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Originally Posted by orbitalaspect
I expect long breaks from artists like Sandy and Stef. But, as funny as this may sound, I actually didn't know Sandy retired. I noticed the thematic work of beginnings and endings on 0, but just went back and saw it was announced. Well... breathe in... breathe out... right? I got to be around for Gaia and 0. Thankful for that.
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Not funny at all
she didn't make her retirement a big thing ... she just mentioned it in few interviews, when she was explaining the theme of her latest album entitled "0" that she went the full circle, from zero to hero, and now goes back from hero to zero.
On the one hand, there are many artists that had retired and after many years just came back and start releasing albums again, so it is never a big thing for me (unless it is Namie Amuro who made it more than clear that she is going to retire forever). On the other hand, Sandy is 53 y.o., so it is kind of expected to see such artists to retire. These older artists already gave us 30+ years of active career, so retirement is more than deserved.
btw I also became a fan of Sandy only when Gaia album was released back in 2012. I have been noticing her music before, of course, since she is a huge star, but except a few hits, I was never into her music. It has changed only with Gaia that literally blew my mind (and ears). And with "0", she only confirmed the quality of her new music. So yeah, it is a little bit pity she is retiring now when her music took such significant change, but ... what we can do
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Originally Posted by orbitalaspect
It always surprises me when singers like WeiWei say they've had 200 million sold in mainland, because I have no clue how they'd even track that down.
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It might be true if you combine all her releases together, since she was pretty big in mainland China in 80s / 90s, but I am also wondering how exactly they were tracking that numbers down back then.
I am still kind of suspicious it might be a made-up number to make her big for Olympics.
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Originally Posted by orbitalaspect
Anyway, I hope this works out better for Elva. I'd love to see her try on different sounds in the singles/EP market, maybe take a more artistic approach on some releases.
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I hope so .. however, I would not expect any different/new sounds from her, to be honest. Even if I love her, let's be honest here, she was never a very conceptual artists trying new sounds. She is not like Jolin. Her albums are good, but they are just following the current trends. She is a pop singer making pop songs appealing to the current era (it has been like that since her very first album till Shut Up and Kiss Me), so to expect anything more from her at this point of her career, ergh, I have my doubts. I don't think she is even trying to make anything more "artistic" rather than just a good pop music.