In his concerts, Wang Leehom (王力宏) had showed off his enviable figure, which got lots of praise. In his new album, he will be showing it again, selling his body to increase the eye candy factor. He will also be directly fighting against another 'Golden Melody King', Stanley Huang (黄立行), as both their albums will be released around the same period. According to Taiwanese media reports, the record business is not doing well. But in December, this will change, because other than Harlem Yu (庾澄庆) and Stanley Huang who are releasing their albums in that period, Wang Leehom will too. This is will be the 'War among the Golden Melody Kings'. In the 2005 Golden Melody Awards, Wang Leehom and Stanley Huang had an embarrassing encounter when they were giving out the award for 'Best Mandarin Male Singer'. Because of the prize presenter Karen Mok's (莫文蔚) Hong Kong accent, she did not pronounce the words 'Wang' and 'Huang' properly, which led to both Wang Leehom and Stanley Huang going up on stage at the same time, when it was actually Stanley Huang that got the award. However, the next year Wang Leehom won the award back instead. To prepare for his new album, Stanley Huang shot a healthy 'Male dogs back' photo. He was not the only one; Wang Leehom also bared the top part of his body, showing off his abs, for his new album cover. While they were shooting, it was winter already. However, Leehom was unafraid of hypothermia. He required his performance to be perfect, and in his free time, instead of lazing around, he didn't forget to do exercises. He repeatedly practiced with the dumbbells, saying: "I always bring along my dumbbells with me, everyday, other than making music, I would spend at least 1 hour on working out." Wang Leehom has been nicknamed 'Iron Man' by his workers, other his love for working out, he loves music even more. Before this, while preparing for his album, he only slept 3 hours everyday, together with 1 hour of exercises. The other 20 hours were spent on composing music. His new album will start it's pre-orders in December. Source: Chinanews Translated by Initial E @ http://asianfanatics.net ============================================================================== Album: Wang Leehom (Heartbeat), Wednesday December 10, 2008 Taiwan This year, Wang Leehom (王力宏) held two of his 'Music-Man' concerts in Taipei's 'Little Giant Egg' Stadium. The success of it won the high praise of those present and the foreign media. After the applause died down, Leehom, who loves music very much, immediately threw himself into preparing for his new album. He didn't waste a single minute, and now, the much anticipated 'Heartbeat' (心.跳) will finally start it's pre-orders on December 12, and will be released on the 26th of December. All those who hear it will be touched by it's sincerity, hence it is definitely the most anticipated album this year. Everyday, Leehom usually doesn't sleep more than 4 hours. In the day, he has non stop rehearsals, he has to film commercials, perform, and record the new songs in his album, then finally going back to composing music. The workers around him all says that 'Leehom goes to bed very early', because he usually only sleeps in the morning. The process of completing 'Heartbeat' was extremely complicated for Leehom, because in his life, the number of times he has been told 'I Love You' is a hundred thousand times more than any other commoner. In one concert alone, there would be thousands of people shouting 'Wang Leehom, I Love You", on the dance stage he gets lots of passions and warmth, because he is a shining international celebrity. To Leehom, the phrase 'I Love You' is something that you do not get easily. One glance, one time of gentleness, are reminiscent of heart beating, hence Leehom wrote the main song 'Heartbeat' to show his understanding towards love. For his new album, 'Heartbeat', Leehom specially made a teaser for the album. Because of the name 'Heartbeat', the designers for the album managed to convince Leehom that showing the top part of his body, which is 'nearest to the heartbeat', would show the meaning behind this album. While shooting the pictures, Leehom was very professional and didn't care about the coldness of the winter, following every single direction the director gave him. This way he managed to showcase his best state, and his professional manner allowed the entire shooting process to be over in only 3 hours. Because he needs to show the top half of his body, to make his abs look good, Leehom brought along dumbbells. To thank his fans, the two different versions of the pre-orders is a 'Heartbeat Romantic Version - Wang Leehom', including gifts of a 'Heartbeat Silver Engraved Ring + Heartbeat Postcard'; the other version is 'Heartbeat Graphic Version - Wang Leehom', including a '2009 Photo Calendar + 2008 Photobook'. Do you want to collect the 'real' Wang Leehom? Then you musn't miss out on his new 2008 album 'Heartbeat'. Source: Sina Translated by Initial E @ http://asianfanatics.net
wowww..... lee hom went from NERD to handsome to NERD to handsome.... nice 6packkkk *droolz =)~ * i wonder if his new album is any good tho... altho i appreciate ppl trying new things i thought his old style was quite good... n with this new style....not sure abt the last song he made
