Charmaine Fong

Charmaine Fong
Interview with am730
Born
Ng Ka Yan 吳嘉欣

(1980-05-01) 1 May 1980 (age 44)
British Hong Kong
NationalityChinese
Occupation(s)Singer-songwriter, actress
Spouse
Shingo Yasuda
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(m. 2017; div. 2021)​
ChildrenLuca Yasuda (b.2018)
Musical career
OriginHong Kong, China
Genres
Charmaine Fong Ho-Man
Chinese方皓玟
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinFāng Hàomín
Yue: Cantonese
Jyutpingfong1 hou6 man4
Ng Ka Yan
Traditional Chinese吳嘉欣
Simplified Chinese吴嘉欣
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinWú Jiāxīn
Yue: Cantonese
Jyutpingng4 gaa1 jan1

Charmaine Fong Ho-man (Chinese: 方皓玟) is a Hong Kong Cantopop singer-songwriter and film actress.

In 2019, Fong released a new song "Explicit Content (人話)" which she composed. [1] Its lyrics expressed her stance toward the anti-government protests explicitly. The music video of the song, made up of protest footage and scenes of police brutality, was highly popular upon release, the number of views exceeded 400 thousand by the second day of release.[2] As it was rare for public figures to voice out their stance and opinions on political issues, citizens that support the social movement praised Fong as a true singer for Hong Kong.

In January 2022, local media reported that ten Canto-pop singers and groups had been put on a blacklist of government-funded broadcaster RTHK, with radio DJs having been ordered not to play their songs. Fong was reportedly on the list.[3] In response to a letter by lawmaker Tik Chi-yuen requesting clarification, RTHK wrote: "RTHK has been supporting the development of Chinese pop music. Program hosts choose songs based on professionalism and suitability to the programs."[4]

  1. ^ "方皓玟 - 人話 (Explicit Content) [Official Music Video]". Archived from the original on 2019-12-13.
  2. ^ "港歌手方皓玟推出新歌《人話》撐反送中 上線2天點擊率破40萬". 澳洲生活網. 2019-12-02. Retrieved 2020-03-03.
  3. ^ Chow, Vivienne (2022-01-26). "Hong Kong's RTHK blacklists pro-democracy musicians (reports)". Variety. Retrieved 2023-03-08.
  4. ^ "RTHK asked to clarify list of 10 banned singers". The Standard. 2022-01-26. Retrieved 2023-03-08.