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C-pop Saturday

Time for the first C-pop Saturday of the year! This is a semi-regular feature that I started back in 2018. The last post was in November, so here is some Chinese music for 2022 (not brand new but a mixture). :)


PANTHEPACK- Shanghai Dream

First up is Shanghai Dream by PANTHEPACK. They are a Chinese hip hop group founded by Hong Kong rapper and singer Jackson Wang (who is also a member of K-pop group GOT7). In addition to Jackson, the other members are Chinese American singer-songwriter Karencici, Taiwanese American rapper/producer J. Sheon and Chinese rapper ICE.

PANTHEPACK is managed by TEAM WANG, Jackson's company. They started out by releasing the songs DNA and Transmit last April. Their other singles include Pull Up, Gut Feeling and BUZZ.

Shanghai Dream is their latest single and was released on 10th December.  The song is a mixture of English and Chinese lyrics (English subtitles available). This is the official visualiser.



For more on PANTHEPACK check out these links:

SportsKeeda feature: https://www.sportskeeda.com/pop-culture/who-panthepack-meet-jackson-wang-s-hiphop-supergroup

NME article: https://www.nme.com/en_asia/news/music/panthepack-jackson-wang-karencici-j-sheon-ice-buzz-team-wang-3030801

Official site: https://www.panthepack.com/

TEAM WANG records YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/teamwang


Jackson Wang- JACKSON WANG

Next up is another Jackson video. It's a self-titled song about his journey so far, feeling lonely as he travels the world and finding connection.

The video premiered on 11th January. Click "Subtitles/closed captions" for English subtitles! :)




Steve Aoki + Jolin Tsai + MAX- Equal in the Darkness

In November, American DJ Steve Aoki teamed up with popular Taiwanese singer Jolin Tsai and American singer MAX (real name Max Schneider) for the single Equal in the Darkness. Jolin and Steve previously worked together on the single Stars Align (along with R3HAB) last April.

Equal in the Darkness is about how we're all human and searching for the same thing. Ultimately, we're all "equal in the darkness". There are Chinese and English versions. This is the Chinese version (also contains some English lyrics). 



Watch the video for the English version here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nFwUD7RZHu4

And read about the song here: https://shorefire.com/releases/entry/steve-aoki-max-and-jolin-equal-in-the-darkness

 

For more Jolin check out my Jan 2021 C-pop Saturday post: https://starsparklex.blogspot.com/2021/01/c-pop-saturday.html

 

WayV- Miracle

Finally, this is Miracle by boyband WayV, the Chinese sub unit of the Korean group NCT. This is an English language song but I thought I'd include it today. :)

Lucas is currently on hiatus (due to serious allegations) and I think that WinWin is concentrating more on his acting career at the moment, so WayV are performing and promoting as a 5 member group. 

Miracle came out on 3rd December and is from NCT's 3rd studio album Universe (released on 14th Dec). It sounds like an old school 90s R'n'B song! 

 


Also check out Low Low, the first single from WayV's Ten and YangYang (an English language single released in August last year): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GYB6jfC9A6U

 

Hope you like the post! :) What C-pop songs are you listening to lately? I'm planning to feature more Chinese music this year. 


For more C-pop visit these posts:

The previous C-pop Saturday post (with links to the rest of the 2021 posts): https://starsparklex.blogspot.com/2021/11/c-pop-saturday.html

C-pop in Public Dances: https://starsparklex.blogspot.com/2022/01/c-pop-in-public-dances.html

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