Yesterday I was browsing through Jinjiang Literature City looking for a new online novel to read for the holiday season, and also looking at the Top 200 BL novels on that site for new popular novels. Alas, I was quite dismayed to find that two of the top 3 novels I checked last time in August have disappeared from the list. I quickly did a search and realized that the two novels have been banned in China since just a couple of months ago, WHAT?! That means we can no longer read them on the official site. One of the novels was one of my favourite BL novels, Saye 撒野!
(more…)December 19, 2021
December 18, 2021
One Last Time 最後一次 – Kelly 潘嘉麗
New cover song from Singaporean singer, Kelly Poon 潘嘉麗. A song that will tug at your heartstrings. The song was originally written after the 2004 Boxing Day Tsunami, and was only ever released online by a Singaporean amateur singer, Lavigne 簡靖紋, in or around 2005 (?).
(more…)December 11, 2021
Waiting for My Cup of Tea 一杯熱奶茶的等待 (Taiwanese Movie OST)
Waiting for My Cup of Tea 一杯熱奶茶的等待 is an upcoming Taiwanese movie that will premiere on Christmas eve, December 24, 2021 in Taiwan. It is adapted from the 2001 best-selling novel of the same name by Chan Fu-Hua 詹馥華.
December 10, 2021
Most Streamed Mandopop Songs of 2021
Spotify, Apple Music and YouTube have released the most streamed songs for 2021 in Taiwan. Here they are…
(more…)December 8, 2021
Under the Oak Tree 상수리나무 아래 (Korean Webnovel OST)
Under the Oak Tree 상수리나무 아래 is a very popular Korean webnovel, well, apparently it is a very FAMOUS novel which I just found out, LOL… I have never heard of it until today after I came across the OST, and then checking out the novel! It is an on-going serialized novel beginning in 2017 written by Sooji Kim 김수지 and it has been adapted into webtoon since August 31, 2020. The English version of the webtoon is available since the beginning of this year.
December 6, 2021
Paint with Love ใส่รักป้ายสี (Thai Series OST)
Paint with Love ใส่รักป้ายสี (Thai title translated literally as Put Label on Love) is a new 8-episode Thai BL series that premiered on November 26, 2021. This is the second series on air at the moment with Singto Prachaya (SOTUS, SOTUS S, He’s Coming to Me) as one of the main leads, his other series being broadcast currently is Baker Boys. I’ve watched the first episode and I really enjoyed it. Also happy to see another familiar face, Maengmum Tanshi Bumrungkit (Yiwha from Together with Me) appearing in this series!
December 5, 2021
Single All the Way (Movie OST)
Single All the Way is a new Christmas holiday web movie that premiered on December 2, 2021.
December 4, 2021
Now, We Are Breaking Up 지금，헤어지는 중입니다 (Korean Series OST)
Now, We Are Breaking Up 지금, 헤어지는 중입니다, or its Chinese title 現正分手中, is a new 16-episode South Korean drama that premiered on November 12, 2021. Apparently it is one of the hottest Korean dramas airing at the moment. I chanced upon it after Sony Music Taiwan re-uploaded two songs from the OST with Chinese subtitles, as they don’t usually bothered doubling up official MVs with specific Chinese subtitles unless the drama has become very popular with Chinese viewers… I checked the official Korean MVs for this series, and they have already put out about 6 MVs currently with more to come… I really like the songs, so here they are…
November 28, 2021
【Manju 漫劇】Drunk in Love 一醉經年 (The 188 Series)
Just came across this manhua drama of Drunk in Love, or also translated as Years of Intoxication 一醉經年 (one of the 188 series), hmmm, very surprised indeed! I knew the novel has been serialised into manhua since the beginning of this year, but it looks like they have turned it into something called manju now… Manju is a new term meaning a combination of manhua + video + drama, so it is still slightly different to dongman or donghua.
(more…)November 27, 2021
Light the Night 華燈初上 (Taiwanese Series OST)
Light the Night 華燈初上 is a new Taiwanese webdrama that premiered on November 26, 2021. It will consist of 3 seasons of 8 episodes each, so a total of 24 episodes. The first season of 8 episodes are now all available to stream online, the premiere date of the subsequent two seasons are yet to be confirmed.
The drama is set in the 1980s in Taiwan, so the OST has some cover songs from that era which was originally made famous by the very popular Taiwanese singer, Teresa Teng 鄧麗君. One of her signature songs very well-known throughout the Chinese community around the world, The Moon Represents My Heart 月亮代表我的心, is now covered by Ashin 阿信 (vocalist of Mayday 五月天) as the opening theme song for the soundtrack!
Corner Café 