September 4, 2020
August 27, 2020
Plat du Tour (2020)
The re-scheduled Tour de France for 2020 brings with it the brand new mini food segment, Plat du Tour, on SBS. It is the replacement for the long running Taste le Tour with Gabriel Gaté which wrapped up last year after 15 seasons. The new food segment is hosted by Guillaume Brahimi which will air before the start of each night’s race on SBS live broadcast of the Tour de France 2020.
(more…)August 25, 2020
Plate of Origin (2020)
This is the new cooking competition reality show from Channel 7 that will premiere on Sunday, August 30, 2020 at 7pm, and continue at 7:30pm on Monday and Tuesday for 3 weeks. It will be hosted by previous MasterChef Australia judges, Gary Mehigan and Matt Preston, plus the judge from My Kitchen Rules, Manu Feildel.
(more…)August 20, 2020
My Oxygen (“Oxygen: The Series ดั่งลมหายใจ” TV Theme Song) – Supanut
Oxygen: The Series is an upcoming BL drama from Thailand. There is already a big buzz about the series which will premiere on September 12, 2020. It is produced by Mauve Bangkok, so hopefully international viewers will be able to watch it on their YouTube channel… But in the meantime, the official theme song MV has just been released, it is actually quite a catchy song, so enjoy!
Update September 13, 2020: This is fast! I thought I have to wait at least a few days to watch the series with English subtitles included, but yay, Episode 1 is already uploaded with Eng sub on YouTube! See embedded video below…
Update December 6, 2020: Added new MV of the English version of the theme song, My Oxygen…
(more…)August 15, 2020
Random Ramblings on BL Dramas (Part 3) – Most Popular Thai BL Dramas
Too much time on my hand under lockdown… So I started doing some research on how Chinese audiences rate Thai BL dramas based on the Douban ratings 豆瓣評分, the Chinese equivalent to the Rotten Tomatoes scores… This is by no means an exhaustive list, only the shows I managed to find or know of, but it will give an indication of how popular these shows are. I have also included a list of upcoming BL series set to premiere for the later part of the year or early next year. At the bottom of this post are some trailers.
(more…)July 23, 2020
Fei YuChing & Ayanga Performances in [Our Song] 費玉清、阿雲嘎《我們的歌》合輯
With the sudden interest in a 37-year old Mandarin song by Fei YuChing recently, I thought I would share his farewell performances earlier this year, as the 65-year-old Taiwanese singer is hanging up his microphone and retiring from performing. This singing show, Our Song (我們的歌) is the latest incarnation of the Chinese Idol (中國夢之聲) series, and aired from October 27, 2019 to January 19, 2020. Our Song paired established, well-known older singers with the new generation of young singers as sort of mentoring-process competition. Fei YuChing was one of the mentors and his final 4 performances were paired with the young Mongolian singer, Ayanga, and they labeled themselves as the duo 雲淡風清 (using character from part of their names, translated as Light Cloud, Clear Wind).
(more…)July 19, 2020
Guardian (2018 WebTV Theme Songs) 網絡劇《鎮魂》主題曲片尾曲插曲
I am currently about halfway through watching this TV series from 2018, so far it has been quite enjoyable but there are some lazy plotlines that are really frustrating to watch, LOL… However the soundtrack is very good, so I’m sharing them here.
(more…)July 15, 2020
Random Ramblings on BL Dramas (Part 2)
Last week, we were told the lockdown was back in place for at least another 6 weeks here, and now MasterChef Australia is in its final week, it is time to look for more TV series to binge. After watching too many Thai university themed BL dramas the past few months, I recently watched the short Japanese BL drama, Life～Love on the Line, which came as a breath of fresh air! So I thought I would now look for more diverse BL dramas to watch with more substantial storylines. OK, I am lying a bit here, this post is more about not-quite-BL TV series that were adapted from BL novels, hehe…
(more…)July 5, 2020
You Are My Destiny (2020 WebTV Theme Songs) 網絡劇《你是我的命中註定》片頭曲片尾曲
Earlier today, the new music video by Taiwanese singer, TingTing (廷廷 a.k.a. 蕭秉治) was dropped onto YouTube, a very fun video and a very appealing song that I’ve been replaying a few times already. The song is Under the Moon from the new TV series, You Are My Destiny (你是我的命中註定), which is the 2020 mainland Chinese remake of the 2008 Taiwanese hit drama series Fated to Love You (命中注定我愛你). This popular Taiwanese drama series has also been remade by South Korean in 2014, Thai in 2017, and also Japanese in early 2020. Under the Moon is the opening theme song to this new Chinese remake TV series and the closing theme song, You are My Destiny, is sung by Della Ding 丁噹.
Update July 14, 2020: Added the official music video to Della’s closing theme song, You are My Destiny.
Update August 8, 2020: Added 3 other songs from the OST by Taiwanese singer/songwriter Ann 白安 which were originally released in 2019 from her 4th album, 44天 (44 Days).
(more…)June 26, 2020
Random Ramblings on BL Dramas
If you have been following my blog, you would probably know by now that I have been watching a lot of BL TV dramas from Thailand and Taiwan recently. So if you are not interested in this topic, you may want to skip this post and leave now, but if you are also a BL fans, you may proceed…
Random Ramblings on BL Dramas (Part 3) – Douban ratings on Thai BL dramas + list of upcoming Thai BL dramas for the remainder of 2020
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Corner Café 