Reading the 188 series of BL novels at the moment and they are a torture to read but also very addicting, LOL… You just want to punch one of the main protagonists on the nose in the first half of the novels! I have read 2 of these novels in a row the past couple of weeks, currently reading another one, The Years of Intoxication 一醉經年. In the latter part of this novel, Song Juhan 宋居寒 sang a song he wrote to He Gu 何故 and at the same time came out of the closet in the final performance of his concert and, boy, it was a touching moment especially the speech he gave after he sang the song! The song, Ai He Gu 愛何辜 (translated as Is It a Crime to Love?) is actually a play of words to 愛何故 (Loving He Gu). The song actually exists! It is from the audio drama of the novel. I have also included two other songs from the audio drama…
(more…)December 31, 2020
December 27, 2020
Fortunate (HBO Asia TV Series “Adventure of the Ring” Theme Song) 如果能幸福（電視喜劇《戒指流浪記》片尾曲） – Eric Chou 周興哲
New love song from Eric, it is the closing theme song to HBO Asia TV Series “Adventure of the Ring 戒指流浪記”. The TV series began airing in Taiwan on December 13, 2020 for a total of 8 episodes. So far no official MV for the song yet, only the audio version is released.
(more…)December 26, 2020
Because of You 因為你所以我 – Mayday 五月天
Christmas gift from Mayday with their brand new song’s MV!
(more…)December 24, 2020
Random Ramblings on BL Novels – The 188 Series 188男團系列耽美小説
Currently I am in the midst of reading the 188 series of BL novels by Shui Qian Cheng 水千丞. The first time I came across this author was after watching the 2017 bromance TV series, Beloved Enemy 決對爭鋒 at the beginning of this year, later I started to read the BL novel the TV series was adapted from, 針鋒對決. Of course at the time I did not realise it was part of the 188 series, but I did notice that Yuan Yang 原煬 was really a badass in the novel compared to his watered down behaviour in the TV series.
(more…)December 20, 2020
Disguise 偽裝 – DZ 大壯
Just heard this song for the first time today, and love the song already on first listen. DZ (Da Zhuang 大壯) has a very recognizable voice with his singing tone of Northern Chinese accent. He first became known as a singer/songwriter webcaster and released his first single 我們不一樣 in 2017 which became a hit. Although Disguise 偽裝 was first released in February, 2019, I’ve never come across it until today, LOL. There is no official MV that I could find, just an audio lyrics version MV. He did perform the song in March last year in the variety singing TV show, Global Chinese Music 全球中文音樂榜上榜, so I’ve included the video of that performance.
(more…)December 19, 2020
Should’ve Let Go 過 – Jackson Wang 王嘉爾 & JJ Lin 林俊傑
Brand new song from Jackson and JJ just uploaded today. I think this must be the fourth new MV from JJ Lin in just a month, after Passing Through (暫時的記號), So Be It (最好是), and two new collaboration MVs, Not Tonight with Steve Aoki and this new song.
(more…)December 18, 2020
Most Streamed Mandopop Songs of 2020
Spotify has announced the Top 5 most streamed Mandopop Songs of 2020 around the world just a couple of weeks ago. Here they are…
(more…)December 14, 2020
Random Ramblings on BL Dramas (Part 5) – Teasers & Trailers 2021
Part 4 is getting too long, so I’m moving all the trailers for BL dramas scheduled for 2021 into this post.
Update June 30, 2021: There will be no more updates of trailers in this post for new BL dramas premiering in the second half of 2021 because there are just too many BL series that I have trouble keeping up with. Instead I may do new posts occasionally for teasers or trailers of shows from July, 2021 onwards that look interesting.
(more…)December 12, 2020
The Light in the Night (Audio Drama Theme Songs) 廣播劇《默讀》主題曲
A few days ago, news came through that another Chinese BL novel by Priest (the same author who wrote “Guardian 鎮魂“) is being made into a 35-episode TV series, Light the Darkness (tentative English title), for 2021. The novel is Modu 默讀, and has been translated into English as The Light in the Night (original Chinese novel published from June 2016 until January 2017), but expect the TV series to be bromance and not BL since it is being made in China. Shooting of the series is scheduled to begin in February, 2021.
(more…)December 6, 2020
Wish You: Your Melody in My Heart 나의 마음속 너의 멜로디 (Korean Webdrama OST Songs)
Wish You: Your Melody in My Heart 나의 마음속 너의 멜로디 (祝願你：我心中你的旋律) is a new 8-episode BL drama from South Korea that has just premiered on December 4, 2020. Funny that, South Korean always makes short BL episodes with just about 10 minutes per episode… Below are two OST songs I have found from the series, but they are just audio versions at the moment…
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Corner Café 