Sorry girls, I'm too busy for love (2007/02/10 The Electric New Paper)
Sorry girls, I'm too busy for love
Former F4 singer wants to earn money to take care of family first
By Chang May Choon, The Electric New Paper, Singapore
February 10, 2007
LOVE has no place in Vanness Wu's life right now.
'I hang out with friends, both guys and girls, but I make it a point to not focus my energies on relationships,' the US-born singer-actor said over the
phone.
'I have to take care of my family and work, so even if I meet girls I'm interested in or fond of, I won't pursue them. I will just keep them as platonic
friends.'
The former member of Taiwanese boy band F4, who ended a two-year relationship with Taiwanese singer Vivian Hsu in 2005, has big career plans lined up this year.
Vanness, who was in threegigs in Tokyo last July, will hold a solo concert in Genting Highlands on 3Mar.
Speaking from Malaysia's casino resort last week, the friendly singer said his show will be a 'big party' filled with 'energy and fun'.
When asked about recent media reports suggesting an F4 reunion drama and a China serial co-starring Korean actress Park Ji Yoon, the 29-year-old singer said that nothing was confirmed yet. (this reporter typed it wrong, should be 28 years old)
What's certain is that he has finished his long-awaited second solo album, set for release thisyear.
His debut R&B album, Body Will Sing, was released in 2002. Last year, he released Scandal, a Mandarin-English-Korean collaboration with
K-pop star Kangta.
Vanness said his new album is like a music diary of his life.
Born and raised in Los Angeles, he moved to Taipei to make his acting debut in the popular drama Meteor Garden in 2001. After that, he pursued a solo
career in singing and appeared in movies like Star Runner, Dragon Squad.
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He is the executive producer for the album, in which he teams up with Machi member Nicky Lee, whom he describes as a 'great friend'. Nicky will be his guest star at the Malaysian concert.
Vanness hopes to visit Singapore to promote his new album and to meet his faithful fans again. He was last here in2003.
Vanness said that his
Singapore fans have been asking when he will visit, but his work schedule has kept him away.
He joked: 'I blame my company. Please don't hate me. I'll be there soon.'
After his Genting concert, Vanness will work on his two movie roles, one of which is a cameo that he hopes will let him show off some of the Shaolin
gongfu skills he mastered in 2004.
The other role is in a comedy action film written by his buddy Jimmy Hung, the son of Hong Kong action star Sammo Hung.
'I'm going to act in it and (Jimmy) can direct it. He's got great vision. Sammo can act in it too.'
When it comes to collaborations, Vanness dreams of uniting Asian musicians to take on the world.
He did the duet Hip Hop Tonight with Hong Kong-born songbird Coco Lee last year and said he would like to work with Japan's Ayumi Hamasaki and
Korea's BoA and Lee Hyo Lee.
'It's not about the Korean Wave or the Taiwan Wave, it's about coming together and representing Asia as awhole,' he said.
His goal: To provide for his family in Los Angeles - his parents, two older sisters, older stepbrother, younger half-brother and two younger half-sisters.
(I got confused. I think the reporter made a mistake here. VanNess have only 2 older sisters, a younger half-brother and a younger half-sister)
Vanness, who spent Christmas with them last year, said: 'I want to take care of them and let them live more comfortably.'
