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Mavis 2008 Shanghai Concert

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“Your Sweetness”-----That was Mavis Fan with Your Sweetness. When Mavis entered the Taiwan music scene in the mid-90s, she was first packaged as a sweet little girl. Her music company came up with the idea of featuring children's songs on her albums. Her first records got incredible sales, so that each album sold over a million copies, thus giving her nickname -- "Little Witch of Music." However, 1998 saw her astonishing transition with the album "Darling." She not only proved herself to be a good songwriter, but also stunned the media with her true colors by getting a buzz cut. That year, Mavis turned 21 years old. “Darling”-----Fragile, childish and sentimental, just like the humid air of her island home, that was Darling, the title track of Mavis' 1998 album of the same name. This song came after a break-up, when Mavis was in New York filming the video for "Bartender Angel." Darling is overall a pretty comfortable pop album, thanks to brilliant collaborations between Mavis and other musicians from Hong Kong and the mainland. Mavis was raised only by her mother, since her parents separated when she was just two years old. Her mom forged her unbreakable bond with music. She was sent to learn the flute and piano at the age of three, since her mom, an aspiring singer, had put all of her own musical dreams in Mavis. They led a tight life. Her mom had to sing at bars to afford Mavis' tuition for the best music school in Taiwan. Mavis didn't let her mom down. She became popular when she was only 18. But how could you expect an ambitious girl to willingly play a dummy, who tamely gestures upon others' threads, no matter that she is loved by many? In 1999, the album "I Want Us to Be Together," the follow up to "Darling," came out as yet another Mavis do-my-own-music manifesto. She said, "I'm not that public idol kind of girl. I don't want to be either. RMB100-1280

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2 months ago

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Taiwanese pop songstress Mavis attempts to shed the childish image she's born since her debut in the mid 90s. Moving from sweet and innocent to the unconventional buzz cut style of rebellion (literally), Mavis' recent forays into music have proven her to be a talented songwriter, and a bucker of public idol trends--though isn't rebellion trendy these days? Check out her style for yourself. RMB100-1,280