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C-pop Saturday

Time for another instalment of C-pop Saturday, my semi-regular series sharing Chinese music! I've only done one other post this year (in February), so this is the 2nd one of 2025. Today I'm featuring C-pop and R'n'B. :)

 

ELL&s- Elevatah

First up, a Taiwanese girl group! This is Elevatah by ELL&s, who are signed to KJM Entertainment. The group consists of 5 members- 4 of whom were previously in pre-debut girl group SUNNY PARFUM. According to their Kprofiles, they are a sub-unit of SUNNY PARFUM.

The members are lead vocalist Ashlee (real name Chan Hsai-chen/Xinchan), Theia (Zheng Yuhsin), Cherry (Chen Chen-wei/Huang Xiuwan/), Rosie (don't know her full name yet) and Shan/Shanshan (Chen Yu-shan). All the girls apart from Rosie were members of SUNNY PARFUM*

ELL&s debuted in July 2024 with the digital single Elevatah. They also released the special single Ride or Die (2024 Remaster Version) last September, a remake of a song originally released by SUNNY PARFUM.

Elevatah was the girls' debut single, released in July last year. The music video premiered in August. The song is a mixture of Chinese and English lyrics.  Click "Closed captions/subtitles" on YouTube for English subtitles! :) 

 

 

For more on ELL&s visit these links:

Kprofiles: https://kprofiles.com/ells-members-profile/

Official FB: https://www.facebook.com/ELL.AND.SP/ 

Official Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ell.and.s/

Official YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@ELL.AND.S

 

J.Sheon- YOU DON'T NEED TO KNOW

Next up is YOU DON'T NEED TO KNOW by Taiwanese American rapper/producer J. Sheon, who is also a member of Chinese hip hop group PANTHEPACK. It's from his 3rd studio album OUTCOMES, which was released last November.

YOU DON'T NEED TO KNOW is reflective R'n'B Mandarin language song. It came out in December. English subtitles available! 

 


Also check out the video for J.Sheon's most recent single WHY WOULD YOU (released in January): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u-VoihcJhmk

And listen to/buy OUTCOMES here: https://jsheon.lnk.to/OUTCOMES 

 

Karencici feat. ICE- It's A Vibe

And now we hear from J.Sheon's bandmate Chinese American singer Karencici! This is It's a Vibe. It's from her latest album Made For You, which was released last December. 

It's A Vibe was the 3rd single from the album, following the title track, which came out in December and Say It To My Face featuring Taiwanese American singer-songwriter and rapper Ã˜ZI (released in Jan), and preceding Baby I (see below).

It features Chinese rapper ICE, who is also a member of PANTHEPACK, along with Hong Kong rapper/singer (and member of K-pop boyband GOT7) Jackson Wang), who founded the group.

It's A Vibe is a chilled R'n'B track with Chinese and English lyrics, about the vibe of being in love. The single was released in March.

 

 

Karencici- Baby I (Live Performance)

And here is Baby I, Karencici's latest single. It's also from Made For You. 

Baby I is a sexy R'n'B/dance song (more upbeat than It's A Vibe) with all-English lyrics. This is a live performance video and was uploaded in May.

 

 

Stream/buy Made For You here: https://wmtkarencici.lnk.to/madeforyou

 

And for more music by Karencici check out these links:

Features the music video for Addicted, her 2023 single with Taiwanese Korean singer Shi Shi: https://starsparklex.blogspot.com/2024/02/c-pop-saturday.html 

Music video for Made For you: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_aZdI6YIlpg 

 

Plus, outside of PANTHEPACK, Karencici and J.Sheon collaborated on the single She Don't Mind in April 2023, from Karencci's EP Everybody Loves Me. Visit my C-pop Saturday post from May 2023 to see the music video: https://starsparklex.blogspot.com/2023/05/c-pop-saturday.html

 

Hope you enjoyed the post! :) What Chinese music are you listening to currently?  

 

*These are Chinese names with the surname/family name written first. I've seen conflicting sources for some of the members' real/birth names.

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