By Jocelle Koh, assisted by Sinead O’Connor In a 2020 article published on Esplanade Offstage titled ‘Women in Singapore Music’, an exploration of the intersections between…
Author: Jocelle Koh
If you’ve gone deep enough down the internet rabbit hole like I have, you may have come across a viral clip of an artist called Hrishi…
Back then, in the 1990s and early 2000s, Taiwanese music and pop culture was the mainstream on the Chinese mainland and throughout Asia. Fast-forward to the…
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Rainbow Chan remembers the beauty and cheese of the golden age of Canto and Mandopop, acknowledging its mark on her identity while also stamping it with…
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lace”. This time, she’s teamed up with long-time collaborator and guitarist Eric Hsu to completely reimagine some of her past works. Centering the soundscape around the…
By Jocelle KohTranscript Translation by Jocelle Koh, Sinead O’Connor Lyricist, producer and activist Chung Yung-Feng 鍾永豐 has been an instrumental part of the Taiwanese music scene…
Foreword by Jocelle KohPlaylist Notes by shy-c With a nonplussed, yet calming voice, up-and-coming Singaporean artist and producer shy-c is just the man to champion his…
![[Lyric Translation] A-Lin 黃麗玲 – Silently 默默](https://asianpopweekly.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/st_20181019_bcpicks19_4351729-480x270.jpg)
By Junedy Lim Lyricist 作詞: Wang Ya Jun 王雅君Composer 作曲: Jin Da Zhou 金大洲 Power Ya 冪雅 愛得深情 是我凝望的眼睛可不可以 為我留一點幸運倔強的命運 意外被你撥動的心最近的距離 最遠的勇氣 默默地守護愛情去欣賞你每個表情我不緊張 面對你我才更確定將回憶全部都收藏 關上 不感傷沒實現的願望 明天我還能渴望 默默地選擇相信能得到的會有結局驕傲體諒 從擁擠承諾對話裡 放下執著的眼淚不掉下 才能 去趕上往幸福去眺望…