MANLA – Singer-actress Zsa Zsa Padilla is hoping to stage more concerts with her daughters abroad.
This comes after Padilla felt that her singing career took the backseat for a while because she had to attend to the health condition of her late partner, Comedy King Dolphy.
Dolphy died exactly a year ago due to pneumonia and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.
In an interview with ABS-CBN News, Padilla shared how happy she is to be singing again.
“It took a while kasi when Dolphy was sick, nahihirapan ako mag-commit sa concerts abroad. Sabi ko ico-concentrate ko na lang muna lahat ng efforts ko sa teleserye. Kasi sa teleserye madali kang makahanap ng exit. 'Yung singing career ko took a backseat. So now, sabi ko siguro puwede ko naman na i-pursue ulit so we started with the album,” she said, referring to her newest album titled “Palagi.”
The singer said it took four years before she was able to record a new album. Padilla's last album was "Unchanging Love" which was released in 2009.
Song for daughter
Meanwhile, Padilla shared that she wrote a song included in her album for one of her daughters.
“You have to guess which one. She went through a very serious heartbreak. Parang hindi ko alam kung paano siya i-console so I wrote a song for her,” she said.
According to the singer, the song is about figuratively running out of tears and moving on after a painful heartbreak.
“Sabi ko, ‘Mga bata pa naman kayo. One day you’ll find it hard. You feel like you can’t move forward but you can. Mauubusan ka din ng tears.’ So there, it’s ‘All Cried Out,’” she explained.
Padilla said she also wrote a song for Dolphy but wasn't included in the album.
“Siyempre my heart was so broken when Dolphy died. Ganun pala, parati ko siyang hinihintay umuwi for a long time. The grieving process, ganun pala, you go back and forth. I [wrote a song for him] but it didn’t make it in the album,” she said.
Aside from her regular appearance in the top-rating series “Juan dela Cruz,” Padilla is also a mainstay of Sunday musical variety show “ASAP.”
