Kakai Bautista admits to singing the "Maynila" theme tune in a TikTok post

I'm sure most of us have heard the Manila Theme Song, Mahal kong Maynila, but do you know who one of the singers is? Who would have guessed that quirky, funny comedienne Kakai Bautista was one of the original singers of the theme song of former Manila Mayor Lito Atienza's TV anthology show "Maynila"?

Bautista recently revisited the show's opening theme, 20 years after the jingle "Mahal Kong Maynila" first aired on GMA. Vince De Jesus composed the song, which featured the popular line "Mahal kong Maynila, sayo'y hindi mawawalay," which was released in 2002.

Kakai Bautista serenade her followers to an updated rendition of "Mahal Kong Maynila" on Wednesday, Jan. 25 on her personal Tiktok account. As of this writing, the original video has received over 2.5 million views, 318,000 likes, 7,000 comments, and 5,000 shares on the platform.

A lot of her followers, even celebrities, were shocked after seeing it.

“Thank you sa lahat ng nakaappreciate after 20 years. Guysh I’m overwhelmed [emojis] Vince sent me this kagabe. Naiyak ako. Kase sinabi nyong IConic. Waaaaaaah!!! THANK U,” she wrote.