The C-pop/M-pop Discussion 2nd Thread - Page 17

Linoa62 · #**321** 31st July 2011, 08:34 PM

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Originally Posted by maddy1111

I love rainie´s new album!

I think it is much more "mature" than previous one, also doesn´t include any "rainie´s typical cute song" which I don´t like so much. It´s more guitar and piano pop, which I prefer .. and the main song 仰望 (Yang Wang - Longing For) is amazing! what do you think about her last album?

That's not my opinion about the album but I saw a review for Longing for on JPopAsia:

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Can Rainie’s new album Longing For... triumph the success of her predecessor?

When I got through my first listen of Longing For, sad and disappointed was my impression. Rainie’s previous album was very good but this year’s was a bit lacking. Last year, two of her songs were used in the drama "Hi My Sweetheart" and both were very well composed and sung. This year, “Wo Men Dou Sha (我們都傻, We Are Stupid)” was also used in a drama "Drunken To Love You" (starring Joseph Cheng and herself). Even though the drama was well received, the song could have been better. The piano was beautiful but I felt there were not much “up and downs”.
“Yang Wang (仰望, Longing For)” is the first song in the album and it is a decent pop ballad. Along with “We Are Stupid”, this track has parts with a lot of piano. “Lovelution” is an upbeat pop song that otherwise is nothing too special. If I had to really pick a song that stood out, it would be “Jie Jia (結痂, Scab)”. It reminded me of an F.I.R. styled song with its heavy guitar and overall use of different instruments. The way Rainie hits the high notes was also similar to F.I.R.’s vocalist, Faye (but of course Faye does it much better).
Rating: 3/5
(+) More than half the album is made up of ballads
(+) The piano in the first two songs
(-) Bland
(-) Her 2010 album overshadowed this year’s

Don’t get me wrong; this album is not bad at all. Considering Rainie Yang is one of the most celebrated artists in Taiwan, the quality is in the album. But to me, it is lacking quite a bit. I was expecting a much greater album. I felt “We Are Stupid” wasn’t as epic as “Rain Love” when I heard it in the drama. This album is still worth a listen for fans of C-pop and a definite purchase for any Rainie fan out there!

It's the first time I see someone happy that there are a lot of ballads in an album XD

BTW I found the original version of Lovelution.
Click on "Lovelution" lol
http://www.myspace.com/jussinikulamusic

PoetGirl · #**322** 1st August 2011, 03:10 AM

I think there's a fair amount of ballads and midtempos/faster songs
so I dont get that person

Linoa62 · #**323** 1st August 2011, 05:57 PM

Show Luo will be in the US in September for his Tour.

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Los Angeles (September 3, 2011) (guest: Vanness Wu)
Las Vegas (September 10, 2011)
San Jose (September 11, 2011)

Linoa62 · #**324** 4th August 2011, 04:07 PM

Wang LeeHom's new album will be out in October!

It's weird because he said on Twitter that his album will be out in October, and on Weibo he said that it will be available next month. But next month we'll be in September XDD

PoetGirl · #**325** 4th August 2011, 07:50 PM

lol, but who cares, what it matters we'll hear new lee hom. I missed him.

Fair Wind · #**326** 5th August 2011, 06:20 AM

I hope his new album will be better than his last two. I really wanted to like them, but all I could get into were the first few singles. Change Me and his chinked-out styles were solid releases altogether.

Claire's new album coming out too on the 25th.

Linoa62 · #**327** 5th August 2011, 02:40 PM

A-Mei:
9th MV from R U Watching?: HIGH咖

Here's the song's translation by sayhitoforever@livejournal.

Spoiler:

Previous MVs

Spoiler:

Linoa62 · #**328** 9th August 2011, 02:36 PM

Hebe's new album is called "My Love" and will be out on September 2nd. Preorders will begin in Taiwan on August 17th.
Here's the tracklist (not in order)
烏托邦
要說什麼
My Love
請給我好一點的情敵
還是要幸福
魔鬼中的天使
無事生非
花花世界
影子的影子
妳

The song 妳 is dedicated to Selina.
Hebe wrote the lyrics for 要說什麼, it's her first attempt at writing lyrics, it took her 3 hours to complete the song.

Some pics, we can see what might be the album's logo (it's from an event held today, 100 lucky people had the chance to hear the songs of her upcoming album, that's why we already have the songs' titles.)

mobius · #**329** 9th August 2011, 03:37 PM

Looking forward to Hebe's new album next month.

PoetGirl · #**330** 9th August 2011, 04:01 PM

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Originally Posted by Fair Wind

I hope his new album will be better than his last two. I really wanted to like them, but all I could get into were the first few singles. Change Me and his chinked-out styles were solid releases altogether.

I feel the same, but there are few tracks that standed out, but I agree that his older releases were 100x times better

Linoa62 · #**331** 11th August 2011, 09:50 PM

Show Luo will release a single/mini-album in Japan by the end of the year. It will contain 3 songs in Japanese.
He talked about it in his show, watch the video below (it's subbed)

Linoa62 · #**332** 12th August 2011, 10:49 AM

A new Hebe song from her upcoming album My Love will air on HitFM between 9AM & noon (Taiwan time) on Monday: My Love XD
You can listen to the radio online: http://www.hitoradio.com/showtime/onair_2.php
30s preview

Corvina · #**333** 12th August 2011, 12:47 PM

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Originally Posted by Luna62

Show Luo will release a single/mini-album in Japan by the end of the year. It will contain 3 songs in Japanese.
He talked about it in his show, watch the video below (it's subbed)

Looking forward to it really much!
Just watched the concert that's on the Avex Best I got and he's so amazing. He's just gorgeous at dancing and, though he's definitely not under the best male voices, he has a nice and pleasent range and can sing while dancing.
I really wanna see him on japanese music shows, he speaks fluently Japanese after all.

Linoa62 · #**334** 12th August 2011, 08:07 PM

First promo pic for Hebe's album.

You can preorder the preorder version on YesAsia, the gift is a bag.
http://www.yesasia.com/global/my-lov...0-en/info.html

Linoa62 · #**335** 16th August 2011, 10:08 AM

First song from Hebe's new album My Love: My Love (radio version). I like it, it's very soothing.

The song CD version
http://www.mediafire.com/?a4755g9dzyc6f41

& CF for the MV, broadcast date August 18th.

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Rainie's new MV for the song QUE XIAN MEI [缺陷美] (Imperfect Love).

The next single from the album should be The Summer In Spain (曬焦的一雙耳朵 (Shai Jiao De Yi Shuang Er Duo)).

PoetGirl · #**336** 16th August 2011, 10:52 PM

nothin' omg amazing in that pv imo, Im bored with already told love stories and such, but oh well, its not like song's about somethin' else, I hated the colouring in the pv too, I mean, why does it look so cheap, and its not just case with LinLin, Ive seen more cpop videos with colouring thats like.. just too much.

butterfly_ayu · #**337** 17th August 2011, 06:41 AM

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Originally Posted by Luna62

Show Luo will release a single/mini-album in Japan by the end of the year. It will contain 3 songs in Japanese.
He talked about it in his show, watch the video below (it's subbed)

lol! he mentioned ayu!!!

I'm looking forward to his new Japanese single too. Hopefully he will do well in Japan. I was so surprised when I saw his album debuted at #14 on oricon, I thought it was going to be at #70 or something (I remembered Angelababy xD).