Continuing with my late schedule , I went the extra nerdy mile to put together my list and made a spreadsheet to help me order my song picks (FYI, it actually helps), which made me realize that -at least- 10% of my list is coming from a soundtrack, even though my movie-watching has been low this year. On top of that, I managed to cut down on my Chinese music input to 25% (from 50%) in a very creative way, but still 70% is East-Asian-based; and if you add the South-Asian, it goes up to 86%.
That’s been the bias this year. Sorry!
Let’s get this started with a mention of the songs I cut in one swift *WOOSH* after I did my spreadsheet~ ALL THE FREAKING CONTESTANTS ON THIS YEAR’S SEASON OF SING MY SONG (中国好歌曲). If you follow the Chinese music indie scene [Zing! F Yeah Chinese Indie], you may have heard of many of the acts that feature on the music contest show, which allows performers with original songs, that are chosen by a coach/producer who helps them work on them.
As with any (music) contest show (imho), seasons can be tiresome (plus, Asian varieties can be SUPER long. 1.30hr an episode!!!), BUT (!) if you want to navigate through the Chinese (Mainland/Taiwan/HK) indie scene, the show makes it super easy. You can watch all the season on the CCTV YouTube channel; the episodes (last I checked) aren’t subtitled, though, one of the lackings in Chinese soft power.
All info on the songs (including episode#) is on the playlist as notes.
Cheat playlist available at the bottom of the last page.
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