FINAL UPDATE B4 BJ & TW

so i guess i shuld update a lil of myself b4 i go, since ppl haf been wondering wut da heck i'm doing wen i'm practically haf nothing to do hehe...well, i haf been catching up w/ a lot of things...taking care of personal business, doing chores, packing, emailing my Korean friends, zoning into World Cup and of course keen on music n ent business happening lately, so wanna hear da story? of course u do! y else r u here??

DUH...WORLD CUP OF COURSE
my main focus now~~ supporters of brazil, englang, japan, korea, portugal n wherever there is hot guyz hahah j/k...well be missing da games wen i'm in Asia hope i can catch da finals though~~


GOLDEN MELODY AWARDS
dis is my fav award show... cos of it's fairness n performance. i still haven't watched it yet, dwl it now. So looking forward to Jacky n Amei's performance, sweet. Winner was obvious, congrats to Leehom n Tanya. They won not of techniques obviously but of timing! dun really agree to y David Tao won best album...anywho, nothing much to say cos Amei wasn't in it this yr haha but ya, luv music alwayz ya ppl~ also congrats to Becca's teacher for winning lifetime acheivement award.

sum haywire happening though...wen leehom won he said sumthing like "we shouldn't compete w/ our locals singers but compete with int'l singers." this quote was mistaken into "hell w/ local tw singers, i only care abt intl singers." dis is sad to know dat his words are distorted like dat. Once again media likes to attacks their own ppl... i dun understand dat. If leehom was saying wut he meant y should he put so much effort into promoting Chinese culture in his last 2 albums? He means to stand tall in TW, n cast ur perspectives toward the world. dats da spirit we all need to win intl recognition of Tw music n not suck up to foreigners. Here's a 7min explanation of wut he said posting on his buddie Blackie's vlog, alongside is Fanfan~



DA SOUND OF MUSIC
so many released lately n i havent dig into a lot of em...funny wen ur too interested in Asian music u get kinda busy. I hafta listen to Cantonese, Mandarin, Japanese n Korean music @ da same time...so i'm all over da place haha But let's c...music lately haf been to divided lately to surprisers n non-surprisers

surprisers
dancing diva

more like a highlight of the month den surpriser... nothing really surprised me cept that Jolin dyed her hair black n a cool suprise w/ her new dance. Oh ya, big suprise is prolly her sales of 51% meaning every 2 person, 1 will buy her record, n she broke her own record as dis is her best selling album. I think it's da promotion bringing her up n da timing problem. No one competing her rite now n dis time period she IS da Diva, so who wins? Good to know n haf a dominator in Asia, dun let korea beat us rite? haha Some good hear in da songs but not surprising cos it's normal. Dancing diva, Mr. Q, Incredible Madalay, Pretend are all good hear. Overall a good dev in every area, i like her seriousness wen she works. A hard working n high quality idol for teens these dayz. A recomm buy...maybe just for da heck for trend haha cos i din buy it

can't sleep, can't eat, i'm sick

Namie Amuro is full of surprizes n kills everything ever since she gave birth. so dis single is surprising in dat cover song features dance learned from Janet Jackson's teacher, excellent melody n beat, hottness image. Remix was also good to hear which is rare. Da b-side was a well known 90's song sung by NOKKO, a Chinese version was also sung by Vivan Hsu (4X I luv u). Highly recommended single~

scandal

Kanta n Vanness getting together already sells, w/ their looks, image n reputation...but wut about music? wasn't looking forward to it but surprisingly there was chemistry n their music wasn't all dat bad considering their diversity. Singing live was also ok for em, dance was cool too. Big up, gif it a listen...seem like a gay couple though, j/k.. just too handsome n clean~ guyz like dat dun exist no more unless they're gay hehe...

ultra blue

who wuld forget her?! Utada Hikaru is back!! Back w/ sum good candies. Her music before n English debut almost killed her..so w/o much expectation heard dis album, surprising indeed! Back w/ fresh music style n stronger voice, 13 highly anticipated titles. Good to hear Hikki back in da zone..practically each song is a diff style n music~

beef or chicken?

isn't it obvious that da Teriyaki Boyz is a good hear? we've got verbal from m-flo, boyz from RIP SLYME n DJ NIGO~~ need to say more? cop it

freeway

my lovely rain din do 2 good w/ first single, so dis one was surprisingly in a sense that there was an all round improvement. Trying to hit Japan in a cute boy image...y do they do dat? Boa acts all girly in Japan n becomes all wild in Korea. Bi is doing da same too. I wouldn't say da music n mv was all dat attractive but ya...it's Rain weeeee~~~i prefer 1st single better

if there wasn't u

putting karen here was a dilemma, her album din really surprised me but a few of her slow songs did. So i guess she surprised me in dat i wasn't expecting a surprise haha. Just go hear "Hands", "Am Fm", "If there wasn't u", she excels in expression like no one can..well maybe cept Amei hehe...

album no.4

van surprised me in that usually good singers like him falls in traps of lacking good music or find a unique way to express their voice like Nicky. but dis album he manages to find good music n shaped his voice differently. Hitting higher pitches, challenges funk n rock..excellente~

non-surprisers
color palette

1st album was falling so kinda obvious n dis one was sooo boring...imitating Jay Chou once is enough kids... though their talent n image is still intact so should slow down n find their music direction. Guess they're all over da map w/ da changing members n Jay's casting shadow over em....keep it up

baby it's me

I'm more like upset w/ Nicky Lee...excellent n soothing voice which surprised every1 w/ his first album. Second album repeats all his music style..which is falling short. Not dat repeating rnb is not good, it's great for singers to find their style. But find their style n developing their style are 2 diff things. Producers should work Nicky's voice more cos he's got da skills n shape his music n voice so dat it develops a stronger style or music direction. Da world of R&B is not just simple beating sounds...

all hands together

mika's got a strong voice. this single's concept has da cover song for Hurricane Katrina survivors. But being a motivational or inspiring song, it wasn't all dat a good hear. A boring hear i would say but it's still something to look up to, cos it's Mika! hehe

hit me

it was a no brainer for most of da ppl dat Jill album would sucked. Cos her sister Janice practically dominated the newcomers. But being dat Jill is a TWIN of Janice her voice should equally kill. Her selling pt is dat her style is diff from Janice, being more hip hop. Jill's voice indeed did well but we heard very little of it. It wasn't her fault more of the musicians. Did find da right song for her strong voice, ruined her. Hope for a better one for Jill!

ANTICIPATING GOODNESS
meant to see these movies b4 i go but i guess i dun haf time...these all have good reps in em so u heads out there go catch em..We haf stuff from HK, Taiwan n Korea~highlights in diff areas

if u still haven't heard of Lee Jun Gi or King and the Clown u must be crazy. This guy plays in a movie similar to Leslie Cheung's Farewall, my Concubine..so ya u know wut i mean, gotta have beautiful facial features n indeed he does. Rank the prettiest man in Korea i think but he isn't gay~haven't seen it in but voices haf been good~ya.. the guy in da lower left corner
hilites: Vivian n plot
hilites: plot n music (won int'l award in Berlin methinks)

dat's all folks, hope i dun need too much ent catch up wen i'm on my trip. hope u all heads out there dun miss me too much, play safe n enjoy ya summer. Even if ur in shit rite now it fertilizes u ~~ hahaha nice, just made it up now hahaha

much luv
Megz