Ellen Joyce Loo

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Ellen Joyce Loo ( Chinese  盧凱彤  /  卢凯彤 ; born March 27, 1986 in Toronto , Canada ; died August 5, 2018 in Hong Kong , China) was a Canadian-Hong Kong musician, singer, and songwriter. She was a co-founder of the folk-pop-rock group at17 .

youth

Loo moved to Hong Kong with her parents when she was four. Ellen Joyce Loo attended St. Paul's Convent School for girls in Hong Kong's Causeway Bay district . From the age of nine, she learned to play classical guitar from her father. When she was 14 years old, she and her older brother PJ Loo took part in the Original Music 2000 (原音 2000) music competition held by Tom Lee Music in Hong Kong. Loo and her brother finished third.

Working life

When she was 15, Loo formed the group at17 with Eman Lam and signed a contract with the music production company People Mountain People Sea.

In addition to writing songs for her own group, Loo was involved in the production and songwriting for the albums of other artists such as Kay Tse , Miriam Yeung and Sally Yeh .

Private life

Loo was diagnosed with bipolar disorder in 2013, as announced in April 2015. She came out as a lesbian at the Golden Melody Awards in Taiwan in 2017 . In 2016 she married the Taiwanese camerawoman Fisher Yu. The couple registered the marriage in Canada.

death

Loo died after falling from her home in Happy Valley, Hong Kong . The case was classified as a suicide by the police after viewing video surveillance footage. No suicide note was found.

Works

  • Lost. Escape. Rockmuiology . Youth Culture (青春 文化), Hong Kong 2006, ISBN 988-99184-0-4 (English, A collection of her photos that she took over three years with her Revue 35CC and a collection of her texts).
  • Ellen Joyce Loo: I learned the chords at 17 . People Mountain People Sea / Kubrick, Hong Kong 2005, ISBN 988-97905-7-2 (English, collection of 22 original guitar notes from at17 songs, transcribed by Loo in standard notation and guitar tables).

Web links

Commons : Ellen Joyce Loo  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Jeffie Lam: Hong Kong pop star Ellen Joyce Loo, 32, dies in fall from her Happy Valley flat. In: scmp.com. August 5, 2018, accessed November 24, 2019 .
  2. ^ Heidi Hsia: Ellen Joyce Loo touched by the public's support. In: https://www.yahoo.com/ . April 19, 2015, accessed November 24, 2019 .
  3. ↑ Derek Wong: Hong Kong pop star Ellen Joyce Loo dies in fall from building at age 32, Entertainment News & Top Stories - The Straits Times. In: straitstimes.com. August 5, 2018, accessed November 24, 2019 .
  4. ^ Daniel Villarreal: Singer Ellen Joyce Loo Came Out at the Taiwan Music Awards After Years of Hinting. In: hornet.com. July 3, 2017, accessed November 24, 2019 .
  5. ↑ Chiang Pei-ling, Shih Hsiu-chuan: Hong Kong pop star dies in fall. In: focustaiwan.tw. August 5, 2018, accessed November 24, 2019 .
  6. ↑ Charlotte Luo: Lesbian pop star's suicide stuns fans. In: thestandard.com.hk. August 6, 2018, accessed November 24, 2019 .
  7. ↑ Patrick Frater: Hong Kong Singer Ellen Loo Dies in Apparent Suicide - Variety. In: variety.com. August 5, 2018, accessed November 24, 2019 .
personal data
SURNAME Loo, Ellen Joyce
ALTERNATIVE NAMES 盧凱彤; 卢凯彤
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Canadian-Hong Kong musician, singer and songwriter
DATE OF BIRTH March 27, 1986
PLACE OF BIRTH Toronto , Canada
DATE OF DEATH 5th August 2018
Place of death Hong Kong , China