There's something about Zsa Zsa Padilla. At 45, she
continues to mesmerize audiences with her stunning vocals and
stage presence—earning for her the title of "Divine Diva."
Now Zsa Zsa is back with a new album titled Unchanging Love under PolyEast Records. After seven years of being away from the recording scene, the captivating singer offers 12 tracks that will surely touch the heart.
Only three tracks are original songs, and eight are remakes. Zsa Zsa, whose singing career spans 26 years, says it is her dream to make an all-original OPM album, and this made her shy away from recording albums, even though there were a lot of offers.
In the album launch held last June 11 at Discovery Suites, Zsa Zsa admitted that she finds it hard to look for good Filipino composers who can write her songs. But PolyEast promised to help her do just that for her second album, so she agreed to record Unchanging Love.
"There's something about remakes," Zsa Zsa explained, "When buyers pick up your album in record bars and they read a title of a familiar song, there's comfort there for them to know that they can easily relate to your album."
So for now, Zsa Zsa will treat us to her divine renditions of our favorite OPM hits.
The carrier single "Hanggang," originally sung by Wency Cornejo, is currently topping local radio charts. Her rendition is so touching that you'd wish you were in the place of her partner of twenty years, Dolphy, so you can feel her love too.
But don't fret. Her versions of the hits "Memories" (Joey Albert), "Nais Ko" (Miguel Vera), "Ikaw Lang" (Chad Borja), "Kung Alam Mo Lang" (Joanne Lorenzana), "Changes" (Carla Martinez), "Nasasaktan" (Reuben Laurente) and "Muli" (Vina Morales) are entirely believable that you'd surely fall in love all over again.
It's her new songs "Iibigin Kang Muli," "Kung," "Unchanging Love" and "Pagmamahal na Walang Wakas," however, that will ensure the album's success.
"Iibigin Kang Muli" has a haunting intro. The lyrics, which tell of unrequited love, are heartbreaking because Zsa Zsa sings them with so much passion.
"Kung," on the other hand, starts with a beautiful piano composition, which compliments the sad lyrics of loss and hopeful redemption.
"Unchanging Love" and "Pagmamahal na Walang Wakas,"
meanwhile, have the potential to become staples in wedding ceremonies around the country.
"Unchanging Love," in fact, was composed by Martin Nievera for the wedding of Judy Ann Santos and Ryan Agoncillo. He adapted a beautiful Korean tune called "Jyongri," and incorporated his most poetic words so far. Every love song brings you back to me, the song says, and we fall in love instantly.
Lastly, Zsa Zsa dedicates "Pagmamahal na Walang Wakas," to the future wedding of her eldest daughter Karylle.
"I would sing her this wedding song... 'Pagmamahal na Walang Wakas.' Actually yung lyrics, parang 'pag ikakasal na ang anak mo, heto na. I know the time would come. I just can't wait, I just hope that it would be a good marriage," she admitted.
The original songs in Zsa Zsa's new album "Unchanging Love,"
plus her renditions of OPM favorites, are entirely memorable. The album is out
now in record bars around the country.
TRACK LISTING.
1. Unchanging Love
2. Iibigin Kang Muli
3. Memories
4. Nais Ko
5. Nasasaktan
6. Muli
7. Changes
8. Kung
9. Ikaw Lang
10. Kung Alam Mo Lang
11. Hanggang
12. Pagmamahal Na Walang Wakas