Soft Film Video Jukebox: PixelToy

Today, I suddenly had the urge to expand the parameters of my blog a bit. Inspired by Todd's weekly blog feature "Friday's best pop song ever", I've decided to do something similar and showcase some of the Chinese pop — both old and new — that I like to listen to.

First up on the Soft Film Video Jukebox is "喘一口氣" by PixelToy, one of my favorite Hong Kong pop duos. When I visited HK a year and a half ago, I had the good fortune of catching them perform in an intimate show (most of the audience was sitting on the floor) at kubrick, one of HK's coolest bookstores. The following song from their 2005 debut album, Science of Love, is typical of the delectable and surprising pop confections cooked up by band members Shan Ho and Candy Wu.