Xiaohan_(lyricist)

Xiaohan (lyricist)

Xiaohan (lyricist)

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Xiaohan (Chinese: 小寒; pinyin: Xiǎo Hán), is a Singaporean female Chinese pop music lyricist.

Biography

She published her first lyrical work ('義無反顧' performed by 阮丹青) in 1998.[citation needed] Ever since 2000, where she earned a nomination spot in the Singapore Hit Awards with '你抽的煙', Xiaohan has been a consistent nominee in the annual event.[citation needed] She became the first female to be crowned Best Local Lyricist at the Singapore Hit Awards 2002 with '紙飛機'.[1][unreliable source?] Xiaohan reclaimed the title again in 2004, with '無底洞'.[1][unreliable source?] She held on to the title in 2007, 2008 and 2010 with '雨天' (Performed by Stefanie Sun), '達爾文' and '抛物綫' (Both performed by Tanya Chua) respectively.[unreliable source?][1] In addition to the Singapore Hit Awards, Xiaohan's lyrical works were also recognised in Singapore Compass Awards as well as Singapore eAwards.[2] '達爾文' garnered Xiaohan her first regional Best Lyricist nomination in Taiwan's Golden Melody Awards in 2008.[3]

From the Chinese pop music scene, Xiaohan expanded her scope to penning lyrics for musicals.[unreliable source?][4] She was also involved in the Speak Mandarin Campaign 2006, a fund-raising album "Hands United" for the 2004 tsunami victims and being a judge in various competitions.[5]

She is currently the co-director of Funkie Monkies Productions with Eric Ng.[6] With the collaboration of Funkie Monkies Productions with Royston Tan, Xiaohan participated in the making of the soundtracks for Royston Tan's blockbusters, "881" and "12蓮花"[7][unreliable source?] In 2008 and 2009, Xiaohan had the honour of penning the mandarin version of the Singapore National Day theme song, titled '晴空萬里' (performed by Joi Chua) and '就在這裡'(performed by Kelvin Tan) respectively.[8][citation needed]

Awards and nominations

More information Years, Awards & Nominations ...

Representative lyrical works

  • 纖維 (林憶蓮)
  • 偉大的渺小 (林俊傑)
  • 紙飛機 (林憶蓮)
  • 詞不達意 (林憶蓮)
  • 為我好 (梁靜茹)
  • 無底洞 (蔡健雅)
  • 達爾文(蔡健雅)
  • 踮起腳尖愛 (洪佩瑜)
  • 平衡感 (Alin)
  • 我的愛(孫燕姿)
  • 雨天 (孫燕姿)
  • 平常心 (張惠妹)
  • 壞的好人 (張惠妹)
  • We are One (蔡健雅、那英、林憶蓮、張惠妹、楊丞琳、蕭亞軒、Alin、小S)
  • 單 (楊丞琳)
  • 摩天輪 (田馥甄)
  • 一人一半 (伍家輝)
  • 敢傷 (蕭亞軒)
  • 寂寞先生 (曹格)
  • 孤獨患者 (陳奕迅)
  • 淚若雨下 (喬毓明)
  • 一生一事 (EXO)
  • 为心導航 (EXO)
  • 梦想发射计划 (威神V)
  • 天空海 (威神V)

Representative literary works

  • 眼淚是膠囊 (2011)
  • 無指幸福 (2013)
  • 回不去的候車站 (2015)
  • 幸好我不是滿分女生 (2017)

Musicals involved

  • 老九 (2005, 2012 & 2017)
  • 快樂 (2005)
  • 聊斋 (2010)

Movie soundtracks

  • 881 OST 1 & 2
  • 12蓮花 OST
  • 小字條

References

  1. Xin Msn Yes 93.3FM, "Past Winners of Singapore Hit Awards Archived 6 December 2013 at the Wayback Machine", 7 June 2012
  2. COMPASS, Published on 10 July 2011, "16TH COMPASS AWARDS PRESENTATION – LIST OF RECIPIENTS Archived 25 December 2012 at archive.today", 8 June 2012
  3. The Straits Times, Published on 24 May 2008, "Trio vying for Taiwan awards", 8 June 2012
  4. The Theatre Practice, "Creators of Liao Zhai Rocks Archived 11 December 2013 at the Wayback Machine", 8 June 2012
  5. Promote Mandarin Council, Published on 30 October 2006, "Speak Mandarin Campaign Celebrates with Movies, Music and Metaphors", 8 June 2012
  6. Funkie Monkies, "About Funkie Monkies Archived 18 July 2012 at the Wayback Machine, 7 June 2012
  7. Sinema, Published on 20 October 2007, "Eric Ng on 881 Soundtrack 2", 7 June 2012
  8. People's Association-Culture Shiok, Published in September 2010, "Sep 2010 Feature – Xiao Han’s lyrical `World of Words’![permanent dead link]", 8 June 2012

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