PERFORMER Aicelle Santos has no problem with going solo after singing group “La Diva” disbanded last year.
In a recent interview, the Kapuso talent shared that going solo has its own perks and disadvantages.
She likes that there’s always new things to discover in showbiz but also saddened that she no longer get to share the stage with then group mates Jonalyn Viray and Maricris Garcia.
“It’s a new adventure and masaya siya. Although minsan nami-miss ko yung nasa stage ka with a group and you help each other. Now, may mga bagay ako na natututunan on my own na okay din,” Aicelle said.
“I have to stay focused and work hard not to only disappoint the management but also yung mga tao na naniniwala sa akin, sa talent ko in singing.”
She makes sure that she will give her best in every performance.
“I try to sing from the heart. Singing is personal to me because I get to share my emotions, my feelings and sometimes yung frustrations na rin. I get to be myself when I’m singing,” she said.
Aicelle also tried her hand at acting. She was part of last year’s hit musical “Rak of Aegis” and “Katy.”
“Yung realization of reinventing thy self only came when I got the ‘Katy! the Musical’ stint. People were telling me it’s the new me and doon ko lang na-realize na I needed to do that, to try other things. It’s my awakening,” she said.
“I keep reinventing myself, gawa lang gawa. Hindi mo kailangan makipag-kumpetensiya and gawa ka ng galing sa puso kasi from there makikita naman ng tao ang husay mo.”
On February 25, the day after her birthday, Aicelle will stage her first solo concert, dubbed as “Class A: Aicelle Santos in Concert” at the Philippine Educational Theater Association (PETA) theater in Quezon City.
Gian Magdangal, Kyla, Celeste Legazpi and Regine Velasquez-Alcasid are her special guests.
The singer said she’s fortunate to have this opportunity to celebrate her birthday and journey in showbiz with the people close to her heart.
“This is really personal to me. Through this concert I want the people to see the real me, the real Aicelle and not just the girl from ‘Rak of Aegis’ or from La Diva. This is me in the last nine years, this is Aicelle Santos now,” she said. (Sunnex)
