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Ariel Tsai
[edit]Ariel Tsai | |||||||
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| Born | Ariel Pey-Shiuan Tsai January 23, 1995 | ||||||
| Nationality | Taiwanese, Canadian | ||||||
| Alma mater | University of British Columbia | ||||||
| Occupation | Singer-songwriter | ||||||
| Years active | 2015 - present | ||||||
| Agent | SuperMedia | ||||||
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| Traditional Chinese | 蔡佩軒 | ||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 蔡佩轩 | ||||||
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| Instrument(s) | Keyboard, guitar | ||||||
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| Website | arieltsai | ||||||
Ariel Pey-Shiuan Tsai (simplified Chinese: 蔡佩轩; traditional Chinese: 蔡佩軒; pinyin: Cài Pèixuān, born January 23, 1995) is a Taiwanese-Canadian singer-songwriter.
Early life and education
[edit]Tsai was born in Taipei, Taiwan, and is the older of two children. She has a younger brother, Kelvin. She moved to Canada with her family when she was three, moved back to Taiwan at 9 and returned to Richmond, Canada at 10. At the age of 5, she learned to play the piano and taught herself to write songs around then. At the age of 14, she wrote her first complete song, "Every Time I Think Of You".
Tsai studied in the University of British Columbia, in which she majored in pharmacy, was a member of Kappa Alpha Theta and co-founded Big Brothers at UBC.[1] She graduated from UBC in 2018.
Career
[edit]Tsai started uploading videos of herself singing in April 2015, and received nearly 10,000 views within a day. She was then invited by Meipai to start a channel as an artist. Her second video attracted over 715,000 views. In October 2015, she was invited by the Chinese Students and Scholars Associations to compose the theme song for their annual singing contest, and appeared as a special guest during its finale.[1]
Since 2016, Tsai has been uploading livestreaming on her Facebook page, in which she showcased her singing and piano playing skills by covering popular songs during each broadcast. Each livestream episode had an average of 100 to 200 thousand views.
In 2017, Tsai received greater attention when her cover of Kim's "Nini" received more than 1.8 million views on YouTube within two weeks. Her covers of other popular songs on YouTube, such as Jay Chou's "Love Confession" and Namewee's "Stranger in the North" had similarly went viral.[2][3] On September 26, 2017, she released her first single, "You Said You Love Me", the first single off her debut EP, "遇見Ariel". Her second single off the EP, "The Vow", was released on October 24. The EP was released at the end of November 2017.[4]
On February 23, 2018, Tsai released "Because We Loved", which was used to promote Bowie Lau's movie "Jue Zhan Qian Wang". On March 14, she released her single, "Waiting For You". Her single, "To Youth", was released on May 8. In August 2018, Tsai moved back to Taiwan in order to focus on her music career, and held a concert at Legacy Taipei on August 19.
Tsai continued to release more original singles through the course of 2018-2019, including "Blessings", "Every Time I Think Of You" and "Starry Night". On March 2, 2019, she headlined the first Marina Bay Sands' Open Stage of 2019 in Singapore.[5]
Discography
[edit]Extended plays
[edit]- 遇見Ariel (2017)
Singles
[edit]| Year | Title | Album | Label |
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| 2017 | Nini 妮妮 (Kim cover) | Non-album single | Independent |
| You Said You Love Me 你說你愛我 | 遇見Ariel | JSJ International Entertainment | |
| The Vow 宣言 | |||
| 無可取代You You You (with MC Han) | Non-album single | Uptown Entertainment | |
| 2018 | Waiting For You 為了等候你 | SuperMedia | |
| Because We Loved 因為曾經愛過 | JSJ International Entertainment | ||
| To Youth 青春有你 | Super Media | ||
| Blessings 禮物 | |||
| Every Time I Think Of You 每一次想你 | 可瑞思國際娛樂 | ||
| 2019 | Starry Night 星宿 | ||
| Transient Love 錯過 | |||
| Heartbeat 心跳 | JMS | ||
| Awake 清醒 | Fiery Star Entertainment | ||
| Till the Morning 跳舞到天明 (feat. Kurt Hugo Schneider) | Ascents Media Entertainment | ||
| 2020 | CHEERIO | Sony Music Taiwan |
References
[edit]- ^ a b Huang, Vicky (28 October 2015). "Pharmacy student Ariel Tsai launches her Mandopop career". The Ubyssey. Retrieved 11 July 2018.
- ^ Jihao, Luo (23 March 2017). "创作歌手蔡佩轩翻唱《演员》 网友：觉得被疗癒了！". 中时电子报 有影 (in Chinese (China)). Retrieved 11 July 2018.
- ^ "影／雞皮疙瘩！蔡佩軒感動翻唱「漂向北方」 美聲重新詮釋 | 音樂 | 三立新聞網 SETN.COM". Setn.com (in Chinese). 1 April 2017. Retrieved 13 July 2018.
- ^ RainChild (29 November 2018). "【音乐】「欢迎回到... 遇見 Ariel！ 」新一代创作歌手——【Ariel 蔡佩轩】从翻唱到出属于自己的EP和原创曲了！ - GOODY". www.goody25.com (in Chinese). Retrieved 13 July 2018.
- ^ Singh, Surej (28 February 2019). ""The darker the night gets, the brighter the stars shine": An interview with Ariel Tsai". Bandwagon. Retrieved 27 March 2019.
External links
[edit]- LMX97/sandbox's channel on YouTube
- LMX97/sandbox on Facebook
- LMX97/sandbox on Instagram
- LMX97/sandbox on Weibo (in Chinese)