My confession is that my first exposure to Faye Wong is actually not through Cantopop or Hong Kong cinema but from her song "Eyes on me" in Final Fantasy VIII
September 10, 2025 at 11:28 PM
My confession is that my first exposure to Faye Wong is actually not through Cantopop or Hong Kong cinema but from her song "Eyes on me" in Final Fantasy VIII
Then I went to the Chinese Canadian Museum on my own to check out their current Cantopop/Mandopop exhibit WHICH WAS SO EXCELLENT. They also had a stamp rally.
August 2, 2026 at 12:35 AM
Then I went to the Chinese Canadian Museum on my own to check out their current Cantopop/Mandopop exhibit WHICH WAS SO EXCELLENT. They also had a stamp rally.
The Chinese Canadian Museum in Vancouver's next exhibition is on three decades of Cantopop and Mandopop?? www.chinesecanadianmuseum.ca/exhibitions/...
Chinese Canadian Museum
Dream Factory is a bold, immersive exhibition at the Chinese Canadian Museum that celebrates the rise of Cantopop and Mandopop.
www.chinesecanadianmuseum.ca
June 4, 2025 at 12:47 AM
The Chinese Canadian Museum in Vancouver's next exhibition is on three decades of Cantopop and Mandopop?? www.chinesecanadianmuseum.ca/exhibitions/...
TIL there are people who listen to music in other languages they don't understand and people who only listen to music in English and the latter group really missed out on the heyday of anime music videos and 90s Cantopop
February 11, 2026 at 12:19 AM
TIL there are people who listen to music in other languages they don't understand and people who only listen to music in English and the latter group really missed out on the heyday of anime music videos and 90s Cantopop
some of my favorite album covers of mando/cantopop
July 23, 2025 at 5:03 PM
some of my favorite album covers of mando/cantopop
In This Episode You'll Learn
・Why the 1990s became such an important period for Hong Kong cinema
・How Cantopop and cinema became closely connected
・Why Hong Kong's popular music industry mattered to filmmakers
#HongKongCinema
#HongKongFilm
#Cantopop
youtu.be/82fYuOHXWwI
・Why the 1990s became such an important period for Hong Kong cinema
・How Cantopop and cinema became closely connected
・Why Hong Kong's popular music industry mattered to filmmakers
#HongKongCinema
#HongKongFilm
#Cantopop
youtu.be/82fYuOHXWwI
The Golden Age of 90s Hong Kong Cinema Soundtracks
YouTube video by Monumental Movement
youtu.be
August 29, 2026 at 10:36 AM
In This Episode You'll Learn
・Why the 1990s became such an important period for Hong Kong cinema
・How Cantopop and cinema became closely connected
・Why Hong Kong's popular music industry mattered to filmmakers
#HongKongCinema
#HongKongFilm
#Cantopop
youtu.be/82fYuOHXWwI
・Why the 1990s became such an important period for Hong Kong cinema
・How Cantopop and cinema became closely connected
・Why Hong Kong's popular music industry mattered to filmmakers
#HongKongCinema
#HongKongFilm
#Cantopop
youtu.be/82fYuOHXWwI
someone in this house is watching a video about lexical tones in mandopop vs cantopop and it's NOT me, it's nerds all the way down at our place
May 26, 2025 at 3:10 PM
someone in this house is watching a video about lexical tones in mandopop vs cantopop and it's NOT me, it's nerds all the way down at our place
Can't wait to properly work on an airplane fly over scene. Gonna be so 90's Hong Kong.
This picture hits different when you view it while listening to some old-school cantopop.
#indiegame #gamedev
This picture hits different when you view it while listening to some old-school cantopop.
#indiegame #gamedev
March 14, 2025 at 4:06 AM
Can't wait to properly work on an airplane fly over scene. Gonna be so 90's Hong Kong.
This picture hits different when you view it while listening to some old-school cantopop.
#indiegame #gamedev
This picture hits different when you view it while listening to some old-school cantopop.
#indiegame #gamedev
Dunno how many cantopop enthusiasts we got around here but I totally forgot about the "hair tucked into choker" era
September 9, 2023 at 4:48 AM
Dunno how many cantopop enthusiasts we got around here but I totally forgot about the "hair tucked into choker" era
‘The story of Hong Kong is the sound of it’: the cross-cultural joy of the city’s Cantopop music
‘The story of Hong Kong is the sound of it’: the cross-cultural joy of the city’s Cantopop music
Emma-Lee Moss, AKA singer-songwriter Emmy the Great, has written a memoir rooted in her love of Hong Kong’s east-meets-west pop. She picks her favourite tracks
www.theguardian.com
June 3, 2026 at 10:58 AM
‘The story of Hong Kong is the sound of it’: the cross-cultural joy of the city’s Cantopop music
I feel ‘Cantopop superstar’ is selling him short. The man also had incredible range as an actor, which seemed to be true of many in his generation too. Anyway, gone too soon.
