李芷婷 (Nasi Li)- 美麗舊世界：序章(After Utopia : Prologue) (EP)

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“美麗舊世界：序章(After Utopia Prologue)” is the EP by the singer 李芷婷 (Nasi Li).

Release Date: 2020-Jun

Tracklist:

1.I’m not a little girl
2.美麗舊世界 (After Utopia)
3.殘酷森林 (Cruel Forest)
4.左右違法 (Dilemma (feat.LIN))
5.愛努納奇 (Lovenunnaki)

OVERALL RATING

3½ stars

alan (阿兰, 阿蘭) – 無相 (Formless) (Single)

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“無相 (Formless)” is the new single by alan (阿兰, 阿蘭).

Release Date: 2020

Tracklist:

1.無相 (Formless)

OVERALL RATING

5 stars

田馥甄 (Hebe Tien) – 皆可(Anything Goes) (Digital Single)

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“皆可(Anything Goes)” is the new digital single by the singer 田馥甄 (Hebe Tien).

Release Date: 2020.06.11

Tracklist:

1.皆可(Anything Goes)

OVERALL RATING

4½ stars

鹿晗(LuHan) — π-volume.3 (Single)

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“π-volume.3” is the new single by 鹿晗(LuHan).

Release Date: 2020-05-27

Tracklist:

01.慢慢(Slow Motion)
02.咖啡(80s Remix)

OVERALL RATING

4 stars

张靓颖(Jane Zhang) — 蝴蝶飓风 (Single)

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“蝴蝶飓风” is the new single by 张靓颖(Jane Zhang).

Release Date: 2020.06.06

Tracklist:

1.蝴蝶飓风

OVERALL RATING

4½ stars

許哲珮(Peggy Hsu) – 失物 之 城 (Hypnocity) (Album)

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“失物 之 城” is the album by the singer 許哲珮(Peggy Hsu).

Released Date: 24 Dec 2019

Tracklist:

1 溫泉 小鎮 In the Foggy Town
2 My Little Secret
3 石板 畫家 之 死 Death of a Slate Painter
4 垂死 天鵝 The Dying Swan
5 失物 之 城 Hypnocity
6 最後 一封 情書 Mon Chéri
7 在 沒有 你 的 城市 晚安 In the City Without You, “Good Night”
8 Someone Over the Rainbow Featuring – Morning Mo
9 巫女 Ki-Pataw
10 戰 Ikusa Featuring – Kobudo
11 離別 曲 Farewell, Farewell, Farewell

OVERALL RATING

4 stars

譚嘉怡(Kayee Tam) – Can You Hear (Album)

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“Can You Hear” is the album by 譚嘉怡(Kayee Tam).

Released Date: 2019-12-19

Tracklist:

01. Can You Hear (TVB劇集[白色強人] 插題)
02. 今宵多珍重 (電視劇[今宵大廈] 主題曲)
03. 怎麼你不找我
04. 世事何曾是絕對
05. 願留住你 CAN You Hear 廣東版 (譚嘉儀/馬國明)
06. 我不歸去 電視劇[射鵰英雄傅]片尾曲7.Lonely (廣東版
08. 伴你闖蕩 (電視劇[果欄中的江湖大嫂] 主題曲
09. 小堡壘
10. 星空漫步 (Can You Sea 廣東版)
11. 今宵多珍重 (輕快版)

OVERALL RATING

4 stars

袁婭維 (TIA RAY) – 1212 (Album)

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“1212” is the album by 袁婭維 (TIA RAY).

Released Date: 2019-Dec

Tracklist:

1.我愛
2.呃 (feat. 馬伯騫)
3.不虧不欠
4.時間不解釋
5.遇上愛的可是我
6.來
7.我愛 – 伴奏
8.呃 (feat. 馬伯騫) – 伴奏
9.不虧不欠 – 伴奏
10.時間不解釋 – 伴奏
11.遇上愛的可是我 – 伴奏
12.來 – 伴奏

OVERALL RATING

3½ stars

蔡恩雨(Priscilla Abby) – Where Is The Love (Album)

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“Where Is The Love” is the album by 蔡恩雨(Priscilla Abby).

Released Date: 2019-Dec

Tracklist:

1.Fight For My Life
2.不回来了
3.Where Is The Love (天黑版)
4.和樂天共處
5.Dance Alone
6.小雨宙
7.黑白彩虹
8.Where Is The Love (天亮版)

OVERALL RATING

4 stars

Lexie Liu 刘柏辛 – Meta Ego 无限意识 (Album)

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Changsha local, Lexie Liu 刘柏辛, is a relative newcomer to the western music scene, but she’s been making waves over in Asia since 2015 when she participated in K-pop Star 5, a South Korean TV competition. Ms. Liu also participated in 2018’s The Rap of China, which quickly catapulted her to even greater fame. Her work cannot be tied down to a single genre, style, or culture. Lexie Liu and her music are the product of 21st century globalism at its finest.

Spitting bars over psychedelic beats and R&B melodies, Lexie pushes her unique brandal of trap-pop-R&B-rap to its extremes in her latest album 无限意识 Meta Ego. Liu’s sophomore release moves away from the more aggressive rap style that defined her earlier work in songs like Coco Made Me Do It and explores themes of insecurity, home, and belonging. Overall, the album’s sound and feel are nothing radically new for Liu as the songs are similar to those in her 88rising EP, 2030. All that being said, 无限意识Meta Ego fits nicely into the pantheon of her work as she continues to develop and explore her own sound.

Deeply influenced by Lexie’s history moving between China, South Korea, and the United States, the album flexes Ms. Liu’s bilingual (English and Chinese) abilities on all 9 tracks. Intersectionality defines the album as songs rapidly zip between and overlay genres, languages, and motifs. While these shifts felt clumsy and forced at times in 2030, they seamlessly flow together in Meta Ego, creating genre-defying bops.

‘Manta’, the album’s first track, is an exquisite example of this intersectionality. Opening with a melodic synth riff, the song flows into a set of mixed Chinese-English rap verses before building into a pop-like chorus. Liu’s talent of building simple, yet catchy hooks shines through as she sings about the swagger-yet-insecurity of a multi-national lived experience. In rapping about “always changing locations” and feeling like a fish out of water, Liu, like the water on the manta, shines like a diamond. The song is underpinned by producer Kenn Wu’s signature semi-syncopated beats, rendering it a dance anthem.

无限意识 Meta Ego is an important step forward for Liu as she develops her sound, however, the album becomes monotonous after a few tracks as Liu fails to transgress beyond the edges of her style to create novel listening experiences. She repackages are reformats the formula that made her famous 9 songs in a row, sounding redundant at points. To her credit, however, every song is good in its own right and she nearly perfects her trap-pop-R&B-rap song formula. It is also refreshing to hear slower, calmer, ballad style songs enter into her repertoire.

The fact that Lexie Liu is still developing as an artist, yet this album is a collection of 9 solid bops is a testament to her raw talent. With the songs on 无限意识 Meta Ego you can dance, cry, look within, or walk with swagger – the tracks should make solid playlist contributions for Chinese and English speaking listeners worldwide. The album as a whole has no narrative or arc, but Lexie Liu’s career does and she is on the up and up. This album is a collection of great (albeit very similar) singles that will continue to win her fans and push her career forward.

Release Date: 27th December 2019

Tracklist:

01. Manta
02. 玫瑰星云 Holy
03. 潘洛斯阶梯 Penrose
04. 黑洞 Metropolis
05. 地球蓝 Aqua Blue
06. Whenever
07. 健忘 Amnesia
08. Mind Reader
09. 捉迷藏

OVERALL RATING

4 stars