Born in a modest family, Wang Fei lives a completely common childhood; she was a cute little Chinese girl who liked playing table tennis (I'm sure she was right , table tennis is my favourite sport, Faye my favourite artist...so, I had to write it!!)
and singing chinese songs because of her lovely voice...
Very young, Fei became aware of her potential and began taking lessons at her school after she had left Beijing
to go and live in Hong-Kong.
Charmed by the very promising voice of his pupil, the singing teacher decided to try to introduce her in the ShowBusiness
referred to her English name intended for the export to the English-speaking countries.
This album was written in Cantonese, a dialect of Hong-Kong.
The albums " Everything " and " You' re The Only One " were recorded
the next year.
Although these three albums are not bad, they are totally divested of originality and they only represent the bases of Cantopop. Everything is not at best at the beginning of the career of Shirley. She is very dependent, just " the voice " and follows a career decided by others...
Fei decided to take stock about her life and her career and left Beijing to settle down in New York for one year, by taking advantage of it to improve her English.
On returning to her country in 1992, Faye signed a
new contract with Cinepoly and recorded an album with a very clear title
" Coming Home " and under the "more aesthetic" name (^^) of Faye Wong (ah!!)
This new album met a great success in Hong-Kong thanks to a few very good
titles
( Particularly tracks 3 , 5 and 10 )
The next albums of Faye show her growing maturity. " No Regrets ",
" Hundred Thousand Whys ", and " Mystery ", her first album totally written
in mandarin ( Faye's mother tongue )
In 1994, Faye acted in the film " Chungking Express " of the very known Wong
Kar Wai and acquired a big success ( And some awards at the same time^^).
Since " Random Thinking ", Faye's music has gained in originality : her songs
have personality and impose the arrival of the real "Faye's style".
That year, " Sky " had a gigantic success in Asia, and the title " Chesspiece
", exceptional, won again an incredible quantity of awards everywhere...Nevertheless,
Faye does not stop there and goes on recording " Ingratiate Oneself ", a very
good album in which she improved a new time her style arisen in " Random Thinking
".
In 1995, Faye interpreted an album of covers in homage to her idol; Teresa
Teng.
The album " The Decadent Sound " was also recorded.
Unfortunately, the irony (forgive the expression) of the fate leads to Teresa's
death a little bit before the release of this album.
However, the year 1995 shows the turning point in Faye's career... it is the
year of Di-Dar, Faye's first experimental album, the first one of a large
series... Even today, Di-Dar is often considered as one of the best album
of Faye.
I totally agree with that because I think that all tracks are fabulous
(I ADORE the #4 "Scandalous"!!)
The album consists in several instrumental tracks (without words) and in very strange songs...
Everything in her tracks is in a perfect harmony and Faye's music takes another dimension.
That year, Faye married Dou Wei, a Chinese rocker she had been living with for 3 years.
Faye's daughter; Tong born on January 3.
Faye signed a contract of 5 years with the productor EMI and based her own label " A Production House " with her producer; Alvin Leong.
Faye took advantage of it to record " Faye Wong " , a magnificent album, real master-pieces of musical poetry . Then, she began a period of concerts through Asia.
In 1998, Faye recorded "Scenic Tour"
(the name of her "scenic tour" throug Asia), the album that I consider to be the best album of her career.
During the year 1999, Faye recorded a new excellent album " Only Love Strangers " with lots of Rock's tracks.
This year also marked the unfortunate end of Faye's marriage.
In 2000-2001, Faye recorded "Fables", a new charmingly experimental album and " Faye Wong ", in which her style reaches an ultimate degree.
After all these " knocks of madnesses ", we don't know how Faye is going to be able to amaze us the next time.
One thing is sure; we won't regret it !!!
