莫文蔚 (Karen Mok) – The Voyage (Album)

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“The Voyage” is the eighteenth solo album of Hong Kong singer Karen Mok , and it is also a new Guangdong album released 20 years after ” A Golden Flower ” released in 2001; it will be released digitally on June 11, 2021. On the same day, the physical record was pre-sold at the souvenir booth at the Hong Kong Station of the ” Perfect 25th Anniversary World Tour Concert “. Some fans can even get a limited edition commemorative badge.

The record contains a total of eight songs. It includes last year’s critically acclaimed ” Breathing ” and the re-recorded version of the old work “Aurora Borealis”, and the single “A Drop of Tears from One Person”, which was previously collaborated with Junlong Mai , as well as three covers from Karen Mok himself. A new version of the songs sung in the movies “The God of Cookery ” and “The King of Comedy “; in addition, two new works are included, including the re-invitation of Huang Weiwen to write lyrics, echoing the song “Women” which was also written by Huang Weiwen in 2000 “New Knowledge” “Women’s New Knowledge 2021” [1] , and invited a new generation of female singer Huang Yan to compose the song, the song name echoes Karen Karen’s “Originally… Impossible ” in the ” Origin … Anything is possible.”

In this album, Karen Mok shares her feelings about career, love and Hong Kong with music fans in the form of a music documentary.

Tracklist:

1.婦女新知 2021

2.因一個人而流出一滴淚

3.The Way You Make Me Feel

4.初戀（原唱：林志美）

5.戀一世的愛

6.北極光

7.呼吸有害(Rooftop Live)

8.原來…什麼都有可能

OVERALL RATING: 4 stars

Karen Mok (莫文蔚)- (戀一世的愛) The Voyage (Album)

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“(戀一世的愛) The Voyage” is a visual album by the singer Karen Mok (莫文蔚).

Release Date: 2021-05-25

Tracklist:

1.Let The Future In (中文版)

2.Let The Future In

3.The Way You Make Me Feel

4.呼吸有害 (Live Version)

5.呼吸有害

6.因一個人而流出一滴淚

7.戀一世的愛

8.這世界那麼多人

OVERALL RATING: 3½ stars

Karen Mok (莫文蔚) – 我們在中場相遇 (Halftime) (Album)

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Since her Cantonese debut in 1993, Karen Mok 莫文蔚 has not only remained on the top tier of Chinese language musicians, but pushed the boundaries of what is expected of female performers. From her early covers and photo shoots where she is mid-way through eating a hot dog, wrapped in see-through cling film, shaving her head and appearing fully nude, Karen Mok has spent her career challenging standards of beauty and women’s status and capabilities in the entertainment industry, all whilst delivering songs which have become mandopop canon, such as He Doesn’t Love Me 他不愛我 (1997) If I Don’t Have You 如果沒有你(2006), and Baby 寶貝 (2010), in turn making her an icon for an independent modern day woman, and putting her in a bracket of icon that few can only dream of reaching.

On her seventeenth album Halftime 我們在中場相遇 Karen maintains the consistent high quality that she is renowned for. For this seminal release, Karen brought in an army of over twenty of the biggest names in Mandopop today, including Li Ronghao 李荣浩, Khalil Fong 方大同, JJ Lin林俊傑 and 2018 singer entrant Hua Chen-yu 華晨宇, with long-term collaborator Arai Soichiro 荒井十一 present as executive producer. She mentioned in an interview that she felt honoured that so many producers and writers wanted to work on the project, and that inviting so many artists and musicians that she has worked with over the years to collaborate with her on a record which has deep significance to her acts as an expression of her gratitude.

The album is split into two halves. The first half is compiled of songs that are meant to feel classic and are composed by her long time collaborators, whilst the second half is meant to evidence Karen’s versatility and innovative capabilities as a performer via production and lyrics being provided by new collaborators.

Tracklist:

1. Let There Be Light 如初之光
2. I Do
3. Fly 飛
4. Half in Heaven, Half on Earth 天一半, 地一半
5. No Intermission 中場沒有休息
​6. Ultimate 絕
7. Dancing in the Rain
8. Not to be Continued不待續
9. Growing Fond of You 慢慢喜歡你
10. half a Lifelong Romance (Here is Where We Meet)半生緣 （我們在這裡相遇）
​11. Heartfelt 心領神會

OVERALL RATING

3½ stars