Made in Hong Kong

Introduction

Mainstreaming Hong Kong Popular Music

ANTHONY FUNG & ALICE CHIK

PART I: CANTOPOP, HISTORY, AND LEGACY






Mapping sociopolitical and cultural changes through "The Daughters of Hong Kong:" From Anita Mui to Denise Ho
VICKY HO & MIRANDA MA




Once upon a time in Hong Kong Cantopop: 1984
YIU-WAI CHU




Pax Musica & Mnets: Cantopop-Kpop convergences and inter-Asia cultural mobilities
KAI KHIUN LIEW & MEICHENG SUN




Voices shaped by the people and for the people: Cantopop and political crisis from the colonial to postcolonial era
STELLA LAU & IVY MAN



PART II: GENRES, FORMAT, AND IDENTITY




The symbolism sound of Cantopop: Relistening to "The Fatal Irony" (1974)
TING YIU WONG




Rethinking Chineseness in the Cantopop of Sam Hui
BRENDA CHAN




Alternative music, language, and "Hong Kong" identity: The use of metaphor in English lyrics of Hong Kong independent music
LOK MING ERIC CHEUNG




Covers and "One Melody, Two Lyrics" Songs
JOHNSON LEOW



PART III: SIGNIFICANT ARTISTS






Love songs from an island with blurred boundaries: Teresa Teng's anchoring and wandering in Hong Kong
CHEN-CHING CHENG




Remembering Hong Kong as a queer metaphor: Leslie Cheung's queer performativity and posthumous networked fandom
HONG-CHI SHIAU




Hong Kong is (no longer) my home: From Sam Hui to My Little Airport
MILAN ISMANGIL




MC Yan and his Cantonese conscious rap
ANGEL M. Y. LIN



PART IV: CONTEMPORARY CANTOPOP




Snapshots of multilingualism in Hong Kong popular music
PHIL BENSON & ALICE CHIK




Our Little Twins Stars: Conglomerate-catalyzed cross-media stardom in the new millennium
KLAVIER J. WANG & STEPHANIE NG




Performing the political: Reflections on Tatming meeting George Orwell in 2017
YIU FAI CHOW, JEROEN de KLOET & LEONIE SCHMIDT




The politicization of music through nostalgic mediation: The memory in "Boundless Oceans, Vast Skies"
JESSICA KONG & ANTHONY FUNG



CODA




The globo-regional and the local in Hong Kong popular music

C. J. W.-L. WEE

Afterword

Cantopop is always hybrid: A conversation with Serina Ha