This Band (band)

This Band
This Band members (from left to right), Ar-Em Gubat, Melvin Carson, Euwie Loria, Andee Manzano, John Macaranas, and Mikki Galvan.
This Band members (from left to right), Ar-Em Gubat, Melvin Carson, Euwie Loria, Andee Manzano, John Macaranas, and Mikki Galvan.
Background information
OriginLas Piñas, Metro Manila, Philippines
Genres
Years active2017–present
LabelsViva Records
MembersAndee Manzano
Euwie Loria
Mikki Galvan
John Macaranas
Melvin Carson
Ar-Em Gubat

This Band is an indie pop rock band based in Las Piñas, Philippines. They are best known for their sleeper hit single "Kahit Ayaw Mo Na."[1] The official music video for the song reached 22 million views, and the official lyric video reached 6.5 million views.[2][3]

Career

In 2017, This Band started performing as a band at KM17 Place and several food parks in Las Piñas. The band went through various male singers before finding Andrea Manzano whose voice is being compared to KZ Tandingan.[4] Andrea used to sing for a Christian band in her local church before joining the band.[5] Later on, they released their first single, "Kahit Ayaw Mo Na". Their next single, "Hindi Na Nga", reached 17 million views on YouTube.[6]

Members

Current members

Discography

Singles

As lead artist

Title Year Album
"Kahit Ayaw Mo Na" 2018 Non-album singles
"Bitaw Na"
"Tampisaw"
"Hindi Na Nga"
"Ligaya?" 2019
"'Di Na Babalik"
"Nang Iwan"
'"Wala Na ang Init"
(with Pusakalye)
"'Di Sapat Pero Tapat"
"Rebound" 2020
"Sinungaling Ka" Huwag Matakot
"Kaya Sorry Na"
"Bakit Ganon"
"Aalis Ka Rin"
"'Di Susuko"
"No Label"
"Huwag Matakot"
"'Di Na Babalik - Acoustic" 2021 This Band Stripped Down Album
"'Di Sapat Pero Tapat - Acoustic"
"Kahit Ayaw Mo Na - Acoustic"
"Nang Iwan - Acoustic"
"Hindi Na Nga - Acoustic"
"Wala Ka Nang Magagawa" Non-album singles

Promotional singles

Title Year Album
"Sa Nangungulila"
(with Sarah Geronimo) 		2019 Coke Studio Season 03
"Kilometro"
(cover of the Sarah Geronimo song)
"Liwanag sa Dilim"
(cover of the Rivermaya song) 		2020 Rico Blanco Songbook
(Various Artists)

Soundtrack appearances

Title Year Album
"Kahit Ayaw Mo Na" 2018 Kahit Ayaw Mo Na (Soundtrack)[9]
"'Di Na Babalik" 2020 Love the Way You Lie (Soundtrack)[10]

Awards and nominations

Name of the award ceremony, year presented, award category, nominee(s) of the award, and the result of the nomination
Award ceremony Year Category Nominee(s)/work(s) Result Ref.
Asian Academy Creative Awards 2020 Best Branded Program or Series "Coke Studio Season 3: Family Feels featuring Sarah Geronimo and This Band" Won [11]
Awit Awards 2019 Album of the Year "Kahit Ayaw Mo Na" Nominated [12][13]
Best Performance by a Group Recording Artist Won
Best Performance by a New Group Recording Artist Nominated
Record of the Year Nominated
Song of the Year Nominated
MOR Pinoy Music Awards 2019 Band of the Year Nominated [14]
PMPC Star Awards for Music Song of the Year Nominated [15]
"Hindi Na Nga" Nominated
Village Pipol Choice Awards Group Performer of the Year "This Band" Nominated [16]

References

  1. ^ Bonifacio, Mark (17 January 2019). "This Band breaks through Spotify's Global Viral Charts". Manila Times. Retrieved 16 August 2019.
  2. ^ "Kahit Ayaw Mo Na - This Band [Official Music Video]", Viva Records, 28 April 2018, retrieved 8 July 2019
  3. ^ "Kahit Ayaw Mo Na - This Band [Official Lyric Video]", Viva Records, 14 April 2018, retrieved 8 July 2019
  4. ^ Losorata, Yugel (26 December 2018), "Bands on the run", Manila Standard, retrieved 16 August 2019
  5. ^ Policarpio, Allan (7 May 2019). "For This Band, 'every emotion is equivalent to a song'". Philippine Daily Inquirer. Retrieved 16 August 2019.
  6. ^ Hindi Na Nga - This Band [Official Music Video], 14 September 2018, retrieved 2021-09-23
  7. ^ Liwanag, Punch (19 November 2018). "This Band doing it right". Manila Bulletin. Retrieved 16 August 2019.
  8. ^ Baby A. Gill (24 December 2018). "Presenting : This Band". Philstar Global. Retrieved 9 March 2019.
  9. ^ "Kahit ayaw mo na (2018) - IMDb". IMDb.
  10. ^ "Love the Way U Lie". Netflix. Retrieved August 20, 2020.
  11. ^ "ABS-CBN titles lead PH winners at Asian Academy Creative Awards". 15 October 2020.
  12. ^ "Awit Awards 2019: Full list of nominees". Abs-CBN News. July 23, 2019. Retrieved January 23, 2020.
  13. ^ "FULL LIST: Winners, Awit Awards 2019". October 11, 2019. Retrieved January 23, 2020.
  14. ^ "2020 MOR Pinoy Music Awards Nominees". onemusic.ph. Retrieved 2019-04-19.
  15. ^ "Nominees for 2019 Star Awards for Music". news.abs-cbn.com. Retrieved 2019-10-30.
  16. ^ "Village Pipol Choice Awards 2019: Full and official list of nominees". villagepipol.com. December 4, 2019. Retrieved June 22, 2021.


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