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C-pop Saturday

Time for a new instalment of my semi-regular series C-pop Saturday! This will probably be my last one of the year.:)


Diana Wang- Make You Feel

First up is Make You Feel by Dutch Chinese singer Diana Wang, a song with R'n'B vibes. It was released in August.



Also check out the video for Diana's latest single Machines: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dpdmHoTHilA


Rainie Yang-INDULGING

Here is INDULGING by Taiwanese singer Rainie Yang, who is also an actress and TV presenter. I think her full name is Yang Chen Lin (Yang is her surname/family name) and she is from Taipei. Rainie started out in the Taiwanese girl group 4 in Love in 2000 and was given the stage name Rainie. After the group disbanded, she moved into TV hosting and acting.

In September 2005 Rainie released her debut solo album My Intuition (Chinese title Ai Mei), in Manadarin. To date she has released 11 more albums, including Meeting Love (2006), Not Yet a Woman (2008), Longing For (2011), Delete Reset Grow (2019) and her latest LIKE A STAR, released in November 2020. LIKE A STAR marked her 20th anniversary in the music business. 

Rainie's singles include Youth Lies Within, Lesson in Love, Love is Love, Girls featuring Cyndi Wang, LIKE A STAR and INDULGING.

INDULGING was released in November last year and it's from the LIKE A STAR album. I think the Chinese title translates in English as "Drifting Bathroom". I like the fact that the song starts out like a ballad and then goes into dance/EDM.  If you click the subtitles option on YouTube, you can see English subtitles. :) 



For more on Rainie visit these links:

Official YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC_fW_2QuZldcT3FhCYQ_2vw

Official FB (follow option): https://www.facebook.com/0604rainie


Kimberly Chen- always be my always

This is always be my always (written all in lower case) by Australian born, Taiwan based singer Kimberly Chen. The video premiered in October.


 

Visit this post to see the video for Kimberly's in my toes (English) and the Chinese song no biggie with Abin/Ng KiPin): https://starsparklex.blogspot.com/2021/10/weekly-music-video.html


NICKTHEREAL- HEALTHY MIND

Here is HEALTHY MIND by Taiwanese singer NICKTHEREAL aka Nick Chou. It's actually an English language song (with the odd Chinese line), but I thought I'd include it. :)

HEALTHY MIND was released in September. Great beat and gives me summer vibes. (I'm feeling nostalgic for summer, especially since it's gone so cold right now!) The song reminds me of some old English song from the 90s, the style of singing (can't think of the group's name right now).

Please note that it contains swearing. :)


 

NICKTHEREAL- NEED YOU

And here's Nick's latest single NEED YOU. It's in English and Chinese, and the video premiered on 5th November. I love the cats in the video! :)



Hope you liked the post! :) What are your current favourite Chinese songs?


See the other C-pop Saturday posts from this year below:

https://starsparklex.blogspot.com/2021/01/c-pop-saturday.html

https://starsparklex.blogspot.com/2021/04/c-pop-saturday.html 

https://starsparklex.blogspot.com/2021/07/c-pop-saturday.html

https://starsparklex.blogspot.com/2021/09/c-pop-saturday.html 

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