[From 2017] On this day in 2003, Cantopop superstar Leslie Cheung died. The incident sent shockwaves through the Hong Kong community, which was devastated by the loss of one of the city’s most beloved talents. In full:
In Pictures: Remembering Hong Kong’s Leslie Cheung – actor and Cantopop superstar
On April 1, 2003, superstar Leslie Cheung jumped to his death from the 24th floor of the Mandarin Oriental hotel in Hong Kong. He left behind a suicide note, stating that he had been…
buff.ly
April 1, 2026 at 4:27 AM
I feel ‘Cantopop superstar’ is selling him short. The man also had incredible range as an actor, which seemed to be true of many in his generation too. Anyway, gone too soon.
heard so much good cantopop (+ some mandopop) tonight
July 11, 2026 at 5:30 AM
heard so much good cantopop (+ some mandopop) tonight
in another life I would’ve been a famous cantopop singer
January 31, 2025 at 4:27 AM
in another life I would’ve been a famous cantopop singer
was at the asian market and theyve stopped playing nostalgic 90s cantopop and are instead playing contemporary crossover slop. i consider this a personal attack
February 21, 2026 at 12:27 AM
was at the asian market and theyve stopped playing nostalgic 90s cantopop and are instead playing contemporary crossover slop. i consider this a personal attack
all cantopop classics were written from an essentially snakeroot hacker state of mind
April 21, 2026 at 1:56 AM
all cantopop classics were written from an essentially snakeroot hacker state of mind
this is my favorite madonna song. the cantopop influences + the vocal arrangement >>>>>>
On December 6, 1994, #Madonna released “Take a Bow,” a ballad exploring feminine tropes of heartbreak and longing. The song showcased a softer, more introspective side after years of bold reinvention. It spent 7 weeks at #1 on the Hot 100 and showed Madonna’s evolution while staying iconic.
December 6, 2024 at 7:48 PM
this is my favorite madonna song. the cantopop influences + the vocal arrangement >>>>>>
Sandy Lam. City Rhythm series. 1988-1990. #CantoPop, #NowPlaying
February 5, 2025 at 7:25 PM
Sandy Lam. City Rhythm series. 1988-1990. #CantoPop, #NowPlaying
in an event i can only describe as my own personal 9/11 i have realized that the asian market i buy my mushrooms from now plays top 40 pop songs on the radio instead of cantopop
July 29, 2026 at 10:50 PM
in an event i can only describe as my own personal 9/11 i have realized that the asian market i buy my mushrooms from now plays top 40 pop songs on the radio instead of cantopop
Hong Kong’s most successful soft power export since 80s-90s Cantopop
![(Bloomberg headline) China Bans [Ping An] Bank From Luring Customers With Labubu Dolls](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:tf2bivoy2izbchqigcl5iu7g/bafkreihn6z63qgp6kubpcrd7attyycrzwlica4l4vkusjq64hkn3wutssq)
June 10, 2025 at 6:48 AM
Hong Kong’s most successful soft power export since 80s-90s Cantopop
[From 2017] On this day in 2003, Cantopop superstar Leslie Cheung died. The incident sent shockwaves through the Hong Kong community, which was devastated by the loss of one of the city’s most beloved talents. In full:
In Pictures: Remembering Hong Kong’s Leslie Cheung – actor and Cantopop superstar
On April 1, 2003, superstar Leslie Cheung jumped to his death from the 24th floor of the Mandarin Oriental hotel in Hong Kong. He left behind a suicide note, stating that he had been…
buff.ly
April 1, 2026 at 2:00 AM
[From 2017] On this day in 2003, Cantopop superstar Leslie Cheung died. The incident sent shockwaves through the Hong Kong community, which was devastated by the loss of one of the city’s most beloved talents. In full:
it owns that the twin peaks soundtrack is cantopop
February 4, 2026 at 11:54 PM
it owns that the twin peaks soundtrack is cantopop
Anita Mui - 尋愛 Plastic Love [Hong Kong, Cantopop] (1987)
https://redd.it/wv5wdz
https://youtu.be/3YsiItZlxI4
https://redd.it/wv5wdz
https://youtu.be/3YsiItZlxI4
Anita Mui - 尋愛 Plastic Love [Hong Kong, Cantopop] (1987)
youtu.be
October 20, 2025 at 12:21 PM
Anita Mui - 尋愛 Plastic Love [Hong Kong, Cantopop] (1987)
https://redd.it/wv5wdz
https://youtu.be/3YsiItZlxI4
https://redd.it/wv5wdz
https://youtu.be/3YsiItZlxI4
really loving exploring Cantopop as a style of music for my next DJ set. there’s some really crazy, experimental, techno/industrial influenced cantopop that is so my jam
September 24, 2026 at 1:19 AM
really loving exploring Cantopop as a style of music for my next DJ set. there’s some really crazy, experimental, techno/industrial influenced cantopop that is so my jam
Faye Wong cover of Bluebird by the Cocteau Twins, it’s Cantopop Sunday over here youtu.be/HDXx9P2L7h8
Cocteau Twins - Bluebeard (Faye Wong version) (1993)
YouTube video by Bruno Armageddonet
youtu.be
March 30, 2025 at 6:07 PM
Faye Wong cover of Bluebird by the Cocteau Twins, it’s Cantopop Sunday over here youtu.be/HDXx9P2L7h8