InfoAlbum: The Face (Buy Album)

Artist: BoA

Released: February 27, 2008

Review By: illuminance

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It’s 2008, and Korean/Japanese singer BoA has come out with her sixth Japanese album, The Face. Like albums before it, it is mostly a combination of the last few singles that she has released since the last album Made in Twenty (20) - namely Sweet Impact, Love Letter, Lose Your Mind, and be with you - with new songs.

Overall, I felt that this album was much better than Made in Twenty, which didn’t really pique my interest and I never really liked. The Face has more songs (other than the singles which we’ve already covered) that in my opinion are more interesting and fun - take Hey Boy, Hey Girl (featuring Seamo) for example - I love the beat in the song. The music video, err, not so much. (Incidentally, this song is usually only obtainable by getting the “deluxe” version of the album.)

Take a listen and see.
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Song: 等不及 / Can’t Wait

Album: 天使 / Angel

Artist: 徐懷鈺 / Yuki Hsu

Released: June 1999

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Fourth in our Chinglish song coverage, here’s another nice oldie - this one, perhaps Yuki’s last popular song/album. (Her new one last year, Bad Girl, didn’t do too well and had the unfortunate misfortune of being released on the same week as S.H.E’s Play.) A collaboration with Korean artist Yoo Seung Jun (Hanja: 劉承俊), it is a mix of Chinese pop and English rap.

It seems to have become particularly popular among the ABCs, especially, perhaps because some of them can actually understand a “Chinese” song through the English.
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Song: 子曰 / Confucius Says

Album: 我愛阿亮 / I Love Ah Liang

Artist: 卜學亮 / Charge Pu

Released: January 12, 2000

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Third in our Chinglish series is - talk about an old song - this song was released eight years ago! It is sung by Charge Pu, or better known as Ah Liang 阿亮, who is actually a comedian and TV show host. I love this song for a few reasons: One, the lyrics are fun - look at how many times there’s “子” in it! Secondly, the lyrics actually have meaning and are things we should generally aspire to. Third, it really expresses what most people feel when they read Confucian texts: “我聽不懂　看不懂　學不懂　都不懂.” (I can’t understand it, I can’t learn it… I don’t know anything at all.) This song never goes old.

Also check out the extremely weird (and green) music after the break. His hairstyle then makes him look like a carrot.

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Song: Super Star

Album: Super Star (Buy Album）

Artist: S.H.E

Released: August 22, 2003

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Second Chinglish song: You can pretty much tell a song is going to be a Chinglish song if there are no Chinese characters whatsoever in the title or the artist’s name. Yet, Super Star was S.H.E’s biggest hit/single for many years, all the way until 中國話 came out last year. With an addicting chorus and beat, no wonder it was that popular, and even today it’s still often requested for KTVing. If you haven’t heard it before, well… You’re missing out.

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