Asians covering "our" music

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Ailee: I will always love you. This woman is a queen indeed:
https://youtu.be/DOmnfmXlZCc

So Hyang - Lean on me
https://youtu.be/GvsgCllcNPE

Ali: Endless Summer Nights
https://youtu.be/whQj6z_8aS8

Sohyang, Simon & Garfunkel’s’Bridge Over Troubled Water
https://youtu.be/C6iHh4yBxCo

ALi - Knockin’ on Heaven’s Door
https://youtu.be/eK0dogoGEPQ

Hyorin - Show me How you Burlesque
https://youtu.be/rW6gkx3k2BE

Li Xiang Zhe & Zhai Li Suo Tian sing “Happy Heart” from the wonderful Chinese show “Super Vocal”
https://youtu.be/36yTVF6aa9g

Ayanga, Yu Di, Hong Zhiguang - “Les Rois du Monde” (again from “Super Vocal”)
https://youtu.be/Xn8yOcKZVAk

Yongwha “You Give Love A Bad Name”

Jung Yonghwa, Lee Jonghyun (CNBLUE) - Always (Bon Jovi)
https://youtu.be/npcI6KtGg8U

And this to make you laugh. Yonghwa literally invents a new language in Despacito:
https://youtu.be/viIPZZdyqYs

Taiwanese Angela Chang (Zhang Shaohan) “Besame Mucho+Despacito”-Personal Essence in the show “Singer 2018” At least she took the trouble of learning the words correctly.
https://youtu.be/B4lCQ6Hfe68

Hwasa - “Stay” (Rihanna). Fortunately there are English subs, otherwise you would still be wondering in what language she’s singing.

Son SeungYeon - Bohemian Rhapsody
https://youtu.be/DnMXyOSfKK8

Ayanga and Zheng Yunlong sing “I’ll Cover You” from the gay musical “Rent”
https://youtu.be/LB6xBE8-gFQ

If you loved “Super Vocal”, here are two more interesting performances.
“Radioactive” in a brilliant arrangement
https://youtu.be/TnYGZZQMYsU

Cai Chengyu, Fang Shujian sing “Melodramma” first popularized by Andrea Boccelli. I think they are much more interesting musically than he is.
https://youtu.be/XEjkq_j78yg

Wang Xi, Li Qi, Ju Hongchuan - “The Sound of Silence” (Simon and Garfunkel, from the movie “The Graduate”)
https://youtu.be/x6-2ER1IVzo

Lee Hyuk (ex Norazo) sings a part from “She’s gone”
https://youtu.be/YQ6BiCK0bkU?t=30

And another Korean guy, who’s not a professional singer (or wasn’t at the time the video was taken), but can hold his own, on the same song.
https://youtu.be/9yDkB7MJzeQ

And this is Lee Hyuk again, rebranded for the West as E.Hyuk https://youtu.be/TUS_6Gtwipo

Does Kazhakstan count as Asia, or do you only mean the Far East?
Dimash in his signature cover of SOS
https://youtu.be/JEz1qGS0T1Q

Tien Chong - Shape of You “Singer 2018”

Zhou Shen - “Time to Say Goodbye” (Con Te Partirò)
https://youtu.be/OwjBduDKFGo

Cai Chengyu, Ding Hui, Jia Fan - “Can You Feel the Love Tonight” (from The Lion King)
https://youtu.be/HWayacoJ0Lc

Gao Tian He, Wang Kai, Yu Di, Ju Hong Chuan “Il Libro dell’Amore”, an Italian song originally by 2 Cellos & Zucchero.
https://youtu.be/8oXWW8elMM4

Yu Di, Hong Zhiguang, Gong Ziqi - “Bella Ciao”. This is a bit funny for us Italians because of the pompousness of the arrangement, but the singers are awesome.
https://youtu.be/Q52srUj9VDU

