Enough Of K-Pop, Back To Mando-Pop

Hi Huneybees,

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I'm having a such a K-wave headache these days. Everywhere I go, every turn I take, K-pop music is playing. It's kinda not so fun when you shop with music that you don't understand eh?

I agree that the K-pop singers are adorable handsome and pretty but this foreign language and its wave is getting on my nerves. Though the songs are catchy and dance-y, half the time I don't understand what they are singing, so I was like "OK! Enough of K-pop! It's time to go back to my roots!" 

And that was when I was horrified by the Mandopop scene! Starting with my favourite idol - Show Luo 羅志祥, everyone has been saying that his image in the MV of 愛投羅網 is copying the likes of popular K-pop singer of G Dragon of Big Bang. Not just him, there's more! 

Will Pan 潘瑋柏 is looking more and more like Taeyang and even the always known as the sweet, pretty face singer Cyndi Wang 王心凌 is now looking sexier, a little too much resemblance to Hyuna?! Even her latest MV - Baby Boy, was a tad too much like Hyuna's Bubble Pop/Ice Cream?

ARGHH!!! Luckily, there are still those that stuck to their own style, with displaying their vocals as the main target. These are some of the new song releases in the recent few months and one of my favourite has got to be Miss Ko and Khalil Fong 方大同. Their songs are so original and they have both brought in some of their Western influence into their songs. I find that is then the right amount of cross culture and not total copying!
So, well here's leaving you with some my recommendations, including our local pride - Stefanie Sun Yan Zi  孙燕姿 and Kelly Poon Jiali 潘嘉丽, check out those legs of Kelly! Hope you guys like the songs and if you have another more to recommend, do comment!

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Highlights From The Singapore Hit Awards 2013 (新加坡金曲奖 2013)

Hi Huneybees,

Thanks to F&N, hubby and I got to go watch Singapore Hit Awards 2013 (新加坡金曲奖 2013) LIVE at the spanking new Suntec City Convention Hall. It was a star studded night and if you have been following my Instagram, you know I literally went mad that night seeing my favourite stars. CAPTAIN COOL!!!! >o<!!!!

Running for the 18th year, stars from Singapore, Malaysia, Taiwan and Hong Kong graced the award ceremony. Hong Kong superstar Karen Mok 莫文蔚, Taiwanese singers Alien Huang 黃鴻升 and Wilber Pan 潘瑋柏 had the biggest haul - they took home three gongs each. 

Wilber Pan had the fans all screaming their lungs out as he did his opening performance of his popular song "24个比利"  and  "释放自己". Who can resist this Asian Justin Bieber with his smirk and dimples?!

The DJs of Yes 9.33FM were stylishly dressed that night and we were treated to the singers' perfomances alongside the award ceremony. Here's the list of winners...

MOST POPULAR MALE ARTISTE AWARD: ALIEN HUANG 黃鴻升

MOST POPULAR FEMALE ARTISTE AWARD: JOLIN TSAI 蔡依林

BEST MALE VOCALIST AWARD: JAY CHOU 周杰伦 (FOR OPUS 12)

BEST FEMALE VOCALIST AWARD: KAREN MOK 莫文蔚 (FOR SOMEWHERE I BELONG)

THE HONORARY AWARD: GRASSHOPPER  草蜢

GLOBAL EMINENCE AWARD: JULIAN CHEUNG 張智霖

ASIA INFLUENTIAL ARTISTE AWARD: KAREN MOK 莫文蔚

VERSATILE MALE ARTISTE AWARD: WILBER PAN 潘瑋柏

VERSATILE FEMALE ARTISTE AWARD: DENISE HO 何韵诗

BEST ALBUM AWARD: UNEXPECTED by PENNY TAI  戴佩妮

BEST ALBUM PRODUCER AWARD: JJ LIN 林俊傑 (for YOU N ME)

BEST LOCAL LYRICS AWARD: A HUNDRED THOUSAND LITRES OF TEARS by XIAOHAN 小寒

BEST LOCAL MUSIC COMPOSITION AWARD: A HUNDRED THOUSAND LITRES OF TEARS by TANYA CHUA 蔡健雅

BEST GROUP AWARD: S.H.E

BEST BAND AWARD: MAGIC POWER MP魔幻力量

MOST POPULAR GROUP/BAND AWARD: MAYDAY 五月天

BEST NEW ARTISTE AWARD: BAI ANN 白安

BEST COMPOSING ARTISTE AWARD: WILLIAM WEI 韋禮安

CHARISMATIC MALE PERFORMER AWARD: WILBER PAN 潘瑋柏

CHARISMATIC FEMALE PERFORMER AWARD: KAREN MOK 莫文蔚

BREAKTHROUGH ARTISTE AWARD: DERRICK HOH 何維健

OUTSTANDING REGIONAL ARTISTE AWARD (MAINLAND CHINA): HU XIA 胡夏

OUTSTANDING REGIONAL ARTISTE AWARD (HONG KONG): DENISE HO 何韵诗

OUTSTANDING REGIONAL ARTISTE AWARD (TAIWAN): MAYDAY 五月天

OUTSTANDING REGIONAL ARTISTE AWARD (MALAYSIA): PENNY TAI 戴佩妮

OUTSTANDING REGIONAL ARTISTE AWARD (SINGAPORE): OLIVIA ONG

MEDIA RECOMMENDATION AWARD: MICAPPELLA (for HERE WE GO)

Y.E.S. 93.3FM PICK OF THE POPS TOP TEN MOST POPULAR HITS: THE INN OF LIFE by JAY CHOU; STEADY HAPPINESS by EASON CHAN; FIRST LOVE by ASKA YANG; BREAK DOWN by SUPER JUNIOR-M; BLOSSOMY by S.H.E; MOSAIC by JOLIN TSAI; THE DARK KNIGHT by JJ LIN & ASHIN; HAPPINESS ISN’T A BALLAD by RENE LIU; LETTING GO by RAINIE YANG; PRACTISE LOVE by JJ LIN

CHANNEL U POPULARITY AWARD: JULIAN CHEUNG 張智霖

MERADIO TOP DOWNLOADED HIT AWARD (MALE ARTISTE): MAKE SENSE by ALIEN HUANG 黃鴻升

MERADIO TOP DOWNLOADED HIT AWARD (FEMALE ARTISTE): HAPPINESS IS NOT DIFFICULT by SERENE KOONG 龔芝怡

ATORREGE AD+ FAVOURITE MUSIC VIDEO AWARD: THE STORY OF BILLY by WILBER PAN 潘瑋柏

F&N FRUIT TREE FRESH STYLISH ARTISTE AWARD: ALIEN HUANG 黃鴻升

That night we were also treated to some amazing vocal works by local singers like 插班生 bringing us back to the 80s, where to songs were heard and sung by everyone. Songstress Zhou Hui also sang 3 of her popular songs and it got the audience singing along.

 Alien Huang also performed his songs, but the highlight would have to be the signature Magic Power's songs "神射手". In their attempt to collect the most number of celebrities doing their infamous dance, they managed to invite everyone's Empress - Karen Mok on stage to do the dance too! She was so sporty and immediately got on stage to join in the fun. The dance never looked so sexy before!

A wonderful fun-filled pack night ended with Karen Mok on a Gu Zhen as she performed "WHILE MY GUITAR GENTLY WEEPS", Julian Cheung with his rendition of Eason Chan's song for "Triumph In The Skies" as well as the legendary Grasshoppers singing their ever so popular dance tracks.

It's a pity my camera battery went out and I missed taking photos on that, but well, I had hubby's iPad, so I'm gona extract the soundtrack for you. Will be updating that soon....

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