The "V" that is Van Ness

V, the initial letter for a whole lot of adjectives -- versatile, vogue, vivacious, vehement -- or collectively, could simply mean VAN NESS.

I just listened to his latest Japanese album "V" and Van Ness Wu never fails to amaze.   Apparently, some tracks in the album were previously released as singles, but this is the first time I've heard all of them.  I had to look for translations for the purely Japanese and Japanese-English tracks and luckily, there were some on the net; and I must say, the songs are truly inspiring & beautifully-written... comes from the heart.

My favorites are No More Tears, which is about a person getting to a point in his life where his dreams are within reach and there is no turning back, no matter what happens; Better, a man's song for the most important woman in his life, asking her to hold on and never let him go; and Love Will Come, written by Van Ness himself.

No More Tears



Better




Incidentally, he also did another TV drama entitled Material Queen which was aired in Taiwan last June 17.  The theme song for the said drama, Is This All,  is also the title track of his new Mandarin album after a 3-year hiatus, C'est La "V".




The first two episodes were bereft of the usual plethora of emotions present in most TV dramas and are actually quite funny (which is good! i know, i know, that's why they're called dramas in the first place but, oh well!).  It's somewhat different from Autumn's Concerto, the previous one he did.  Here's a sneak peak of what to expect from this new drama...




Promotional photos for his Mandarin album C'est La "V"

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