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Fong Datong [1] English: Khalil Fong, July 14, 1983 -, Hong Kong male singer, born in Hawaii, and lived in Shanghai and Guangzhou, settling in Hong Kong in 1998. He is a singer-songwriter who rarely creates R&B and soul music in Hong Kong. His father is a Chinese-American and a professional drummer. He was taught drumming by his father, so he was exposed to music at an early age. His mother, Ru Lan, wrote lyrics for his works. When he was 5 years old, he watched a movie about a musician, which aroused his keen interest in music and stage performances. Since he was a child, he would perform and sing at friends' parties and community events from time to time. Fang Datong taught himself guitar at the age of 15 and piano at the age of 18. He loves music, especially the nostalgic blues, soul and other black music from the 1950s to the 1970s. His idols are Stevie Wonder, Madonna, Marvin Gaye, Earth, Wind & Fire, Michael Jackson, Eric Clapton, etc., which will have a significant influence on his future music creation.

He released his first solo album "Soul Boy" in November 2005, and was dubbed "Hong Kong Jay Chou" and "Hong Kong Tao Zhe". Fong Datong said that he hopes to interpret his music in the language he is most familiar with, and he is not good at Cantonese. Therefore, although Fang Datong debuted in Hong Kong, he only sang songs in Mandarin or English. He once had an affair with Hong Kong female singer Fiona Sit. At the 2006 Top Music Awards Ceremony, he was called one of the top four singer-songwriters in Hong Kong because of his duet with three other singer-songwriters, Wang Wanzhi, Zhang Jingxuan and Zhang Jicong. The four are good friends and have collaborated in many concerts. The "Love Love Love Concert" was held from February 1 to 3, 2007, and the "Fang Datong Future Concert" was held at the Star Hall in Hong Kong from March 30 to 31, 2008, which was well received. The "Fang Datong Future_LIVE_Concert" was held on April 5, 2008 at the Taipei International Convention Center, attracting many celebrities from Taiwan's entertainment industry to attend.

[Edit this paragraph] Datong File Fang Datong:

English name: Khalil Fong

Birthday: July 14, 1983

Constellation: Cancer

Height: 172cm

Weight: 52kg　

Blood type: O

Language: English/Mandarin/Cantonese/Shanghai Words/Native Hawaiian English

Hobbies: Magic/Chinese Martial Arts/Positive Psychological Therapy/Painting/Cooking

Favorite Singer: Craig David/Stevie Wonder/Madonna/Michael Jackson

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Favorite actors: Anthomt Hopkins/Tim Robins/Jet Li

Favorite movies: Future Report, Lost in Translation, Heroes, Destiny, somewhere in time

< p>Singers who influence me: Stevie Wonder, Michael Jackson, D'Angelo, SteelyDan, N.E.R.D

Producers: N.E.R.D, R.Kelly, Babyface

Favorite music: Soul, Neo -Soul,Jazz,50'sDoowopandRock.john mayer　

Soul singer: StevieWonder, MarvinGaye, EarthWind&Fire　

Neo-Soul singer: D'Angelo, Glenn Lewis, Musiq　

< p>Jazz singers: Bill Evans, Chet Baker, John Coltrane.

50's singers: Ritchie Valens, Buddy Holly, Jackie Wilson

Fang Datong's albums "Soulboy", "Love Love Love", "Future" and "Orange Moon"

Personal background information

Fang Datong was born in the Hawaiian Islands on July 14, 1983. His mother, Fang Liang Yulan, is from Hong Kong and majors in Chinese and American translation

In a hotel in Hawaii He works in management. His father is a Chinese-American born in San Francisco and later moved to Hawaii.

Before Fang Datong was born, his parents thought they would give birth to a girl, so they prepared many names for girls. Unexpectedly, it was a son.

His father hurried to the library and chose khalil, Persian, religious translation means "friend".

Fang Datong started his musical career as a young boy in Hawaii. He would choose his favorite music at home when he was very young.

At the age of 6, his family moved to Shanghai because of his mother’s work. His parents also wanted him to learn more about Chinese culture. The young Fang Datong slept all the time in the first three months of school and could not understand at all. He found it extremely difficult to learn Chinese. I studied Chinese martial arts and Tai Chi for three years.

