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Pakho Chau
Hong Kong singer-songwriter Pakho Chau held his first gig in Singapore only last month. But he has been chalking up Cantopop hits at home since his debut in 2007.
His new EP continues that streak as the ballad Little White scaled the territory’s charts.
There is something interesting going on thematically on the record as the tracks touch on impermanence and fragility as well as holding on to innocence. White is a symbol for both emptiness and purity.
“The kite descends quietly/Paradise is flattened quietly,” he sings in Prologue.
And on Little White, he reminds listeners: “No matter how fickle and fragile life is, it still has a unique meaning/You are the child who has come to tell me everything.”
With his sonorous and soothing pipes, the former model and national basketball player nabbed the Best Male Singer Gold accolade for the first time at the Ultimate Song Chart Awards 2014, beating veterans Andy Hui and Eason Chan.
His credible sole Mandarin effort here, Make The Same Mistake, suggests he is ready for his crossover into the big time.
(ST)