BGYO

Photo for ABS-CBN Ball 2023

**BGYO** (formerly known as **Star Hunt Academy Boys** or **SHA Boys**) is a five-member boy group under Star Music. They made their official debut on January 29, 2021 with the single "The Light".

Their group name stands for “**B**e the Change, **G**o Further, **Y**ou and I, **O**riginally Filipino".

## Career

### 2018 - 2020: Pre-debut

From 2018 to 2020, the group trained with the Star Hunt Academy Girls which is now BINI, and the group also released shows or vlogs on Facebook and YouTube with the SHA Girls from 2019 to 2020. The group was also formed from the company ABS-CBN and Star Hunt Academy, led by Direk Lauren Dyogi and MC Doctor from South Korea. Before the group debuted, they also appeared in various shows from ABS-CBN as the group's promotional.

On December 4, 2020, the group signed under Star Magic along with BINI.

### 2021: Official debut, First Comeback

In 2021, the group underwent a temporarily hiatus and released series and teasers related to their upcoming debut, the group revealed their official group name and logo via social media, the group released their first single and debut on January 29, 2021 at 12 AM PST and released their music video at 8 PM PST at night, accompanied by their first concert "Be The Light: The BGYO Launch ".

On August 20, 2021, the group released their first official comeback song which is "The Baddest".

### 2022: *Best Time*, Tumitigil Ang Mundo, *Be:Us*

Star Music has announced that BGYO is set to release a new song entitled ‘Best Time’ as part of ‘He’s Into Her’ Season 2 official soundtrack. In the audio sampler released on March 19, a snippet of the upcoming BGYO track was teased along with the other songs from Nameless Kids, Trisha Denise, and Jon Guelas.

On July 5, 2022, Star Music announced that the group will have another comeback single titled “Tumitigil Ang Mundo" (Eng: The World Stops) to be released on July 13, 2022 at 6PM PHT.

On July 24, 2022, a collaboration mix single, "LAGIng Tumitigil Ang Mundo" was released as a mash-up of "Tumitigil Ang Mundo" and "Lagi" by BINI as a special collaboration mash-up.

On October 10, 2022, the group announced their comeback album, *Be:Us*, the group also revealed the title track of the 2nd album which is *Magnet* and the Key track, *PNGNP*. The album was officially released on November 3, 2022.

## Members

 Akira | Lead Vocalist, Main Visual
 JL | Main Vocalist
 Mikki | Main Rapper
 Nate | Main Dancer, Sub-Rapper, Bunso (youngest)

## Discography

### Studio albums

* *The Light* (2021)
* *Be:Us* (2022)

### Digital singles

* "The Light" (2021)
* "The Baddest" (2021)
* "Tumitigil Ang Mundo" (2022)
* "Magnet" (2022)

### Collaborations

* "Runnin'" (with Keiko Necesario) (2021)
* "Feel Good Pilipinas" (with KZ Tandingan) (2021)
* "Up!" (with BINI) (2022)
* "LAGIng Tumitigil Ang Mundo" (with BINI) (2022)

### OSTs

* *He's Into Her OST* ("He's Into Her") (2021)
* *Bola Bola OST* ("Mahal Na Kita") (2022)
* *He's Into Her Season 2 OST* ("Best Time") (2022)
* *Darna OST* ("Patuloy Lang Ang Paglipad") (2022)
* *An Inconvenient Love OST* ("Tumitigil Ang Mundo") (2022)

## Concerts

### Concert participations

* Feel Good Pilipinas Global Independence Day Caravan (2021)
* ALL FOR ONE (Canadian Multiculturalism Day): Celebrating Unity in Diversity (2021)
* He's Into Her : The Benison Ball (2021)
* One Dream : The BINI x BGYO Concert (2021)
* 1MX Dubai 2021 (Filipino Music Festival) (2021)
* ONE DREAM: The BINI and BGYO Concert Version 2022 (2022)
* 2022 PPOPCON (2022)
* A Light of Hope Virtual Concert: for the Youth, their Moms and Educators (2022)
* Tugatog (2022)
* BE YOU: The World will Adjust Benefit Concert (2022)
* Star Magic 30th Anniversary Tour: Beyond The Stars (2022)

## References

1. ↑ Star Music (@StarMusicPH) July 5, 2022 post
2. ↑ BGYO announce sophomore album ‘BE:US’ and lead singles ‘Magnet’ and ‘PNGNP’
3. ↑ BGYO professes love in new album "BE: US"
4. ↑ Asian Academy Awards - Gala Finals
5. ↑ Prêmio Anual K4US (PAK2021) - Nominee
6. ↑ PUSH Awards 2020
7. ↑ 11 ABS-CBN personalities and programs hailed as national winners at 2021 Asian Academy Creative Awards
8. ↑ Presenting the TV shows recognized by Asian Academy Creative Awards 2021
9. ↑ "He's into Her" wins at Asian Academy Creative Awards
10. ↑ Full Philippine winners of Asian Academy Creative Awards (AAAs)
11. ↑ Here's how you can vote for your favorite artists at the 34th Awit Awards
12. ↑ RAWR Awards is all set for Another Bigger, Broader Scope of Awards this 2021
13. ↑ Here's how you can vote for your favorite artists at the 34th Awit Awards
14. ↑ Here are the winners for PUSH Awards 2021
15. ↑ LOOK: Members of SB19, BGYO, BINI, and KAIA gather for an intimate dinner celebration
16. ↑ Preview Creative 25: Meet This Year's Most Promising Talents from the Local Art Scene
17. ↑ These 4 Artists Are Successfully Championing Filipino Music Amid a Global Pandemic

## Official links

* Facebook
* Instagram
* Kumu
* TikTok
* Twitter
* YouTube