Skip to main content

C-pop Saturday

It's been a bit since I last did a C-pop Saturday post, so here is the first one of the autumn! (In June I said it was the first one of the summer and it ended up being the only one, but never mind! lol.  :)


 Vinida- Blood Moon

First up is Blood Moon by Chinese rapper Vinida. Her full name is Vinida Weng (I've also seen her called Weng Ying so perhaps that's her Chinese name*) and she is based in Fuzhou, in China's Fujian province. She debuted on Chinese variety show Sing! China in summer 2016 and went on release her debut single Dirty Mind in December. Vinida is signed to Modern Sky Records, China's largest independent record label and has released a full length album called Solo.

Vinida is singing on in Blood Mood rather than rapping. The song (which was releaded in May) has a nice vibe, especially the chorus.


Vinida-  Queendom

Here is another song by Vinida where she's rapping. It's called Queendom and was released in April 2017.



For more on Vinida visit these links:

China Daily feature: https://www.chinadaily.com.cn/culture/2016-12/15/content_27674075.htm

Sup China article: https://supchina.com/2019/06/14/friday-song-vinida-takes-the-lead-among-chinas-underground-rappers/

YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC9pwBfyr1EW3R7qDs2SsHog

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/vinidaweng/


Female rappers aren't common in China but there are more these days. Another one is VaVa and Lexie Liu sings and raps, check out this post her for more on both of them: https://starsparklex.blogspot.com/2018/12/c-pop-saturday.html

And you can read more about Vinida, Lexie and VaVa here: https://www.whatsonweibo.com/the-women-changing-the-chinese-rap-scene-top-3-most-popular-female-rappers-of-china/


Diana Wang- Intertwined

Dutch Chinese singer Diana Wang released Intertwined in June. It's from her mini album Moon which came out the same month.

For more songs by Diana check out these posts:

Features Leica and Tomorrow videos: https://starsparklex.blogspot.com/2018/04/c-pop-saturday.html 

Includes Hello, I said: https://starsparklex.blogspot.com/2019/04/c-pop-saturday.html


Casper True- THIS IS THE WAY


Here is This is The Way by Casper True. I can't find much info about Casper but he's from China or at least based there, since that's his location on his YouTube page. The single was released in June and the video premiered in August.


Follow Casper at these links:
FB page: https://www.facebook.com/CasperTrue%E5%8D%A1%E6%96%AF%E6%9F%8F-1117660748408015/

YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCOr9W7Qu8h2Zx13qcBIZG1Q/featured


 Jacksong Wang- BULLET TO THE HEART

This is the latest single by Hong Kong singer, rapper and member of K-pop boyband GOT7 Jackson Wang. It came out on 24th September. It's in English but I thought I would include it. :)


Find more songs by Jackson here:

Music video for Lucky Rain with Tia Ray: https://starsparklex.blogspot.com/2018/07/weekly-music-video.html

Includes MOOD, Jackson's collaboration with Meng Jia (formerly of Korean/Chinese girl group miss A): https://starsparklex.blogspot.com/2018/01/new-music-for-2018-part-1.html

Features Hello, his song with Fei (also a former missA member): https://starsparklex.blogspot.com/2019/02/c-pop-saturday.html

Oxygen video: https://starsparklex.blogspot.com/2019/05/weekly-music-video_29.html

Another with Roi audio: https://starsparklex.blogspot.com/2019/06/c-pop-saturday.html

That's it for now. Hope you liked the post. :) What are your current favourite Chinese songs?


See the previous C-pop Saturday posts for 2019 here:

https://starsparklex.blogspot.com/2019/02/c-pop-saturday.html

https://starsparklex.blogspot.com/2019/04/c-pop-saturday.html

https://starsparklex.blogspot.com/2019/06/c-pop-saturday.html



*With Chinese names the surname/family name is first.
Labels:

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

South Indian Videos

I've written several Bollywood posts this year but I don't feature South Indian music/films as much. So today I'm sharing some music and dance videos from Tollywood ( the Telugu language film industry) and Kollywood (the Tamil language film industry). :) Oo Antava Mawa- Pushpa- Dance Cover by Sonali First up is a dance cover of the song Oo Antava Mawa..Oo Oo Antava from the 2021 Tollywood film Pushpa: The Rise- Part 1 . I previously featured a dance cover of Oo Antava Mawa in a Dance Videos post in August last year. That one is by Rang De and you can see it here: https://starsparklex.blogspot.com/2023/08/dance-videos.html This cover is by Indian choreographer Sonali Bhaduria, from LiveToDance with Sonali and was uploaded in January 2022. It's a shorter video.   For more on Pushpa and to watch the official Oo Antava Mawa video, check out my Tollywood Videos Round-up 2 post from September 2023: https://starsparklex.blogspot.com/2023/09/tollywood-videos-round-up-2.html ...
Post a Comment
Read more

K-pop Comebacks- BTS

Sorry the 2nd post is later again this week, I didn't manage to get it finished yesterday. :) Last month I started a mini series called K-pop Comebacks, featuring the comebacks of K-pop groups during 2026. The first one was about BLACKPINK and you can see it here:  https://starsparklex.blogspot.com/2026/03/k-pop-comebacks-blackpink.html Today I'm focusing on BTS (one of the most popular Korean boybands ). They debuted in 2013 and are a 7-member group, made up of leader RM, formerly known as Rap Monster (real name Kim Nam Joon), SUGA (Min Yoon Gi), Jin (full name Kim Seok Jin), j-hope (Jung Ho-seok), Jimin (Park Ji Min), V (Kim Tae Hyung) and Jungkook (Jeon Jung Kook). * Since then, the boys have been very successful, not only in South Korea but internationally. They are probably one of the most well-known K-pop bands worldwide.  In June 2022, the group took a break while the members served their  mandatory military service in Korea and have also been concentrat...
Post a Comment
Read more

Weekly Music Video

Sorry there wasn't a 2nd post last week, I was going through a bit of a stressful time and didn't manage to get one finished. :) This week's video is I CONDEMN by Australian singer and rapper The Kid LAROI . It was the first single from the deluxe version of his second album BEFORE I FORGET. The original album was released in January and the deluxe version came out on 24th April. It contains 9 extra tracks, including  I CONDEMN and latest single PIECES. I wasn't aware that there was a deluxe version until I saw that some new songs had appeared on Spotify! I like BEFORE I FORGET and my favourite songs from the original version are ME + YOU, JULY,  COME DOWN and RATHER BE featuring Australian rapper and singer Lithe . One of my fave songs on the deluxe version is QUIT YOU, and I also like HOLD STILL and I CONDEMN. The newest single PIECES came out on out the same day as the album. I CONDEMN was released on 17th April. As with the songs on the original BEFORE I FORGET, it...
Post a Comment
Read more