The first Asian American to become a teen pop sensation.
and now there is Coco Lee.
Already a household name in Asia,
Coco is ready to take her mix of urban music and Asian pop stateside.
Mark Shearer spoke to Coco on a recent trip to New York.
Her R&B sounds infused with western pop have taken Asia by storm.
With over 6 million albums sold there,
23 year old Coco Lee is ready to take her success and run to the US.
Coco, you’re trying to do something that
as near as I can tell no other Asian American artist or Asian artist have done.
Really cross over big in the English speaking world, right?
Is that a daunting challenge for you?
It will be the biggest challenge of my life
because I’ve been doing so well in Asia.
But I feel that it’s coming back home.
This is my home. This is the place that I grew up in.
And I just wanted to come back home to do my thing
and let my friends know, let my people know that Coco can sing.
And sing she can.
“Before I Fall in Love” appeared on the “Runaway Bride” soundtrack.
As for her personal resume, we’ll let her tell you.
Born in Hong Kong, raised in San Francisco.
And after high school graduation I went to Hong Kong for a vacation
and I entered into the singing contest.
And that’s how everything started.
As she entered the singing contest hoping to win money
to pay her mother whose car she banged up,
this accidental first place finish led to a record deal.
Coco has released 12 albums since her 1994 debut
in Mandarin, Cantonese and English.
Her worldwide debut “Just No Other Way” features the single “Do You Want My Love”.
In Hong Kong now, is it changed in terms of entertainers and entertainment?
Honestly, there’s not much change.
The only problem we do have is with the pirated CDs.
That’s the biggest problem.
So I do advise people please do get the original.
When she’s not making music,
Coco finds herself cheering on her favorite basketball team, the Lakers,
or working on her own game.
And you’re working on the crossover between the legs dribble too, right?
Yeah. With the skirt of course.
Mark Shearer, CNN Entertainment News, New York.
And with a voice like that, it will not be long before American fans go cuckoo for Coco.
I’m glad you said that, not me.
Tomorrow on Showbiz,
we’ll examine how Americans are going crazy for greed-oriented entertainment.
That’s right. Michael Douglas said it in the film Wall Street, “Greed is good.”
It now seems like the entertainment industry is following that mantra.
In Hollywood, I’m Jim Moray.
And in New York, I’m Lauren Cine. Here’s more music with Coco Lee.
翻译
第一位成为青少年流行偶像的亚裔美国人
现在出现了Coco Lee
Coco已经是亚洲家喻户晓的名字
她准备将她混合Urban与Asian Pop的音乐带到美国
Mark Shearer最近在纽约采访了Coco
她的R&B音乐融入了西方流行音乐 风靡亚洲
在亚洲售出了超过600万张专辑
23岁的Coco Lee准备将她的成功带到美国
Coco 你正试图做一件
据我所知 没有其他亚裔美国艺人或亚洲艺人做过的事情
要在英语世界大放异彩
对你来说是一项艰巨的挑战吗？
这将是我生命中最大的挑战
因为我在亚洲表现得很好
但我觉得这是回家
这是我的家 这是我长大的地方
我只是想回到家来做我的音乐
让我的朋友知道 让我的听众知道Coco会唱歌
她确实会唱歌
“Before I Fall in Love”出现在”Runaway Bride”的原声带里
至于她的个人履历 我们就让她来告诉你
出生在香港 在旧金山长大
高中毕业后 我去了香港度假
然后参加了歌唱比赛
一切都是从那时开始的
当她参加歌唱比赛 希望赢钱
来赔偿她撞坏的母亲的车时
意外的第一名使她获得了一份唱片合同
自1994年出道以来 Coco已经发行了12张专辑
包括普通话、粤语和英语
她的首张全球发行专辑”Just No Other Way”包含单曲”Do You Want My Love”
现在的香港 娱乐圈有什么变化吗？
老实说 没有太多变化
我们唯一的问题是盗版CD
这是最大的问题
所以我建议大家请购买正版
当她不制作音乐时
Coco会为她最喜欢的篮球队湖人队加油助威
或者自己练习篮球
而且你正在练习两腿之间的运球吧 对吗？
是的 当然是穿裙子的时候
Mark Shearer CNN娱乐新闻 纽约
拥有如此美妙的嗓音 美国粉丝很快就会在Coco面前疯狂
我很高兴你说了这句话 而不是我
明天在娱乐新闻节目中
我们将探讨美国人如何为以贪婪为导向的娱乐疯狂
没错 迈克尔·道格拉斯在电影华尔街中说过 贪婪是好的
现在似乎娱乐业也在奉行这一口号
我是Jim Moray 在好莱坞
我是Lauren Cine 在纽约 现在请欣赏Coco Lee的更多音乐