We've known BUM for a couple of years now. They've done remarkable collections, unbelievable shows and had the cream of the crop as far as endorsers go. They've been the authority as far as teen street fashion is concerned, and they're showing how they've been leading the pack in this show.
Worldwide soft drink brand Pepsi partnered with them in this capsule collection. What does this mean? They're becoming one, imagine how this would look like in merchandise. The logo, things that represent the Pepsi brand will be immortalized in shirts, caps, jackets, pants made for and by BUM.
I bring you the whole show in photos. Thank me later!
The first hour was all about this gorgeous lady DJ - they did this to put us on the mood first. On to the show!
Then the first lineup of models came out. The clothes were just so promising!
Have you seen that new show GRIND (Get Ready It's a New Day!) on GMA? I actually missed it last week so I'm a bit sad.
Good thing I had the chance to interview them this afternoon at Palm Grill in Tomas Morato. GMA organized a bloggers conference so we got to see the artists in this project. GRIND is produced by a new company called Wizpher Mac Productions who pitched this show and now it's shown on GMA right after i-Witness. It's a little late, but they were quite confident telling us that they know the story alone could get you hooked in this series. The aim is to bridge the gap between millenials and non millenials, a task quite difficult to understand but we all know that exists right? And let's face it, when people interact with them, they don't get along sometimes. It's a mystery how these not so kids anymore maintain their values. It shows the mindset of millenials, asks questions of why they are driven, how they also work hard for their family. In fact, they are just like the rest of us.
These yuppies are independent, expressive, everytime has a different outfit. Jazz Ocampo plays Solanj, a carefree soul who takes care of her best friend's coffee. Carlo and Solanj are best friends and business partners. Theirs is a pretty cool relationship, but does this automatically mean it's bound for romance?
In the pilot episode, they will start off at different situations, the guy got fired, two ladies had problems. So they got together and put up a COFFEE SHOP. It's where they all pour their passion, you'll see that in their eyes.
He is a millenial, an admitted overachiever. He is socially inept, with an unfriendly vibe, always in the zone, but says he's not really that cold. He keeps the relationships that means a lot to him. The daringness of his character is not just there to show it, it has a purpose, it mirrors young professionals and their lives. Bruno Gabriel quirps "This character may be older than I am but as an actor, this adds to versatility. Carlo succeeded early in college, like the millenials they are, it shows his different experiences. Sexy is just the way it is, I don't feel judged and I think it's a cultural thing."
They also told us about RK played by Benedict Campos. He's a previous Artist Center actor, but is now managed by a different outfit. They described his character like it's the worst among them adding "He's poor because of his own fault. He carries his trolly around like his home, but he's so positive and he's always the happy one. His character is gay, very realistic and not a clown. He attacks his role differently and we think he's the first one who passed the auditions with flying colors. When we read the script, we get surprised by how he executes it, and he's a very interesting character."
Jazz Ocampo adds "Solanj may be a different type of role, a yuppie but Artist Center knows how to put us in characters. I played different ones in the past and I don't think it'll affect our teen image because they train us at workshops, it equipped us in getting different roles."
Ayra Mariano plaus Louie in the show, she says "Louie is a millenial, always on the go, always picking up jobs everywhere and is working for her family with different siblings from differen races. She just ultimately wants to have someone to lean on."
So if you're not doing anything this weekend make GRIND a part of your watching habit. It's an interesting plot, very current, and won't short change you in small amounts of drama, romance, comedy all rolled into one! Again, it's on GMA right after i-Witness.
Thank you to their sponsors for giving away these items :) I like the shirts from BUM and cleaning stuff from Bench!
As a parting shot, here they are inviting you to watch the show!
Meeting them on this day got me excited because aside from the usual suspects like Nash, Miguel, Alexa and Bianca I was looking forward to meet two more endorsers for BUM as they shoot their BUM Back To School 2017 campaign.
Now I'm not going to lie to you that I was really disappointed that one of the new endorsers didn't get to appear for interviews because he did other things albeit being booked for this shoot in advanced and I tried to interview him during other events but he declined despite my efforts. So if you don't see him here, don't ask why.
Anyway we still have Jazz Ocampo, an up and coming GMA actress. She's pretty, articulate, and you can feel how glad she was with the opportunity to be with Nash, Alexa, Miguel and Bianca. She's also done her homework because as far as her modeling skills go, she's got tons of poses for the photographer. I was impressed! If you don't know her yet, you better take notice of her early because from the looks of it, she's got the x factor which will make her become a big star real soon. She's also donned countless commercials and TV shows as she's had a really good work history with TV5 too as she started with TV5's Star Factor.
Oh and before I start, you will be seeing part 2 of these BTS shots tomorrow :) so you guys stay tuned okay? Follow me on IG and Twitter @kumagcow please so you wouldn't miss any shots as I'm going to try and tease you more there!
When I arrived at the venue they were already shooting the layouts for the billboard and a couple of posters which you will see inside the stores. If you love Miguel, you'll love him more seeing how he kept his cool even under the sweltering heat of the sun!
Miguel and Bianca has already worked with Jazz in the past as all of them pretty much grew up together auditioning for different tv shows and commercials too.
Bianca being fierce as always. Then sweetheart Miguel shows how sweet he is with her.
See how pretty she is on camera? There's more of this on BUM's official Facebook page. :)
I was happy to see Nashie because once he spotted me he said "Kulang talaga yung BUM shoot pag wala ka" (The BUM shoot would really be incomplete without you) haha and we laughed so hard!
You could see how hot it was in Laguna when we did this shoot. I was dripping wet of sweat so I didn't make any movement and changed shirtd before I interviewed them. They were a little lucky because they change shirts every frame and someone takes charge in wiping off their sweat in between takes. I'm sure if that was a job there would be lots of volunteers for Nashie boy hahahah! Am I right?
Because Nash was hot Alexa drank a glass of ice cold water! Haha :)
Nash also did that also during our small talk.
Alexa all smiles, she was really fun to interview as she was also telling me about the airplay she's getting with her new single. Hopefully she will do more mall tours and shows real soon. Please make sure you send requests to malls where there are BUM branches if you want to see them. Because without that they won't be able to come to you.
Stay tuned for tomorrow's post! I hope you enjoy these interviews with Nash, Alexa and new BUM ambassador Jazz Ocampo!
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