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BINI during the rehearsals for their Coachella 2026 performance. MJ Felipe, ABS-CBN News

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Anna Cerezo

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<div><span class="fr-img-caption fr-fic fr-dib" style="width:960px;display:block" width="960"><span class="fr-img-wrap"><img src="https://od2-image-api.abs-cbn.com/prod/editorImage/17764785005551775638188744viber_image_2026-04-08_16-27-56-410.jpg.webp" style="width:960px" class="fr-fic fr-dib" width="960"/><span class="fr-inner" style="text-align:left">BINI during the rehearsals for their Coachella 2026 performance. <em>MJ Felipe, ABS-CBN News</em></span></span></span></div><p>MANILA — BINI returned to the Coachella stage for Weekend 2 with another impactful set reflecting their evolving identity.</p><p>The &quot;nation’s girl group&quot; opened with “Strings,” a production they developed in close collaboration with arrangers Choi Padilla and Errol Apacible.</p><div><a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/entertainment/showbiz/music/2026/4/8/bini-members-share-acts-they-hope-to-watch-at-coachella-2026-1658">BINI members share acts they hope to watch at Coachella 2026</a></div><p>“Stacey sent me a DM. She sent me a ‘peg’... like an inspiration. We were able to align more with the sound they wanted because, initially, that was the sound we envisioned doing. They were very hands-on,” Padilla recalled.</p><p>The song’s details reveal a long journey behind the scenes. What played before an international crowd began as a simple medley the arrangers created years earlier, now reworked alongside the artists they admired.</p><div><span class="fr-video fr-deletable fr-fvc fr-dvb fr-draggable" contenteditable="false" draggable="true"><iframe width="640" height="360" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/_oG9ps2Kfr8?&amp;wmode=opaque&amp;rel=0" frameBorder="0" allowfullscreen="" class="fr-draggable"></iframe></span><br/></div><p>The original cover consisted of “Golden Arrow,” “Born to Win,” and “Lagi.”</p><div><a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/entertainment/showbiz/music/2026/4/13/behind-the-arrangement-of-bini-s-set-at-coachella-0117">Behind the arrangement of BINI&#x27;s set at Coachella<br/></a></div><p>“The dance break for ‘Strings’ was from our cover some four years ago. We thought it really suited ‘Strings,’ but I made the strings tighter to preserve the character and identity of the song. We took it from ‘Born to Win’ and put it into ‘Strings,’”  Apacible explained.</p><p>“We met BINI for our project then. We did ‘Golden Arrow,’ ‘Lagi,’ then ‘Born to Win.’ Seeing that dance break actually being used—I was waiting to cry. It&#x27;s incredible; from covering their songs on YouTube, Errol and I did a medley four years ago,” Padilla added.</p>

<p>BINI returned to the Coachella stage for Weekend 2 with another impactful set reflecting their evolving identity.</p>

BINI returned to the Coachella stage for Weekend 2 with another impactful set reflecting their evolving identity.

BINI hands-on for 'Strings' arrangement; arrangers use old cover for new set

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BINI hands-on for 'Strings' arrangement; arrangers use old cover for new set

Anna Cerezo,

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Published April 18, 2026 10:21 AM PHT

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Updated April 18, 2026 11:52 AM PHT

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