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Ben&Ben to Launch New ‘Liwanag House’ Concept Store with Robinsons Galleria Concert

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Heads up! <a href="~/">Ben&amp;Ben</a> and Robinsons Galleria are teaming up for the Grand Launch of the Liwanag House, the newest concept store made specifically for the band’s growing community of partners, supporters, and fans.<div><iframe allow="autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen="" frameBorder="0" height="476" scrolling="no" src="https://www.facebook.com/plugins/video.php?height=476&amp;href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2FRobGalleriaOrtigas%2Fvideos%2F1091624525267988%2F&amp;show_text=false&amp;width=267&amp;t=0" style="border:none;overflow:hidden" width="267"></iframe></div>Aside from special activities and personalized experiences for their fanbase, Liwanag House will serve as a homebase for exclusive releases and limited-edition merch from <a href="~/">Ben&amp;Ben</a>.The intimate space will also host community-driven gatherings that aim to attract a diverse array of participants and projects. Simply put, Ben&amp;Ben wants to create a place where everyone feels heard, valued, and welcomed.To mark the official launch of the Liwanag House, Ben&amp;Ben will be performing at the atrium of Robinsons Galleria on May 18, 2024. The nine-piece band is set to perform some of their biggest and most acclaimed hits, including the viral smash <a href="~/">“Sa Susunod Na Habang Buhay”</a> and their new single “<a href="https://bb.tunelink.to/comets">COMETS</a>,” which dropped a few days ago on all digital music platforms.<div><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen="" frameBorder="0" height="315" referrerPolicy="strict-origin-when-cross-origin" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/yB2J6kXxJIY?si=TSk5lzHRQmR6GRx7" title="YouTube video player" width="560"></iframe><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen="" frameBorder="0" height="315" referrerPolicy="strict-origin-when-cross-origin" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/UxvwT2nXOJU?si=JfCHsauxbUZysQaC" title="YouTube video player" width="560"></iframe></div>With these easy steps, everyone will have the chance to score exclusive passes and watch them live:1. Download the RMalls+ app (if you haven&#x27;t already).2. Visit Robinsons Galleria from May 14-17, 2024 (Tuesday to Friday).3. Enjoy shopping and dining at your favorite stores, and keep your receipts.4. Present your RMalls+ app voucher and a purchase receipt at the Guest Services Booth of Robinsons Galleria (from 11 a.m. to 8 p.m.).Robinsons Malls is also offering a chance to meet the band up close and personal at the Grand Opening of Liwanag House at Level 4, ADB Wing of Robinsons Galleria, which will take place on May 18. Here, everyone can score exclusive merch and take selfies with the band’s memorabilia. As an added treat, participants can also get a glimpse of the award-winning group doing rehearsals and get a chance to see Ben&amp;Ben manning the store right before the concert starts.Other than the Liwanag House, Robinsons Galleria offers an exciting selection of first-in-the-metro dining concepts like the newly opened Don Don Tei, Fat Daddy, and Palgakdo; unique finds at Flying Tiger; and other hang-out activities to enjoy the perfect weekend at the mall. Robinsons Galleria is also home to family-friendly, amusement park centers like PlayLab, Winter Magic and Timezone.The multi-awarded Filipino band also invites their listeners on a journey of self-introspection with the release of their aforementioned new 2024 single “<a href="https://bb.tunelink.to/comets">COMETS</a>,” currently out via <a href="~/">Sony Music Entertainment</a>. The track has amassed almost 280,000 Spotify streams and almost 100,000 YouTube views a week after its release.“Though mostly dwelling on that feeling of loss, the song ends with the hopeful realization of gratitude—being thankful for ever having experienced any of it at all,” Ben&amp;Ben explains in a press statement.According to Paolo Benjamin and Miguel Benjamin, the songwriters’ behind <a href="~/">“COMETS,”</a> the pop-rock tune was inspired by the many losses of people that they’ve encountered in different parts of their lives over the past four years: breakups, end of friendships, parting ways with professional relationships.﻿“With each loss comes a painful process of asking why the nature of life is as such,” reveals Ben&amp;Ben. “The answer is hardly ever straightforward, but reveals itself over long periods of time. &#x27;COMETS&#x27; is an expression of that very journey, and hopes to help the listener through these realities in their lives too.”“COMETS” has gone through several iterations since the band started jamming it together in the latter parts of 2021. The Filipino band admits that it’s one of the songs that they’ve spent the longest trying to fine tune and play around with, in terms of arrangement and song structure. Eventually, Ben&amp;Ben found the right musical direction and vision for the song, pulling from their own experience of loss to settle on a version that they’re most comfortable working with.The bonafide hitmakers eventually recruited Indonesian producer Petra Sihombing to be part of the project, adding final but pivotal touches to the track.“He flew in to help us bring the song to the next level, with his own additions in both the arrangement and post production of the track,” the nine-piece collective recounts. “The band probably had about 90% of the song down, but it was Petra&#x27;s very weighty 10% that really helped make the song what it is now.”<div>A message to LIWANAG</div>The band hopes that LIWANAG, their fanbase, would resonate to the parting words of the song, particularly the lines, “though these nights are turning gray, still I am thankful for what&#x27;s passed I know there will come a day when I will finally understand.” For Ben&amp;Ben, gratitude and hope can come without totally understanding the &quot;whys&quot; behind it all.“We&#x27;re on the same journey of finding these answers ourselves — of why life is fleeting. And with that hope comes the strength and courage we need to keep going, to keep loving, and to keep on finding meaning in our experiences.”

The award-winning band who just released their emotionally-captivating new single 'Comets' will be performing at the atrium on May 18