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C-pop Saturday

Time for the next instalment of my semi-regular series C-pop Saturday! The last one was back in April, so here's another selection of Chinese music for your summer. :)

 

WayV- Action Figure

In May I featured the single Action Figure by by WayV (the Chinese sub-unit of Korean boyband NCT ) as a Weekly Music Video. You can see it here: https://starsparklex.blogspot.com/2021/05/weekly-music-video_12.html


ØZI feat. 9mm88- B.O

Here is B.O by Taiwanese American singer-songwriter, rapper and producer ØZI. His real name/s is Chen Yi Fan (Chinese, written with surname/family name first) and Stefan Chen (English).  His mum is Taiwanese pop star Irene Yeh and his dad Chen Wen-pin was a well-known photographer from the 80s to the mid-200os

ØZI was born in Los Angeles and later moved to Taipei, and is fluent in both English and Mandarin. He started taking music classes aged 4 and formed his own rock band at 7! His influences include the rapper Eminem and alternative rock/metal band Linkin Park. 

ØZI is signed to the hip hop label Forbidden Paradise and made his debut with the album ØZI; The Album in July 2018 . His 2nd album PEDSTAL is out now. 

B.O was released in July 2018 and features Taiwanese singer-songwriter 9mm88.



 Check out his latest release LUFU feat. G Soul and Arin Ray here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NI78oRsoXB4

 

For more on ØZI visit these links:

X Entertainment profile: https://xentertainment.me/fp_artist/ozi/

Taiwan Beats interview: https://taiwanbeats.tw/archives/10421

The Hype Magazine interview: https://www.thehypemagazine.com/2020/08/who-is-ozi/

Official Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ozifp/

Official Twitter: https://twitter.com/OZIforbidden


Gen Neo- RUNNING

Next up is RUNNING by Singaporean singer Gen Neo. It's from his first EP AD ASTRA which was released back in December. My favourite songs from the EP are HOLD BACK and WHERE TO GO, and I'd say this is my 3rd fave. :)

The music video premiered on 25th June.

 

  

Visit these posts for more songs from AD ASTRA:

Features HOLD BACK: https://starsparklex.blogspot.com/2021/01/new-music-for-2021-part-1.html

Includes WHERE TO GO https://starsparklex.blogspot.com/2021/04/c-pop-saturday.html

 

Also check out the music video WHAT CAN I DO (Solo Version), which just premiered yesterday: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wrCr-N0gAQY


SING- Ji Mingyue (new version)

Now for the girls! This a song by Chinese girl group SING. It's a new version of their song Ji Mingqyue which translates as something like "Send to the Moon" in English. (Thank you to YouTube commenters and Google Translate!) 

This is a dance practice video which was uploaded last September. I don't think the group has released anything lately but I'll keep an eye out! :)  



Watch the video for the original dance version here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=49d95ni5J9Y

 

Hope you like the post! :) What are your current favourite C-pop songs?

 

See the previous C-pop Saturday posts of 2021 below (only 2 so far!): 

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

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

 

Asian music fan? Check out these posts:

Asian Songs for Summer: https://starsparklex.blogspot.com/2020/07/asian-songs-for-summer.html

Asian Music Round-up: https://starsparklex.blogspot.com/2021/03/asian-music-round-up.html



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