Asians covering "our" music

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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