Faye Photos on 4th of July

Some fans in Beijing were incredibly lucky to be in the right place at the right time to see Faye Wong (王菲) at a shopping mall. She graciously poses with her very happy fans. (Source blog.sina 9 July 2009)

Faye Wong – June 2009 Photos

The long drought of life without Faye Wong (王菲) photos is finally over! Recently, in Beijing, Faye and her entourage drove to a nearby shopping area and entered the Chaoyang Apple Store. Apparently, Faye and other stars visited here often because the clerks didn’t seem surprised and went about their business. Perhaps because of the economic crisis or the hot weather, the shop was quite empty. Faye was there for about a half hour, looking at mobile phones and audio players. She browsed very carefully, sometimes asking the staff questions. Finally, Faye bought an iPod MP4 player and a BOSE audio player. (Source Sohu Entertainment and YNET.com 6 July 2009)

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Jill – Faye’s 1994 Interview with Tao Zi

jill, on July 4th, 2009  said:

http://www.tudou.com/programs/view/WFSWe6ToszA

not sure if u guys hv this interview. with taiwan tv
she is super cute!

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New Video – Clips from Faye’s H&S Commercial

These are rare clips from the making of Faye Wong’s  (王菲) 2000 Head & Shoulders TV commercial. The quality of this video is excellent, which means Faye looks hot!

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(Source: Added to YouTube by tyyt123321tyyt on 4 July 2009)
Click here for a related article and video.

Kim – Sources Say Faye Is Coming Back!

Kim, on July 4th, 2009 said:

I have credible sources saying that she is definitelty making a comeback musically.

June 2009 Photo of Faye Wanted!

I can’t believe it! It’s the last day of June, and I haven’t been able to download a single photo of Faye (that was shot in June 2009) from anywhere on the web. In the left sidebar, I’ve been featuring a Faye photo of the month every month since Faye Wong Today began in April 2008. For June 2009, I may end up posting an anonymous blank such as the one above.

Please help. If you know of a photo (or video) of Faye taken in June 2009, please send me a URL.

Rare MV – Faye’s First Track in Her First Album

This is an extremely rare MV from Faye Wong’s (王菲) first album, Shirley Wong, which was released in November 1989 when Faye was 20. It represents a lot of firsts: the first track in her first album, and her first hit! The song is “However That Day.” At the time she was known as Wang Jingwen (王靖雯). This video was added to YouTube by MrMusical1980 on 28 June 2009

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(The last part of the video, from the 4:10 mark, is damaged, but the audio is fine.)

Deb – ‘The True Story of Faye Wong’

Deb, on June 28th, 2009 said:

The Chinese title of “True Story of Faye Wong” is a play on the same movie title by Wong Kar Wai, starring the late Leslie Cheung. It is was a ground breaking hit for both director and actor.

[6.28.08 comment by Feifan:] Deb, you’re right! I looked it up and came up with a film called A True Story of Ah Fei (A Fei Zheng Chuan), which is also known as Days of Being Wild (阿飛正傳), released on 15 Dec 1990. It was written and directed by Wong Kar Wai and filmed by Christopher Doyle. It starred Leslie Cheung, Maggie Cheung, Andy Lau, Carina Lau, and Jacky Cheung. This is another film I’m dying to see!

[6.28.08 comment by Feifan:] Found a bunch of Days of Being Wild video clips on YouTube. I like this one (below) best in terms of quality. I believe it’s the opening scene of the film. Notice the tremendous similarities to CKE!

Deb, on July 9th, 2009 said: Great clip, would love to own this movie!

Hands up who thinks Faye woulda been perfect for Maggie’s role???

Hmmmm I have a question – Maggie’s character is called “Soh Lai Tsun”, it sounds VERY familiar… is there another character in a WKW film called that?? maybe in 2046 or In the Mood for Love??

Deb, on July 9th, 2009 said: Yep, just checked up on “In the Mood for Love” by WKW, Maggie’s character was called Soh Lai Tsun (or Su Li Zen in mandarin) in that film as she is in “The True Story of Ah Fay”.

Love that WKW films have links in them, its like watching episodes of their characters throughout their lives – tapestry.

Now I must wonder if Maggie’s characters in both movies are the same woman. In “True story” she is a young innocent girl, then “In the mood” she’s a brooding woman, both looking for love, caught up in scandal.

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Deb – Faye’s 1995 Tribute to Teresa

Deb, on June 28th, 2009 said:

I used to go back to HK during my summer holidays in the 90’s, so I was privileged enough to always catch the music award shows where Faye would perform most years. I used to be obsessed with recording anything that had Faye in it, ads (i had the “Gung Yik Gum Million Walk”), music vids, shows – everything.

