The Juans

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About The Juans

From Boy Group Concept to Pop Band

The Juans came together in 2013 under the Viva umbrella, and the original plan was not a band at all. Management first envisioned a song and dance boy group, but the choreography never quite clicked. Since nearly all of the boys could play an instrument, the five were repackaged as an instrument-wielding pop band instead.

The name was born at a coffee shop, right after the boys watched a One Direction concert. Someone jokingly floated “D’ Juans,” and the pun stuck. It soon grew into The Juans and became a mission statement: Juan is the Filipino everyman, and the band wanted to prove that any ordinary Juan can dream big and make it.

Their self-titled debut EP arrived in 2015, carrying early tracks like “Atin ang Mundo” and “Prom,” a song that later took home a trophy at the Wish Music Awards. In 2016 they interpreted “Binibini sa MRT,” a finalist entry at the PhilPop songwriting festival, while the heartbreak singles “Nasayang Lang” and “Istorya” steadily won fans over. “Balisong,” their theme for the film 100 Tula Para Kay Stella, followed in 2017.

The 2018 Reset

As the band’s five-year contract with Viva Records wound down in 2018, Jiad Arroyo, Jason de Mesa, and Daniel Grospe decided it was time to move on to other pursuits. The transition played out publicly in the docu-series We Are the Juans, and the chapter closed with the release of the EP Umaga.

Carl Guevarra and Japs Mendoza chose to keep the name alive. Rather than holding showbiz auditions, they turned to the church community they served with in Malolos, Bulacan, and recruited three fellow church musicians: bassist Chael Adriano, guitarist RJ Cruz, and drummer Joshua Coronel.

“Hindi Tayo Pwede” and the Streaming Boom

Tucked into the Umaga EP was a ballad called “Hindi Tayo Pwede.” In 2019, a cover video by singer-actress Janine Teñoso went viral on Facebook and sent listeners hunting for the original. The song shot to number one on Spotify Philippines’ Viral 50 chart and turned the rebuilt Juans into a streaming phenomenon.

The hit kept growing, passing 170 million combined streams on YouTube and Spotify by late 2021. Viva even built a 2020 movie around the song, with the band on soundtrack duty, and the film later landed on Netflix. In January 2021, the song’s Wishclusive won Pop Performance of the Year at the 6th Wish Music Awards.

The follow-ups proved the smash was no fluke. “Sirang Plaka” topped Billboard’s LyricFind Global chart, the band cracked the top ten of Billboard’s Next Big Sound chart, and the duet “BTNS” with Janine Teñoso won Wishclusive Collaboration of the Year. “Dulo” then took home Wish Ballad Song of the Year in early 2022.

Crossing Over: The Four-Piece Era

The band released its first full-length album, Liwanag, in March 2022. A few months later, drummer Joshua Coronel bowed out, citing personal matters and a growing family, an amicable exit that left The Juans as the four-piece of Carl, Japs, Chael, and RJ.

The new formation wasted no time. In October 2022, they headlined their first major solo concert at the Smart Araneta Coliseum. The Back Home EP came in 2023, and in 2024 they teamed up with P-pop group Alamat for “gupit,” a playful breakup anthem built around the Filipino tradition of the post-heartbreak haircut.

The year 2025 marked a decade since their recording debut, and they celebrated hard. The single “Pasensyoso” opened the festivities, the anniversary album TAWID arrived in September, and a launch show at the SM North EDSA Skydome plus a nationwide mall tour kept them busy. The album also features “Ano Ba Talaga Tayo?” with Janine Berdin.

One of their sweetest recent chapters unfolded in Singapore in November 2025. With only around 90 tickets initially sold, the band posted a heartfelt plea and busked around the city, and the show ended up completely sold out. The momentum carries into 2026 with a cinematic song film for “Ngiti” and a first European tour, with stops in Madrid, Paris, and Milan lined up for September.

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Albums

• Liwanag (2022)
• TAWID (2025)
• TAWID (Live) (2025)

EPs

• The Juans (2015)
• Umaga (2018)
• Back Home (2023)

Singles

• Atin ang Mundo (2015)
• Prom (2015)
• Binibini sa MRT (2016)
• Nasayang Lang (2016)
• Balisong (2017)
• Istorya (2017)
• ‘Yan Tayo, Eh (2018)
• Darkness Fell (2018)
• Pag-ibig Lang (2018)
• Lumalapit (2018)
• Hindi Tayo Pwede (2019)
• Hatid (2020)
• BTNS (Bakit ‘To Nangyari Sa’tin) (with Janine Teñoso) (2020)
• Sirang Plaka (2020)
• Manalangin (2020)
• Pangalawang Bitaw (2020)
• Dulo (2021)
• Anghel (2021)
• Sabik (2021)
• Tara, G! (2022)
• Back Home (2023)
• Trauma (2023)
• gupit (with Alamat) (2024)
• Tama Ka Na (2024)
• Pasensyoso (2025)
• Ano Ba Talaga Tayo? (2025)
• Ako Na Lang (2025)
• Ngiti (2025)

Song Collaborations

• BTNS (Bakit ‘To Nangyari Sa’tin) (Janine Teñoso – 2020)
• gupit (Alamat – 2024)
• Ano Ba Talaga Tayo? (Janine Berdin – 2025)
• Missed Call (rhodessa – 2025)

TV

• We Are the Juans (Viva TV – 2018)
• All-Out Sundays (GMA – 2021)
• Tara, G! (theme song – 2022)
• It’s Showtime (with Alamat – 2024)

