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Kelly Chen, unfulfilled promises & letting go

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Dreamt of a song 3am in the morning and couldn’t fall back to sleep. It’s a 1996 production, Willing To Let Go (誰願放手) by Hong Kong singer Kelly Chen.

I was a huge fan of the pop star during high school. She’s gorgeous, not an exceptionally good singer but has some pretty good songs.

Funny thing is I haven’t heard this for some years, it’s odd how it popped up out of the blue. And it brought back memories, going to be a long story…

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Hsiao Huang-chi – Last Journey music video

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Chinese music video for Last Journey (末班車) by blind Taiwanese singer Hsiao Huang-chi, released in his January 2011 album…

The title is literally last train/bus/trip, which can sometimes be interpreted as the last journey of life. The lyrics are the message of a person to his/her lover who’s passing away. Decent song, pretty good music video too.

Taiwanese composer Chen Chi-Yuan passed away

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Taiwanese composer Chen Chi-Yuan (陈志远) passed away on March 16 at age 61 after battling with cancer for seven years. The legendary musician had thousand of works under his name, including many classics in the 80s and 90s.

I’ve embedded some of his famous pieces below. He will be missed, RIP.

Sandy Lam – Home Again Without You (爱上一个不回家的人, 1991)

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Stefanie Sun – When Winter Night Gets Warmer music video

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When Winter Night Gets Warmer (當冬夜漸暖) is a Chinese song by Singaporean singer Stefanie Sun. The song is the second promo track from her new album It’s Time, released just a couple of days ago. It’s her first album since 2007.

Lotus Wang – BOBEE music video

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Taiwanese music video of BOBEE by 41-year-old comedian Lotus Wang, title track of her Sing & Blessed (有唱有保庇, loose translation) album, which bizarrely is one of the best selling albums for the past few weeks in Taiwan…

BOBEE is a remake of Korean song Bo Peep Bo Peep by girl group T-ara which is on average about 20 years younger than Wang. Not a bad song to begin with, but it’s not something you would expect from a 40+ lady.

One of the major factors for BOBEE’s popularity is that the pronunciation for “bo-bee” actually sounds like “blessed” (保庇) in Taiwanese-Hokkien language, which is quite fitting for the approaching Lunar New Year festivity.

I wonder if the company could have predicted the immense success though. They probably did it for the lulz instead of genuine business sense.