2014.06.01 Hebe at Hito Awards
Hebe rushed back from S.H.E’s 2gether 4ever concert in Wuhan to attend the HITO awards ceremony held last Sunday at Taipei Arena. Delayed by the heavy air traffic in Shanghai, she missed her rehearsal slot and had to perform without any on-site rehearsal at the venue. To add on to her plight, she was not in a good physical state, having been uncomfortable since the concert the day before where she had issues projecting her voice.
Apparently she was extremely nervous about not having any rehearsals, being the final performer to end off the awards night, Hebe took this performance very seriously. There was even a chat group created amongst her, the band and crew, code naming it as <MUST DO>, which she laughed at when she first saw, joking if this was a private mission of sorts.
Sweeping 3 awards, including Best Female Singer, Hebe was one of the biggest winners of the night. She performed a medley of 3 songs with her 6 piece live band, lasting over 7 minutes. According to the news, Hebe was the one who came up with the line-up and worked with the band on arranging the performance. She also invested her own money for the night’s two outfits, totalling NT300K.
You can view the performance and awards videos after the photos.
Awards
HITO Best Female Singer – Hebe Tien Fu-Chen
HITO Longest Charting Album – 渺小 Insignificance / Hebe Tien Fu-Chen (alongside Autumn: Stories / Sodagreen)
HITO Top Ten Singles 2013 – 你就不要想起我 Don’t You Think Of Me / Hebe Tien Fu-Chen
Photos
*Credits to卜口一田十 , -ching-清- ， 田馥甄妳是我的上上籤 from weibo
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Videos
1. HITO Best Female Singer
*Credits to hito for video, Hebe田馥甄 for upload
2. HITO Longest Charting Album – Insignificance
*Credits to hito for video, for upload
This award is won alongside Sodagreen’s album, both on par for staying on HITO’s chart for 20 weeks.
You can see Hebe has a great relationship with Sodagreen, specifically the lead voalist Wu Tsing-Fung. Wu was making fun of Hebe on-stage while she was trying to thank her record company HIM, fans and listeners for supporting her album and hopes the same for the future as she continues to work harder. Hebe eventually turned to hit Wu, which all of them burst out laughing. Hebe ended by saying, “I’m trying to say some serious stuffs here but they keep disturbing me!”, complete with an irritated tone and eyes roll.
Backstage where Hebe was later interviewed, she explained that Sodagreen’s Wu has the tendency to give a friendly hug whenever they meet and then attempt to pull her bra strap. However, as she was wearing a bare-back costume for the night, Wu was disappointed when he did not find the presence of the strap, continuing to disturb her instead, hence the little fight on-stage when they were receiving the awards.
3. Performance (渺小 Insignificance / 你快樂未必我快樂 Your Happiness Doesn’t Equate to Mine / Come Together)
*Credits to hito for video, Hebe田馥甄 for upload
Her voice sounded okay in this performance, though the bass was overpowering. Probably cause they did not have a chance to level it since there were no rehearsals beforehand.
I was quite disappointed by the sound system. Hebe’s mic was louder sometimes and softer other times. There were also moments where the background singers were louder than her voice. But overall, decent performance despite the lack of rehearsals.I love her red back baring top that night!
On a side note, I saw reports that she will be performing at the Golden Melody Awards despite missing the nomination for Best Female Singer? Aside from Tanya, I’ve barely heard of the other female singers so I cannot judge if they were worthy of the nomination. But I must say that Hebe’s third album was imo better than the previous two as a whole and thought that a nomination was due for her.
really? she’ll be performing at GMA?? which news?
Yes, that is true. It is not a official press release, but it is done via an update on a weibo account.
True, I was really upset when her voice first came through and the bass was drowning her. But I guess that’s what we get for a live show with zero rehearsals. Yes, I loved her red top too, hahas.
Indeed, she will be performing at the awards ceremony, but there’s no concrete news on what segment she will be scheduled for.
True, her 3rd album is a vast improvement to me. Though I was not surprised she missed the Best Female Singer award,. To me she was always lacking something to hit the list, which I still havent found the answer yet in this album. I was more surprised by the fact there were zero music-related nominations (be it lyrics, compsing, arrangement, single etc). Packaging and music video really doesn’t count for me.
Wow! Hebe sure did a good job that night despite all of that trouble she had to go through. I really liked her 你快樂未必我快樂 Live here. I didn’t like the song in the album but this live version made me like it. Thanks for sharing ! I love your blog
Indeed, she managed to perform okay though she had no rehearsals prior. Glad you enjoyed the live, she was so nervous she continued to talk about it post performance.
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