Karen Mok Celebrates 20 Years with Greatest Hits Album
With support from record companies Rock Records, Sony Entertainment, and Universal Music, Karen Mok (莫文蔚) is set to release her upcoming greatest hits album, which will be released on October 25.
The album The Age of MOKnificence <莫後年代20週年世紀典藏> consist of three CDs and a documentary DVD, which includes excerpts of Karen recording her album and other never-before-seen footage of Karen’s musical journey in the last 20 years. The album also includes Karen’s debut single “Waiting for Eyes” <這等待眼睛>, which was recorded in her first Cantonese album, Karen.
Karen recorded several new tracks for the album, including the promotional single, “Your Highness Has Arrived” <娘娘駕到>, a dance pop song that features club play elements. The song teaches that life is just like a large cosplay party – everyone is capable of being who they want to portray as long as you stay true to your own instincts.
The retrospective album also includes a photo book, which includes some of Karen’s most risqué and bold photos that she has taken over the years, emulating an earlier style that was already printed in Karen’s 2006 photo book. Some of these photos include a nude Karen wrapped around in Saran wrap. Nonetheless, Karen also shows a softer and innocent side, such as bridal photo shoots with scenic views.
To promote the album, Karen will take off on a world tour, first stopping by Shanghai’s Cultural Plaza, where she will be performing from November 8 to 10. She will then tour in Beijing, Chongqing, Shenzhen, and other Chinese cities before stopping by Taiwan next year.
Karen previously held an exhibition in Hong Kong, The Age of MOKnificence – Karen Mok 20th Anniversary Exhibition last month at a luxury shopping hall. The exhibition included props from some of Karen’s past films, stage items, and costumes that Karen had used over the years. Her wedding gown from her marriage with German husband Johannes was the main feature of the exhibition.
Sources: ntdtv.com; channelnewsasia.com
This article is written by Addy for JayneStars.com.
Nothing new, like putting the meat on market for sale. Look cheap seriously and for some reason a bit disturbing.
Yup, almost a bit like those trashy slasher films cover arts w/o the gore? ahah…creepy indeed.
Yup nothing new.
It looked like the part where Gordon Lam and Fala movie starred recently.
@Irene, I agree. The above yucky album pic reminds me of the scene from Dark Tales (article featured in Jaynestar quite some time back).
Yuk! How distasteful! IMO, she was never really a good singer.
She doesn’t have the look and she can’t sing! So she has to resolve to this cheap, trashy act to sell her album. Anyway, who buys album nowadays.
what ever happened to being “classy”?
I really wonder why this display of nudity? Distracts you from all her other achievements especially her singing. Certainly could have a lovelier photograph of Karen to show us.
This is very PETA-like.
PETA … and in plastic saran wrap? (how ecologically unfriendly.
Never like her. So so singer who managed to get some decent songs with some decent hooks. Have you seen her in concert before? What an embarrassment!
Same here.
Coupled with her vibe~attitude that she’s all that and oh so cool, when Karen’s looks are pretty distracting.
I much rather Shu-Qi anyday.
Wow, very porno. but I like.
Would luv to have Karen as a wrapped-up present, she’s absolutely delicious, yummy.
This site tend to have haters bashing her. The thing with her is you either like her or you don’t. However, you cant deny the fact that she has gotten international recgonition as one of asia’s sexiest diva and her music has gotten professional acceptance across asia. One of the top divas within the chinese community of all times and now going into the international market.
She is way better than Ziyi Zhang.
No, Sophia, I disagree. Both she and Ziyi are good. In fact, Ziyi is better.
karen is way better
Oh my gosh, that photo really creeped me outt!
remember that blood on guitar music video?
http://www.jaynestars.com/music/karen-moks-first-english-album-somewhere-i-belong/
This photo is distasteful. It reminds me of a scaled fish – ready wrapped for the freezer!!! I think Karen is a beautiful woman but this photo is certainly not appealing to the eye, sorry!
Shock tactic and nothing more.
Imagine she is in the frozen food section. How much will you pay for this rather badly packaged “meat”?
LOL!
Yet she also TRIES to portray classy cool. Yet likes the attention-getting factor too.
That’s the bit I find pretentious, and doesn’t gel.
Maybe she should let her hair loose so the above pic might appear more alluring?
I would love to see Chingmy Yau, Angela Tong, Vetonics Yip or Kate Tsui doing this.
We don’t need the Lady Gaga style going mainstream.
This picture was taken back in 1996-whe she was still a new artist in Hong Kong. She got extremley popular after going to Taiwan in the late 90’s earning her the Chinese Diva title. In the showbiz for 20 years-amazing sucess. Its understandable why she has gotten all the fame and regonition for those who really listne and reflect on her music(especially her recent ones where she composed all of her songs).
Back in the 90s in hk, these pics will get censored which is wy it never got exposed until today. This was part of her second cantonese album photoshoot. Karne did something that no other female artist in Hong kong will do. Her courage to challenge mainstream and try new things is what got her the sucess that she has today.
well said
u mean not pretty enough? and trying best to get attention? remember in an interview, one of her male close friend actor said karen is ‘a man living in a woman’s body’
Very bold photo…. I like it
Kudos to her, I’ve never listened to any of her music before but at least the picture grabbed all the haters attention.
To me, she seems to have accomplished a lot in life. A career driven woman much like the article from Michelle Ye.
She’s very talented, educated and different from the usual cookie-cutter cuties. But the saran-wrap stuff is too kinky for my taste.
She doesn’t act it. She’s never contradicted Zhu Yun’s claim that she walked in on her with Chow Seng Chee during the filming of Monkey King – that is HIGHLY gross.
AGREE! That’s the bit I find pretentious and totally NOT cool. The Athena Zhu-yan/Stephen Chow.
It doesn’t matter who was a dick … don’t be a participant.
I didn’t mind Karen Mok before. After that, her ‘cool act, trying to be indiviudalistic and different’ took on a whole new meaning and description in my books.
There’re just unwritten laws in sistahood there are NOT cool to break.
Didn’t like her at all in Du La-La Story either – sorry but I had the vibe that was close to Karen the go-getter herself.
AGREE! That’s the bit I find pretentious and totally NOT cool. The Athena Zhu-yan/Stephen Chow thingy.
It doesn’t matter who was a **** … don’t be a participant.
I didn’t mind Karen Mok before. After that, her ‘cool act, trying to be individualistic and different’ took on a whole new meaning and description in my books.
There’re just unwritten laws in sistahood that are NOT cool to break.
Didn’t like her at all in Du La-La Story either – sorry but I had the vibe that was close to Karen the go-getter herself.
damn, she’s fugly!!!
The photo looks a bit SM to me.