Wing, Water, Heart!
Behold - Wing! I fucking love Wing. Having just come back from her concert on campus (and only managing to stay for half, boo!) all I can say that this woman is a pure good. She epitomises all that is grand and consistently delivered a heartwarming and passionate performance.
Having gained popularity across the Tasman with appearances on programs such as Sports Cafe and Rove Live, she only recently rose to international fame with her star role on South Park, where creators Matt Stone and Trey Parker described her as "a really sweet joke, or a really sweet not joke". And that she is; super sweet and cute.
Take for example the blurb from her website WingMusic.co.nz:
"Hi, I am Wing! I immigrated to New Zealand with my family about ten years ago from Hong Kong. I have been learning singing in New Zealand and I do performances in Rest Homes and Hospitals and occasionally promotional concerts as I go along.
I released my first CD Phantom Of The Opera and got a grant from the Manukau City Council for promotion. Then I released I Could Have Danced All Night and The Sound Of Music.
My latest CDs are called "Breathe" "Wing Sings Elvis", "Wing Sings AC/DC", "Dancing Queen by Wing", and "Beatles Classics by Wing".
I have worked hard and I hope you have all found I am improving.
Thank you for all who supports me helping me very much as I go along.
Thank you!" ~ Wing.
To get a better taste of what she's like, take a look at one of her performances on Massey Campus earlier this year here.
During her performance she waved to students, bowed when the audience burst into accolades, and clapped and smiled along with everyone! When she sung, she sometimes fell out of time and only realised this about half a minute later when her voice didn't match up with the music. She then shrunk into her shoulders and sung really quietly - SO GOD DAMN KAWAII (or xiao in this instance).
It is not that I love Wing's music, but what Wing represents - boundless effort and endless humility in the face of acerbic and often sarcastic critisism. This too is what makes people love her far beyond any "gimmick" factor, as evident by the people cheering her on time, and time, and time again.
UPDATE - WING CONTACTS RABID FAN: ME
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