The Hunks Reunited at the ABS-CBN Ball and…Did You Know They Have an Album?
Jericho Rosales posted one hell of a throwback.
(SPOT.ph) If you grew up watching TV in the early 2000s, you were probably one of the many who got a kick out of seeing Jericho Rosales’ and Piolo Pascual’s posts of The Hunks (or at least three of them) reuniting at the ABS-CBN Ball 2023.
The Hunks were composed of ABS-CBN”s "hunkiest" talents, and they regularly sang and danced as a group in the channel’s Sunday variety show ASAP. They even had their own sitcom, Bora: Sons of the Beach.
What got us more intrigued, aside from seeing how Rosales, Pascual, and Diether Ocampo seem to not have aged—or lost any of their hunkiness—since 2001, is Rosales’ caption on his Instagram post: "To our 15 monthly listeners on Spotify. Big, big hugs from us three. Let me find the other two and get back to you. We WERE 'The Hunks'. Google mo."
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The Hunks had an album. No joke.
The caption, of course, got us curious enough to check out The Hunks on Spotify, and true enough, there really is an album. The group did release a self-titled album in 2001. Further investigation (meaning listening to each track) revealed that this is actually the concert album of their tour in 2005, where they performed in several states in the U.S. Tracks included covers like "Hanging By a Moment," "Kahit Isang Saglit," and the very, very apt "Katawan." Them singing, rapping, and erm, sometimes yelling into the mic brought us right back to the early 2000's. And that album cover picture? Definitely doesn't hurt to look at, at all.
The ABS-CBN Ball 2023 was not actually the first time this hunky group of leading men reunited. Back in 2020, all five members of The Hunks, which include Rosales, Pascual, Ocampo, Bernard Palanca, and Carlos Agassi reunited as part of One Voice Pilipinas, an online fundraising concert to benefit families in need during the lockdown.
And, we’re happy to report, Jericho, that The Hunks actually has 1,442 monthly listeners as of writing.