My mother, Ms. Fang Liang Yulan, founded the NEW BEAT English Education Center in Shanghai and began to write teaching materials. At the age of 12, he moved to Guangzhou because of his mother's work. He and his father often sang in different bars and accumulated rich performance experience. Fang Datong's grandmother is the first generation of Chinese American actors.

Moving to Hong Kong at the age of 14, Fang Datong only attended elementary school in Shanghai for five years. Since he was constantly moving during this period, he chose distance education in the United States and continued to high school. During this free time, Fang Datong also wrote nearly a hundred songs for his mother's English teaching material NEW BEAT, and recorded English pronunciation for the teaching material, part-time.

It is worth mentioning that Fang Datong’s family is still a traditional Baha’i family, and he himself believes in the Baha’i faith. His Chinese name is "Datong". As for the Chinese name of the religion

The Baha'i Faith (Baha'i Faith, formerly translated as Tatism) was founded in Persia in the 19th century and now has more than 6 million believers in more than 200 countries.

At the age of 17, Fang Datong started sending samples to record companies, while helping his mother in education.

Since Hong Kong's music industry was not doing well at the time, Fang Datong had been working behind the scenes and writing songs for many well-known singers. It was not until the age of 22 that Fang Datong had the opportunity to release his first album. Started his own music journey.

English introduction

Khalil Fong (born on July 14, 1983) is a soul singer and songwriter from Hong Kong. He was born in Hawaii and his family moved to Shanghai when he was six. His father (an American-born Chinese from San Francisco, California) wanted him to learn more about Chinese culture. Six years later, they moved to Guangzhou and lived there for about two years. Afterwards, they moved to Hong Kong.< /p>

Since his father is a drummer, there was always music playing around the house and so he picked up the drums at an early age. When he was five his parents took him to see the movie "La Bamba" - it was the defining moment that fueled his passion for singing. When he was 16, he sent demos, which he had written, to music producers. Four years later, Warner Music Hong Kong finally recruited him as their producer. He released his first album "Soul Boy" in September 2005.

He has won a number of awards, including a silver award for New Male Artist at Commercial Radio.

He released his second album "This Love " in December 2006. It featured the song "Love Love Love" which peaked at No.1 in the 903 Top 20.

He returned to take fans to his new music "Wonderland" in January 2008.< /p>

His first language is English and he can speak Mandarin, Shanghainese, Hawaiian Pidgin English, and Cantonese.

He may not be good looking but he is a good singer. He is rather cool with his aviator glasses. Some people said that his songs are quite similar to David Tao's, while ot

hers believe that his music style is really like Jay Chou's, but I think his music sounds happier, faster and more upbeat while Jay's sadder and slower. His songs have a nice beat and his voice is very pleasant to listen to. Too many Mandopop singers add in random English that makes no sense in context and sounds very strange to the native English-speaker. However, he has sprinkled some very clear and pleasant English throughout his albums. He said that the things he cannot live without are food, water and music! [Edit this paragraph] Datong interview recent visit

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Leng Soul Soul’s musical talent He is very thin, his music is also very soulful,

his jokes are even more chilling. Today, this creative talent from Hong Kong who only sings Mandarin songs is here to tell you how to achieve his humor. Understand; and his unique "quick movement method"...Photography: Wilson Styling: Li Kaijie Clothing iesel Interview, Editor-in-Chief: Liao Yiting------------------------ -------------------------------------------------- --

Editor: Someone gave you the nickname "Arctic Prince". Do you think you are really cold when you speak, or do people actually don't understand your humor?

K :Well...I'm really cold. And...

Editor: And?

K: People don't understand my humor...Haha. Actually, it's It depends on the situation, but I am really quite cold. (laughs)

Editor: You imitated Michael Jackson in a concert before, will you try to challenge some dynamic dance music in the album in the future? ?

K: I think it will be possible in the future, but it won’t be the Rain-style dance that everyone likes to watch, and it won’t be that kind of dance music.

Ed. :Since it’s not Rain-style dynamic, what kind of "modal dynamic" will it be?

