WATCH: Kathryn Bernardo, Alden Richards hop on “Maybe This Time” dance challenge

Kathryn Bernardo and Alden Richards doing the “Maybe This Time” viral dance challenge | Image: TikTok/@aldenrichardsph

Kathryn Bernardo and Alden Richards delighted their fans as they finally took on Sarah Geronimo’s viral “Maybe This Time” dance challenge.

In his TikTok account on Thursday night, Sept. 26, Richards uploaded a video of him and Bernardo totally engrossed in doing the dance challenge.

“Maybe this time, we’ll make that future happen. #HelloLoveAgain,” the actor wrote in his caption.

As of this writing, the video gathered 4.1 million views, almost 440,000 likes, and 6,115 comments. 

Bernardo and Richards are set to star in “Hello, Love, Again,” reprising their roles as Joy and Ethan, respectively, in the 2019 blockbuster “Hello, Love, Goodbye.”

The second teaser of the much-anticipated sequel was released on Wednesday, Sept. 25, and showed the pair’s characters turning unaffectionate toward each other, stirring excitement and confusion from the audience.

In a previous interview, Richards shared that filming “Hello, Love, Again” made him closer to Bernardo as they were given the chance to get to know each other more.

“Mas naging solid, mas naging close, mas nakilala namin ang isa’t isa (We became more solid, we became closer, and we got to know each other better). You really get to know the person once you work with her in a set-up na matagal magkasama (for a long time),” he said at the time. 

Directed by Cathy Garcia-Sampana, “Hello, Love, Again” is set to premiere on Nov. 13. Aside from Bernardo and Richards, other cast members include Joross Gamboa and Jeffrey Tam.

Meanwhile, Geronimo’s cover of “Maybe This Time” recently took over TikTok and became the latest dance trend. Since it went viral in July, hundreds of netizens and many celebrities like actress Ysabel Ortega, actor Dennis Trillo, Stell Ajero of SB19, Sheena Catacutan of BINI, and two-time Olympic gold medalist Carlos Yulo have joined the dance craze.

“Maybe This Time” was originally performed by American country singer-songwriter Michael Martin Murphey in 1983.

Geronimo released her version of the song as the soundtrack for her 2014 film “Maybe This Time,” in which she starred opposite Coco Martin.