Just after a year of their successful and sold out JaDine in Love: The World Tour concert in Dubai, the reel and real-life couple, James Reid and Nadine Lustre, are back with Always JaDine Live in Dubai on May 5 at the Dubai World Trade Centre.
“The concert will be very different,” said Lustre in an email interview with Gulf News tabloid! ahead of their concert on Friday. “This time we [have] added a lot of visuals and we’re really hands-on with this concert.”
Reid adds: “I’ll be singing some of my songs from my album.”
The talented couple said they are looking forward to an unforgettable show.
Reid said his experience at Skydive Dubai was one the highlights of his visit last year. “I did skydiving last year! One of the memorable experience I had.”
Unfortunately this time, Reid and Lustre will have a shorter stay in the emirate. Reid, who will be turning 24 on May 11, said they will be in the Philippines when he celebrates his birthday.
JaDine is one of the most sought-after loveteams in the Philippines. The partnership of the two talented stars started when they were teamed up in Reid’s music video for the song Alam Nya Ba, which featured Lustre.
In 2014 the duo’s palpable on-screen chemistry paved the way for the blockbuster movie hit, Diary ng Panget: The Movie. Their popularity soared higher, particularly with international audiences, with the On The Wings Of Love soap opera.
Since then, JaDine magic continues and the two are now considered one of the bankable stars and endorsers in Philippine showbiz.
Aside from their upcoming concert, Filipino-Australian Reid is busy working on his new album.
“I’m so excited for people to hear it,” says Reid, who won the Pinoy Big Brother: Teen Clash 2010 before he rose to stardom as a singer and actor. “I’ve not only written all the songs, I’m producing it. This album is really a good representation of me and my music. And one of the songs is dedicated to Nadine.”
While 23-year-old singer actress Lustre is looking forward for a new movie, after the duo was paired in This Time last year.
“It’s been a year since the last one [project], This Time, so we’re already excited to start shooting.”
Excerpts from the interview:
With all your projects right now, does it help that you’re a team both on and off screen?
Reid and Lustre: Yes it does. We’re already very comfortable with each other and we already know each other’s strengths and weaknesses [so well] that we can easily help each other bring out the best in ourselves. It makes the work less stressful and more enjoyable.
You’ve been working together since 2014. Were there lessons you learned from each other along the way?
Lustre: We actually discover more about each other almost every day because we are together almost every day. Of course, not all of what we discover about each other are great, but that’s okay. It’s part and parcel of any relationship, both professional and personal. What’s important is we keep growing, both as individuals and as a team — #teamreal.
How do you think can you maintain the status you have right now as one of the most in-demand endorsers in the Philippines and one of the hottest and popular loveteams as well?
Reid: I’d like to think that what many fans like in us is our honesty. With us, it’s always what you see is what you get. We don’t hide anything or put up fronts. That’s why we didn’t keep our relationship a secret for long. So we’ll just keep being true to ourselves and honest with everyone, me being James, Nadine being Nadine, and us being JaDine.
You are considered role models. How do you handle the pressure and what does it take to be one?
Reid: We don’t really let that get to our head. We just try to do the best we can in everything that we do as performers, whether it be music, movies, TV, concerts, endorsements. As individuals, we keep everything as honest and as real as possible.
If time comes for both of you to go on separate career paths, how would you deal with it? Are you open to the idea of having separate love teams or leading men/lady in the future?
Reid and Lustre: We know that eventually we’d have to do solo projects, especially on TV and movies. We’re very open to that and would welcome them. They would present a different set of challenges that we think would only make us better actors. And we’re both ready to take on those challenges. Hopefully they would also make us grow professionally.
The details
When: May 5
Where: Zabeel Hall 6, Dubai World Trade Centre
Ticket prices: Dh350 (with dinner) and Dh175 (VIP, seated) and Dh125 (General admission)
