Ariana Grande reacted to an Instagram post by a fan page that shows her local superfans attending UMG Philippines’ brighter days ahead – Official Philippine Watch Party on April 5 at Ayala Malls Manila Bay.
Photo: UMG Philippines
The event, which was attended by over 1,500 Arianators and visited by more than 3,000 people, celebrates the new release of Ariana, eternal sunshine deluxe: brighter days ahead and her short film, brighter days ahead.
“Absolutely crying” and “Oh, my heart” are some of the comments from the Grammy-award winner on a reel and a post by the Instagram page arianators.wildin, where the attendees screamed over a part of the short film plus random captures by Filipino fans during the event.
Photo: @arianators.wildin
Photo: @arianators.wildin
She also shared some of the photos posted on the same page on her Instagram stories, including the reel where she pasted a sticker saying “I love you sooooo much.” Furthermore, her mother, Joan Grande replied to a video of Arianators screaming “We love you Ariana from your Filipino Arianators!” with a post saying, “How lovely!!! Love back to you!!!!! xoxox.”
The event was filled with excited fans who got together to watch the short film on the metro’s largest 4K 3D LED from Ayala Malls Manila Bay.
Moreover, they were thrilled to experience the on-ground booths including a self-shoot photobooth by A Studios, a claw machine with official Ariana Grande merch, and some snacks to complete their watch party experience. Fans shared their experience on socials with #ArianaBrighterDaysPH.
Photo: UMG Philippines
To further brighten up the program, Filipino drag queens that are recognized by Ariana herself M1ss Jade So, Moonlight, and Izzy Xtra performed fan favorites from the album and got the venue hyped up with their special drag performances. Ariana previously shared a reel of M1ss Jade So performing her hit single we can’t be friends (wait for your love) in 2024 on her Instagram page.
Popular social media personality AC Soriano also hosted the event to the delight of the attendees. Arianators came prepared as selected fans joined the Ariana-oke, a superfan singing competition where they sang the new tracks from the deluxe album, and one of them took home an official Wicked vinyl featuring the character Glinda, played by Ariana in the movie.
Photo: UMG Philippines
eternal sunshine deluxe: brighter days ahead, released last March 28th, is currently the #1 album both on Spotify Philippines and Apple Music Philippines, where all tracks are charting on the respective Top Songs of the streaming platforms including twilight zone peaked at #1 on Apple Music Philippines. Ariana is also the #1 Weekly Top Artist on Spotify Philippines for the first time. All her studio albums since her debut are charting inside the Weekly Top Albums Philippines Charts.
