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【天后回归·华丽绽放】EXPOSED时期的一篇采访 EXPOSED时期的一篇采访If you haven't caught No Doubt, CoCo Lee's scorching collaboration with Indian rapper Blaaze, you're missing out! The Record brings you an exclusive interview with the Asian-American songstress. The Record: Tell us about your new album. CoCo: My new album is called Exposed and I spent two and a half years in New York putting it all together. This album is really my baby. I worked on it from scratch. Every single sound that you hear, the lyrics, the instruments, the melody, putting the songs in order, everything?This is something that belongs to me and I'm really proud of it. I just wanted to write an album that people could listen to anytime, could groove to, feel good without any pressure; I just want to have music that could bring some joy and happiness to people's lives. TR: Tell us about the song No Doubt, your collaboration with Indian rapper Blaaze. CoCo: Oh he's fantastic! It was great that I had a chance to have someone as talented as him rapping on this song. The reason why we have an Indian version was because two years ago when I was having a birthday party in Hong Kong, the next table, full of pretty girls came over and said to me, 'Oh are you CoCo? You have a lot of fans in India and we'd love for you to go there and promote so more people will get to know you'. And I was so happy and so flattered because I had no idea! And so I told the record company and they thought it was a great idea, so I did a song that's a bit more ethnic. It's got an exotic sound and I thought it would be a great idea to collaborate with an Indian rapper and Blaaze was definitely the best choice. TR: What role do your fans play in your music? CoCo: They play a very important part, they inspire me! There's a song on the album called All Around The World that completely is my present to them. They always write me letters because they don't get to talk to me too much. And they always ask me, 'CoCo we know you're all around the world but are you thinking about us?' Since I cannot write back to all those letters, I decided to write a song that sort of is like a big letter replying to all of them. And a song is forever so I want them to know that wherever I go, 'hear me on the radio/catch me on a TV show/forever I'll be your girl'. That was my lyric and my answer to them. They inspire me to work hard, to achieve, to succeed and to create better music. It's all for them. TR: Musically what is the CoCo Lee trademark according to you? CoCo: That's a good question?hmm?I think definitely very rhythmic, definitely something that you can groove to, always that you can groove to. For me, fast, uptempo songs, dance songs are very important, and also ballads are very important. So I have two power ballads, one of my trademarks, that really showcase the voice, and dance songs that would really make you want to dance your butt off! TR: You've had a long career. Do you look back at anything and think 'Oh my God why did I do that?!' CoCo: Oh yeah! [Laughs] Lots of stuff that I wish I didn't do. But no regrets! It's a part of my career, part of my growth?and I'm sure back then those platform shoes were very in. [Laughs] Or that crazy hair colour was considered fashionable but now of course, ten years later you look at it and you laugh at yourself! But it's okay, I'm glad I went through all that because I know what looks good and what doesn't and I'll never do it again. BLAAZE IN DA HOUSE He's the hottest rapper in India today and The Record gets him to dish on his collaboration with CoCo. TR: Tell us about your collaboration with CoCo Lee. Blaaze: First and foremost, it was because of God's grace and blessings that the CoCo Lee project happened. CoCo heard some of my earlier works with A R Rahman and the guys at Sony Music approached me to do my Blaaze stuff on the track. She liked the Indian-African flavour that the rap brought to the song and hence the deal was sealed. TR: How was the experience of working with her? Blaaze: The experience was CoCo-licious!! She's truly an artist, very down to earth and yet so professional in her approach to work. We met on the sets in Hong Kong for the video and she was so much fun. Very curious about India and the culture and at the same time quite amazed at hip hop comin' out of India. We had a blast!! TR: The video for No Doubt looked fun to make. How was the experience? Any stories? Blaaze: Rage is the guy who directed the video. A Japanese director who was Tarsem Singh's assistant director. When I got my storyboard, my brief stated 'Blaaze - Rapper - Fur Coat - Medallions - Girls around him in lingerie'!! [Laughs] That was truly a Snoop Dogg 'moment' for me, if you know what I mean. In rap, the bling bling and the whole rap vibe has always been so larger than life and for a director to portray that through me, was really smooth.
