Introduction to Cantonese songs/ Eight songs and nine clips to help you get to know the very cool Fung Yun Him

📝 [Written by @ caang.1 ] 🎵

Last year there was a concept album called Life/Line that I really liked. Three of the songs on it could be strung together to form a vampire story. The lead singer of this album is the outstanding Hong Kong singer-songwriter Fung Wan Him. Jay Fung @jayfungmusic debuted after Giant Voice 3 and this year marks his tenth anniversary. How did Feng Yunqian gradually become a singer with a unique personality during these ten years?

Sunshine Boys' debut in the music scene
#StartToday

After winning the runner-up award three times in Super Giant Voice, he joined Emperor Entertainment Group's music brand Music Plus Label. His first album "Starting Today" was produced by Alex Fong, and he also collaborated with outstanding musicians such as Khalil Fong, Ruoning Lam, and Him Chan. At the beginning of his debut, Jay was portrayed as a singer with a foreign sunny boy temperament based on his background. His first single "Starting Today" was full of vitality and youthfulness.

Quickly won the first four-station champion song

#WorldTheatre

The second album "Worthy of Love" includes ten new songs. "World Troupe" is the second single and became his first song to top four stations. Jay has participated in the composition work since his first album, and all the songs in the subsequent album "The In-Between" were composed by Feng Yunqian. This album also became his last solo album with Emperor Entertainment Group, and he only released two EPs afterwards.

Exposure rate drops sharply but life experience increases
#One step, one regret

Jay has not released any new songs since the release of his last EP with his old company in 2016. During this period, he created many songs. Last year's very popular "One Step, One Regret" was one of the demos he created at that time. He also took advantage of that period to learn more about the process of arranging and song production, which allowed him to have a higher and deeper level of involvement in his subsequent musical journey.

Join Media Asia and experience a comprehensive breakthrough
#EskimoKiss

In 2018, Jay Fung joined Media Asia Records, getting rid of his previous boyish image and becoming more mature. The songs he released also became more distinctive and stylish, making Jay one of the most recognizable singer-songwriters in the music industry. Many of his songs contain R&B elements. During his time at Media Asia, he produced even more great R&B works, which led to the resurgence of the R&B style in Hong Kong and attracted the attention of many music fans.

As long as you don't give up, you will find a way out
#faraway

The epidemic was raging and many industries were paralyzed. It was dangerous to go out at the time. Jay could not go to the recording studio to produce a new album, so part of the production stage of the EP "Awaken" was completed at home, reflecting the undying faith of Hong Kong musicians. Although the song "Far Away" is a clichéd long-distance relationship story, it has a touch of poignancy because it was released during the epidemic.

Return to the audience's attention and become the mainstay
#People from Earth

"Start the Countdown" and "People from Earth" became the second and third four-station champion songs in seven years following their debut "World Theater". Since "Awaken", Ken Fung has officially become one of the important male singers in Hong Kong. He also won his first Top Ten Song with "Man from Earth" and won the Silver Award for Male Singer and Singer-Songwriter in the same year. After nine years, many people would have given up, but Jay persisted.

Share the power with your peers and share music
#Opposition is invalid

Jay is one of the important singer-songwriters in the music scene today. In addition to composing songs for himself, he also composes many beautiful songs for other singers. Most of the songs he composed have his own style. Even if they are sung by others, you will feel: "Ah, this must have been written by Feng Yunqian!" Among the representative works, we have to mention Zhang Tianfu's "Invalid Objection" last year, which was praised as a cross-generational collaboration between two generations of R&B singers.

Bilingual broadcasting internationalizes Hong Kong music
#冬日孤独考Lonely Winter

Jay's singing voice and song style are deeply influenced by Western music, and he is very good at English, so he will release bilingual versions of his songs. In addition to the Cantonese version, he will also release an English version. This move will allow more people who do not like Cantonese music to pay attention to Hong Kong music, and increase the audience for listening to Hong Kong music. The bilingual version also brings out different feelings, making the song more rich.

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