JIMMY FALLON, STING & THE ROOTS REMIX: DON'T STAND SO CLOSE TO ME (AT-HOME INSTRUMENTS)
The grooviest reminder to practise social distancing is this remix of British rock band The Police's Don't Stand So Close To Me.
English singer Sting teams up with talk-show host Jimmy Fallon and American hip-hop act The Roots in an online collaboration featuring some unusual instruments. The Roots' Questlove does joyous percussion work with scissors and forks.
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MAO BUYI 2020 ONLINE CONCERT: REVIEWING SECOND ALBUM XIAO WANG
Chinese singer Mao Buyi won all-male singing contest The Coming One in 2017. He followed the win with hit song Perfect Day, a tender celebration of the quotidian, in his debut album of the same name a year later.
Fans will want to check out this intimate online concert, featuring songs from his second album Xiao Wang (2020). Mao's nickname is Little Wang as his birth name is Wang Weijia.
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HOME SWEET HOME
Khalil Fong
3.5 stars
What has Hong Kong-based Mandopop singer Khalil Fong been up to while staying in because of Covid-19?
Eating noodles, for one. He sings and raps rapturously about spaghetti aglio e olio (garlic and oil), Yang Chun noodles and more on the track Noodles.
On Hair's A Little Long, he has a problem many will find familiar in these times: "Hair's a little long, long/ Who will help me cut it short, short?"
The singer makes a case for the power of music in these difficult times on Favorite Stuff: "Enjoying the beat, like floating in a weightless sea/ Regardless of adult or child, music nourishes the soul."
STEFANIE SUN 20TH ANNIVERSARY SURPRISE LIVE-STREAM GIG
Home-grown Mandopop singer Stefanie Sun's debut album Yan Zi was released on June 9, 2000. To mark its 20th anniversary, she held a surprise live-stream gig on June 9.
A relaxed-looking Sun chatted about what she had been up to and happily performed barefoot, backed by musicians. She sang tracks such as Against The Light and Cloudy Day, the track from Yan Zi that made her a star, as well as English numbers such as American rock band Live's Lightning Crashes.
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