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Group photo of finalists
Group photo of host Ming-Chu Chen and Wayne Huang
Group photo of finalists
Group photo of finalists
Group photo of finalists
Group photo of finalists
Group photo of finalists
Group photo of finalists
The 34th Golden Melody Awards Ceremony will take place at Taipei Arena on July 1st. To let the audience know more about this year's nominees, a special program "GMA Heat—Being Nominated is A Recognition" is produced. Having "BOUNDARYLESS" as this year's theme, the arrangement of the special program takes on a different approach than the previous years where nominees of different awards and music genres are gathered at the recording of the special to symbolize musicians going beyond various boundaries with music to conduct dialogues. The hosts of this special are this year's GMA Red Carpet hosts Ming-Chu Chen and Wayne Huang Weijin, it is hoped that they can provide the audience the opportunity to get a glimpse of the charisma of this year's nominees through interesting interviews. "GMA Hear—Being Nominated is A Recognition" will air at TTV Main Channel on June 18th @ 1-3pm, and June 25th @ 1-3pm. Please stay tuned!
A-Lin, a five-time contender for the Best Female Mandarin Singer, said as she is once again the music director of her album: "I hope to convey the sorrows and happiness of the 38-year-old A-Lin to listeners through music." The song "Blame" is a collaborative work with Eve Ai, and she is nominated for the Best Composer Award with this song. In the special, A-Lin revealed that she once though about changing the title of the song into "Anger" because Eve Ai's composition for this song is too complicated. Julia Peng, previously awarded with the Best Female Mandarin Singer, has two nominations in the Hakka music category for the first time with her Hakka album this year. She said that she hopes to elevate the exposure of Hakka songs through singing Hakka songs, and urges listeners to listen to Hakka music so to increase its popularity. Pei-Yu Hung, who previously had left the music circle for years, is the dark horse of this year's GMA as she has eight nominations with her debut album. When asked about the hard choice between Best Female Mandarin Singer and Best New Artist, Pei-Yu smiled and answered: "I prefer Best New Artist because one can only be a best new artist for one time." Abus．Tanapima, also a contender for Best New Artist, said humorously beside Pei-Yu when talking about the possibility of winning the award: "If I get it, I get it; if I don't then I don't. But I think it's still going to be me!" The two nominees are both confident about winning the award, and announce in advance that such rivalry begins at the Red Carpet.
Bamboo Chen, who has received recognition from the Golden Horse Awards and Golden Bell Awards, released a Taiwanese album. He commented on the identity switch between singer and actor: "In drama I am behind the character, whereas as a singer, I am presented as myself." He also said in the special that it only took him six months to finish writing 10 songs, such level of prolificacy impressed the host Ming-Chu Chen that she immediately asked him to compose a song for her. Enno Cheng has six nominations with her Taiwanese album "Mercury Retrograde". For Enno, creating an album in Taiwanese, a language she is not so familiar with, is a huge challenge, but she also wants to find her connection with her family through her mother tongue. "Daughters feat.Chunho" is nominated for Song of the Year and Best Composer Award, Enno Cheng said that she has long wanted to express her thoughts as a girl, and hopes that the song gives girls peace of mind. Olivia Tsao, previously awarded with the Best Female Taiwanese Singer, released her latest work "Folk Tale" after two years. The song touches upon censored music in the 60s, and it is a collaborative work of several producers invited by Olivia. Through such exploration of censored songs, Olivia had new insights on the songs, and said that "Just Falling in Love" in the album is a cute love song about how to win back the lover's heart, and through her rendition, listeners are able to learn about stories of the past.
The 34th Golden Melody Awards are set to take place at Taipei Arena on July 1st. The Red Carpet event will be broadcasted live on TTV starting at 5:00 P.M. and the Awards Ceremony will start at 7:00 P.M.. A full replay of the ceremony will also be aired on the TTV Main Channel. The ceremony will also be available on LINE TODAY, GMA's official account on LINE MUSIC, and LINE TV. The livestream on LINE TODAY will give audiences diverse viewing options through a multi-perspective livestream. In addition, the 34th Golden Melody Awards ceremony will be broadcasted on the official GMA website, the global GMA YouTube channel (excluding Taiwan), Chunghwa Telecom MOD, UFO Radio, StarHub in Singapore, Astro in Malaysia and Brunei, and more. Global audiences can enjoy the spectacular event of the 34th Golden Melody Awards through any of these platforms. The 2023 Golden Melody Festival, featuring a number of events, including Keynotes, the GMA SHOWCASE Concert, a business matching center, speed meetings, industry-academia programs, and strategic alliances, will take place from June 28th to 30th. For more information, please visit the GMA official website or follow its Facebook fan page.
