Currently reading this BL webnovel, Poyun 破雲 written by Huai Shang 淮上, first uploaded online starting in December 2017 and the main story completed in July 2018, then 6 more extra epilogue chapters completed in September 2018. The novel has been translated into English as Breaking Through the Clouds. It is a crime investigation story involving illegal drugs and murders. I’m about 30-something chapters in at the moment and it is a very plot driven story. If you like Modu 默讀 by Priest, you are going to love this too. Whereas Modu is quite heavy reading, Poyun has quite a lot of humour, especially between the two protagonists, to break the heaviness of the main plot.
(more…)November 3, 2021
November 1, 2021
Moneyboys 金錢男孩 (Taiwanese Movie OST)
Moneyboys 金錢男孩 is a new LGBTQ+ movie that premiered at Cannes Film Festival on July 12, 2021, but will have its general public premiere in Taiwan on November 19, 2021. The movie theme song’s MV has just been released and it is a song from F.I.R. 飛兒樂團 latest album, Diamond Heart 鑽石之心 called Someday, but the song title has been extended to become Someday We May Love as the theme song for the movie.
(more…)October 30, 2021
Bad Buddy แค่เพื่อนครับเพื่อน (Thai Series OST)
To be honest, I’ve been a bit bored with the recent numbers of Thai BL series, I basically watched the first couple of episodes and then dropped them quick smart! However seeing that this series is from GMMTV, I’ve a bit more confident it will at the very least be watchable… It has been a while since GMMTV has a BL series on, if I remember correctly, the last new series was Fish Upon the Sky in April?
Bad Buddy แค่เพื่อนครับเพื่อน premiered last night, October 29, 2021, and it will have a total of 12 episodes. I’m hoping this series will be quite good, fingers crossed, because one of the leads, Ohm Pawat, was in the excellent He’s Coming to Me from 2019 which would be one of my top 5 Thai BL series! I’m not familiar with the other lead, Nanon Korapat, but he’s singing the theme song for this new series.
October 29, 2021
Heart of Glass – The Song that Got Banned
Enter with Caution!
LOL…
No, seriously some people have hearts of glass!
More Than Blue: The Series (Taiwanese Series OST) 網絡劇《比悲傷更悲傷的故事》主題曲片尾曲插曲
More than Blue: the series 比悲傷更悲傷的故事 | 影集版 is a new 10-episode Taiwanese webdrama that premiered on October 22, 2021. The series is an adaptation of the 2018’s Taiwanese movie of the same name, which in turns was adapted from the 2009’s Korean movie of the same name, 슬픔보다 더 슬픈 이야기. The main theme song of the series is sung by A-Lin who also sang the title theme song from the 2018’s movie.
October 24, 2021
October 23, 2021
Loveless Society เพราะรัก…ต้องออกแบบ (Thai Series OST)
Loveless Society เพราะรัก…ต้องออกแบบ is a new Thai BL series that will premiere on November 11, 2021. It is based on the novel, Loveless Society เพราะรัก….ออกแบบไม่ได้, written by มิรันดา. The trailer looks quite good, so I hope it is actually a good series, and the plot is not slow as a turtle like a certain Thai series currently on air, fingers crossed…
October 22, 2021
Panguan (Audio Drama Songs) 廣播劇《判官》主題曲
Panguan 判官, or can be translated into English as The Magistrate of the Underworld, is a very new BL novel by Mu Su Li 木蘇里 which was first published online starting from April 27, 2020, and concluded at December 28, 2020.
It is another tug-at-your-heartstrings novel but with transmigration theme at its core, so I have a feeling it is going to be a hundred-and-thousand-year-old love story, LOL… I’ve just started reading the novel a couple of days ago and the early chapters with the grandpa arc was already very emotional which I did not expect… Because it is about re-incarnation, the first few chapters can be a bit of a fog to read, but they will become clear very quickly.
There is now an audio drama podcast of the novel starting with the first season currently and two songs have been released. As with my habit now, I’m reading the novel while listening to the songs…
October 20, 2021
What Did You Eat Yesterday? きのう何食べた？ (2021 Japanese Movie OST) 電影《昨日的美食》主題曲
This is the 2021 film adaptation of the Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Fumi Yoshinaga, and it is also the sequel to the 2019 TV series of the same name with the same cast. There was also a New Year Special episode in 2020. The film will premiere in Japan on November 3, 2021.
In recent weeks, food-theme BL TV series seems to be the hot trend with several series being aired or about to be aired. However so far, the two series currently on air have been atrocious to be honest. I struggled through about 3 episodes of the Thai series, Bite Me, and decided not to continue with it! Even worst for the Korean series, The Tasty Florida, I didn’t even make it through the first episode, I dropped it like a hot potato as soon as they did the ML falling into the arm of the MC scene, an over-used cliché plotline that was so often seen in BG series which immediately told me not to waste my time with this series, LOL. Another Korean BL series related to food will start on October 21, 2021, called My Sweet Dear, gosh I really hope this one will at least be watchable!
However if you want good food-theme BL TV series, do yourself a favour and go watch What Did You Eat Yesterday? the original 2019 TV series, and also the special episode from 2020.
October 19, 2021
No More U 再也沒有你 – Lara Liang 梁心頤 featuring Andrew Tan 陳勢安
Brand new song from Lara Liang, a duet with Andrew Tan…
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Corner Café 