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Coke Studio Live: From Dionela to Lauv, here are 5 moments that brought the house down

By NIKA ROQUE, GMA Integrated News

Coke Studio Live: From Dionela to Lauv, here are 5 moments that brought the house down

Coke Studio returned for its 2025 edition, and it was yet another memorable night of live music, collaborations, and community.

Held at the Smart Araneta Coliseum on Friday night, the event brought together rising and prominent OPM artists ranging from alt-pop to R&B, and rock to P-Pop.

American singer-songwriter Lauv returned to the country and performed for his Filipino fans again.

Here are memorable moments from Coke Studio:

Alamat and MRLD rocked on

Alamat opened Coke Studio Live with an energetic performance of “Hiraya,” followed by “Sa ‘Yo Pa Rin” and “Dagundong.”

MRLD followed up on the high energy with a marching band, and performed “Ikaw Pa Rin,” “Ligaya,” and “Sandali.” It was MRLD’s first Coke Studio and first Araneta show.

 

 

Alamat and MRLD then performed “Rock Baby,” their sexy collaboration that samples VST & Company’s “Rock Baby Rock.” MRLD even performed the choreography with Alamat, to the song that blends Alamat’s P-Pop elements and MRLD’s smooth pop and R&B.

At the pre-concert press interviews, MRLD shared that this year’s concept is taking classic OPM songs and putting a new twist on them. The artists shared that they enjoyed experimenting with the song.

Over October and Ena Mori’s Coke Studio debut

Over October made a rocking Coke Studio debut with performances of “Bitin,” “Kaakit Akit,” “Lumayo,” and of course, their hit song “Ikot.”

Ena Mori then brought her art pop energy with “SOS,” “Trust Me,” and “King of the Night.”

The artists also sang their Coke Studio collaboration, “Tulad ng Dati,” which samples Sam Concepcion and Tippy Dos Santos’ “Dati.”

 

 

A unique take about reminiscing on the past, Over October and Ena Mori blended each other’s pop rock and art pop genres.

“There was something about [our creative process] that was kind of challenging but in a good way,” Ena Mori said during the pre-show interviews.

Over October guitarist Josh Lua added, “We had a lot of themes that we considered, eventually making it as a barkada song.”

Dionela and Alex Bruce sing about situationships
 
Alex Bruce’s set started by singing in the audience and performing “Bling” with her backup dancers.

Meanwhile, Dionela made the Araneta crowd sing along with him for “Oksihina,” “Marilag,” and “Sining.”

 

 

The singers then got together to perform their collaboration, “Fall Season,” which samples “Migraine” by Moonstar88.

Dionela said the collaboration was “isa ‘to sa mga pinaka masaya. Sobrang galing ni Alex, as in.”

Alex added, “First time ko to collaborate with a singer and sobra ‘kong masaya na I get to work with the one and only [Dionela].”

Orchestra of the Filipino Youth x BINI

The Orchestra of the Filipino Youth performed their rendition of BINI’s “Blooming” from Coke Studio 2024.
 
Then to end the night after all the performances, BINI and the OFY performed their new collaboration “Oxygen” to excited fans.

A representative of OFY said working with BINI was very exciting.

“Working with BINI gave us a lot of knowledge and memorable experiences po since this is our first time po to collaborate and perform with BINI,” another member added.

 

 

And of course, the Araneta crowd sang and danced their hearts out as BINI performed “Blooming,” “Blink Twice,” and “Salamin, Salamin.”

It was a memorable set as the girls also had a lot of crowd interactions, with the audience even singing “Happy Birthday” for Colet. Jhoanna also thanked the fans for coming out and supporting OPM.

Lauv is back in Manila

Lauv’s 16-song set was an emotional roller coaster—but in the best way. With songs about falling in love and heartbreak, the singer gave such a lively performance that even his more emotional songs made audiences scream, sing along, and dance.

He performed a variety of old and new songs, including his hits like “Paris in the Rain,” “Who,” “Superhero,” and of course, “I Like Me Better.”

Lauv made it clear that he loves his Filipino fans, even coming down from the stage to sing with them during “Love U Like That” and “Fuck, I’m Lonely.” He held fans’ hands and signed autographs.

 

 

He also cried several times during his set, and expressed his love for his Filipino fans.

“I fucking love you guys so so so so so so much,” he said.

“Every time I’m here, it brings me back to the first time I came and we just keep growing together and I’m just so thankful to be here on the stage,” he added. “I was crying right before I came onstage and seeing you guys, I was crying just now. I love you.”

Lauv also gave out a “Mahal ko kayo” and told fans that he is excited to release new music soon. —JCB, GMA Integrated News

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