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Andy Lau is a longtime singer and actor. He has starred in Hong Kong television and film. A couple roles international viewers might know him best would be the crime thriller The Infernal Affairs, which was remade as The Departed by Martin Scorsese, and the wuxia film The House of Flying Daggers with Zhang Ziyi, and Takeshi Kaneshiro.
He recently starred in the Hong Kong action movie, High Forces, which had a release in Mainland China, Malaysia, Taiwan, and Hong Kong at the end of September and early October 2024.
His most recent single is a song from the movie, 親愛的小孩, which translates as Dear Child.
Wendy Zhang also performs on the track.
The song I picked for the weekend program CantoStars is 繼續談情 which is titled in English as Butterfly Love, which is from the 繼續談情 or Best of My Love 2005 compilation album. The music video I found dates back at least 11 years shows two people spending their days together and the conversations they have.
Cloud Wan is a Cantopop singer who also released a new single in September of this year. The music video is about a young woman on her own for her birthday. She is missing her parents’ home and has pizza and cake on her own. The title of the song is 引我笑, which is Make Me Laugh in English. She is a Hong Kong singer and actress who was on the talent competition show, Kingmaker III in 2020. She has released a number of singles since 2022, and has had a couple of acting roles, along with continuing to appear in talent competition shows.
Aimyon is a J-pop singer with a new album also released in September. The album is titled Jealous of Cats. She is both the composer and lyricist on the album. She sings, plays guitar, and was a lead voice actor in The Boy and the Heron. It is what might be considered the last animated film written and directed by Hayao Miyazaki. It was released in 2023.
The song I picked for Sunday is Coffee Shop Poplar.