After dominating the charts with the massive global viral hit "Raining in Manila", the eight-piece pop-funk band Lola Amour is ready to welcome sunny days in their new era. Lola Amour will have a two-stop album concert this April. The first stop will be at Circuit Event Grounds, Makati on April 13 with Cup of Joe, Any Name’s Okay and PLAYERTWO for the after-party followed by a trip to Draft Punk, Cebu on April 27 with surprise Cebuano acts.

In a recent intimate press event, Lola Amour finally announced the release of their self-titled debut album and released the lead single "Namimiss Ko Na". The track is an ode to the fleeting past, and finding happiness in the inevitable. A promise they made to fans in 2019, the group wholeheartedly shared that the album serves as a creative playground where they can fully express themselves with sonic creativity while taking inspiration from their experiences. The band revealed the album’s visual identity during the press event, with each of the member’s quirkiness in mind.

“We just really wanted to portray joy, fun, and playfulness sa album art to bring out the band’s playful personalities,” they stated.

"On the album cover we all have mics, the idea being that at Lola Amour, everyone has an equal voice," lead vocalist Pio Dumayas shared when One Music PH asked them about their album. "That's the way we write. Siyempre, some of us take bigger roles than others at certain points, but when it comes how everything sounds, everyone has an opinion."

"The thing about this album is it has different kinds of songs," Pio added. "'Di lang sa themes, kundi din sa sounds. Meron kaming mga gospel-insipred, meron kaming disco just like 'Namimiss Ko Na'. We even have some Beastie Boys-inspired songs.But the whole idea of the album is that it's this playground. As a band, it's a thing that we've been doing. Hindi kami nag...It can be a weakness also, it can also be a strength - Hindi kami sumusunod sa mga trends. Hindi dahil sa ayaw namin, hindi lang namin kaya to turn on that switch consciously. That's how we treat our music - like a playground, we just do whatever we want with reason. And see what we can make with the sillsets we have, hindi naman kami sobrang best musicians in the Philippines, alam naman namin 'yun...Far, far, far kami from there. We'll do whatever we can with whatever we have."

"What people can expect is that no two songs in this album sound alike," the band proudly said. "Our influences are spread throughout here."

Lola Amour has come a long way from their debut EP Don’t Look Back, and they haven’t looked back since. “We want people to see how fluid our sound can be while sounding so much like Lola Amour,” the band states, as they push their creativity to greater heights with the album. In an intimate listening party, the band previewed three songs off the record- a fun, upbeat track channeling the band’s inner Beastie Boys and Red Hot Chili Peppers-type of jam, a funky reprise to "Raining in Manila", and a tribute dedicated to a friend the band dearly misses. Overall, the 9-track album fully showcases the band’s musical and storytelling skills, wrapped in their signature lyricism and fun pop sound their fans love. With a fully realized body of work that’s solely theirs, the band hopes that their music will continue to resonate with listeners as it tackles scenarios that hit close to home.

“Our best songs are usually about facing the worst of times but when you take out the lyrics, the music behind it sounds fun. I think that reflects the feeling of acceptance that we all want to feel on our worst days.”

Since their inception in 2016, Lola Amour has opened up further about their run in the music industry and how they have been riding the tides of success for the past years. Along with the album reveal, they recount their career highlights- from full-house shows across the country, collaborations with industry giants, and surprise performances in world-class venues. "Raining in Manila" proves to be one of the biggest hits in recent history, with over 126 million streams to date, over 78M views for their official lyric video on YouTube, and a whopping 40K attendance in their first Raining In Manila tour stop in Luneta. The song is also the first OPM track to simultaneously hit #1 across Spotify, Apple Music, iTunes, and YouTube Music charts. Filipino comedian and singer Michael V penned a parody with "Waiting Here Sa Pila" as Lolo Kanor and has bagged the attention of KPop icons BAMBAM (of GOT7 fame) and ENHYPEN. The band also shared the stage with British pop titans Coldplay in their recent Music of the Spheres world tour at the Philippine Arena. Their earlier single "Fallen" - which paved the way to the band’s success, remains to be one of their most successful hits with over 142 million streams on Spotify alone.

When asked in the media scrum about their experience of having Chris Martin cover "Raining in Manila", Pio said, "It's really cool. Siyempre, Coldplay bata pa lang kami before pa kami natuto tumugtog ng kahit anong instrument, naririnig na namin ang songs nila, so it was really cool to meet the people who made all these songs, and for them to acknowledge us, and for them to actually want to perform a song we wrote."