Fiona Uy never thought something as casual as subscribing to SPINNR or listening to songs of Ariana Grande could land her the experience of a lifetime.
But the 13-year old Arianator is bound for that grand experience to watch the “Love Me Harder” hitmaker and chat with Ariana in the flesh through a meet-and-greet session for the Los Angeles leg of the singer’s “Honeymoon” concert tour this month. The promo was made possible through SPINNR’s partnership with MCA Music.
“I’m very happy. I shouted and shouted when Spinnr told me that I won!” Uy said last March 27 when she claimed her winnings at the Smart Tower in Makati City.
Uy was just “at home,” doing what Arianators do best during summer vacation (Read: listening to an overload of Ariana songs). The self-confessed die-hard fan, who named “One Last Time” as her current favorite, said, “I always to listen to Ariana no matter what I’m feeling. She inspires me with her songs and her voice and just about everything she does!”
The moment Uy, currently a 9th grader from St. Paul College in Pasig, learned that Ariana will have a concert in Manila in August, she wanted so badly to watch the show. What she did not know was that she’s bound to watch it ahead of everyone else in the Philippines because SPINNR is flying her off to LA along with her mother Regie Uy and her sister Jercyl Uy to watch the concert and chat with Ariana.
“I might just spend all our time together shouting,” said the SPINNR Fly-Off winner when asked how she would react during her meet and greet. I’m just very excited!”
To SPINNR, Smart’s homegrown music app that lets fans all over the Philippines turn their dreams into realities, Uy will forever be grateful. “Thank you to Smart and SPINNR for giving me this opportunity. It’s going to be very memorable and I’m sure this will be that one trip that I will never ever forget.
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In 2014, Arianators trouped to Smart Tower for a Google Hangout session with Ariana—and the fans went wild! Some of the teens cried as soon as Ariana greeted her fans.
“We saw how ecstatic Ariana Grande’s fans were when we did our Google Hangout event at the Smart office so what better way to support the Ariana fever but to send lucky fans to actually be at her concert in California,” said Lucille Tang, SPINNR’s product manager.
“This is really about going beyond the listening experience that the country’s leading music app already provides. The Ariana Grande Fly-Off promo will not only let fans watch the show, experience an all-expense paid trip to California but also see it through that they will get to spend the best time of their lives with a meet and greet with Ariana herself,” she added.
Fly-Off promos are regular fixtures on SPINNR’s experience-heavy music events. The homegrown and original music app has already seen Filipino fans sent to concerts abroad by some of the best-selling artists of this generation including shows of Katy Perry, Taylor Swift, 5 Seconds of Summer, Eminem, Rihanna and Miley Cyrus. SPINNR subscribers recently rocked the venue of the concluded One Direction two-night concert. Subscribers enjoyed activities at Smart and SPINNR domes located inside the concert area.
SPINNR, along with mother brand Smart Communications, Inc., also houses hits from both international and local artists. SPINNR will soon pump up the concert scene anew with the VIP ticket raffle promo to Katy Perry’s upcoming “Prismatic” concert in Manila this May.
Just visit Spinnr.ph, SPINNR’s Facebook page, Instagram and smart.com.ph for more details.