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The tribute to Teresa was the most memorable. That year Faye had released (or was about to release) “Restless” and had become quite a recluse and didn’t appear at any award shows. It was the time when the general public thought Faye was a bit snobby and could not understand her music (except for us true fans). So NO one expected her at this award show. When she turned up to just sing the song, everyone was surprised and when she delivered such an emotional performance (who didn’t shed a tear when she turned around to sing to Teresa?!!?), it reminded everyone that Faye was an amazing artist and stunningly beautiful in a mourning gown.

‘The True Story of Faye Wong’ – Videos

Some of the videos from “The True Story of Faye Wong” are beginning to appear on YouTube and other sites. I’ll post them as they become available.

Video #1: Flow Not Fly 流非飛 (Faye Wong) / tilt 傾斜 (Sally Yeh) / shock 震撼 (Faye Wong) / Summer of Love (Sally Yeh) / heart of the sun 心裡的陽光(Faye Wong) T’ai -1993 – leap stage Dancing Queen [added 7.2.09]
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Video #2: Know thy enemy and know 知己知彼/ very summer 非常夏日 (Jacky Cheung choir) – 1994 Miss Hong Kong final performance
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Video #3: Evening wind 晚風/ 夢 Dream (Leon Lai  Chorus) – 1994 star-studded Baoliang Yiu

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Video #4: Way Out – 1994 the year’s most popular female pop singers in Hong Kong hits
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Video #5: I am willing 我願意- 1994 the annual Asia-Pacific the most popular female pop singer Golden
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Video #6: To curry favor with their own 討好自己 – 1995 Reds Hall Friday.  [Deb, on July 9th, 2009 said: I still find it funny that asian fans give huge flowers, just wouldn’t see that with western pop stars.]
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Video #7: The edge of love and pain 愛與痛的邊緣 – 1995 17th Top Ten Chinese Golden Award Ceremony. [Deb, on July 9th, 2009 said: at this award show, “Cold War” was voted as one of the top 10 song of the year. When Faye accepted the award, she said she was very surprised that “Cold War” won an award.]
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Video #8: I only care about you 我只在乎你 – 1995 Radio Television Hong Kong RTHK Top Ten Chinese Golden Melody Awards ceremony – miss her
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Video #9: Meteors 流星 / impetuous 浮躁 / Di-Dar – 1996 Miss Hong Kong final performance. [Deb, on July 9th, 2009 said: even funnier that Faye is at a Miss HK Final, cos she’d kick ass if she was in the pageant!]
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Video #10: Stroking your face 輕撫你的臉 / I would like 我願意 / love 情書 / monsoon 季侯風 (Jacky Cheung choir) – 1997 HE T’ai singer Jade
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Update 7.4.09: Click here for a related article.

Yan Kiat – Rare 1996-97 Faye Videos

Yan Kiat (yk04_2), on 19 June 2009, added a number of rare Faye Wong (王菲) videos to YouTube. The quality of the videos is excellent.

Here’s Faye receiving the Hong Kong Best Female Singer Award for 1997.

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The next two are of Faye in her 1996 TV appearance with host Chang Fei (张菲). He seems to always put Faye at ease, and as a result, we see Faye relaxed, smiling, and laughing. Absolutely adorable.

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This performance accompanied her Hong Kong Best Female Singer Award in 1997.

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Yan Kiat: She’s still the best Mandopop/Cantopop female singer despite the flaws in this [below] live [1997] show, due to the fact she was just back to her career after giving birth to her 1st daughter. There’s no need to criticise so much. She still have a good and nice vocal.

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‘The True Story of Faye Wong’ – New Release

Next week (June 22), Cheung Universal Music will be launching The True Story of Faye Wong (王菲正傳), a 3CD + DVD set featuring 48 classic songs, including out-of-print works. The DVD will feature 10 TVB clips and radio performances, including duets with Jacky Cheung (张学友), Leon Lai (黎明) and Sally Yeh (葉蒨文). (Source: Tang Jia Xi [唐嘉晞], Ming Pao Daily News 9.20.09; forum.tower3a 6.17.09)

CD 1
01. Fragile Woman 容易受傷的女人
02. No Regrets (Mandarin version) 執迷不悔(國語版)
03. Cold War (Top Ten Chinese Golden) 冷戰- 十大中文金曲
04. I’m Willing (String version) 我願意(弦樂版)
05. Dreams (Dream Person) 夢中人
06. Know Oneself and Others (Europe Mix) 知己知彼
07. Sky (Unplugged) 天空
08. Chessman 棋子
09. Scandalous 暖昧
10. Di-Dar (Historical Mix)
11. Impetuous 浮躁
12. You’re Happy So I’m Happy 你快樂(所以我快樂)
13. Halfway 半途而廢
14. The Moon at That Time 當時的月亮
15. One Hundred Years of Solitude 百年孤寂
16. Love Letter to Myself 給自己的情書

