Tag: faye wong

  • Music Video Director: Zhong Ping Huang

    I just finally burnt Zhong Ping Huang’s (黄­中平) name in my head.

    Because of A-Mei’s latest MV.

    Having realized that he’s made my favorite Faye Wong video, I just spent all night “curating” a list of 77 MVs of some of the music videos he’s directed since 1997… but only of the artists I follow… otherwise the list is just endless~

    Most of the time, his style is described as just about style, emotion and composition. Though, I have seen a few of those that have something resembling a plot.

    Faye Wong – Bu Liu/ Nothing Left

    I think that video captures what I essentially love about Faye Wong.

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  • 30th Hong Kong Film Awards: Best Song

    Let’s start off by saying that my Chinese/Hong Kong film viewing… isn’t, just isn’t. LOL Of all the nominees, I have only seen two. Hahaha, I’m a little ashamed of that considering I’ve seen over 120 movies last year. Though, there were 3 other films I wanted to watch before the nominations were announced: Love in a Puff, Gallants, Under The Hawthorn Tree, and Detective Dee ;D

    And I’ve decided I should watch Reign of Assassins with my dad, and Hot Summer Days with my mom. LOL

    Also, Tetsuya Nakashima’s Kokuhaku was crowned as Best Asian Film, beating the likes of Aftershocks and Monga.

    Anyway, we’re here because of the Best Song category, which had the most artists I was familiar with, and we’re going to be looking at each of them and their respective songs~ First, the winner:

    Jun Kung’s Here to Stay from Merry-Go Round

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  • Faye Wong for Harper’s Bazaar

    Oh, Faye Wong – you look the same in all the photos, but you still look so cool xD

    My friend Ada who was in town told me she was missing Faye Wong’s concerts by a hair, and then she said “but good for me. You would have killed me if I were going” – I almost died with jealousy.

    You know, before there was Gaga – there was also Faye Wong. I mean, she did wear a shoe on her head during her Faye Live Tour Concert DVD. She wore A SHOE ON HER HEAD. O_o

    More photos via Aiya They Didn’t.

  • Aiya! So many comments about the Cpop Scene

    LOL it reached over 70 comments in just a few hours. It was crazy coming back home and seeing my inbox filled with LiveJournal replies. And here it is, the old article on YAM008 “Where is the CPop Scene Going?”

    Check out the LJ discussion here.

  • Faye Wong 2010 Beijing Comeback Concert

    Asian Music Diva (mostly music anyway) has been slowly making a comeback into the music scene since her “retirement” in 2004… right after the release of her album To Love (Jiang Ai, which is out of stock everywhere… but I’m waiting for a re-issue, hopefully), after the release of Wong Kar Wai’s 2046, and her Faye Live Tour.

    Wong dusted off her dreamy vocals for the main theme of Chow Yun Fat’s film Confucius, titled You Lan Cao, and her performance at the CCTV’s Spring Gala a few months ago. Now she’s dusting off her touring abilities with a series of 5 concert dates in Beijing.

    Beginning October 29th, and continuing with 30th, and 31st, as well as November 5th and 6th. There are 6 different pricing tickets, however, all the seats priced at 300 Yuan (nearly $50 USD), 500 Yuan, and 2500 Yuan (nearly $400 USD) sold out in 10 minutes.

    A press conference, that included only 300 members of the press that were invited, was held yesterday in which Wong appeared wearing a red dress (possibly for the passing of her vocal teacher Dai Sicong, who passed away recently). This short series of concerts in Beijing have until now generated over $2Million USD.

    Dates in Shanghai are also scheduled.

    via Aiya They Didn’t, Faye Wong Today, Daily Chilli, and ChinaPiao.com

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    Oh, I am so jealous. Though, that thing about arriving 45min late, it’s a huge… and I really mean a HUGE turn off for me, this just goes to show you that Faye Wong is truly a star, because no one was pissed off when she did finally arrived. I imagine that she’s truly mesmerizing in person… like meeting a fairy or something. Maybe she sparkles. LOL

  • 15 Music Facts~

    Not tagging anyone… everyone is welcome to comment on this with their own!

    Saw this here~~~ Cut the Crap Movie Reviews.

    1. Open up your iTunes, music player, spin the CD, whatever, hit shuffle and tell us what is the first song to play…

    Yuguo (羽果) – Ronnie Monkey from Babel (巴别塔)

    [audio:https://personal.amy-wong.com/mp3_player/sound_files/yuguo-ronnie-monkey-babel.mp3]

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  • Asian Music Round-up

    27 Asian Music Albums OWNED. [One, Mirotic… thanks Julz~]

    That’s like 50 regular Western music albums in price… just so you know.

    Over 240 Asian Music Albums HEARD…

    it’s been 2 busy years of Asian Entertainment…
    and I can’t seem to stop~

    musicians and idols~ I can’t hate any of them…
    and they’re making me broke xD

  • Color Me Surprise: Chinese Music on iTunes Canada?

    Aiya They Didn’t reporting that Chinese fusion singer Sa Dingding and Chris Lee were topping World music downloads on iTunes UK, Switzerland and Belgium prompted me to look them up on iTunes Canada.

    And color me surprise, they’ve got the first 3 albums (sans EP) by Bibi! I was also able to find Chris Lee, Han Hong, SHE, Eason Chan, Leehom Wang, among others~~~

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  • Faye Wong – You Lan Cao MV for Confucius

    The video is pretty disappointingly average,
    but the song is quite good. =)

  • Faye Wong Back for Confucius

    Turns out that Faye Wong had been working on the main theme for the Chow Yun-Fat Confucius film. The song, titled You Lan Cao (幽兰操), was finished on December 31st, and will be released on January 6th for the release of the film.

    It is based on the works of the Tang Dynasty poet Han Yu (韩愈, 768-824). The director, Hu Mei, is reported to have described Faye’s rendition as ethereal, as “Communication of the earth and the sky’s beauty.”

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    The new song uses only 64 Chinese characters and is adapted from ancient poet Han Yu’s eulogy on orchids that resonated with the iconic philosopher Confucius.

    via Aiya They Didn’t.