Paisley Wu
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Born | 12 November 1971 Shanghai, China | ||||||||||
Occupation(s) | Singer, tv host | ||||||||||
Years active | 1994–present | ||||||||||
Spouse | Pal Sinn (m. 2008) | ||||||||||
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Musical career | |||||||||||
Genres | C-pop (Cantopop, Mandopop), C-rock, alternative pop | ||||||||||
Labels | Go East (1996–1998) J-Sonic (2007–2008) | ||||||||||
Website | paisley |
Paisley Wu (
Biography
[edit]Paisley Wu's formative years were spent in Shanghai, where she received musical training in Italian opera. She later moved to San Francisco where she studied R&B and jazz. Her first release was a jazz album in 1994, which was sung in her native Mandarin and produced by Tats Lau. In 1996, she signed with Musician Ltd, a short-lived sublabel of Polygram Hong Kong which was then home to the newly reformed Tat Ming Pair, and during this period released music that showed a more alternative-rock influence. Her first and only album (就係...) on the label was released to mixed reception in 1997. She was often unfavourably dubbed as a Faye Wong wannabe, though she has personally acknowledged the latter's influence in later years.[1][2]
Wu released an easy-listening Mandarin album in 2002, before becoming a regular TV host for various music programmes on TVB and TVB8. In late 2007, she made a brief return to the Hong Kong music scene with the EP Don't Think Just Do, which featured her first ever number one single, "Letting Go."
Throughout her career, Wu has collaborated and recorded with Tats Lau, Jan Lamb, and Anthony Wong Yiu Ming in the mid-90s, as well as Lazy Mutha Fucka and Edison Chen in 2004.
Personal life
[edit]In 2008, Wu married Pal Sinn, a former member of 80s Hong Kong rock band Blue Jeans and a frequent songwriter on her albums.
Wu is best friends with Myolie Wu, Nancy Wu, Elaine Yiu, Mandy Wong and Selena Lee. They had formed the friendship group “
Due to their common interest in long-distance running, Wu along with Benjamin Yuen, Joel Chan, Brian Tse, Jack Wu, Nancy Wu, Elaine Yiu, Selena Lee and Mandy Wong formed the group “Crazy Runner”.[4]
Discography
[edit]Studio albums
[edit]- 1994: Today, Tomorrow, Overmorrow (
今 天明 天 後天 ) - 1997: This is... (就係...)
- 2002: Freeze Frame Love (
停 格 愛情 )
Extended plays
[edit]- 2007: Don't Think Just Do [EP]
Soundtracks
[edit]- 1997: Downtown Torpedoes OST (
神 偷諜影 電 影 原 聲 大 碟)
Other Appearances
[edit]- 1996: "The End" (
了 了 ) & "My God" (我 的 天 ) with Tats Lau on Anaesthesia (麻木 ) - 1996: "Guest" (
客人 ) with Anthony Wong - 1997: "A Forbidden Fruit Everyday" (
每日 一 禁 果 ) with Tat Ming Pair on Long Live! Long Live! Long Long Live! (萬歲 萬 歲 萬 萬 歲 演 唱會) - 1997: "Sweet Sweet Honey" (甜甜
蜜 ) with Jan Lamb on Discotheque (的 士 夠格) - 2000: "Forget that He is He" (忘記
他 是 他 ) with DJ Tommy on Scratch Rider - 2004: "War" (
戰爭 ) with Edison Chen, Han Jin Tan and MC Yan on Please Steal This Album - 2008: "Ardent Greetings" (
酷 拜 ) with Hins Cheung, Kay Tse, Ivana Wong, Kevin Kwan and Louis Cheung
Filmography
[edit]Television
[edit]Year | English Title | Original Title | Role | Notes |
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2004–present | Global Rhythm | Host / Herself | ||
2007–2009 | Jade Solid Gold | 勁歌 |
Co-host / Herself | |
2010 | Some Day | Ms. Wong (cameo) | TVB series | |
Don Juan De Mercado | Ngau Mei-Kwan (cameo) | TVB series | ||
2012 | Ghetto Justice II | Nancy | TVB series | |
The Hippocratic Crush | On Call 36 |
To Ka-Man | TVB series | |
2013 | Triumph in the Skies II | 衝上 |
Hana (cameo) | TVB series |
The Hippocratic Crush II | On Call 36 |
To Ka-Man | TVB series | |
2017 | My Ages Apart | Sheung Ho Ching | TVB series | |
2022 | Against Darkness | 黯夜 |
TVB series | |
The Spectator | TVB series |
References
[edit]- ^ "y321.com". Ent.y321.com. 12 December 2019. Retrieved 17 December 2022.
- ^ "Paisely Hu in pinkwork city, zone A / Old interview /
流行 歌手 胡 蓓蔚/ Hk pop singer /舊 訪問 / Me...We ... Project /來 自 上海 ". www.pinkwork.com. Archived from the original on 1 April 2008. - ^ "
胡 說 八道 會 齊 齊 去 旅行 !胡 定 欣充當 閨 密 攝 影 師 " (in Chinese). Archived from the original on 8 September 2017. - ^ "Crazy Runner
拜 年 團 一對對甜蜜放閃" (in Chinese). 24 February 2018.