Top 6 Most Overplayed Things in Cpop

Two seconds after this photo was taken, Jay and Leehom proceeded to pummel each other with those metal balls.

Only fair to show a little list love to Cpop. I’m guilty of contributing to most of these. Just thought I’d put that out there.

6. Show and his string of (rumored) ex girlfriends.He says he values his privacy, yet somehow, names like Jolin, Selina, and Makiyo are worked into every show he appears on.

5. S.H.E. is ugly. I hear this all the time, but I don’t get it at all. I think they’re gorgeous, and not in an inner beauty kinda way that no one cares about. No, I mean in a if-I-were-a-lesbian-or-a-dude,-I-would-hit-that kinda way.

4. Wu Chun’s love life. Has anyone else noticed this? He’s been romantically rumored to every single female costar he’s worked with. Ariel, ELLA, Angela, Charlene. Does this guy possess some raw, pheromonal magnetism which causes no female to be able to resist him? Personally, I think it’s because he’s such a powerful and believable actor, they’re all drawn to his immense talent~.

3. The Leehom ResumeIf I say the words “SAT,” “languages,” and “instruments,” and you automatically think of a certain Taiwanese American pop star, then you know what I’m talking about. If not, go to any Asian music forum, say something like, “I so don’t get what’s the big deal with this guy,” and I’m sure people would be more then happy to indoctrinate you in Leehomism.

2. Fahrenheit can’t sing/they’re improving/they still suck/shut up/you shut up.Okay, soooooo guilty of this one. I don’t think I’ve ever seen a conversation about Fahrenheit where their talent level wasn’t brought up. It could be like person 1 goes, “Oh, I like the shirt Jiro is wearing in this photoshoot,” and then person 2 goes, “yeah? too bad he can’t sing or act!!!” I do the exact same thing//. What the heck is up with that?

1. Jay v. LeehomI’m not the only one who loves comparisons, because even after all these years, this is still a favorite pastime of anyone who cares about Chinese music. Never mind the fans, reporters always find a way to bring up the other person. “So Jay, I noticed you are converting oxygen to carbon dioxide. How do you think your respiration rate compares with Leehom?” I have no comment cuz I don’t listen to Jay as much as Leehom. Oh wait, I guess I just made my choice…

 

Cpop Voices

Ha Ha, I’ve promised myself to do this post since forever and I’m finally getting around to it. Actually, the reason I’ve procrastinated so long is because I really don’t know who I should talk about. I listen to a more diverse group of artists in Cpop v. Kpop, but I don’t obsesses over many of them, and some I just put on as background noise without really paying attention. This isn’t comprehensive of everything I listen to, cuz I’d be dead before I could finish that list (not because I listen to that many artist, but it’s taken me two weeks to write about these nine people/groups, so you can do the math…) I’ve decided to just write about the most well known peoples in Cpop right now. No bands, because they’re partly about vocals and partly about instruments, so it’s sort of a different category (plus I’m lazy, plus I only listen to like three bands) and only Taiwan based artists, (again, lazy and) because I can actually find live performances for them.

I’ll start with the four biggies of Cpop right now. IMO, these four are the most well known, but more importantly, most talented Mandarin male soloists on the market today. All four of them do the majority of their own writing, including everything from lyrics to compositions, but since this is a vocal post, I’ll refrain from commenting on that (not like I know enough about music to say anything worthwhile anyway ;___;). They’re all amazing, so no need to rank them. Ordered by personal preference I guess.

 

This Week on the Taiwan G-Music Chart

More spam!!!! So apparently some words were said over the above. Whatever; either the media is making a big deal over nothing (most likely), or Mayday are cocky bastards (hey, when you can backup the narcissism with real talent, why not?). Either way, I’m so glad their album is doing amazing. 1.3 million copies in one week would be great even by American standards, and it’s frickin’ amazing for Asia. Actually, I’ve listened to Jay’s new album as well, and it’s not shabby either. I may write it up later ; ). Oh, and lookie lookie, who’s number three??? In case you don’t know, 東方神起 is Chinese for frickin’ amazing, wonderfully talented, five person Korean Boyband that recently released an alsdkfjaslk amazing album XDDDDDDD. I know Taiwan is a small market, but with the quantity of legitimately talented competition there, foreign artists should take pride in scoring so high on the combo charts. Taiwanese artists set the standard in Cpop, and they produce so many of the bestselling artists of Asia which is why a certain seven member boyband who specialize in hip thrusts needs to get their hips over there right nao!!!