Faye Wong

The wonderfully talented and slightly mysterious Faye Wong is embarking on a World Tour in 2004. She has recently played in Kuala Lumpur and will be in Shanghai in late May and in Singapore on 2 June.

She is Asia’s undisputed diva. In glowing terms the Singapore ticket booking site gushes:

"Since shooting to fame in the early 90s, reigning queen of pop Faye Wong has distinctively set her status as one most inspiring and appreciated pop singer with her unique vocals, bold individuality and talented infusions of new sounds and music approaches.

With more than 20 chart-topping studio albums generating tens of millions of sales worldwide, uncountable award recognitions and string of concerts across the globe over 15 years, Faye is definitely one remarkable music talent that remain well-received by music lovers of all times."

Me; I almost met her once; she was having dinner in the Louisiana restaurant at the Beijing Hilton where I was staying. They had closed the restaurant for her. I asked the rather ugly bouncers at the door if I could just go in and say hallo to her. Not a chance.

An ex colleague once gleefully called me to say that he was having lunch at the Sukothai hotel in Bangkok and that Faye and Carina Lau were having lunch at the next table.

When she last played in Singapore (1999 I think) I was in the very front row for an outstanding concert.

I saw her once in Hong Kong as well, at a Heineken sponsored concert with Richard Marx, the Gypsy Kings and Wu Bai.

She will shortly be seen at Cannes with the Wong Kar-Wai's long awaited and often re-written film "2046". Faye Wong stars alongside Maggie Cheung and Zhang Ziyi.

"I'm lazy, only manage to jog for 2 days. I smoke, an act of damaging health. I'm a straightforward person, therefore offending someone becomes part of everyday life. I love to throw my temper around, not knowing how to control them. I'm an impatient person; especially to things that does not interest me. I'm confident yet feel inferior, very contradicting. Facing my fans, I'll feel embarrass. I'm not motivated, always thinking of holidays. I'm not an obedient person, even my mum can't change this fact. I'm not an idol, please don't treat me as one. Thanks to all who loves me. Hope that I'll reach my definition of perfection one day; you'll still be proud of me."
 

Discography

Chungking Express

I almost met her once. It was not to be. She was eating in the Louisiana restaurant in the Hilton Hotel in Beijing. There was a crowd of photographers outside the hotel and big bouncers at the restaurant entrance. I asked ever so politely if I could go in and say a quick hallo. Not a chance. Rumour had it that she was with her lawyers discussing divorce terms from her ex.
What does she have; it is a certain ethereal quality. And an aloofness that makes her ever more attractive. And talent in abundance.
She smokes heavily apparently.