BINI members. Image: Instagram/@bini_ph
Fans of BINI—dubbed as Blooms—were concerned after noticing that the accounts of the P-pop girl group members, except that of Jhoanna Robles, were banned from video platform TikTok.
The pages of Aiah Arceta, Colet Vergara, Maloi Ricalde, Gwen Apuli, Stacey Sevilleja, Mikha Lim and Sheena Catacutan cannot be accessed as of Saturday afternoon, June 15.
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Netizens took to X (formerly Twitter) to call on the platform’s management and BINI’s record label Star Music Philippines to take action on the incident.
7/8!!!! 🤬
Please do something about BINI members’ banned tiktok accounts (bini_aiah), (bini_maloi), (bini_gwen), (bini_stacey), (bini_mikha), (bini_sheena) and (bini_colet) @TikTokSupport @TikTokPH @StarMusicPH @BINI_ph pic.twitter.com/lNAB3jgkgM
— taurus | fan (@tausjnk) June 15, 2024
WHAT’S GOING ON WITH BINI’S TIKTOK ACCS FJSJFHISDIJEHRNE pic.twitter.com/Mp3l1R4zI7
— nyc :P (@lovermaloi) June 15, 2024
si mimasaur nalang natitira… @BINI_ph @StarMusicPH please do something to fix your artists’ accounts on tiktok. pic.twitter.com/YujfFfWEYi
— eleris. (@staceygirlsfine) June 15, 2024
it happened once and they haven’t even done anything to get all of their accounts verified 😤
Please do something about BINI members’ banned tiktok accounts (bini_aiah), (bini_colet), (bini_maloi), (bini_gwen), (bini_stacey), (bini_mikha) and (bini_sheena) @TikTokSupport…
— taurus | fan (@tausjnk) June 15, 2024
if may update regarding their tiktok accounts, can it be posted on the @BINI_ph instead? it’s not that hard to post updates from the official account, use it.
— sol ౨ৎ (@hallyupotter) June 15, 2024
Maloi then expressed dismay via her X page, although she did not explicitly state if she was indeed referring to the TikTok incident.
“Nakikita namin kayo. Tandaan niyo ‘yan,” she said without expounding.
Image: X/@maloi_ricalde
The group’s management already released a statement on the matter, saying they “reached out to TikTok to request their assistance in recovering the banned accounts.”
“Additionally, we have been in constant communication with them regarding the verification of BINI’s TikTok profiles,” it noted.
#BINI : Advisory pic.twitter.com/i2RDrL1ti3
— BINI_PH (@BINI_ph) June 15, 2024
BINI made their debut in 2021 with their single “Born to Win.” They recently celebrated their third anniversary with sold-out “BINIverse” concerts.
The eight-member group, known for their hit songs “Pantropiko,” “Karera,” “Salamin, Salamin,” among many others, is also set to hold shows in Baguio, Cebu and General Santos City in July, and in Canada in August.