FREE TO SING
Songbird Stefanie Sun cuts the commercial ties that bind her to the record companies and does her own thing with a big heart.
By Lim Yann Ling
NOW busy with her 11th album - her first attempt to put together one on her own - Stefanie Sun is also planning a concert next year.
The singer, who grew up in Singapore and spends a lot of time abroad these days, pauses to share her thoughts on how she celebrates the Christmas season.
“I actually like the whole retail efforts of Christmas jingles and fake snow and although I have never seen real snow, the festive mood in Orchard Road is good enough for me. Christmas is Christmas, it’s always special,” she says.
“Charitable causes are always at the back of my mind. I do hope to make another trip with World Vision in 2009 and follow up on the Sichuan earthquake’s aftermath with Mercy Relief.”
And what would be the best way for her to celebrate the season?
“The most memorable way is to celebrate with the entire extended family, which is 40 of us did once at my parent’s place. There were barbeque chicken wings, turkey, and log cake. It was a fabulous mix of traditional and local.” she says.
This year has been a milestone for Sun as she has severed most of her business ties with her record companies.
“It was a painful decision to make,” she says.
“I remember typing in an sms, ‘I am not signing it. I am going to be free.” It still sends shivers down my spine when I think of it now, but it’s good in a way,” she says of her recording contracts.
The Mandarin pop queen’s debut album Yan Zi created music history in 2000, when her signature track Cloudy day (Tian Hei Hei) became the most requested song on the airwaves.
Breaking the million -album mark in sales in 2001 with her third album, Kite, she has come a long way, but shows no sign of stopping.
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根据报章报道：孙燕姿正在忙着筹备自己的新专辑（靠自己的努力），也在2009年打算开演唱会。
在新加坡出身的燕姿，向记者表示：“我其实蛮喜欢整个零售努力（whole retail efforts)在圣诞歌曲方面和人力制造的雪。虽然我本人还没真正看过/体验自然下雪季节， 那个圣诞气氛在乌节路能满足我了。”
“圣诞节就是圣诞节， 是个特别的日子。”
”最难忘的圣诞是与家人和亲戚一同庆祝这个节日。有一次就在父母的家庆祝，全家人有40多人到来。那时候有烤鸡翅膀，火鸡和Logcake。那是结合了传统（指圣诞）和本地的风味。
燕姿也表示，它喜望在2009年能够多做些慈善活动， 例如跟进与MercyRelief合做的四川地震计划。
管与歌唱方面， 燕姿说：“我不会签合约，我己将自由了。”虽然回想起来，当初做出的决定回不寒而栗顺着自己的脊椎，但我的决定也在某方面是一件好事。
Credits: The Sunday Times, Lim Yann Ling and Yanziunlimited Forum.
