Tag: Chinese pop

  • The thing that makes Laure Shang one of my favorite Chinese artists is that you never know what she’s going to do next.  You really don’t.  In fact, I dare say she’s one of the most unpredictable artists on the planet, which, for me, also makes her one of the most fascinating artists, too.  At some…

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  • This is what happens when the reigning queen of Chinese pop meets the reigning queen of Japanese pop… One fabulous, punchy as hell, kick ass pop song, primed for the dance floor. If you really despise EDM then this one might turn you off, but we’re getting tired of EDM, too, and we still were…

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  • Jolin Tsai is arguably the queen of Chinese pop, though I’d say that Elva Hsaio and Coco Lee are right behind her. In any case, she’s a massive diva releasing one hit album after another for at least ten years now. Here, fresh, modern beats that blend slick electro-pop and sonorous EDM give her just…

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  • Stefanie Sun’s “Kepler” is a beautiful, mid-tempo C-Pop — that’s Cantonese pop — ballad, which begins with mellow guitars. Guitars that initially sound acoustic, but then there’s a bit of a twang there and it starts to sound like an American country ballad with electric slide guitar. It never quite becomes a country song, but…

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