Ere (song)

"Ere" (lit. '"Air"'; stylized in all caps) is a song recorded by Filipino singer-songwriter Juan Karlos Labajo. Under the band name Juan Karlos, it was released on August 4, 2023, via Universal Music Philippines. Written and produced by Labajo, the song served as the second track of the album titled Sad Songs and Bullshit Part 1. It reached number one on Billboard's Philippines Songs chart for ten weeks and broke numerous streaming records on Spotify.

Commercial performance
"Ere" debuted at No. 5 on Billboard 's Philippines Songs chart. The song climbed to No. 1 the following week, dethroning "3D" by Jungkook and Jack Harlow. "Ere" also debuted at No. 138 on Billboard Global Excl. US chart, becoming the first Filipino song to appear on the chart. Following its growing popularity on both digital and streaming platforms, the song broke the record for the biggest single day streams in the Philippines on Spotify with 1.77 million streams, dethroning "Mine" by Taylor Swift. It also marked the first time a Filipino song entered the Top 100 of Spotify's global chart and the first Filipino song to accumulate over a million streams in a single day on the platform.

Elsewhere, "Ere" also debuted at No. 21 on New Zealand's Hot Singles, marking their first entry on the chart.

Live performances
Juan Karlos has performed "Ere" at The Sad Tour and Realme Fanfest 2023 in Cebu City. The official live performance video of the song was uploaded on Juan Karlos' official YouTube channel on September 23, 2023. On October 22, 2023, the band performed the song at the New Frontier Theater as a special guest for the Danish pop band Lukas Graham's concert.

Credits and personnel
Credits adapted from Apple Music.
 * Juan Karlos –vocals, songwriter, producer, acoustic guitar
 * Xergio Ramos –electric guitar
 * Rickson Ruiz –drums
 * Rommel dela Cruz –bass
 * Emil dela Rosa –mastering engineer, mixing
 * Nikhil Amarnani –recording engineer