My sister is Suki crazy. Well, I was not around to watch the One in a Million singing competition. So, I did not even know who this person “Suki” was. Since my sister is one of her many fans, my sister introduced her songs to me. After listening to her debut album, I would have to agree with my sister that Suki is quite good and probably has a bright future ahead of her, assuming that she does not screw it up along the way.
One of the very first things that struck me when I first heard her album was that, this girl can really sing Malay songs (like Jaclyn Victor, not like the other Malaysian Idol winner). She has a good way of enunciating the Malay words. I have always found Malay a very lyrical language and it suits her very well in this case. According to my sister, who watched the competition each week, the judges actually said that Suki’s Malay pronunciation was better than the rest of the participants in the competition.
I can also tell that this girl has definitely got some Japanese influence. Her name is Low Soke Yee but she chose to use the name “Suki”, which is a dead giveaway. However, the Japanese influence goes much deeper and is evident on “Hidup Ini”, which was a song that she composed, wrote and sang herself. Listening to it immediately evoked a lot of J-pop images in my head. There’s nothing wrong with it of course, as it just shows her influences.
However, her English pronunciation is quite another matter totally. While not entirely bad, there is still a lot of room for improvement. She was recently awarded Malaysia’s most promising new artist and I can clearly understand why. This girl is barely out of high school and is already a rising star in the local scene.
Another thing that struck me was her image. The producers have decided that for her to sell, they have got to get rid of the innocent Chinese girl look and replace it with something much sexier and bolder. Not quite sure if that is a good or bad thing but I certainly understand the motivation behind it. It would probably help her reach a wider audience.
Anyway, here is her song “Usah”, which I think is one of her better songs in the entire album. Both Malay and English versions are found on her album and I think that the Malay one sounds better as the song was probably written for Malay lyrics – the English one sounds a little forced and padded.
http://media.imeem.com/m/NSErg7BsiT/aus=false/
This is originally a song by Stephanie Sun (another singer I like) but they wrote some new Malay lyrics for it instead.
Sybreon Ones Nought 
hahaha… guess what i know of suki! she’s from seremban, and i saw her before in many interschool singing competitions 😉
and what were you doing at those competitions? 😉
yes! i have to agree that suki will have a bright future ahead… I’m also one of her many fans and watch her on TV since her audition. She has been improving from day 1, though she was aready good defeating our very own album-artist Dayang Nurfaizah….
Well, for me, she’s ok. But there are a lot of room for improvement, especially personality.
If she can change, I bet she got bright future. Otherwise, her fate will be about the same as other Malaysian Artistes.