Few bands can say their biggest hit came two years after the album dropped, but for pop-rock trio Hey June!, that’s exactly what happened. “
Lasik” may have come out in 2023, but it wasn’t until 2025 that it found the scale and traction many bands chase their entire careers for. The surprise came not from the song itself, but from how long it took others to take notice. While most labels are trained to move on from album cuts that don’t immediately chart, Hey June!’s audience had other plans. Fans dug through Curiosity Killed the Cat where they can find previous hit singles such as “ORASAN,” “SINO MALI,” and “Asan Ang Gana Ko.” Listeners have found what resonated much in the album and they let “Lasik” do the rest.
It’s a rare arc that proves not every song needs a launch date to matter. Hey June!’s journey — from dropping “Panahon” at the height of the post-pandemic in 2022, up until 2025 where singles like “Lasik” have achieved success years after its release. With lead guitarist and vocalist Jim Mase, bassist Coey Ballesteros, and drummer Aci Fodra forming the band in June 2021, their first few years were marked by intimate gigs, community driven events, and word of mouth marketing in social media platforms such as TikTokTikTokA social media platform for creating, sharing, and discovering short-form videos, featuring music, trends, challenges, and personalized content.Go to TikTok Glossary would eventually put the band on the map for many years to come.
“Lasik” had a sticky chorus, an ear-catching opener like, “Shet, nasaan ang aking salamin,” and fast punk rhythms that sent the listener into a frenzy. But what the track made clear is that this band has staying power, the kind that doesn’t rely on fast hype, but on what happens after people stop scrolling. There’s more to Curiosity Killed the Cat than one viral hook. It’s a single built for rediscovery and that might be why it’s built to last.
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