王若琳 Joanna Wang - For No Reason

Name: 王若琳 Joanna Wang - For No Reason
Uploaded: 2008-01-01T00:00:00+00:00
Description: Released in January 2008 via Sony BMG Taiwan, 'For No Reason' sits within Joanna Wang's debut album 'Start From Here', a record that reached #1 in Taiwan and sold over 200,000 copies across Asia, despite Wang herself later disowning it as a label-coerced project. The song is one of the few original compositions on an otherwise…

2008 · Late 2000s Taiwanese Mandopop Debut Era (2008) · music video

王若琳 Joanna Wang - For No Reason music video

2008Late 2000s Taiwanese Mandopop Debut Era (2008)Late-2000s Taiwanese Mandopop / Jazz-Pop crossover (Mandopop 慢歌 adult contemporary)

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Released in January 2008 via Sony BMG Taiwan, 'For No Reason' sits within Joanna Wang's debut album 'Start From Here', a record that reached #1 in Taiwan and sold over 200,000 copies across Asia, despite Wang herself later disowning it as a label-coerced project. The song is one of the few original compositions on an otherwise covers-heavy album, co-written with her father and producer Bing Wang (王治平). Its lyrical…

Why it matters

Represents the jazz-pop / adult contemporary strand of late-2000s Mandopop at a moment when Sony BMG Taiwan was positioning young bilingual singer-songwriters for pan-Asian markets. 'For No Reason' is notable as an original Wang composition amid a covers album, signaling the artistic voice she…

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