Hello everyone, and welcome to a new episode of Once and Always a Fanboy with me your host Chris Cantada Force. I turned 40 years old the day we shot this episode. Time really flies by without you knowing it. But, what better way to celebrate it than to have someone who I literally grew up with. We were high school batchmates, as well as members of the high school theater club. We were in a couple of high school bands together, but we ended up being part of a band that changed our lives. He was a groomsman in my wedding, and we both share a love for Park Eun Bin. Fangirls and Fanboys, Yael Yuzon of Sponge Cola.

00:00 Preview

00:46 Intro

02:07 When did you know that you could sing?

02:50 Yael's earliest memory of Chris

03:47 Highschool bands

04:27 Forming Sponge (without Cola)

07:36 When Chris joined the band

09:20 From Sponge to Sponge Cola

10:39 The power of Crazy For You and Kazaa

12:36 The EP

13:37 Palabas

16:45 Transit

18:10 Why Chris decided to leave the band

20:23 Sponge Cola the trio

22:58 How Ted Mark fit into the band

25:07 Being a performer in the age of social media

26:19 Strengths and mistakes of up and coming artists

30:04 What you're currently fanboying over

33:31 Tattoos

36:53 Writing songs about K-Dramas

38:32 Queen of Tears Obsession

43:26 Sponge Cola in 2025

45:05 Final words