Not only are there plenty of new Thai BL series appearing in the first few weeks of 2022, there are also a plethora of new Korean BL series premiering in the past couple of weeks or before the end of February. I can’t keep up and have given up trying to watch them for the moment as I have other better shows to watch currently. So I thought I would just keep a record of these new shows with their OSTs here so if I ran out of shows to watch in the future, I don’t have to try to remember the names of these shows or search for them. One series that premiered on February 11, 2022 is First Love Again 첫사랑만세번째 but I can’t seem to find any songs from that series for the moment, so I will add the OST here when and if it is available. Next week Oh! Boarding House 하숙집 오!번지 and Cherry Blossoms After Winter 겨울 지나 벚꽃 are set to premiere on February 22, 2022 and February 24, 2022 respectively and I will do the same here when their OSTs are released.
(more…)February 19, 2022
February 13, 2022
We’ve Tried 我們盡力了 – Phil Chang 張宇
This is a new release from Phil Chang 張宇, a Taiwanese singer-songwriter and a popular Mandopop artist in the 90s but is also known for as one half of the popular husband and wife songwriting team. They have collaborated many popular songs in the last 20 or so years and this song is another of their songs. However it is not a new song as I have heard and played the song many times before. It was first recorded in 2017 by South Korean singer, Hwang Chi-Yeul (황치열 or in Chinese 黃致列) for his first Mandarin album but now Phil has recorded the song himself.
(more…)February 11, 2022
Picturesque Scenery 畫境 – Angus Tung 童安格
Brand new music from Taiwanese singer/songwriter, Angus Tung 童安格, after nearly 20 years of absence from the music scene. Very different from his love songs of the 1980s & 1990s, this is just purely a beautiful musical piece inspired by the works of Chinese painter, Chen Erfu 陳二夫.
(more…)February 10, 2022
【Gardening】Indoor Plants
These are a series of video segments on How to Grow Indoor Plants from Australian TV programme, Gardening Australia.
(more…)February 6, 2022
Pâtissier et Mademoiselle パティシエさんとお嬢さん (Japanese Series OST)
Pâtissier et Mademoiselle パティシエさんとお嬢さん (Pâtissier-san to Ojou-san or translated into English as The Pastry Chef and the Young Lady) is a new 4-episode Japanese series which premiered on January 18, 2022 and it will be followed by a film version in May, 2022. It is based on the manga of the same name by 銀泥 or Gindoro ぎんどろ. I have watched the first two episodes and it is a very simple and cute story, but to me the biggest attraction is all the mouth-watering cakes and sweets shown in the series, LOL… A nice and relaxing series to watch for the Lunar New Year…
January 30, 2022
In Your Heart 在你心之所向的地方 (Chinese Series OST)
In Your Heart 在你心之所向的地方 is a new 8-episode Chinese BL series that will première on February 11, 2022. If you have heard or watched the low-budget Chinese BL series from 2020, Capture Lover 冰糖陷阱, you would not be surprised that this new series is from the same production company. Therefore China does make proper BL series, but only for international audience by streaming them through Taiwanese and international streaming platforms, GagaOOLala and ViKi. Hence their social media posts are sometimes written in Traditional Chinese font which is the official font used in Taiwan… However looking at the various streaming platforms this time around for this new series, WeTV is no longer one of the streaming platforms as it is the international branch of the big Chinese streaming platform Tencent, instead Taiwanese streaming platform, KKTV, is now one of the streaming platforms. So make of it what you will knowing the sad state of anything BL-related stuff in China currently.
January 29, 2022
January 28, 2022
My Ride รักนาย (Thai Series OST)
My Ride รักนาย (Thai title is Love You) is a new Thai BL series that premiered last night, January 27, 2022. There are so many Thai BL series coming out in the early part of this year I really can’t keep track of… However this is one series that looks interesting in storyline but I’ll have to wait a bit before starting to watch it. At the moment, my watching list is already so full with Korean series Snowdrop (So GOOD, a spy thriller with a romantic plot that will keep you on the edge of your seat), Japanese series Kei × Yaku (interesting development in episode 2 with the revelation that Shiro is bisexual) & the long titled Ikemen series (comedy with depth), and finally the one Thai series that I’m actually enjoying, Paint with Love. Then also on my to-watch list is the upcoming Taiwanese series 49 Days with a Merman which is coming in early February. So most new Thai series will have to take a back seat in the next few weeks since many Thai series have proven to be quite disappointing recently…
January 24, 2022
What If There Were a High School for Ikemen Only もしも、イケメンだけの高校があったら (Japanese Series OST)
What If There Were a High School for Ikemen Only もしも、イケメンだけの高校があったら (Moshimo, Ikemen Dake no Koukou ga Attara) is a new 10-episode Japanese series that premiered on January 15, 2022. Handsomeness contest for high school boys? Sounds ridiculous? I watched out of curiosity, thinking it might be a silly comedy, but to my surprise it has substantial plotline! Another series added to my watch list…
January 23, 2022
Professional Body Double 職業替身 (Audio Drama OST)
Currently following Shui Qian Cheng 水千丞’s latest 188 novel, Alpha Predator 頂級掠食者, and Yan Mingxiu 晏明修 from Professional Body Double 職業替身 has already made a guest appearance in the early chapters and immediately declared he is a married man… I remember reading somewhere someone mentioned that these 188 bastards always appeared as the perfect husbands when they are in someone else’s novels, nobody would have guessed the awful things they did in their own novel. So true, LOL… Anyway I suddenly realised I haven’t checked if there was an audio drama for Professional Body Double and theme songs from it. Well of course there was and two seasons of it…
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Corner Café 