Reflections of Taiwan...

So… I’ve been back in the UK for a couple of weeks now, after my trip to Taiwan to perform at the Hennessy Artistry event in Taipei, so I thought I’d say hi!

Taiwan…WOW, what a place!

Before the trip I’d only been to the Far East once before (on a trip to Hong Kong to see my management team at We-Enhance) and while HK took me a little while to adjust to, there was something immediately familiar and likeable about Taiwan, and Taipei in particular! The people were some of the nicest and most polite I have ever met and the city itself was immaculately clean and A LOT of fun… I can’t wait to come back and hopefully it will be sooner rather than later!

While doing some promo for my album release, I met some amazing people at ICRT FM and also at Hit FM. The DJs and staff welcomed me like an old friend and I had great fun being interviewed and performing acoustically on the various shows. Again, I can’t wait to go back and see everyone on my next visit.

The Hennessy Artistry show was in one word…AWESOME! I’m not going to lie to you, but in the weeks running up to the event, I had really started to feel the pressure and weight of expectation on me (a fact that I’m sure my manager, Hans, would attest to!)

Let me explain… around ten days before jetting out to Taiwan, I was told that I would be performing a duet with the amazingly talented Jolin Tsai… as if that wasn’t pressure enough, I was told that I would have to sing the choruses in Mandarin! So, along with all the other rehearsals I was doing, I set about learning the Mandarin lyrics.

In the end though, as with most things in life that seem daunting, the performance went well and for those of you who were at the show, or have seen the You Tube footage, I think I just about got away with it! Let me know if you thought of it?

It also got me thinking about doing some more duets with Asian artists… perhaps a duet on a version of "I Love You" with David Tao would work, or maybe a new song with Joanna Wang. Maybe even a studio duet with Jolin would be fun! All of these are duets I’d be happy to be a part of!

Since I’ve been back in the UK I’ve been busy in the studio writing new songs and working on a few different things, which hopefully you’ll get to hear in the coming months!

Anyway, I’ve talked for long enough, I just wanted to say again, thanks to everyone I met in Taiwan and I can’t wait to come back and see you all!

Stew