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C-Pop Artist Of The Week (Feb. 24 – Mar. 3) - Jane Zhang


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C-Pop Artist Of The Week


 


Feb. 24 – Mar. 3: Jane Zhang (å¼ é“颖)


*Requested by HeavenlyDreamer and xprixgr*


 


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Jane Zhang also known as Zhang Liangying (simplified Chinese: å¼ é“颖; traditional Chinese: å¼µéšç©Ž; pinyin: ZhÄng LiàngyÇng; born October 11, 1984 in Chengdu, Sichuan) is a Mainland Chinese pop singer. She rose to prominence after her third-place performance in the 2005 season of the Super Girl contest, a national all-female singing competition in the People’s Republic of China. – last.fm


 


Featured Songs


 


画心 Painted Heart



 


é è¿‘我 Close To You



 


木兰星 Magnolia Stars



 


我的模样 My Looks



 


Other Songs


 


Siege

Yalta


I Believe

Reform

It Was So Good

We All Live Up To Love

Dreaming

Chasing Love

大胆 Bold


 


Previous AOTW Threads


 


 


 


~Request English translations for Cpop songs here~


 


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Requests


 


Here’s the list of artists that people have requested


(the threads won’t necessarily be made in this order):


 


Mayday


Khalil Fong


Jolin Tsai


GEM


A-Lin


Wang Dawen 


 


Request more if you want and I’ll add it to the list and get to it whenever I can.

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My Review of Jane Zhang


 


Alright since this is not a normal AOTW thread because it was requested by someone instead of being my own personal recommendation, I thought that I’d write up a review expressing my thoughts on Jane.


 


I’ve always heard about how great a singer Jane was so I decided to check out her Reform album and I was left disappointed (this was on my own way before this request btw). Her singing and her songs didn’t impress me so I didn’t bother listening to her other albums. I thought her vocals were pretty average and nothing special. I’ve seen some live performances where her singing was great so this could be because the songs she sings do not do a good job at showing off her vocals.


 


She is super pretty though:


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For this request I listened to most of her albums (Update, Jane@Music, Believe In Jane, I relistened to Reform, and even her Dear Jane single/EP) and my opinion of her did not change. Unfortunately Reform, the album i first listened to from her and didn't like, is probably the best album out of the ones I listened to. I found her boring and it was tough to find songs that I liked to post in this thread. I normally try to find 1 albums worth of songs to post for these threads and I had to listen to 4 albums and 1 single to get that amount. Not a good ratio. It shouldn’t take that much to find 10 or so good songs.


 


Her voice is pretty but again I don’t think her songs allow her vocals to shine. Though I do think that she might have a problem being expressive in her ballads. Relisten to the first song I posted and then listen to Zhao Wei’s version of it

. Jane’s vocals are prettier but I think Zhao Wei’s version is far more expressive and has more emotion. I prefer Zhao Wei’s version. Could this be because I’m biased towards Zhao Wei? Possibly. I mean who didn’t grow up having a crush on her. She’s so cute!

 


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The first and third songs are from Painted Skin and Mulan both starring Zhao Wei btw. And I recommend both of them.


 


I appreciate people participating in these threads and making requests. Some of you might be fans of her or are listening to her for the first time and might end up liking her. We all have different tastes and preferences but I personally don’t like her very much and won’t listen to her afterwards on my own except maybe the two songs from the movies.


 


I didn’t expect to type so much. Sorry if I rambled but I’m leaving everything in.


 


Did you like reading this? Should I keep doing it for every artist that’s requested? Every artist period? Agree? Disagree? Want to yell at me through cap-locked text because you’re a fan and think me and my opinions are stupid? Are people now hesitant to make requests because they don't want me bashing their faves? Hahaha


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I agree with your review of Jane Zhang, she has the talent and looks but I've found most of her music pretty boring and uninspired, I like a few of her ballads and that's it.

 

Zhao Wei is really cute but I like her a lot better as an actress than a singer. Painted Skin was pretty decent but the second one was a mess in my opinion. Mulan however was pretty good, I recommend that, both also have Chen Kun, I don't know if any of you like him.

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I agree with your review of Jane Zhang, she has the talent and looks but I've found most of her music pretty boring and uninspired, I like a few of her ballads and that's it.

 

Zhao Wei is really cute but I like her a lot better as an actress than a singer. Painted Skin was pretty decent but the second one was a mess in my opinion. Mulan however was pretty good, I recommend that, both also have Chen Kun, I don't know if any of you like him.

Word.

 

&& I just happen to watched Painted Skin I and II last weekend for the first time but yeah, I was so much better than II. Especially the mutant wolves/evil sorcerer thing :>_>:  Best part about II is Que'er <3 Haven't seen Mulan yet though. 

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Word.

 

&& I just happen to watched Painted Skin I and II last weekend for the first time but yeah, I was so much better than II. Especially the mutant wolves/evil sorcerer thing :>_>:  Best part about II is Que'er <3 Haven't seen Mulan yet though. 

Yeah Painted Skin II was kind of convoluted for me, didn't like it that much, Que'er and Pang Lang were cute but I think the movie would have been mostly the same with or without them.

 

Everybody watch Mulan! And Red Cliff. And anything else with Zhao Wei.  :lub:

Red Cliff was really good, I really recommend that too :ahmagah:

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Yeah Painted Skin II was kind of convoluted for me, didn't like it that much, Que'er and Pang Lang were cute but I think the movie would have been mostly the same with or without them.

 

Red Cliff was really good, I really recommend that too :ahmagah:

The original international version! I have never seen the theatrical version and never will.

