One of my favourite Hong Kong artistes and singers is Charlene Choi, also better known as Ah Sa. She is best
known to be in the group/duo called Twins along with Gillian Chung. Charlene has
been in the entertainment industry for 12 years, and as well as being in Twins, she also has a solo career. If I am not wrong, Charlene is the number one
most popular blog on Sina Weibo and also the number one most followed blog with
over one million followers!
Twins has always been heavily criticised for their live singing, but
they still have had a large amount of fans supporting them throughout the years.
Personally, I think Charlene has greatly improved in terms of singing, and
singing live. She has learned to control her vocals more (although she may need
a bit more practice), and she has also taken part in composing for her solo
albums. Charlene’s live singing might not be on point all the time, but you
cannot say she has not put in hard work. She is always trying to improve and
change for the better, and has recently changed singing coaches to suit her
better.
Not long ago, she released a full Cantonese album, "Montage". The title of
the album is supposed to reflect on what she has experienced up until now. I
love the whole edgy urban style going on. It looks very chic. The album
consists of 10 new songs, which are very interesting and unique because the
songs are all different to each other. Each song has a different sound to it, so I am sure that if you are interested in listening to it that there will definitely be a
song that you will like! If you listen carefully to Charlene’s voice, you
can hear that her voice is a lot smoother compared to her older songs.
The songs I recommend from "Montage":
明明 (Obviously), 鬆弛熊 (Relaxed Bear/Rilakkuma), 白頭到老 (Forever and Always), 瓦努阿圖 (Vanuatu). (
This album is also very interesting because the music composer
Eric Kwok composes all ten songs.
Funny story, I actually
thought "Obviously" was a very boring song at first. After listening to it
some more, I actually started to like it and find it very catchy.
I think the way Charlene
sang "Forever and Always" is very cute, and I like how relaxed Charlene sounds
when she’s singing "Relaxed Bear". "Vanuatu" is also a very fun song.
Other songs I recommend from Charlene:
簡簡單單, 早沾勿藥, 黑與白, 小玩笑, 魚樂無窮 (unplugged song), 二缺一, 小酒窩 duet with JJ Lin, 一直都在 duet with Raymond Lam and "Make a Wish".
My favourite things
about Charlene are how optimistic she is (her bright smile) and her fashion
sense! I love her fashion style!
I actually think she’s my fashion icon!
She’s had a lot of different styles for her solo albums as well. I
really liked the style she had for her solo EP, "Beauty Remains" and also the
idea behind it.
She re-used her old clothes and transformed them into elegant dresses, then went into an old warehouse for the shooting of the album. I like the dark
and mysterious feel to it.
I really think Charlene has potential as an actress and maybe if there’s
a chance, she could act in a TVB series in the future! She has just finished
filming for the movie sequel "My Wife is 18".
If you are interested in following Charlene’s news, you should follow
Charlene’s thread @Asianfanatics Forum. The fans there are really great at
updating Charlene’s news. ^_^ I often get the news on Charlene from there, and
they are also very helpful at translating articles, weibo posts, etc. Not to mention, they are approachable and nice.
No comments:
Post a Comment