Who: Singaporean singer Tabitha Nauser, 33, is making a comeback with the single In Her Eyes, her first new song in four years.

A pop/R&B ballad written by her and her British-Thai partner Louie Salmon-Pansuk, 32, who works in the tech industry, the song is an ode to motherhood. It was released on Oct 31, the day their only child, Aaliyah, turned two. Their daughter’s voice can be heard in the track.

Nauser, who was second runner-up on the third season of local reality singing show Singapore Idol in 2009, also started performing regularly again in 2025. Her recent shows include an opening set for American vocal group Boyz II Men’s Singapore concert in May and global creator festival CreatorWeek Macao 2025 in Macau in October.

She is set to perform at the sold-out Countdown 2026 Concert at The Kallang on Dec 31, which features K-pop boy band Super Junior as headliners, as well as fellow home-grown acts Benjamin Kheng and Iman Fandi.

“On a perfect Saturday morning, I would sleep until 8am, as I usually wake up every day at 6am because of Aaliyah. I will have a nice cup of coffee, sit out on the balcony for a bit, slowly wake up and put some music on. I am loving (American R&B singer) Coco Jones at the moment.

I will have a bowl of oats with berries, peanut butter – all the good stuff. Very healthy and clean, and Aaliyah will share it with me.

Any time a song comes on, she dances, and then she will be like, ‘Mummy, dance with me.’ We do that until about 10-ish, and then start getting ready for the day.

There is a beautiful dog park with a massive playground not very far from us in the east, so Aaliyah and my dog will go run around.

Then we head home for her nap. Aaliyah can sleep for around two hours, which is long enough for me to unwind or go to the gym.

For dinner, we go to Nong Khai Beer House in Geylang. It has legit Thai food – it is spicy and there is a lot of fermented stuff from Northern Thailand, which is not very common here....