 

I think i'm one of the few people that liked both Painted Skin movies. I really should watch that Princess Pearl drama. For as big a fanboy i am of her i've never seen it. 

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Everybody watch Mulan! And Red Cliff. And anything else with Zhao Wei.  :lub:

 

Agreed!  I've already watch them all.  SO GOOD!

 

How can anyone not like Zhao Wei anyways? lol XD  She's so perfect.

 

Edit:  Thanks for accepting our requests btw!!!  You're doing a great job!

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I was wondering if you are interested in doing one for G.E.M. Tang since she is currently seeing a rapid rise in popularity around China.

 

I'd like to see more of your recommendations though, because I haven't been following C-POP for a while now so I only know about popular artists.  

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The original international version! I have never seen the theatrical version and never will.

 

I think i'm one of the few people that liked both Painted Skin movies. I really should watch that Princess Pearl drama. For as big a fanboy i am of her i've never seen it. 

Yeah I saw the original version too

 

and you should watch Princess Pearl, I was obsessed with it as a child, after they switched actors I didn't like the new actress, it might seem a little bit dated watching it in this age but I loved it as a child haha

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I was wondering if you are interested in doing one for G.E.M. Tang since she is currently seeing a rapid rise in popularity around China.

 

I'd like to see more of your recommendations though, because I haven't been following C-POP for a while now so I only know about popular artists.  

i am a GEM fan so she was already going to get a week even without a request but she'll show up sooner now that you asked for it. She was actually my gateway into cantopop. For some reason i grew up watching HK movies but didn't like the sound of singing in cantonese until i heard her and then i was able to start enjoying it.

 

Don't worry i'll make sure to keep making threads for my recommended artists. In fact it's easier for me because i'm more familiar with them and it takes less time to make their threads.

 

I only started listening to cpop a few years ago and have been finding my way around by myself for the most part. So i know how hard it can be to find stuff especially less typical stuff. Who do you listen to btw? just curious.

 

Yeah I saw the original version too

 

and you should watch Princess Pearl, I was obsessed with it as a child, after they switched actors I didn't like the new actress, it might seem a little bit dated watching it in this age but I loved it as a child haha

I need to catch up on In A Good Way and Empress Ki. Maybe i'll start after i'm caught up. I'm interested in seeing what young Fan Bingbing looks like too haha. 

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i am a GEM fan so she was already going to get a week even without a request but she'll show up sooner now that you asked for it. She was actually my gateway into cantopop. For some reason i grew up watching HK movies but didn't like the sound of singing in cantonese until i heard her and then i was able to start enjoying it.

 

Don't worry i'll make sure to keep making threads for my recommended artists. In fact it's easier for me because i'm more familiar with them and it takes less time to make their threads.

 

I only started listening to cpop a few years ago and have been finding my way around by myself for the most part. So i know how hard it can be to find stuff especially less typical stuff. Who do you listen to btw? just curious.

 

 

I see.

 

I mostly listen to classic singers, but here is a list of C-POP artists I listen to.

 

Male:

  • Jacky Cheung
  • Harlem Yu
  • Eason Chan
  • Wakin Chou
  • William So
  • Leehom Wang
  • Jam Hsiao
  • Khalil Fong

Female:

  • Faye Wong
  • Teresa Teng
  • A-mei Chang
  • Eason Chan
  • Priscilla Chan
  • Coco Lee
  • Sally Yeh
  • Kelly Chen
  • Wanting Qu
  • A-Lin
  • Tanya Chua

Group:

  • Beyond
  • F.I.R.
  • Da Mouth
  • Nan Quan Mama

 

There's more but this will do.

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I can understand why you may find Jane's music boring OP although personally I love her jazzy and mellow songs a lot better than her more popish ones like Wo De Mu Yang. I just think they suit her vocals better, especially because she doesn't normally like doing any crazy vocal acrobatics.  

 

Anyway. thanks for fulfilling our request OP.
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Oh A-Lin would be a great one to do I think!

 

A-Lin is already on my list of artists to do as well as a handful of artists in your list that you just gave. You put Eason in both the male and female list btw  :lol: There are 3 females on that list that i haven't heard of and i will check out later.

 

920 is my jam from A-Lin. Though i thought that album was disappointing overall.

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A-Lin is already on my list of artists to do as well as a handful of artists in your list that you just gave. You put Eason in both the male and female list btw  :lol: There are 3 females on that list that i haven't heard of and i will check out later.

 

920 is my jam from A-Lin. Though i thought that album was disappointing overall.

 

OH lmao my bad.  I really like Eason Chan XD  Great Canto-pop artist.

 

And yay for A-Lin.  I will anticipate!

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I agree with you. I find most of Jane's normal songs to be quite boring, but her OST soundtracks are amazing (imo; you already posted two of my favourite examples haha). She has such an amazing vocal range though. 

 

And yes! Zhao Wei is queen. :ahmagah: She was brilliant in Moments in Peking, although that series was quite boring imo. It was probably one of her defining career series though, I think, because it showed just how versatile she is in acting. (Quite different from what she portrayed in Huan Zhu Ge Ge and Romance in the Rain)

 

Anyway I can't wait for your Mayday, Jolin, Khalil, and GEM reviews!

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oh this is good. I might have put this song first (a spot i use for my favorite) if i had known about it. 

 

I like Jane's vocals. She's pretty decent but her songs are a hit and miss for me.

 

I can't wait to read A-Lin's review! She's my favourite C-Pop female artist. I actually really liked her recent album.

i'm weird with A-Lin's last album. I really like it one time and then it bores me the next then i like it again. 

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