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(Added to YouTube by puduungcenht on 22 June 2009)

CD 2
01. Last train 尾班車
02. If Destined 有緣的話
03. Can You Hold Me Tight 可否抱緊我
04. Romantic Storm 浪漫風暴
05. No Regrets (Mandarin version) 執迷不悔(粵語版)
06. No More Games (Rock Version) 不再兒嬉
07. Put the Key in the Mailbox 把鎖匙投進信箱
08. Grow Up 長大
09. Flow Not Fly (’60s Version) 流非飛
10. Like Wind (Autumn Version) 如風
11. Fragile Woman (Mandarin version) 容易受傷的女人(國語版)
12. Reminiscence Is a Red Sky 回憶是紅色的天空
13. Love, Once Is Not Enough (chorus Jacky Cheung) 愛一次給不完(張學友合唱)
14. Because I Love Faye (chorus Jan Lamb) 只因喜歡faye (林海峰合唱)
15. Heaven and Earth 天與地
16. Sleepwalk 夢遊

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(Added to YouTube by puduungcenht on 23 June 2009)

CD 3
01. You Are in My Heart 你在的心中
02. One Person, Two Roles 一人分飾兩角
03. Pledge (Discovery Mix) 誓言
04. Unbelievable 不得了
05. Terror 心驚膽戰
06. I Don’t Want to Be This Way Either 我也不想這樣
07. Red Bean (Guangdong version: Reimbursement) 紅豆(廣東版: 償還)
08. Butterfly (Cantonese version: Postman) 蝴蝶(廣東版: 郵差)
09. The Last Blossom 開到茶靡
10. Only Love Strangers 只愛陌生人
11. Watching Over the Wheat Fields 守望麥田
12. The Book of Laughter and Forgetting 笑忘書
13. Fireflies 螢火蟲
14. Passing Years 流年
15. Vertigo 迷魂記
16. I Love Freckles 我愛雀斑

DVD
01. Flow Not Fly 流非飛 (Faye Wong) / tilt 傾斜 (Sally Yeh) / shock 震撼 (Faye Wong) / Summer of Love (Sally Yeh) / heart of the sun 心裡的陽光(Faye Wong) T’ai -1993 – leap stage Dancing Queen
02. Know thy enemy and know 知己知彼/ very summer 非常夏日 (Jacky Cheung choir) – 1994 Miss Hong Kong final performance
03. Evening wind 晚風/ 夢 Dream (Leon Lai  Chorus) – 1994 star-studded Baoliang Yiu
04. Way Out – 1994 the year’s most popular female pop singers in Hong Kong hits
05. I am willing 我願意- 1994 the annual Asia-Pacific the most popular female pop singer Golden
06. To curry favor with their own 討好自己 – 1995 Reds Hall Friday
07. The edge of love and pain 愛與痛的邊緣 – 1995 17th Top Ten Chinese Golden Award Ceremony
08. I only care about you 我只在乎你 – 1995 Radio Television Hong Kong RTHK Top Ten Chinese Golden Melody Awards ceremony – miss her
09. Meteors 流星 / impetuous 浮躁 / Di-Dar – 1996 Miss Hong Kong final performance
10. Stroking your face 輕撫你的臉 / I would like 我願意 / love 情書 / monsoon 季侯風 (Jacky Cheung choir) – 1997 HE T’ai singer Jade

Update 7.4.09: Click here for the 10 videos.

‘To Love’ – Golden Melody Awards Best Song in Last 20 Years

To celebrate the 20th anniversary of Taiwan’s Golden Melody Awards, NetEase ran a contest among Mainland China fans for the best song in the last twenty years of the awards. When the polls closed at 6:00 p.m. on June 17, a total of 136,490 votes were cast. The winner was Faye Wong’s (王菲) “To Love” (将爱 Jiang Ai), the title track from Faye’s Nov 2003 album, which won the 15th Golden Melody Award for best female performance in the national language (Mandarin). The song was written and composed by Faye. It garnered 13,802 votes. Jacky Cheung’s (张学友) “Kissing” (吻别) was second, with 12,816. (Source: NetEase 6.18.09)

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Click here for a related article, which covers the 2003 album; click here for an article and video on Faye winning the 2004 award.

The Accident Video!

Warning: This video may be disturbing to some viewers. This is a clip from the Youku video that appears to have come from the traffic camera. There’s no audio. Click here for an earlier article on this topic.
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(Source: blog.caistv.com 6.15.09)

Added 6.18.09 - additional video clips of the accident.

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(Source: Oriental Broadband, msn.smgbb.cn 6.19.09)

Faye’s Shampoo Ads at the Mall

I wish I could walk into my local shopping mall and see Faye Wong’s (王菲) shampoo ads, promotions, and products!