K: It should develop in the direction of MJ (Michael Jackson), which I have liked since I was about five or six years old. Watching some of MJ's MVs, I feel more familiar with the disco dance music of the 1970s and 1980s (laughs), so if I want to try it, it will be more retro dance music.

Editor: We will Let’s wait and see! What’s the most embarrassing situation you’ve ever had when you were performing on stage?

K: Well... it was probably when I stepped on my own guitar cable. Editor: How did you deal with it on the spot? ?

K: Haha, I laughed out loud on the spot, and then said to the audience: "This kind of thing will inevitably happen..." After chatting with the audience for a few words, I connected the line. In fact, it was okay. It was quite funny, and everyone was very happy when they resumed singing from where they left off.

Editor: Ha, so this is the most embarrassing thing that has ever happened to you?

K: It’s not embarrassing, it’s...the coolest! (laughing)

Editor: Well...Okay, let’s move on to the next question. When news about you appears in newspapers and magazines, Do you care if reporters don’t look good on you?

K: I’m rarely photographed by gossip magazines....

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p>Editor: Uh...I'm sorry, it's a "newspaper" magazine, not a "gossip" magazine...

K: Phew...it's a newspaper magazine...because I don't look the same either. Say what you want, so I don’t care.

Editor: Stop saying that, you are being humble...

K: If they happened to take a better-looking picture of me, I would feel like it I thought: "Well... that's a good shot!" (laughing)

Editor: Don't worry, we will take a very handsome shot of you today! By the way, I heard that you are good at basketball...

K: I was okay with basketball when I was a child. Later, it was because after moving to Hong Kong, I stopped playing sports and concentrated on making music.

Editor: Then in my daily life Do you do any other simple exercises?

K: Not much, but the moment I get up I do a sit up. What is that called? Editor: Sit ups?

K: Yes, yes, sit-ups, I will do one when I get up.

Editor: Wait, you mean you will do "one" "at the moment" when you get up. Sit-ups...

K: Yes, haha

Editor: The way you exercise is really special... Then do you want to make yourself stronger? , practice some muscle lines, show it to everyone during the performance, and take a sexy route.

K: Haha, I take the mysterious route. I am skinny, and after entering the industry, because Because of my busy work, I have been losing weight. This year I am the thinnest I have ever been, and it can be considered... a successful weight loss!

Editor: Well... we think you should not lose weight anymore. Okay..

K: If I have time to practice, maybe it will be better, but I really don’t have time right now, so I just leave those "sexy routes" to Rain (laughs )

Editor: We know that in addition to music, you also like watching movies. Is there any type of movie that you don’t like? For example...war movies?

K: I don’t like to watch war movies, they are quite noisy. Editor: Are there any others?

K: I don’t like to watch movies that are too...nonsense. I like to watch boring movies, but I don’t like silly movies.

Editor: You have sung children’s songs before, so do you like children?

K: I like...well-behaved children.

Editor: What about the naughty children...?

K: Naughty children need to be taught! I think we should start teaching them when they are still young. The key is to treat them as children. Sir, I think it is effective to teach them this way.

Editor: Will you just release an album of children's songs in the future?

K: I haven't thought about it...

Editor: Would you consider it?

K: Maybe...become a children's song star. (laughing)

Editor: There are many children's song stars in Taiwan, like It's sister momo, brother watermelon, brother banana, etc...

K: Yes...then I should be called "Uncle Apple".

Editor: ㄟ... With you He should be older than an older brother, so he shouldn’t be considered an uncle...

K: But that "ㄕㄨˊ" should be written as "tree" with leaves, and call me "apple tree tree". Chill it! Hahahahahaha

Editor: Huh...turn down the air conditioner. Some netizens suggested that you should be called "Brother Electric Pot", what do you think?

K : It's okay, but the apple tree is still more funny, and since I'm thin, I can hang some apples on my body.

Editor: Well...it seems that the topic of apple trees can be brought to an end. You seem to I have said that I feel like a young man on the outside, but actually an old man on the inside.

.K: Actually, that’s what people say, but I agree (laughing)

Editor: Finally, yes Tell us what is the concept of this new album?