【天后回归·华丽绽放】Biography of CoCo Lee Biography of CoCo Lee CoCo Lee is one of the most highly recognized Asian singers in the world and one of the most sought after musical icons in Greater China. Over one million fans have experienced her performances live in Greater China alone and CoCo’s 15 albums have sold more than 10 million copies to-date. Esquire magazine declares that Coco’s “sexy appearance … and fascinating voice lead her audience into infinite fantasy“ and Rolling Stone describes her as a “star of the first magnitude … widely known as the Mariah of Asia.” CoCo commands the stage with her dynamic voice, beautiful lyrics and engaging choreography with a musical style that ranges across the spectrum from Hip-Hop to R&B, ballads and dance songs.In addition to her mega-star status in the Mandarin and Cantopop music markets, CoCo’s English-language performances have also garnered critical praise and mainstream success. She sang the hit “Before I Fall In Love” for the soundtrack of Runaway Bride starring Richard Gere and Julia Roberts and sang the theme song "A Love Before Time" for the movie Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon which won worldwide acclaim when she performed the song at the 2001 Academy Awards. CoCo was widely praised by critics for her vocal range and won plaudits for bringing to the attention of North American audiences the beauty of Eastern music and culture.Outside the world of music, CoCo co-starred in the Chinese comedy Master of Everything (aka Bamboo Shoot) with John Lone (The Last Emperor, Rush Hour 2), which won the Best Foreign Film award at the 2005 Beverly Hills Film Festival. CoCo was a Global Ambassador for Omega from 2004-6 and Chanel’s first Asia-Pacific Celebrity Ambassadress. Despite her hectic schedule, CoCo still finds time for numerous charitable causes, contributing her time as a youth ambassador for UNICEF, the Make a Wish Foundation and the Organization for World Peace in China. In 2004, CoCo also represented Asian artists promoting youth education at the global AIDS conference in Thailand as a YouthAIDS ambassador.
【天后回归·华丽绽放】Coco Lee - Brief Article - Interview If 1999 was the year of the Latin crossover, then the recording industry hopes the Hong Kong-born, San Francisco-bred songstress Coco Lee has the goods to spearhead the 2000 Asian invasion. Overseas, the twenty three-year-old unlikely funk-soul sister has released seven Chinese-language albums and two English. Her U.S. debut, Just No Other Way (550/Sony), is coming out this month.ANITA SARKO: Even though you were born in Hong Kong and have enjoyed huge success as a recording artist in Asia, you actually grew up in San Francisco. How did your career happen?COCO LEE: It started when my friends and I made a tape of me singing at a karaoke booth in Fisherman's Wharf. My best friend played it in her father's restaurant, and people asked to buy the tape. That's when it entered my mind to be a singer. After high school, I entered the biggest singing contest in Hong Kong while my family was on vacation there. Ten thousand people try out for it every year. I made it to second place.AS: Didn't you also have a big break when you sang on a game show on Taiwan TV?CL: Yes. People were like, "Wow, who is this girl?" because I had very colorful clothes and I was vibrant. Usually Asian artists are very proper. They called me "The California Sunshine Girl." Afterwards, all the TV stations started asking for Coco.AS: When I heard your voice, I was shocked because you sound like Mariah Carey singing Whitney Houston arrangements. Usually Asian female singers sound more bubblegum.CL: I incorporate a lot of Western singing styles: R&B and soul In Asia, people usually like something that they can sing to in karaoke. R&B is so hard to sing, they can't follow it. My record company took a risk--they told me the way I sang was very un-commercial. But it turns out people love it because it's so different.AS: You usually write your own songs, but you didn't on Just No Other Way.CL: I had all these great songwriters, so I didn't have to write! I was executive producer, which means I chose the songs.AS: I loved the song you did with Frankie Knuckles: "Do You Want My Love?" its a terrific dance track.CL: That's my mom's favorite, too.AS: So who's your Valentine?CL: I'm still waiting for my prince on the white horse.
