JAYESSLEE: FILIPINO FANS FEEL LIKE FAMILY

“Do you want us in the Philippines for a concert anytime soon?” This was how the sister duo Janice and Sonia Lee, collectively known as Jayesslee, responded to The STAR question about whether they planned on coming back to the country to perform for their Pinoy fans.

- By RONA AMPARO

The exclusive interview with the Sydney-based twins took place on the sidelines of the DISTRICT M: A Marina Central Festival recently held in Singapore.

Jayesslee fondly recalled the warm welcome that the Filipino crowd gave them during their intimate concert in June 2012, saying that their fanbase in the Philippines was “so thoughtful.”

“We love our Filipino fans so much! I’m pretty sure it was in (the) Philippines where someone brought a Big Mac and gave it to us on the stage. They knew what perfume we liked so they gifted us perfume and it’s knowing the details, it’s not just throwing gifts at us,” Janice and Sonia said.

“They know us. They know what we like, what we don’t like. I think our Filipino fans have always been a little bit extra like that. We see our Filipino fans. They always feel like home to us, like family.”

Filipino hospitality was not the only thing that left a mark on the Korean-Australian siblings. Janice and Sonia amusingly reminisced about the “carmageddon” traffic they experienced along EDSA on their way to the show.

“We almost didn’t make it to our own show. There was so much traffic,” Sonia narrated.

“We were just trying to make it from the airport to the show to the venue and (there) was police escort but still getting nowhere, that was incredible,” Janice added.