K: Actually, you have been thinking about it for a long time, because the first three albums have relatively clear themes, from "World" in the first album to "World" in the second album. The third album of "Different Love" is "Love and Environmental Protection". I don't think this format will be used for the time being, so this album is mainly "romantic". I think Langman is very sentimental.< /p>

Editor: So this album will be very different from the past?

K: Recently I often hear people say that they think my songs are difficult to sing.

Because my songs are more soulful, but I can't write so-called guava songs, so I just think back to the songs I listened to when I was a kid. There are some songs that I think are sing-along songs, such as Lionel Richie's "hello" Stevie Wonder's "I Just Called to say I love you"... etc. Although they are SoulR & B singers, this is their sing along song. I thought to myself, let's go in the retro direction.< /p>

Editor: It turns out that it is in the retro style...

.K: I think this album sounds the most mature, and I also want to give it an older song feel. I feel like the album is called "Orange Moon"

Editor: Why did you come up with this name?

K: Because I was chatting with my colleagues before, and I just wanted to say this. What would be a good name for the album? My colleague asked me: "What do you think is the slowest?" After thinking about it, I thought "Dusk" is the most romantic and has an orange feel, but calling it "Dusk" is very tacky. Then I thought of it. I helped Eason Chan make "Rewind Life", and the demo name of that song was "Orange Moon", so I just wanted to use this name instead of wasting it, so I called it "Orange Moon"

Editor: Will the songs in the new album be easier to sing?

K: Well, this time it’s a comparison of “songs”. How much time do we have now?

Editor :There are about five minutes left...

K: I can listen to a song from the new album for you, if you want to listen...

Editor: Of course!!!

Fang Datong, he is like a man in a suit. He always appears in a suit, sometimes in pure dark colors, more often in plaid, plus a picture Harry Potter wears glasses, is stern, and occasionally smiles rather shyly.

Fang Datong, who speaks somewhat difficult Cantonese, won a total of 9 awards at the four major awards ceremonies, becoming the second most awarded male singer. What is even more rare is that he is among the best male singers. In the competition for the gold medal, as a singer who has never released a Cantonese song and insists on singing English and Mandarin songs, he defeated Eason Chan and Leo Ku to win the gold medal.

Fang Datong is very different from other singers in the Cantonese music scene.

Growing up in a different environment

I once lived in Wuyang New Town, Guangzhou for two years

In Shanghai: I learned Mandarin quickly

Fang Datong was born in Hawaii, USA, to a Chinese-American father and a Hong Kong mother. Because of their faith, the family of three immigrated to Shanghai with Fang Datong when he was 6 years old.

“I went to Shanghai to attend a local elementary school because my parents didn’t want me to go to an international elementary school that teaches English. If so, why would I come back from the United States?” Fang Datong asked, so he enrolled in Tianshan No. 1 School in Shanghai. "I didn't speak Mandarin at that time, only English, but children always learn things very quickly, so I quickly learned Mandarin. It was more interesting to get along with my classmates, and I really enjoyed playing with everyone."

< p>In Guangzhou: His father taught him according to the American correspondence course

But when he reached the fifth grade of elementary school, Fang Datong moved again, this time from Shanghai to Guangzhou, "living just over in Wuyang New Town, I lived in Guangzhou for two years, which was relatively short. I was young at that time and I don’t remember much. I just remember that there was a tea restaurant in Wuyang New Town. Their fried rice noodles were served in a small black pot. I like to eat it fried in a pot, but it’s a little oily. Other than that, it tastes good.”

After arriving in Guangzhou, Fang Datong stopped going to school. “They (parents) wanted me to continue. I want to learn English well, but I think international schools are too international and they don’t want me to study.” So Fang Datong’s upbringing was taught by his father through online correspondence courses in the United States: “Strange? Do you think it’s weird? I think it’s okay?” , because at that time, the children of several American families in my family were taking such correspondence courses, so I didn’t feel it was strange not to go to school.”

