This is the 42nd instalment in a biweekly series profiling major Hong Kong pop culture figures of recent decades.
G.E.M. is that rare Cantopop singer who is more popular in mainland China than her native Hong Kong. The musician, whose real name is Gloria Tang Tze-kei, has certainly lived up to her stage name over the past 15 years.
Aside from songs and performances that have the ability to “get everybody moving” – her stage name was originally intended as an acronym of the phrase – she is considered a gem in mainland China, where she shot to fame in 2014 after appearing on the singing competition TV show I Am a Singer.
Today she is sometimes called “China’s Taylor Swift” because of the similarities she shares with the American pop star; they are both known for writing their own songs, often about love and romance.
Born in 1991, Tang spent her early childhood years in Shanghai before moving to Hong Kong at age four.
She was exposed to music as a young child through various family members, including her mother and grandmother, who were both singers.
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