Wong Chi Chung is a veteran radio DJ who also heads the University of Hong Kong’s General Education department.
Wong wrote his doctoral thesis about Cantopop and stated that there are nine sounds or tones in Cantonese.
He said that he believes the song can still find success in English-speaking areas and that Mirror has an opportunity to grow its fan base now that Hong Kong has emerged from three years of isolation.
Wong believes music such as Mirror’s should be called “Hong Kong Pop.”
He said that Hong Kong was a mixed city, language-wise.
He said that “Hong Kong’s pop music was mainly composed of English songs in the 1960s.” “It wasn’t until the 1970s that Cantonese songs were popular.”
Mirror members say that even though they are racing between projects in film, television and music, they haven’t completely moved past an accident last July at a concert where a large video screen crashed onto the stage, injuring one of their dancers.
Three employees of the main contractor were charged with conspiracy to defraud in January. They were accused of understating the screen’s weight. According to his father’s Facebook post, Mo Li, the more seriously injured dancer, took his first steps after the accident in February with an exoskeleton. Although he has been in hospital for most of the past eight months, the 28-year old still needs hours of treatment every day.
After the accident, the band, which also includes Frankie Chan and Alton Wong, Lokman Yuung, Anson Kong and Jer Lau, Jeremy Lees, Keung To, Tiger Yau, and Ian Chan, did not make public appearances for two months.
It’s something we still think about all the time. Lo, who was present at the time, said that it was important to us to make a return.
Lui, also performing at the time, stated that the band had “really tried to digest it.”
He said, “We hope that we can overcome it” and that the public will feel more optimistic.
