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After Tata, it's Coco
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Coco Lee is yet another singer to borrow from India and she hopes to come calling here during her international tour
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DESI LOVE Coco Lee
Tata Young came, created a buzz and went. Little did she know she had created a platform in India for international music artistes from China and Japan.
Close on the heels of the girl who sang "Dhoom Dhoom" with an accent that came out as `Doom Doom', comes another singer from the Pacific Rim, who hopes to claim her portion of fame from Indian listeners.
Coco Lee has included a desi remix version of a song called "No Doubt" from her second all-English album, Exposed, by collaborating with Blaaze, who has worked with A. R. Rahman, and is part of a band called Zambezi Funk.
The track, according to Coco, gives "a very energetic Indian vibe to an English song".
She says: "My connection with Indian culture goes back to my childhood, when I learned a couple of Indian dance forms, which even today remain the inspiration for my videos."
She adds: "The independent, yet responsible culture of Indians, has always amazed me. I have made sure I do a stopover in India during my next tour programme."
Talking about how Exposed is different from her previous albums, Coco says: "I took more than two-and-a half years working on Exposed. I have matured both as an artiste and as a person in the meantime. My previous album spoke the language of a carefree teenager, but this one talks of broken relationships, and other personal facets of my life based on true experiences.
"The track `Step In' is my salute to all the fans, who have supported me and waited patiently for my album.
The songs talk about the energy and happiness I derive having them around me. I am wherever they are."
Coco's previous albums have mostly been in Chinese and having established a considerable fan-base across Asia, she plans to extend her music to listeners in the Indian subcontinent.
Her performance at the 2001 Oscars of the theme song from Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon called "A Love Before Time" impressed critics worldwide and in about a year's time, her albums began selling like hot cakes across the U.S.
Coco's collaboration with Blaaze seems to impress disc jockeys across the country who have been spinning the track on the turntables.
Let's hope Exposed impresses Indian listeners enough for them to accept her as the new "Dhoom" girl.
A. VISHNU
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