(Source 21cn 6.16.09)

Car Accident: Was LYP Driving?

Wubing, on June 15th, 2009 said:
Feifan, you heard about this news ? It was all over Singapore’s newspaper last nite –
http://www.webcitation.org/5hZ46mSps

Li Ya Wei (李亚伟), Li Ya Peng’s (李亚鹏) older brother, with Ma Jia (马葭), LYP’s manager.

[Reply 6.15.09] Hi, Wubing. Yes, I’ve been seeing bits and pieces in the online Chinese newspapers. The details of the accident in the article are confusing. Based on the article, this is what seems to have happened: On 25 April 2009, in Zhejiang Province, Li Ya Wei (李亚伟) was driving a van on North Avenue in Hengdian. A car struck the van from behind, forcing the van onto the sidewalk and into a pedestrian, who later died at the scene.

[Added 6.15.09: I'm reading conflicting reports. In a Sina report today, LYW is the driver of the car, an Audi TT, and the van was driven by another driver, who ran a red light and struck LYW's Audi from behind, driving the Audi into the pedestrian.]

The victim’s family claims that two eyewitnesses thought LYP, Faye Wong’s (王菲) husband, was the driver. A review of video from a surveillance camera is inconclusive, with no clear image of the driver of the van. Police reports indicate Li Ya Wei was the driver. The victim’s family wants the case reopened and are seeking compensation from LYP.

LYP expressed sympathy for the family, but he claims that he wasn’t anywhere near the accident. He was filming a TV series, and his crew members are his witnesses. LYP’s manager, Ma Jia (马葭), claims that the family is trying to blackmail LYP.

I haven’t posted anything up until now since, as far as I know, Faye hasn’t issued a statement. However, I think you’re right. We should probably post this story for possible discussion since it will probably impact Faye.

Wubing, thanks for your message and the URL.

Faye’s 1994 Virgin Atlantic TV Commercials

I’d heard of these 1994 Faye Wong (王菲) Virgin Atlantic TV commercials, but I’d never seen them until today. In the third video, we see that Faye received an award for the commercial. I agree with sleeppinky’s YouTube comment that, when we see ads like these, we realize that Faye’s speaking voice is just as beautiful as her singing voice.
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1993 Mild Seven Music Festival Video – Rare Songs

I found the 1993 Mild Seven Music Festival video at Tudou by accident yesterday. I was browsing through the selections and stumbled onto it. All four songs below were in the one video. Three of the songs are Faye hits. The fourth is a complete mystery to me, but it’s fun to watch. This is early in Faye’s career when some criticized her for being cold, but we can already see the fun-loving part of Faye in the dance routines that make up much of the fourth video.

I’d never heard these versions of Faye’s songs before. For me, they’re new. I decided to split the four songs into separate videos, and in the process I removed two clips of the host. I also decided to rip MP3s from all four. They are listed below in reverse order, i.e., “Don’t Be Shy” is actually last in the original video. My favorite of the bunch is “Don’t Be Shy” (originally released with Softhard in 1993). But the best thing about all three of the Faye songs is that they’re different, with fresh upbeat arrangements. You’ll hear and see the difference, and I think you’re going to be pleasantly surprised. “Fragile Woman” and “No Regrets” rock! The rap that’s been inserted into “Fragile Woman” is really cool.

I think this video makes it very clear that Faye is best on stage when she’s loose and relaxed, just being herself and having fun. This is evident as early as 1993, when this video was shot. BTW, Faye looks hot in all four videos.

“Don’t Be Shy” live 1993

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“Fragile Woman” live 1993

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“No Regrets” live 1993

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Title Unknown, threesome live 1993 (Faye sings background)

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1992 Faye Wong and Sandy Lam Duet – ‘Cold War’

Here’s a rare duet that I’ve never heard before. The year is 1992, and Faye Wong (王菲) and Sandy Lam (林憶蓮 Lin Yilian) sing “Cold War” together. I always thought their voices were very different, but in this song they sound so similar that one seems to echo the other. The effect is strange yet beautiful.

(Source: audio from Tudou sound clip)

Sandy Lam

Click here for a related article featuring another Faye and Sandy duet in 1992, “Do Dak Ta.” The audio below was also ripped from a Tudou sound clip. It sounds similar to the one in the linked article. Together, Faye and Sandy rock!

Yan Kiat – RARE VIDEO! Faye Wong 1991

Yan Kiat (yk04_2), on June 10th, 2009, said:

Rare videos? Alright, I found another youtube video uploaded by someone:

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This is really really GEM!
Faye performed several 1990’s old classics at Hong Kong College.
Enjoy. =)

[Source: 1991 video of Faye Wong (王菲) performing "Everything" and "Still Waiting"(Everything June 1990) live -- added to YouTube by rmok on 28 Nov 2007]