Over the weekend, O Bar announced that they're forming a new LGBT vocal group called Octave. This is after O2Men, the long-running lesbian group, had a major personnel shift that left only Akie Cedilla singing at O Bar the week of my birthday. The reason why the four other members left is not publicly known, and that doesn't change the reality that Akie has had to handle live entertainment alone for several months now. And I really miss these guys because they really came together to perform some really great numbers. Their mix of voices was so good, and they had become pretty good friends as well. It's because of them that I committed to singing on stage, even if my musical repertoire is predominantly early 2000s alternative rock. I even got pulled on stage during a Valentine's Event, which was a mortifying experience, but I still wanted to support friends.
Admittedly, O2Men has had the most personnel changes over the years versus other O Bar performers. They started as a duo with Akie and Meech, and later the core included the power belter Tombi. Other members would cycle in and out around them, but the three were the anchor for quite a while. I thought things had started to stabilize when they hit a solid group of five, but things started to shake up again this year until that rather traumatizing August. I still get comments on my YouTube channel from people looking for O2Men, and I end up deleting the comments entirely since I don't know what to say.
Tobie and I are still connected on social, at least. I've been trying to keep up with their careers post-O Bar. Three of them have formed a new group, M3K, and it looks like they had a pretty good Halloween gig. Others are performing regularly at Resorts World Manila, which sounds like a really good gig. We've yet to figure out how to watch one of their shows, given that the venues are well outside our normal orbit. But I do feel like we owe it to them to try - or maybe arrange to hang out sometime. \
It has been a weird year for us with respect to O Bar, and not being able to see so many friends has been a bit of a drag. I hope the new group works out and stays for a good amount of time. My heart can only handle so many changes this year.
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