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R1SE in a rendition of Roles have no big or small 角儿无大小. This is really their best style – mostly rap + some opera. Yan Xujia and He Luoluo are missing for college examinations. Yan Xujia got into Beijing Film Academy, not sure about He Luoluo. Congrats to Yan Xujia for being the final member of X-Fire to get accepted into college!
Sisters Who Make Waves is a show that relies on the charisma and personality of the big sisters, so I wasn’t too fussed by the shoddy camerawork for the performance stages.
Up first is Ning Jing, Aduo and Cindy Yen’s Orchid Grass. This cover is stunning, and the empowering lyrics (different from the original) are a perfect representation of the performers:
Now this is my type of show! Woman Like Me / Sisters Who Make Waves 乘风破浪的姐姐 (lit. translation) is aimed at forming a mature-age girl group, and I am loving all the contestants (full list below) and producer Huang Xiaoming after watching the first episode.
The variety show airs every Friday at 12pm on Mango TV, and will be up on YouTube shortly thereafter.
Meng Jia’s MV for “Free” is so beautiful it looks like a giant tourism ad for Dunhuang/Jiayuguan.
Some songs I’ve been listening to :
The first of a string of upcoming series starring Korean boy/girlband members, One and a half summer 一又二分之一的夏天 features 2PM’s Nickhun, Jiang Jinfu, Xu Lu, and Miss A’s Meng Jia. Set in Xiamen University (where Meteor Shower was filmed), the series tells of an ABC (Nickhun) who returns to China to seek a girl he had met. Along the way he meets the boyish Xu Lu and bff Jiang Jinfu, who is most recently comforting Victoria Song in upcoming series Adventures in Cocoon Town 茧镇奇缘.
The series is scheduled to air this summer on Dragon TV. Trailer below.