Miriam Yeung: Redo song record not because of off-tune

It was reported that when Miriam Yeung sang the high notes (this line of the lyrics: "Talks about friendship more and more") to her new song "飲酒思源" she sounded like she went off-tune. To avoid damaging her Pop Queen status, Miriam demanded to take back the song and record it again. Yesterday Miriam attended the RTHK series "毒戒" press conference and denied that she wanted to record the song again due to being off-tune. However, she does admit that her voice suddenly became sharper and felt that the emotions could be expressed better, so it would be best to record the song again.

When asked about wanting to record her song again due to being off-tune? Miriam said: "Recording the song over again due to being off-tune is something impossible. With the current high technology, a little off-tune is not a problem, 2 seconds off can be easily fixed. The producer requested that I go that high when I sing that part of the song and that I should sound sharper. If he discovers that I went off-tune he will immediately request me to sing it again. How can an off-tune piece be released? You think the 30 people who listened to the song before its release has hearing problems? People shouldn't exaggerate so much." However, Miriam does admit she could express her emotions better and can record the song again. She said: "When I was recording, I experienced asthma issues which affected my breathing while I sang. The song released to play on the radio stations is just a demo, it cannot be placed on the actual CD. It's just like acting, when the expressions aren't done well or dialogue isn't said well, then you can NG a few more times. This is normal in music production as well." Miriam denied that she wanted to take the song back and said some people felt the first version was better, can just air the first one. Even her husband Real Ting felt that her first version was good.

Have been in the industry for many years, is this the first time she has to record a song again? Miriam denied. She said that perhaps before she wasn't popular yet, so no one bothered to talk about it. As to getting indirect criticisms from Maria Cordero ("Fei Ma"), Miriam didn't feel unhappy about it and said catching attention from seniors means that she is a valuable artist. As an artist, you must be able to accept criticisms, but she does have her own work principles. Maria said that superstars won't get off tune? She felt that every person has different personalities and a different path in the music scene, can't be that stubborn. She joked: "I am an Asian superstar with an Asian superstar personality, sorry."

Source: Mingpao
Translated by: aZnangel @ AsianEU