Ben&Ben premieres ‘The Traveller Across Dimesions’ concert film online

December 20 ------ One year after translating their award-winning 2025 concept into a sold-out spectacle at the SM Mall of Asia Arena, Ben&Ben invited fans into the luminous universe of Liwanag through “The Traveller Across Dimensions: The Concert Film.”

The special full-length film, created in collaboration with LunchBox Productions, premiered on YouTube on December 14, giving audiences across the globe the opportunity to relive the concert experience in full, free of charge.

Ben&Ben explained: “We really wanted all our listeners to get to enjoy this concert that we poured our hearts and souls into, so we deliberately chose to make this as accessible as possible by putting it up on YouTube. We thought it would also be a nice way to bring families together for the holidays, sharing with each other the magic and joy of our concert from the comfort of their homes.” Billed as a “multiverse of music and emotion,” the original TTAD concert blurred the boundaries between concert, animation, and theater.

Staged late last year, the arena show received widespread acclaim for its storytelling, emotional depth, and technical execution, setting a new benchmark for multimedia concerts in the Philippines. The cinematic retelling serves as both a retrospective and a revelation — for fans who want to relive that night in the arena and for those who experienced it for the first time through the film. “When we first conceptualized the concert and saw all the work that had to be put into it, we knew we wanted to exert an equal amount of effort to document it all. It represented many firsts for us: our first major concert at the MOA Arena, our first time performing that many songs, and our first time attempting to record a show of that scale,” Ben&Ben shared.

According to the nine-piece band, the concert film was conceived as a heartfelt thank-you to their fans, fondly called Liwanag. The film’s free release underscored Ben&Ben’s ongoing commitment to accessibility and community. “This year has been just so challenging for so many of us,” Ben&Ben said. “But despite these challenges, we’ve felt so much love and support from all of our Liwanag, from them constantly listening to our music to still showing up and attending our live shows. As the year ends, we wanted to give back by simply letting people enjoy this show — no strings attached, no paywall.”

While the live concert captivated the crowd with its scale and immediacy, the film version offers a more intimate encounter, allowing audiences to notice subtle details, symbolisms, and emotional arcs that may have been missed in the live setting. In the weeks leading up to the release of The Traveller Across Dimensions: The Concert Film, Ben&Ben earned Album of the Year honors at the Awit Awards 2025, the country’s version of the Grammys.

Source: manilatimes.net