Awards

Wish Music Awards

• Wish Original Song of the Year by a Group/Duo (Prom – 2017)
• Wishclusive Pop Performance of the Year (Hindi Tayo Pwede – 2021)
• Wishclusive Collaboration of the Year (BTNS, with Janine Teñoso – 2021)
• Best Quarantine-Produced Song (Manalangin – 2021)
• Wish Ballad Song of the Year (Dulo – 2022)
• Wishclusive Rock/Alternative Performance of the Year (Pangalawang Bitaw – 2022)

MYX Music Awards

• Favorite Group of the Year (2017)

Nominations

Wish Music Awards

• Best Wishclusive Performance by a Group/Duo (Prom – 2017)
• Wish Pop Song of the Year (Nasayang Lang – 2018)
• Wish Group of the Year (2021)
• Wish Pop Song of the Year (Sirang Plaka – 2021)
• Wish Group of the Year (2022)
• Wishclusive Ballad Performance of the Year (Dulo – 2023)
• Wish Contemporary Folk Song of the Year (Back Home – 2024)
• Wishclusive Ballad Performance of the Year (Ano Ba Talaga Tayo? – 2026)
• Wish Ballad Song of the Year (Ako Na Lang – 2026)

MYX Music Awards

• Favorite New Artist (2016)
• Group of the Year (2018)
• Media Soundtrack of the Year (Balisong – 2018)

Awit Awards

• Best Performance by a New Group (Prom – 2016)
• Best Ballad Recording (Nasayang Lang – 2017)

PMPC Star Awards for Music

• Dance Album of the Year (The Juans – 2016)
• Duo/Group of the Year (2016)
• Duo/Group Artist of the Year (2026)

P-Pop Music Awards

• Collaboration of the Year (gupit, with Alamat – 2024)

PhilPop Music Festival

• Interpreter of finalist entry Binibini sa MRT, written by Johann Garcia (2016)

Perspective

Few OPM acts embody resilience quite like The Juans. This is a band that lost three of its five members just as things were taking off, rebuilt itself around faith and friendship, and came back with the biggest songs of its career. Their brand of hugot pop works because it never wallows: even at their saddest, the songs feel like a kind friend assuring you that you will make it across.

Praise for the Band

We first saw The Juans sa isang bar sa Quezon City… May mga nagsabi na rin na may bagong banda, magaling tumugtog and very current ang sound… Nagustuhan namin yung nakita namin the first time we saw them. Strong point ng banda is nakakatugtog sila ng maayos, and at the same time they have the looks for it kasi. (We first saw The Juans in a bar in Quezon City… There was some talk of a new band that played well and had a very current sound… We liked what we saw the first time we saw them. Their strong point is they can play well, and at the same time they have the looks for it.)

Yung pagiging pursigido nila in what they do and yung camaraderie among them makikita mo kasi matagal na sila kahit even before we signed them up matagal na silang natutulong-tulong to reach that same goal. (You can really see their persistence in what they do and their camaraderie because they’ve been together for a long time. Even before we signed them up, they’d already been helping each other for some time reach the same goal.)

– Civ Fontanilla
Record Producer
Viva Records
We Are The Juans Episode 5: Juan Behind the Cam

Listening to the six-song set “Umaga,” we were not surprised the Carl and Japs duo still sounds full. In fact, Carl (lead singer, keyboardist) and Japs (guitarist, lead singer) make moving forward look effortless.

From an organic, live-band sounding fare now comes a more electronic bent for The Juans. And it’s a sound full and brimming with tunefulness. Starting with the hopeful, electro-tinged title track (“Umaga”). Japs and Carl seem to be invigorated by the challenge of taking their music to its next level as evidenced in the pop-dance track “Panaginip.

– Punch Liwanag
Manila Bulletin – AUDIO JUNKIE: OPM binge overload

Solid kasi ‘yung brotherhood ng The Juans, ‘yun din ‘yung ina-admire namin sa kanila. (The Juans has a solid brotherhood – something that we admire.)

– Mo
Leader of Alamat
Everything you need to know about The Juans x ALAMAT collab song ‘Gupit’ – Rappler

The album once again showcases the group’s versatility and cements their standing in P-pop.

– Alexie Jhernet Aragoncillo
Pop Journal – Pop Review: The Juans’ TAWID

Contact

• facebook.com/TheJuansOfficial
• x.com/TheJuans_BAND
• instagram.com/thejuansofficial
• youtube.com/@TheJuans
• tiktok.com/@thejuans_band
• thejuansofficial.com

Bookings

• vivaartistsagency.ph/contact-us

Listen

• Spotify – The Juans
• Apple Music – The Juans
• Deezer – The Juans

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Trivia

• The band’s fans are called “Juanistas,” and The Juans throw them an annual “Juan-niversary” celebration. In announcements, the group loves addressing followers as “everyjuan.”
• Before going full-time into music, bassist Chael Adriano worked as an engineer.
• RJ Cruz was still a high school student when he joined the band. He went on to study music at De La Salle-College of Saint Benilde, the same school where Carl took up Music Production.
• Chael wrote the TAWID track “Missed Call” about his own experience of being ghosted. The members cope with heartbreak differently: Japs sleeps it off, Chael writes songs, and RJ prefers to sit with his feelings.
• Listen closely to “gupit” and you will hear actual scissor snips woven into the mix. The members even cut their own hair in the music video, a nod to the Filipino post-breakup haircut tradition.
• Each member has a different favorite track on TAWID: “Ngiti” for RJ, “Naiwan” for Carl, “Gusto Kita” for Japs, and “Tanda” for Chael.
• Japs competed on The Voice of the Philippines in 2013 and landed a spot on Lea Salonga’s team. Outside music, he also paints.
• Carl started out as a theater kid, performing in musicals like Batang Rizal and Peter Pan, and was a finalist on GMA’s Ride to Fame.

Updated: July 18, 2026