9m88
{{short description|Taiwanese-raised New York-based musician (born 1990)}}
{{Infobox musical artist
| name = 9m88
| birth_date = {{birth-date and age|November 20, 1990}}
| years_active = 2017-present
| website = {{URL|https://9m88.co}}
| genre = {{hlist|Jazz|R&B|hip hop|pop}}
| birth_place = Taipei, Taiwan
| occupation = {{hlist|Singer|songwriter|actress}}
| image = 9m88 2019大港開唱 resized.jpg
| label = Jazz Baby Ltd.
| caption = 9m88 at 2019 Megaport Music Festival
}}
Joanne Tang Yu-chi (born November 20, 1990), better known by her stage name 9m88, is a Taiwanese singer, songwriter, and actress.
Biography
9m88 was born in 1990. She majored in fashion design at Shih Chien University.{{Cite web|url=https://www.cw.com.tw/article/article.action?id=5095299|title=9m88的韌性音樂之旅：尋找自己的過程很長，你需要的不過是耐心｜天下雜誌|website=天下雜誌|access-date=2020-03-06}} At age 25, she went to The New School for Jazz and Contemporary Music.{{Cite web|url=https://www.jianshu.com/p/2b2c4d0894ec|title=9m88：有时候自嘲一下，什么事都难不倒你|website=简书|language=en|access-date=2020-04-04}}{{Cite web|url=https://meet.eslite.com/tw/tc/article/201904220003|title=9m88的韌性音樂之旅：尋找自己的過程很長，你需要的不過是耐心 - 迷誠品|website=meet.eslite.com|language=zh|access-date=2020-04-04}} 9m88 released her debut album “Beyond Mediocrity” {{Cite web|url=https://taiwanbeats.tw/archives/10969|title=9m88 Interview on Beyond Mediocrity, Her Style, and Musical Influences|date=2019-11-26|website=Taiwan Beats|language=zh-TW|access-date=2020-04-04}} independently in August 2019.{{Cite web|url=https://9m88.co/|title=9m88 - Official Website|website=9m88.co|access-date=2020-03-06}} In October 2021, 9m88 performed with the Cloud Gate Dance Theater.{{cite news |last1=Chao |first1=Ching-yu |last2=Liu |first2=Kay |title=Cloud Gate Dance Theatre performs '13 Tongues' in Taitung rice field |url=https://focustaiwan.tw/culture/202110300009 |access-date=1 November 2021 |agency=Central News Agency |date=30 October 2021}}
Music style
After arriving in New York as a Jazz voice major, she has broadened her interest in various genres of music, including Jazz, R&B, Pop, and Free Improvisation.{{Cite web|url=https://www.buzzfeed.com/sarahhan/9m88-cifika-rising-asian-artists-interview|title=Meet The Women Changing The Asian Music Scene For The Better|last=Han|first=Sarah|website=BuzzFeed|date=9 December 2018 |language=en|access-date=2020-04-04}} Baba is also known for infusing her music with vivid and retro visuals. Her lyrics usually deal with personal bitter-sweet stories{{Cite web|url=http://thefemin.com/2020/02/interview-9m88/|title=「不做自己，我到底要做什麼。」── 專訪 9m88|date=2020-02-28|website=The Femin|language=en-US|access-date=2020-04-04}} on a daily basis. The release of her 7-inch vinyl “Nine Head Hinano”,{{Cite web|url=https://www.hk01.com/扭耳仔/251395/九頭身日奈-同-9m88-半小時skype-沒想過成為vaporwave代名詞|title=【九頭身日奈】同 9m88 半小時Skype：沒想過成為vaporwave代名詞|last=宋燁文|first=熊文浩|date=2018-10-26|website=香港01|language=zh-HK|access-date=2020-04-04}} including a cover of City Pop classic “Plastic Love”,{{Cite web|url=https://popbee.com/celebrities/celebrities-news/9m88-plastic-love-mv/|title=令人沈醉的台灣靈魂女伶 9m88 翻唱作《Plastic Love》MV 釋出|website=POPBEE|language=zh-TW|access-date=2020-04-04}} has helped her increase followers over the world.{{citation needed|date=February 2023}}
Activism
9m88 recorded a track for the album T-POP: No Fear In Love, a compilation album celebrating the one-year anniversary of the legalization of same-sex marriage in Taiwan, with others including Enno Cheng.{{cite news|url=https://www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/2020/05/25/2003737004|title=Equality campaign marks same-sex law anniversary|date=May 25, 2020|access-date=May 29, 2020|first=Sherry|last=Hsiao|work=Taipei Times}}
Discography
= Studio albums =
| class="wikitable"
|+ Beyond Mediocrity (2019) !Track No. !Track Name !Length |
| 1
|Intro - She Is |0:36 |
| 2
|Beyond Mediocrity (平庸之上) |3:47 |
| 3
|Airplane Mode (feat. Leo Wang) (最高品質靜悄悄) |3:23 |
| 4
|Aim High |3:44 |
| 5
|Waste of Time (浪費時間) |4:14 |
| 6
|Leftlovers (廚餘戀人) |3:49 |
| 7
|Love Rain (愛情雨) |3:08 |
| 8
|Nine Head Hinano (九頭身日奈) |3:54 |
| 9
|Inner |1:44 |
| 10
|If I Could ( 如果可以) |4:24 |
= Singles/Collaborative Singles =
- Weekends With You - Leo Wang (ft. 9m88) (2016)
- Air Doll (2017)
- Walking Towards Me (feat. 馬念先) (2019){{Cite web|url=https://www.vogue.com.tw/culture/content-45738|title=馬念先&9m88〈你朝我的方向走來〉，無厘頭MV 拍了12小時才搞定|website=VOGUE TAIWAN|date=18 February 2019 |language=zh-TW|access-date=2020-04-04}}
- B.O. - ØZI (ft. 9m88) (2018)
- Everybody Woohoo - Wu Tsing-fong (ft. 9m88) (2018)
- 為i篩檢 (2019)
- Aim High (2019)
- Hello Bye Bye (2020)
- Strange Weather - 9m88 & [https://www.instagram.com/y3loooooo/ YELLOW] (2020)
- Stay a While - TOSHIKI HAYASHI(%C) (ft. 9m88) (2020)
- Shadow - Elephant Gym (feat. 9m88) (2022)
= Television =
- Light the Night (2021)
Awards
2018 ELLE Taiwan Elle Style Awards - ‘The Most Stylish Future Star’
Tour
29 February 2020 - New Taipei City{{Cite web|url=https://www.taiwannews.com.tw/en/news/3800005|title=Chill Out music festival brings top acts to G...|website=Taiwan News|date=21 October 2019 |access-date=2020-04-04}}
8 April 2020 - Santa Cruz, California{{Cite web|url=https://www.songkick.com/artists/9649914-9m88|title=9m88|website=Songkick|language=en|access-date=2020-04-04}}
References
{{Reflist}}
External links
- {{Official website|https://9m88.co/|9m88.co}}
- {{Discogs artist|6193727-9m88}}
- {{Facebook|9m88baba}}
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{{Commons}}
Category:21st-century Taiwanese actresses
Category:21st-century Taiwanese singers
Category:21st-century Taiwanese women singers
Category:Musicians from Taipei
Category:Shih Chien University alumni
Category:Taiwanese expatriates in the United States