Comedienne and singer Catherine 'Kakai' Bautista got every netizen to say "Ikaw pala 'yon?" in her latest Tiktok video.
On Wednesday, Kakai posted a TikTok video of her singing the iconic theme song of GMA's drama romance anthology show "Maynila".
"MAHAL KONG #Maynila SURREAL🥺 #fyp #foryoupage #maynilathemesong #Maynila" she captioned.
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<section><a title="@kakaiba_02" href="https://www.tiktok.com/@kakaiba_02?refer=embed" target="_blank" rel="noopener">@kakaiba_02</a> MAHAL KONG <a title="maynila" href="https://www.tiktok.com/tag/maynila?refer=embed" target="_blank" rel="noopener">#Maynila</a> SURREAL🥺 <a title="fyp" href="https://www.tiktok.com/tag/fyp?refer=embed" target="_blank" rel="noopener">#fyp</a> <a title="foryoupage" href="https://www.tiktok.com/tag/foryoupage?refer=embed" target="_blank" rel="noopener">#foryoupage</a> <a title="maynilathemesong" href="https://www.tiktok.com/tag/maynilathemesong?refer=embed" target="_blank" rel="noopener">#maynilathemesong</a> <a title="maynila" href="https://www.tiktok.com/tag/maynila?refer=embed" target="_blank" rel="noopener">#Maynila</a> <a title="♬ original sound - Kakai Bautista" href="https://www.tiktok.com/music/original-sound-Kakai-Bautista-7192472652307827483?refer=embed" target="_blank" rel="noopener">♬ original sound - Kakai Bautista</a></section>
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The 44-year-old singer-actress and her friends even choreographed a dance for the theme song.
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Kakai and Filipino composer and musical director Vincent Abenojar De Jesus are the original singers of the "Mahal kong Maynila".
Although it was not a secret that Kakai was one of the performers behind the theme song, many netizens &mdash; both younger and older generations only discovered this just now.&nbsp;
"OMG! Ikaw pala yun Miss @Kakai Bautista after 20 years, ngayon ko lang nalaman. Ang galiiing!" one netizen said.
"32 na po ako ngayon ko lang nalaman kaw po pala kumanta nyan 🥰🥰" another one said.
After receiving mixed reactions from netizens, Kakai posted the raw recording of the theme song on Facebook.
She said she was only 22 years old, and just starting her theater career when she first recorded the song.
"Nangutang pa ako ng pamasahe papunta sa recording hahahahah. Juskow po. Diko akalain after 2 decades mas maraming makakaappreciate sa awiting ito," Kakai said.
"THANK SO MUCH GUYSH. ang tawagin na &ldquo;ICONIC&rdquo; ang song!!!! ay GRABE. Huy. <img src="https://static.xx.fbcdn.net/images/emoji.php/v9/t99/1.5/16/1f62d.png" alt="😭" width="16" height="16" />" she added.
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Kakai Bautista is the voice behind the iconic 'Mahal kong Maynila'