Kitchie Nadal is admired by music lovers not only for her beautiful singing voice, but also for her flair in writing meaningful lyrics. She was tapped by ABS-CBN to create “Bagong Simula,” the theme for the network’s Bayanijuan campaign, which also featured other artists. Her composition “Isang Araw” was also used as theme music in the local coverage of the Olympics.

Such nationalistic endeavors have actually made her more vigilant about what’s happening in our country. “Kaya ako nagkaro’n ng passion for our country kasi nagresearch-research ako for the Bayanijuan collaboration. Weird nga eh. Pero that’s why I really believe that I’m meant to do music kasi it’s helping me grow as a person. If they didn’t ask me to write a song about that I wouldn’t really find out about our country,” she enthusiastically admitted.

Her great recall among Filipinos has in fact made her one of the sought-after performers of teleserye theme songs. In the Kapamilya network alone, she is the voice behind the themes for Lovers in Paris, Rounin, and the upcoming nurserye, Humingi Ako Sa Langit. For this soap, ABS-CBN is coming up with two versions of “Himala” (a Rivermaya original) to be rendered solo by Kitchie as a duet with Marc Abaya of Kjwan.

Kitchie explained that she didn’t mind singing a revival since “Himala” is one of the greatest all-time OPM hits. “I always see myself as a songwriter. And when I watch a movie, I’m so particular with the soundtrack. I enjoy making songs out of a story. I can devote my time and effort to that. But for this one, I like ‘Himala.’ It’s one of the songs where I’d say, ‘How I wish I wrote that song.’ Sobrang great ng message and magaling naman si Rico (Blanco) eh. I think he’s one of the best song writers here in the Philippines,” she stressed.

When asked if joining showbiz has ever crossed her mind—just like Marc who has crossed over from the music scene into acting—Kitchie stressed that she wants to focus on creating more songs for now. But this doesn’t mean she’s not open to the idea of being a singer-turned-actress. “Actually there were a lot of offers na rin even before pa. ‘Di ko kaya talaga eh. For me acting is really a gift eh (and) I don’t think I have that gift,” she claimed.

Though her plans of doing a musical-indie film to support her current album Love Letter is already in the works, going into mainstream television, however, is a different ballgame altogether. “I can say right now parang I don’t have any inclination. But eventually siyempre I’ll try it naman. Ayoko rin naman maging close-minded about it. As much as possible I wanna try new things. But as of now, I know what I want and I know what I don’t want,” she simply stated.