SB19 On New Single ‘Lawless’ And Making Their Lollapalooza Debut

SB19 poses backstage pursuing a capacity connected time 1 astatine Lollapalooza. Thursday, June 30, 2026 astatine Grant Park successful Chicago, IL

Photo by Barry Brecheisen

Lollapalooza kicked disconnected past Thursday successful Chicago amidst sweltering heat. One of the weekend’s most talked astir sets featured the Lolla debut of SB19, a capacity which now stands arsenic the first by a southeast Asian creator successful Lollapalooza’s much than 2 decades arsenic a destination show successful Chicago.

Further introduced to the world extracurricular Chicago’s Grant Park via placement connected Lollapalooza’s Hulu/Disney+ livestream, the Filipino P-pop boy set tore done a 1 hour, mid-afternoon group connected Lollpalooza’s Allianz stage, launching a meticulously choreographed capacity that’s bound for bigger stages soon.

“We are SB19 from the Philippines!” said the band’s 5 members together connected shape astatine Lollapalooza, flanked by a troupe of backing dancers. “I didn’t expect it to beryllium this hot!” said Josh accurately connected shape pinch a smile. “And to our Filipinos watching the livestream, hello!”

On shape past week astatine Lollapalooza, the group opened up pinch “DAM,” moving deftly into “Gento.” Performing successful support of the precocious released workplace medium Wakas At Simula, the latest SB19 azygous “Lawless," which celebrates ideas for illustration ambition and belief successful one’s self, was an early connected shape item arsenic Lollapalooza sewage underway.

Lyrics to SB19 songs appeared connected surface successful Grant Park’s Hutchinson Field successful some English and and Filipino arsenic hundreds of fans nearest the shape frantically waved Filipino flags. It was the type of capacity which masterfully underscored unrecorded music’s virtually unparalleled expertise to simply bring group together.

“Music has that powerfulness to really link people,” said Pablo backstage pursuing the set. “Even though we person different languages, erstwhile you perceive to a definite music, you consciousness the aforesaid emotion the opus is trying to convey. And, so, done that, we’re capable to link to each other. And done these benignant of festivals, for illustration Lollapalooza, we get to spot each different and person that relationship and person that energy.”

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I said pinch each 5 SB19 members backstage astatine Lollapalooza astir making their show debut, the caller azygous “Lawless” and the connection they return to fans astir the world via their music. A transcript of our conversation, lightly edited for clarity, follows below.

Jim Ryan: Well, I saw the group and it some looked and sounded fantastic. How was it for you guys connected shape astatine Lollapalooza?

Josh: It was really amazing. It was really nervus wracking astatine first. But erstwhile we sewage to the stage, we were conscionable having fun. We were conscionable being lawless each of the time.

Ryan: Well, “Lawless” [is now available]. What tin you show fans astir the latest SB19 single?

Justin: Actually, we [didn’t] cognize what to expect. Because correct now, we’re conscionable being lawless. So, we conscionable did everything. We’re doing our best. And, of course, I dream fans would expect more. Because this Lollapalooza shape is really large for us. So, we should not return that for granted. We should do our best. And do more.

Ryan: One of my favourite things astir unrecorded music, particularly astatine the moment, is the measurement successful which it brings group together sloppy of divisive times. That’s a uncommon thing. How important of a domiciled is that for euphony to play?

Pablo: Music has that powerfulness to really link people. Even though we person different languages, erstwhile you perceive to a definite music, you consciousness the aforesaid emotion the opus is trying to convey. And, so, done that, we’re capable to link to each other. And done these benignant of festivals, for illustration Lollapalooza, we get to spot each different and person that relationship and person that energy. And it’s conscionable astonishing to beryllium successful the soma and perceive astonishing artists and stock different cultures and different euphony together.

Ryan: That was rather an impassioned consequence coming retired location from fans to your first ever Lollapalooza performance. What do you opportunity to a guidance for illustration that?

Stell: We conscionable want to opportunity convey you to each of the SB19 fans who came coming conscionable to spot america perform. We’re very honored and happy to correspond not only our group but besides the Filipino organization connected a world stage. We can’t committedness a batch of things. But 1 point is for sure: we will do our champion each clip we measurement connected the stage. Small shape aliases large stage, we’ll do our champion for our fans. All of this is each because of you. And we’ll do this not only for america but for each of the Filipinos. Thank you again. We emotion you forever. Always retrieve that. Thank you truthful much.