K-La Rivera Bloggers' Meet Up

K-La Rivera

K-La Rivera made her mark in the music industry when she made it as a finalist at Star Power, the talent search at ABS-CBN that was hosted by Ms. Sharon Cuneta. Since then, K-La has been building a name for herself not just as a vocalist, but also as a theater actress as well.

After appearing in Atlantis Productions’ In the Heights, K-La will soon return to the theater stage as Princess Jasmine in the musical adaptation of Disney’s Aladdin together with Tom Rodriguez who will be playing the title role. During a bloggers’ meet up that happened at The Kitchen of Cakes and Coffee at Tomas Morato, I asked K-La how it feels like knowing that Lea Salonga, who provided the singing voice of Jasmine for the original animated film version of Aladdin, is very likely watch her. She admitted that that thought never occurred to her until I brought it up. She went on to say that it made her tense thinking about it since Lea Salonga IS Princess Jasmine.

Since Disney’s Aladdin is still months away, K-La is focusing right now on her album under Star Records.  Her album consists of five tracks made up of cover songs. Her wide vocal range enables her to keep up and be at par with the numerous belters in the country, but the material she was given in this album sadly don’t do much to make her stand out from the rest. K-La’s Say That You Love Me and Inseparable suffered from too many unnecessary leaps and runs that strayed away from the melodic flow of the song. But she holds promise in the Someone’s Always Saying Goodbye that showcased some grit and her restraint in You’re All That I Need actually showed more character, personality and pizzazz. All five tracks in this album also have minus one versions. One song recorded by K-La that wasn't included in this album is I’m Feeling Sexy Tonight, a fun, upbeat track that was featured in the movie The Adventures of Pureza: Queen of the Riles.

K-La may not be a household name yet, but things look promising for her especially when the curtains rise for Disney’s Aladdin later this year. I told her that it will not surprise me when people start calling her Princess Jasmine instead of K-La once the musical starts. The songs in her current album were able to show her vocal prowess and her range, but I do hope that she gets to include more original material as well her own compositions in future recordings. K-La's debut album is available for download at Star Records and at

MyMusicStore Philippines.

K-La

Tracks:

1. Love Has Come My Way

2. Say That You Love Me

3. Inseparable

4. Someone’s Always Saying Goodbye

5. You’re All That I Need
6. Love Has Come My Way (Minus One)
7. Say That You Love Me (Minus One)
8. Inseparable (Minus One)
9. Someone's Always Saying Goodbye (Minus One)
10. You're All That I Need (Minus One)