So Hyang - You Raise Me Up
https://youtu.be/te_L9ofhUt8

Park Ki-young ˝I Dreamt I Dwelt In Marble Halls˝
https://youtu.be/bn-p5Ieu8dM

EXO Cover English Songs (includes a lifeless rendition of “Imagine”)
https://youtu.be/w-5gWVSzxBQ

Kei and Hwasa “Wish you were gay”

Park Da Eun singing “When we were young”
https://youtu.be/a0HVCcsrZb8

Korean Singers Slay English Songs

Zhou Shen in a lovely rendition of “Monsters” (from “Singer” 2020) Disney should hire him!
https://youtu.be/XGBUwxHE1pk

You raise me up from a group of Korean singers in a show where rude people speak and shout all over the singing

THE ONES I DON’T RECOMMEND

Here are some I don’t personally recommend, as lacking in power and emotion
Luna “This is Me” Made it into a soft, happy version, without any power.

So Hyang - My Heart Will Go On & Power Of Love
https://youtu.be/5U8ukcwY3-Y

Yoon San-Ha (ASTRO) & Ji Suyeon (Weki meki) - A Whole New World (Aladdin OST) Melodious but lifeless rendition.

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kM2_vDdpM7Q
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xOHmc7htijg

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the way he says ‘all’ just cracks me up every time

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tx52BslMnR4
this is as good as the original

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ug3U76M1ZPA
the first time i heard this, i was BLOWN away

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Does anyone still remembers LED Apple and Hanbyul? I really love his voice and he did a mind-blowing cover version of Grenade from Bruno Mars.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jIeaneOc-jQ

And his version of Royals from Lorde is so good! I like it more than the original version :slight_smile:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eDWpiF1S_x0

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OMG, he’s even singing about Bokito! :open_mouth: :rofl:

Great songs, @irmar , thank you! I had never even heard of “Super Vocal”, but it seems like something I would watch.
And of course Kazakhstan is welcome too! :slight_smile:

From The Voice Of Mongolia:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1spqgoPR9N0

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RZmZkWUPGI8

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I was looking for this one, I thought you should listen to it. I think he’s even better than Julie Andrews.

“The Lonely Goatherd” – Zhou Shen
https://youtu.be/6UF9XhyqBgQ

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OMG! He’s brilliant! :star_struck:

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I like these 2 covers a lot:
2Bic - Let it go

K.Will and Hyolyn - Whenever you call

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Old “We got married” material the Ketong Couple, Hwan Hee and Hyobi
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ihyWE1pYodA

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How could I forget this one? :smile:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WrJQTA5NDqI

The Phantom Of The Opera:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Bn3ozhdyvw

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MSbZo92dY7Q

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all of them were awesome to me, what a wonderful list to listen to!

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the lonely goatherd awesome!! and I listened, how long ago was that, and was that a variety show? still good, and as for Julioe Andrews? hmmmm, got to think on it!! yeah hes good to be sure!!

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Super Vocal was a singing contest variety show, one of the very best in China, it lasted for only two seasons. Maybe because it was difficult to find singers of that quality?
Zhou Chen seriously needs to work on his Engilsh, though, he’s nearly incomprehensible.

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No greater cover than Jonghyun’s… May he rest in peace :confounded: :sob:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BDb02isPFc0

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Sometimes asians ‘cover’ other Asians too:

Original: Baek Ji Young - Being hit like a bullet:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uSdlduWm4HM

Peter Ho - Remember I Love You
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o8q37c8Z1tM

The last one is the OST of Summer’s Desire, one of the few Taiwanese Drama I do like and even rewatched once:
https://www.viki.com/tv/922c-summers-desire

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OQ1INjhhqCk

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L’Arc-en-Ciel’s Hyde singing Duran Duran’s Ordinary World:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9koQo3i6ZLI

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I don’t know if this was posted already before, but I just found this: There’s Nothing Holding Me Back (Shawn Mendes) by Bang Yedam
He does it really, really well (he starts singing at 1:20), so much that he was complimented by Shawn Mendes himself!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jSqHotawH2M

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=85ruOPKMruw

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tQUjLSMOw2M

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