R&B Princess Kyla (Photo by ROWENA JOY A. SANCHEZ)

The wave of revival songs may just break soon with more and more artists reeling from it, including R&B Princess Kyla.

After the release of her sixth and seventh albums “Heartfelt” (2008) and “Heart 2 Heart” (2009) -- both of which are mostly, if not all, comprised by remakes —Kyla is set to return to recording original songs such as her hits “Hanggang Ngayon,” “Not Your Ordinary Girl" and “I Feel For You.”

“It’s time na gumana naman ‘yung aming creative juices at mailabas ‘yun nang mabuti,” she told Bulletin Entertainment at the Tambayan OPM Awards ceremony.

So, the soulful singer’s next album would be an all-original one. It will retain a particular aspect of her previous releases, though: the well-loved collaborations.

Kyla recognizes that original compositions help cement an artist’s identity among her peers in the industry.

“Iba pa rin ‘yung nagkakaron ka ng hit na original, kaysa ‘yung magkaka-hit ka pero merong nagpasikat nang iba before you,” she maintained.

It’s challenging but exciting at the same time, Kyla enthused. And in preparation for her upcoming release, she banked on her songwriting chops once again (she co-wrote a number of compositions in some of her earlier albums, such as “You Make Me Feel,” “Beautiful Days,” and “I’m Into You”).

Aside from working on her eighth studio album, Kyla is busy preparing for a special compilation, which will be released in Indonesia and Malaysia this month. That album, she said, will contain songs from her previous albums, a Malaysian song, and “Hanggang Ngayon” translated in Malaysian.

With this move, which was similarly taken by fellow contemporary artists Christian Bautista and Aiza Seguerra, Kyla hopes that in time, she would be able to release an album all over Asia.