The Araneta Coliseum was packed from the floor to the rafters on the first day of M2M's "The Better Endings" concert in Manila, last Thursday, May 1.

The Norwegian pop duo of Marion Raven and Marit Larsen sang their phenomenal hits and more during the almost two-hour concert. They performed 18 songs, including their '90s mega hits 'Don't Say You Love Me,' 'The Day You Went Away,' 'Everything You Do,' 'Everything,' 'Mirror Mirror,' and even their solo tracks outside their duo career.

The two pulled off a laid-back vibe with their guitars and strummed their ballad 'Pretty Boy' as the crowd sang along. 

In between, you would hear giggles from Marit. She even askes the crowd, 'Is this even real?' finding herself amazed at how the Filipino crowd responded and sang along with them.

At one point, they even shared their fondest Manila memory, two decades ago, when they visited SM Megamall. "There's this one thing that we really, really remember from Manila, and that is the Megamall. We had an autograph signing; we're just gonna write some autographs, and 10,000 people showed up. It was crazy," said Marion. "We're very happy that all of you came today."

Marit also thanked the fans for keeping the M2M light burning through the years, even though they went on with their separate lives outside the duo.

"Our concert wouldn't work; this idea wouldn't make any sense if you haven't kept these songs alive. You don't understand what that means. And writing songs is our whole life," said Marit.

Marion added, "And we just wanna thank you for keeping our music alive. Salamat."