EXPOSED时期的一篇采访 If you haven't caught No Doubt, CoCo Lee's scorching collaboration with Indian rapper Blaaze, you're missing out! The Record brings you an exclusive interview with the Asian-American songstress. The Record: Tell us about your new album. CoCo: My new album is called Exposed and I spent two and a half years in New York putting it all together. This album is really my baby. I worked on it from scratch. Every single sound that you hear, the lyrics, the instruments, the melody, putting the songs in order, everything?This is something that belongs to me and I'm really proud of it. I just wanted to write an album that people could listen to anytime, could groove to, feel good without any pressure; I just want to have music that could bring some joy and happiness to people's lives. TR: Tell us about the song No Doubt, your collaboration with Indian rapper Blaaze. CoCo: Oh he's fantastic! It was great that I had a chance to have someone as talented as him rapping on this song. The reason why we have an Indian version was because two years ago when I was having a birthday party in Hong Kong, the next table, full of pretty girls came over and said to me, 'Oh are you CoCo? You have a lot of fans in India and we'd love for you to go there and promote so more people will get to know you'. And I was so happy and so flattered because I had no idea! And so I told the record company and they thought it was a great idea, so I did a song that's a bit more ethnic. It's got an exotic sound and I thought it would be a great idea to collaborate with an Indian rapper and Blaaze was definitely the best choice. TR: What role do your fans play in your music? CoCo: They play a very important part, they inspire me! There's a song on the album called All Around The World that completely is my present to them. They always write me letters because they don't get to talk to me too much. And they always ask me, 'CoCo we know you're all around the world but are you thinking about us?' Since I cannot write back to all those letters, I decided to write a song that sort of is like a big letter replying to all of them. And a song is forever so I want them to know that wherever I go, 'hear me on the radio/catch me on a TV show/forever I'll be your girl'. That was my lyric and my answer to them. They inspire me to work hard, to achieve, to succeed and to create better music. It's all for them. TR: Musically what is the CoCo Lee trademark according to you? CoCo: That's a good question?hmm?I think definitely very rhythmic, definitely something that you can groove to, always that you can groove to. For me, fast, uptempo songs, dance songs are very important, and also ballads are very important. So I have two power ballads, one of my trademarks, that really showcase the voice, and dance songs that would really make you want to dance your butt off! TR: You've had a long career. Do you look back at anything and think 'Oh my God why did I do that?!' CoCo: Oh yeah! [Laughs] Lots of stuff that I wish I didn't do. But no regrets! It's a part of my career, part of my growth?and I'm sure back then those platform shoes were very in. [Laughs] Or that crazy hair colour was considered fashionable but now of course, ten years later you look at it and you laugh at yourself! But it's okay, I'm glad I went through all that because I know what looks good and what doesn't and I'll never do it again. BLAAZE IN DA HOUSE He's the hottest rapper in India today and The Record gets him to dish on his collaboration with CoCo. TR: Tell us about your collaboration with CoCo Lee. Blaaze: First and foremost, it was because of God's grace and blessings that the CoCo Lee project happened. CoCo heard some of my earlier works with A R Rahman and the guys at Sony Music approached me to do my Blaaze stuff on the track. She liked the Indian-African flavour that the rap brought to the song and hence the deal was sealed. TR: How was the experience of working with her? Blaaze: The experience was CoCo-licious!! She's truly an artist, very down to earth and yet so professional in her approach to work. We met on the sets in Hong Kong for the video and she was so much fun. Very curious about India and the culture and at the same time quite amazed at hip hop comin' out of India. We had a blast!! TR: The video for No Doubt looked fun to make. How was the experience? Any stories? Blaaze: Rage is the guy who directed the video. A Japanese director who was Tarsem Singh's assistant director. When I got my storyboard, my brief stated 'Blaaze - Rapper - Fur Coat - Medallions - Girls around him in lingerie'!! [Laughs] That was truly a Snoop Dogg 'moment' for me, if you know what I mean. In rap, the bling bling and the whole rap vibe has always been so larger than life and for a director to portray that through me, was really smooth.
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