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C-pop Saturday

Time for the 2nd post of the year in my semi-regular C-pop Saturday series, which features Chinese pop (and sometimes R'n'B and rap). You can see the first post of 2022 here: https://starsparklex.blogspot.com/2022/01/c-pop-saturday.html

 

Julia Wu- sunset

First up is sunset (title written in lower case) by Australian born Chinese singer Julia Wu. It's an English and Chinese language song about wanting to be with a past lover and share the sunset with them. The song is from Julia's latest album 2622, which came out last year. 

The first verse of sunset is Chinese (Mandarin, I think) and the rest is English.  I like how it starts out slow and chilled, and then the R'n'B beats kicks in. I'm not sure if the rap is by the American rapper 2chill, since 2Chill is also the video director.

This is a visualiser video and was uploaded in November.




For more songs from 2622, visit these links: 

Split music video (it's often listed by the Chinese title, so if you can't read Chinese- like me-and have trouble finding it, it's track No. 9 on the album): https://starsparklex.blogspot.com/2021/09/c-pop-saturday.html

Her latest release uncertainty (2ession): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GSzoO_NQkWs&list=OLAK5uy_n0a76CfBEnZy5MfDoKFUnSvYTE1EilguM



NICKTHEREAL- GOOD LIFE

Next up is GOOD LIFE by Taiwanese singer NICKTHEREAL (real name Nick Chou). It's from his new album REAL LIFE, which came out in January. There are good songs on there including this one,  HEALTHY MIND (my favourite), and LOVE IS PAIN. 

GOOD LIFE is a Chinese and English song. The video premiered on 14th March.



 Vist this C-pop Saturday post to see the music video  for Nick's other singles from the album, HEALHY MIND  and NEED YOU:  https://starsparklex.blogspot.com/2021/11/c-pop-saturday.html


 

Priscilla Abby- Chinese title/Don't Make Me Like You Too Much

And here is a new song from Priscilla Abby (full name Priscilla Abby Chai). She is a Chinese Malaysian singer who started out uploading covers to YouTube in summer 2016, before being signed to WebTVAsia in 2017. She released her debut single I Love The Sky in July 2017.  

Priscilla speaks both Chinese (Mandarin) and Malay. Her music is described as "Mandopop EDM" (Mandarin language pop/electronic dance music).  

The English title of this single is Don't Make Me Like You Too Much. This video was uploaded on 14th March. 



For more on Priscilla vist these links:

Bandwagon Asia article (from 2018): https://www.bandwagon.asia/articles/from-youtuber-to-professional-singer-interview-priscilla-abby-successful-year

YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCSI11yVCM5x45_iiL5YcQZw

FB page: https://www.facebook.com/PriscillaAbbyChai/

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

 

Hope you liked the post! :) I know I only shared a few songs this time, but plan to share more in the next post. What Chinese music are you listening to at the moment? 



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