ROUGE, an all-girl band that made a sensation at “Pilipinas Got Talent Season 3,” is making waves with their latest single “Gulong, Gulong Buhay” which is also out in various digital platforms.
The song, also known through its initials GGB, talks about love, romantic confusion, and anxiety-in-passion that many people can relate to.
Rouge is composed of members Kara Mendez (bass), Princess Ybanez (violin), Jeri Oro (guitars), and Gyan Murriel (drums).
The indie quartet that composes songs and covers popular songs from the 1960s up to the present performed for members of the press at Ka Freddie’s Bar in Morato, Quezon City recently.
Rouge blasted into the music scene in 2015 when they came up with the original song “Hanep” which already has more than 80,000 hits on Spotify. It was also part of Star Magic’s OPM Fresh compilation.
In 2015, the group made it to the semifinals of ABS-CBN’s “Pilipinas Got Talent Season 5,” was cited at the 29th Awit Awards for Best Performance by a new recording artist, and won the Best WISHclusive Perfomance by a group. Wish also named Rogue finalist for its Alternative Song of the Year plum.
Rouge also advocates “Girl Power” as each member embodies beauty, brain and the heart of being a musician.
Each member of Rouge are quite accomplished individuals.
Kara, bassist and leader of the group, became part of ABS-CBN Pinoy Dream Academy.
Princess is a violinist who started playing when she was 10 and was a member of the Cebu Youth Symphony Orchestra Junior Ensemble.
Jeri plays the guitar and has performed in bars and is an entrepreneur by day.
Gyan plays the drums. She first competed in the Battle of the Bands at 10. She landed in the Top 5 out of 117 for an international online contest “Hit Like A Girl.”
