false&amp;hideCard=false&amp;hideThread=false&amp;id=1833834665196802266&amp;lang=en&amp;origin=https%3A%2F%2Fnews-workbench-web.abs-cbn.com%2F%23%2Fworkspace%2Fmonitoring%3Fitem%3Durn%3Anewsml%3Anews-workbench-api.abs-cbn.com%3A2024-09-13T10%3A31%3A55.914735%3A057077f1-6920-4b37-8c2b-fb3055374e34%26action%3Dedit&amp;sessionId=fb999be2d514cbe52be112567f7a619ac967fd97&amp;theme=light&amp;widgetsVersion=2615f7e52b7e0%3A1702314776716&amp;width=550px" data-tweet-id="1833834665196802266"></iframe></div><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charSet="utf-8"></script><p>On TikTok, Toreliza and Morishita each did a &quot;duet&quot; with a KaraoKeysPH piano accompaniment for the song&#x27;s chorus that was also just recently posted.</p><blockquote cite="https://www.tiktok.com/@bgyo_akira/video/7413756135678725384" class="tiktok-embed" data-video-id="7413756135678725384" id="v27197378149118388" style="max-width:605px;min-width:325px"><iframe style="width:100%;height:757px;display:block;visibility:unset;max-height:757px" name="__tt_embed__v27197378149118388" sandbox="allow-popups allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox allow-scripts allow-top-navigation allow-same-origin" src="https://www.tiktok.com/embed/v2/7413756135678725384?lang=en-US&amp;referrer=https%3A%2F%2Fnews-workbench-web.abs-cbn.com%2F%23%2Fworkspace%2Fmonitoring%3Fitem%3Durn%3Anewsml%3Anews-workbench-api.abs-cbn.com%3A2024-09-13T10%3A31%3A55.914735%3A057077f1-6920-4b37-8c2b-fb3055374e34%26action%3Dedit"></iframe></blockquote><script async="" src="https://www.tiktok.com/embed.js"></script><div><br/></div><blockquote cite="https://www.tiktok.com/@bgyo_jl/video/7412504543952522514" class="tiktok-embed" data-video-id="7412504543952522514" id="v67242287081147900" style="max-width:605px;min-width:325px"><iframe style="width:100%;height:743px;display:block;visibility:unset;max-height:743px" name="__tt_embed__v67242287081147900" sandbox="allow-popups allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox allow-scripts allow-top-navigation allow-same-origin" src="https://www.tiktok.com/embed/v2/7412504543952522514?lang=en-US&amp;referrer=https%3A%2F%2Fnews-workbench-web.abs-cbn.com%2F%23%2Fworkspace%2Fmonitoring%3Fitem%3Durn%3Anewsml%3Anews-workbench-api.abs-cbn.com%3A2024-09-13T11%3A05%3A17.258847%3A4341d3c9-8a98-4d63-b0e5-1424c0e12591%26action%3Dcorrect"></iframe></blockquote><script async="" src="https://www.tiktok.com/embed.js"></script><p>Those are aside from the inclusion of &quot;When I&#x27;m With You&quot; in BGYO&#x27;s Fiesta Filipino repertoire earlier this month, and its soundtrack treatment for a recap video of the members&#x27; California trip.</p><div><iframe src="https://www.facebook.com/plugins/video.php?height=314&amp;href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2FBGYO.PH%2Fvideos%2F439434579133604%2F&amp;show_text=false&amp;width=560&amp;t=0" width="560" height="314" style="border:none;overflow:hidden;--darkreader-inline-border-top:none;--darkreader-inline-border-right:none;--darkreader-inline-border-bottom:none;--darkreader-inline-border-left:none" scrolling="no" frameBorder="0" allowfullscreen="" data-darkreader-inline-border-top="" data-darkreader-inline-border-right="" data-darkreader-inline-border-bottom="" data-darkreader-inline-border-left=""></iframe></div><p>Credit also goes to BGYO&#x27;s loyal fanbase, with Mikki Claver expressing gratitude to &quot;all the people who share our music and of course our ACEs.&quot;</p><p>&quot;We&#x27;re always thankful,&quot; the group&#x27;s leader Gelo Rivera said, pertaining also to their recent North America events and their nomination in Brazil&#x27;s BreakTudo awards. &quot;Ang daming mga bagay na dapat ipagpasalamat, mga dapat na grateful kami.&quot;</p><div><span class="fr-video fr-deletable fr-fvc fr-dvb fr-draggable" contenteditable="false" draggable="true"><iframe width="640" height="360" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/uL2t74hHoDk?&amp;wmode=opaque&amp;rel=0" frameBorder="0" allowfullscreen="" class="fr-draggable"></iframe></span><br/></div>

<p>Even the members of BGYO were surprised by the sudden resurgence of their lovestruck pop track "When I'm With You," three years after it was first heard as a single.</p>

Even the members of BGYO were surprised by the sudden resurgence of their lovestruck pop track "When I'm With You," three years after it was first heard as a single.