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This is pleasant on the ears – not forgettable, but it’s a run-of-the-mill ballad – and CoCo’s voice is lovely. It doesn’t take long for the first ballad to creep up on us (hey, it is Cpop after all), 能不能 (Can or Can’t?) starts off rather generic but the bridge and chorus has a distinctly post-2010 R&B/pop feel. Something that stuck out to me was the fact that this style of song is so commonplace in Western pop, that hearing it coupled with a Mandarin voice makes it sound much more unique and fresh. It’s nice to hear a more traditional arrangement in a sea of lacklustre attempted electro in contemporary Cpop.
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It’s pretty good though – brassy, bold and gives us a chance to hear her vocal abilities.
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Stuck on U sounds incredibly similar to a Western pop song but I cannot for the life of me remember what it is. It ends almost abruptly, but when the next song Stuck on U 偷心賊 (Heart Stealing Thief) begins, it makes one question whether or not Knock Knock should’ve been chosen as the opener. I was pleasantly surprised when it morphed into a pretty sophisticated urgent-sounding electronic dance track. The first song 叩叩 ( Knock Knock) is driven by a consistent piano beat, which in the first seconds I was duped into thinking it was going to be an uplifting traditional Cpop number with acoustic guitars et al. But this tried and tested cocktail doesn’t hurt, particularly if there are some interesting surprises along the way. Angela Zhang’s Visible Wings, Jolin Tsai’s Muse and Joey Yung’s Moment), I’m expecting a set mix of light dance, mid-tempo tunes and some heavy ballads. If this album follows the vein of more recent Cpop offerings (e.g.
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I’ve been dabbling in Cpop for a little while now, but this is my first time listening to this album – here’s to starting afresh!ĬoCo Lee is extremely popular in South East Asia and was the first Chinese artist to perform at the Oscars in conjunction with the movie Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon in 1999. It represents a new direction, and hopefully new discoveries of the amazing music Asia has to offer. Reviewing a Cpop artist is a first for this blog, and a first for me entirely. Questionable earrings aside, it’s time for the music. I prefer the regular by a long stretch, I adore the lilac hues – and it matches the new design of the blog! Not a great deal to be said here, but CoCo looks wonderful and I like the decision of having two different outfits on each cover. I’m going to try a new format here, wish me luck! It was released on the 31st May 2013 in two editions. But for now, it’s time to review CoCo Lee’s thirteenth album, Illuminate! A first for here, as it is in Mandarin. Before I dive into anything, the resurrection of this blog deserves an entire post in itself, which will follow, I promise! In short: I really, really missed it.