- Show Luo’s 7th album “Rashomon” pre-order sign-sing function in Pingtung & Kaohsiung on 12/26 broke 4,000 people! - “Trendy Man” held 102 billboard champions. “Accessorized Trendy Man” exaggerated mix-n-match sets out again! - “Love’s Premier Show” 15 second pre-order commercial on 12/23, breaks 37,000 views on YouTube in 4 days. - Grand expenditures on pre-order complimentary gifts : 80 pages of size A4 photobook, $1 million, and film roll shades $0.5 million. - Self-choreographed “Sunglass/Shades Dance,” Record company films music video, afraid that Show Luo may get poked in the eye with especially designed shades, insures $50 million! Show Luo’s 7th album “Rashomon” is set to release on January 15. Record stores and convenient stores nationwide began pre-orders on December 22. Show Luo has begun promotions for his new album, and yesterday (12/26), he was in Pingtung and Kaohsiung holding his pre-order sign-sing functions. Because it was the Christmas holiday on top of Pingtung’s nice weather, plenty of fans attended. In the two functions, there totaled over 4,000 people! Show happily expressed, that his shout-out in a video clip : “To take a good looking pictures, there comes a price. Friends and fans, if you don’t support my album, or if you buy a pirated version, you guys are dead meat!” really worked in persuading his fans! For his album “Rashomon,” his first release is “Love’s Premier Show” and has already premiered on 12/23 on HIT FM. In discussing his album title, they were torn between “Love’s Premier Show” or “Rashomon,” but in the end, under Show’s persuasion, “Rashomon” it was! Show expressed, because he didn’t want listeners to just base or generalize the music production on the title of the album, “This time, I worked hard in trying out new styles of music, it’s like opening up many doors of music. This also made me rediscover : Show Luo, in the world of music, still has so many possibilities to explore!” Thus, besides his first release “Love’s Premier Show” which infuses techno, pop-rock, pop and big beat, there’s also a dance mix of R&B, Hip-hop, and break beat in “Rashomon.” And the theme of “Hi My Sweetheart” Band Sound – styled, “Head Over Heels in Love,” and the atmospheric Jazz in “Why We Must Be Together, “ along with the slow rock ballad “As Long As You’re Used To it.” They’re all more mature and different from Show Luo’s previous singing styles. Show also said, “I’ve already released 7 solo albums, of course I’d be anticipated to have my fans and other listeners simultaneously sense the changes in each of my new songs, having them listen to music as if they were opening up music’s Rashomon doors, and getting unexpected surprises!” Show Lo’s album from last year “Trendy Man Chronicles” not only broke his personal record sales record., but also landed in the first place of 102 billboards globally, and for 2 consecutive years, he’s withheld a spot in the annual top 10 records sold placement. The figures are perhaps one of the strangest, with rising numbers even in the recession of the music industry! Even his 15 second commercial, after being placed on YouTube for 4 days had broken 37,000 views, thus Gold Typhoon Music set out large expenditures of $1 million on a “Premier Extravagance Version” with the A4-sized Trendy Man 80 Page photo book, and half a million dollars on “Love Show De La Mode Version” with trendy man postcards and film roll shades. In the insert of Show Lo’s album, he also tried out several outfits, and personally demonstrated an “Accessorized” style, and very cleverly used many accessories in his outfits. From all sorts of wild and avant-garde shades, earrings, ties, wool shawls, riveted tiles and metallic fashioned scarves, etc…he used these to accessorize with different styles of clothing. Show also said that the so-called “Accessorized Trendy Man” is to break the formulaic impression of a men’s clothing styles and freely fashion all sorts of styles, accessorizing your own brand new attitude. Donned in the exaggerated and avant-garde shades, Show Lo was unable to see anything while he was dancing, it’s like he was living in a world of darkness or he became temporarily blind, “So when I was dancing the dance I had choreographed, I can only rely on my memory to think of the steps. I think the pinnacle of dancing is this kind of of “Blindman’s Dancing!” And his record company was worried that his atypical shades would injure Show Lo’s charismatic, electrifying eyes, they had had helped bought a $50 million dollars insurance for him! Source: I'M News Translated by o_ost1nao_o @ love4show.forums1.net ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Show Luo Opens Fashion Store, Heads For International Market "Xiao Zhu" Show Luo is always a happy character, full of life and presenting a happy face for others. In recent years, he has worked his interests and hobbies into his own fashion line --STAGE, which sells clothing, hats, jeans, and accessories. Within 3 years, STAGE has already become a favoured store in Bei Gao, and has expanded into Xiang Jiang and Singapore, with plans to further develop in Mainland China, USA, Europe, and Japan. STAGE is actually a manifestation of Show's outgoing character, the concept being "SHOW-Stage hyaline of world." Therefore, no matter how busy or tired he gets, he will push to achieve his dream of having locations all over the world. With $3 million invested in STAGE, since it's opening in 2007 Show has been deeply involved in all aspects of the business, and still personally makes rounds at his store today, calls to ask about the number of customers, and watches security videos to ensure great service is provided when he is out of the country. Show describes the hardest part of running STAGE as time management. He has to MC, hold out of country concerts, record commercials, and attend promotional events, so he only has the early morning hours to meet with shareholders and visit the store. Usually, his meetings run until 3 to 4 am, and he often has to work early in the morning, sacrificing valuable sleeping time. However, Show doesn't have regrets; he loves his job, and remains optimistic and happy. Xiao Zhu's path has not always been smooth sailing; he had to go to court with his past manager Kevin Sun, and during those years battling in court, he was very hurt, but remained optimistic about humanity. Being very humorous, he has been dubbed a comedian at heart, but his acting skills are also evident, as he has been nominated for the "Golden Bell Best Male Lead" award. Show has also worked hard on his dancing skills, finally holding a world tour, and garnering the title "Dancing King". Last year, his father passed away, his internet pal was exposed as a "lovefraud", leaving a trail of pain. But, the outgoing artist was not knocked down, and has only increased his interest towards charity work; just yesterday, he lead a blind person during a commercial filming. Xiao Zhu's evident drive is not uncorrelated with his new store, and he constantly reminds himself to "Concentrate on work, or else be eliminated." Due to people criticizing his store being based on an original concept, but eventually becoming "just a fan hangout", Xiao Zhu was very upset, and spent a lot of time reworking new ideas, sketching every idea out. When he sees many people wearing his designs in the streets, he is rewarded by unbound happiness. However, when he sees that his designs did not come out as expected, he will get rid of the whole design, saying "I cannot allow customers to buy half-made designs, or defective accessories, right", leading him to choose materials himself, and setting high criteria for each and every product. There is only one goal, which is that more and more people will accept and love his fashion line. As a result of his hard work, he is rewarded with results and with many overseas orders. His Taipei location had a record of 600 customers in line, and with business breaking the million dollar mark, as the owner, he is not mean nor stingy, rewarding his employers last year generously with a cruise ship trip out of the country. Having created such a magnificent front, not only is Disney willing to sell its licensed products in STAGE, after Show has had some time to reel back from the success, he is planning to open a restaurant related to eggs, since he is a huge egg lover, sometime within the year. Xiao Zhu's STAGE is captivating, with new and innovative products, and his own collection of shoes is also mind boggling--his most expensive pair is worth $220,000, and many overseas fans from Japan and Mainland China have come just to visit his shop. Source: Yahoo! Taiwan Translated by: casablanca-- @ asianfanatics.net
