Christmas gift from Mayday with their brand new song’s MV!
(more…)December 26, 2020
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 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…
(more…)November 30, 2020
Hikaru no Go (2020 Chinese TV Theme Songs) 真人版網絡劇《棋魂》主題曲片尾曲插曲
Hikaru no Go is a new Chinese TV series that premiered on October 27, 2020 and just finished its run of 36 episodes on November 26, 2020. It is a story based on the Japanese manga series from 1999-2003 centred around the Chinese board game Go 圍棋. It has a Douban television ratings of 8.4 (76,864 votes at the time of writing of this post) currently, so I decided to watch the series yesterday. Episode 1 has already got me hooked, so that’s a good sign for me to continue watching the rest of the series. By the way Hikaru no Go ヒカルの碁 was also made into an anime series in Japan in 2001 and that original series has a Douban television ratings of 9.2 (47,358 votes as of the writing of this post). The theme songs to the new series are embedded below, but most are just lyrics version…
(more…)November 29, 2020
Secret Love (“Manner of Death พฤติการณ์ที่ตาย” Theme Song) – Tul Pakorn ตุลย์ ภากร ธนศรีวนิชชัย
Manner of Death is a new Thai BL series that will start November 30, 2020. Finally a Thai BL drama series that is not centred around University! I have been looking forwards to this new series which will reunite Max Nattapol and Tul Pakorn, who both starred in the 2017’s BL series Together with Me. The theme song to Manner of Death is called Secret Love and it is sung by Tul Pakorn.
(more…)November 28, 2020
The Goodbye Kiss 吻別 – Jacky Cheung 張學友
The Goodbye Kiss 吻別 is the biggest Mandopop hit of 1993, and also one of my favourite songs. Sung by Hong Kong singer Jacky Cheung, it is one of his best loved Mandarin song. In 2004, Danish band, Michael Learns To Rock, covered the song with English lyrics, and I have also included their English version below.
(more…)November 27, 2020
Stardom 天后 – Andrew Tan 陳勢安
One of the biggest Mandopop hits of 2010 and also an all-time favourite song of mine. Andrew Tan is a Malaysian singer and this song was a hit in Chinese-speaking communities all over East Asia at the time… The Chinese title 天后 is Diva if translated literally. The resolution of the video is not the best but here it is anyway, enjoy!
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Corner Café 