| BINI | |
| ORIGIN | Manila, Philippines |
| Genre | OPM, P-POP, BubbleGum Pop |
| YEARS ACTIVE | 2020 - Present |
| LABELS | Star Magic (Agency) Star Music (Music Label) Star Hunt Academy (Training) |
| FANDOM | BLOOM |
2,3! Mabuhay! We are, BINI!
BINI, Official Greeting
BINI
, is an eight-member Filipino girl group formed by
ABS-CBN Star Hunt Academy,
consisting of
Aiah,
Colet,
Gwen,
Jhoanna,
Maloi,
Mikha,
Sheena,
and
Stacey. Their pre-debut single "
da Coconut Nut" was release on November 20, 2020.
The group Officialy debuted on June 11, 2021 with the release of their debut single
Born to win.
Name
The group's name was taken from the Filipino word binibini which means "young lady", anod to the group's vision to "embody the idea of a modern Filipina -- sweet, fierce, independent, and informed."
History
2019-2020: Star Hunt Academy Trainees
In 2018, ABS-CBN held a nationwide audition caravan dubbed as "Star Hunt: The Kapamily a Grand Audition". From these auditions, which held throughout the country and overseas. They selected 250 aspiring individuals to undergo a 5-day boot camp and trip them down to 50 aspirants. After few weeks the management further trim them down, and with addition of aspirant recommended bt talent scouts and former contestants from their reality shows, the first set of female Star Hunt Academy trainees were selected, which was originally composed of 12 girls.
They were officialy introducced as Star Hunt Academy Girl Trainees on August 2019.
While it is initially planned to debut a 9-member idol girl group, the 12 girl trainees were eventualy trimmed down to 8 girls: Maraiah Queen Arceta (Aiah), Ma. Nicollette Vergara (Colet), Mary Loi Yves Ricalde (Maloi), Gweneth Apuli(Gwen), Stacey Aubrey Sevilleja (Stacey), Mihkaela Janna Lim (Mikha), Sheena Mae Catacutan (Sheena), and Jhoanna Christine Robles (Jhoanna),
The group was trained from early 2019 to 2020 under renowned Filipino coaches like professional vocal coach and former chair of the Department of Voice, Music Theater and Dance at the University oof the Philippines College of Music Kitchy Molina, and Austrian-born dance coach Mickey Perz. They were further trained under South Korean coaches from MU Doctor Academy.
Throughout their training they were occasionaly invited to perform in various ABS-CBN mall shows to gain confidence in from of a live audience, while showcasing the fruit of their hours of rigorous training. They also appeared in 2019 National Youth Commission event, where they were proclaimed as Youth Ambassadors, and invited to perform at the 2019 Manila Southeast Asian Games thanksgiving celebration.
In May 2020, Direk Lauren Dyogi released a performance practice video of the group singin and dancing to 'Ngiti', sung by Young JV and Gary Valenciano on Twitter to show their progress in training.
In august 2020, the group participated in the Philippine Kpop Convention's Happy Hallyu Day 4 event, performing K-pop dance covers, including Red Velvet's In % Out, Twice's More & More and Blackpink's How You Like That.
On October 10, 2020, the last 8 remaining members shaped Girl trainees from the original 12 members, officially graduated from the Academy and announced to be pre-debuted on November 2020.
2020-2021: Pre-debut
For the group's pre-debut single, MU Doctor Academy and Korean music production group V03E collaborated to transform the popular novelty song 'Da Coconut Nut' into an electro-pop remake, originally composed by Filipino musician and National artist Ryan Cayabyab. MU Doctor also collaborated with choreographers Moon Yeon Joo and Kwak Seong Chan, who formerly worked with big groups from South Korea like Twice, BTS, Red Velvet, and Seventeen, t create the choreography.
On November 6, 2020, he official lyric video of their pre-debut single 'Da Coconut Nut' premiered on the group's official Youtube channel following the release of various teasers and the announcement of their group name, BINI. The official music video then premiered on November 20.
On November 21, 2020, Bini performed their first live performance of 'Da Coconut Nut' on the noontime variety show It's Showtime.
On December 4, 2020, Bini signed a contract with Star Magic and announced thata the group will have its official debut in 2021.
2021: Official Debut and First Album
On May 4, 2021, Bini official on twitter (now X) released their first debut tease with the tagline "Are you ready for the BINIverse?"
BINI officialy debuted on a two-part event BINI: The Launch.
The first part is "The Runway" held on June 4, 2021, which they showcased outfits designed by Filipino international fashion designer Francis Libiran and released the official music video of their debut single.
The second part is "The Showcase" on June 11, 2021, where they officially launched as one of the ABS0CBN Entertainment's idol group. A VTR about their journey as trainees and as a pre-debuted group was shown and they released the official music video for their debut single.
On June 13, 2021, BINI performed their debut single for the first time as a debuted group on ABS-CBN's sunday noontime varietyshow ASAP natin 'To. This was followed with multiple guestings and interviews from different shows in ABS-CBN for the promotion of their debut single.