When he was 12 years old, Fang Datong moved to Hong Kong with his parents. He still did not go to school, and still studied correspondence courses at home under the guidance of his father, thus completing his education. "Fortunately, the course I took was a correspondence course. Otherwise, wouldn't it be troublesome to move around at home and change schools?" Fang Datong asked rhetorically.

Indeed, Fang Datong traveled to many places. When interviewing Eason Chan once, Eason Chan said with some annoyance: "Hong Kong fans think Fang Datong is a Taiwanese singer, and Taiwanese fans think Fang Datong is a mainland singer. In fact, he is from Hong Kong." Singer!" After hearing this, Fang Datong smiled shyly, "It doesn't matter. In fact, I like to use one word to describe myself. I am a citizen of the world."

Music types are different.

"I often feel like there is an old man living in my heart"

This may cause misunderstandings among fans, partly because he has traveled to many cities, and partly because his music is different.

Fang Datong’s father is a drummer, so he has been influenced by a lot of music since he was a child. “I often feel that there is an old man living in my heart. The music I listen to today feels very old, but I don’t feel it at all, because I grew up listening to these people’s music.” These “old people” include Lionel Richie, Stevie Wonder, and Billy Joel.

Growing up listening to R&B and soul music, Fang Datong has his own self-taught knowledge of music: "Growing up, no one taught me how to play the piano. I started to like singing when I was three or four years old, and then... Musical instruments, guitar, piano, and drums are all self-taught. Although my father plays drums, he never taught me how to play drums. Because he plays drums, there are drums at home, so I just play randomly by myself, and then I gradually master it. ."

After mastering the instrument, Fang Datong began to compose on his own, but the songs he composed were all R&B and soul-type songs, which had a retro feel. "I think this may make people think that I am not a Hong Kong singer. Hong Kong's culture itself is dominated by karaoke, but my songs are not like that. They are more Western. The Taiwanese Mandarin market listens to Western music, so I follow their It's closer, so I think that's why people think I'm not a Hong Kong singer."

Now Fang Datong's career focus is in Taiwan. In order to take care of him more conveniently, his mother has moved to Taiwan to live with him." In fact, I think I am no different from everyone else. I also go shopping and eat out, and live a normal life. I wake up in the morning and go to bed later than everyone else. Because I am a singer-songwriter, I have to spend a lot of time creating, otherwise my There’s so much work to do, so I’m not any different from everyone else, am I?”

Fang Bubu

1. He has always been a vegetarian because of religious beliefs.

2. He knows kung fu and studied it for two years in Shanghai. On the one hand, he wanted to keep fit, and on the other hand, he wanted to learn more about Chinese culture.

3. He has not released a Cantonese song so far, and he is not considering it in the future. "I speak English and Mandarin best, and Cantonese is my worst, because Cantonese has many polyphonic sounds. I think It’s hard to say yes, so I don’t dare to think about singing Cantonese songs. I’m not confident enough in this aspect.”

Why is it called Fang Datong?

Why is Fang Datong called Fang Datong? His own explanation is: "This is the name given by my grandpa. My family all believes in a religion. The teaching of that religion is 'World Harmony'. My grandpa agrees with this very much, so he gave me this name."

But in fact, Fang Datong grew up in a different environment than most people.

⊙Warner newcomer Fang Datong’s new song "Sister" has been aired for a month. Yesterday (July 17), when he went to the commercial station to promote the song, he was also invited to review songs for the "Chizha Music Circle" program and selected Released songs by Toby, Soler and Lin Yifeng. It turns out that he was influenced by his father who was a drummer since he was a child. He started playing music at the age of 3. He is best at playing the piano and guitar. He often forms a band on stage with his father and is also very experienced in stage performances. No wonder Warner had been interested in inviting this all-around singer-songwriter to join the company as early as 5 years ago. However, after several years of back and forth, he was only willing to sign the contract when he turned 22 this year. Even he said with a smile: "I didn't expect that this contract would be extended from a minor to an adult." Fang Datong's debut record this time included all Mandarin songs, and it was the record company that paved the way for him to enter the mainland and Taiwan. It turns out that before he entered the industry, he had composed songs for mainland singer Chen Kun and Taiwanese singer Zhang Huimei. Now he hopes most to collaborate with Stefanie Sun.