{{short description|Taiwanese-raised New York-based musician (born 1990)}} {{Infobox musical artist | name = 9m88 | birth_date = {{birth-date and age|November 20, 1990}} | years_active = 2017-present | website = {{URL|https://9m88.co}} | genre = {{hlist|Jazz|R&B|hip hop|pop}} | birth_place = Taipei, Taiwan | occupation = {{hlist|Singer|songwriter|actress}} | image = 9m88 2019大港開唱 resized.jpg | label = Jazz Baby Ltd. | caption = 9m88 at 2019 Megaport Music Festival }}
'''Joanne Tang Yu-chi''' ({{zh|t=湯毓綺|p=Tāng Yùqǐ}}; born November 20, 1990), better known by her stage name '''9m88''', is a Taiwanese singer, songwriter, and actress.
== Biography == 9m88 was born in 1990. She majored in fashion design at Shih Chien University.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.cw.com.tw/article/article.action?id=5095299|title=9m88的韌性音樂之旅：尋找自己的過程很長，你需要的不過是耐心｜天下雜誌|website=天下雜誌|access-date=2020-03-06}}</ref> At age 25, she went to The New School for Jazz and Contemporary Music.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.jianshu.com/p/2b2c4d0894ec|title=9m88：有时候自嘲一下，什么事都难不倒你|website=简书|language=en|access-date=2020-04-04|archive-date=2020-09-16|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200916042441/https://www.jianshu.com/p/2b2c4d0894ec|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://meet.eslite.com/tw/tc/article/201904220003|title=9m88的韌性音樂之旅：尋找自己的過程很長，你需要的不過是耐心 - 迷誠品|website=meet.eslite.com|language=zh|access-date=2020-04-04}}</ref> 9m88 released her debut album “Beyond Mediocrity” <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://taiwanbeats.tw/archives/10969|title=9m88 Interview on Beyond Mediocrity, Her Style, and Musical Influences|date=2019-11-26|website=Taiwan Beats|language=zh-TW|access-date=2020-04-04|archive-date=2020-09-16|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200916055824/https://taiwanbeats.tw/archives/10969|url-status=live}}</ref> independently in August 2019.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://9m88.co/|title=9m88 - Official Website|website=9m88.co|access-date=2020-03-06}}</ref> In October 2021, 9m88 performed with the Cloud Gate Dance Theater.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Chao |first1=Ching-yu |last2=Liu |first2=Kay |title=Cloud Gate Dance Theatre performs '13 Tongues' in Taitung rice field |url=https://focustaiwan.tw/culture/202110300009 |access-date=1 November 2021 |agency=Central News Agency |date=30 October 2021 |archive-date=1 November 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211101134324/https://focustaiwan.tw/culture/202110300009 |url-status=live }}</ref>
== Music style == After arriving in New York as a Jazz voice major, she has broadened her interest in various genres of music, including Jazz, R&B, Pop, and Free Improvisation.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.buzzfeed.com/sarahhan/9m88-cifika-rising-asian-artists-interview|title=Meet The Women Changing The Asian Music Scene For The Better|last=Han|first=Sarah|website=BuzzFeed|date=9 December 2018|language=en|access-date=2020-04-04|archive-date=2020-03-10|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200310032003/https://www.buzzfeed.com/sarahhan/9m88-cifika-rising-asian-artists-interview|url-status=live}}</ref> Baba is also known for infusing her music with vivid and retro visuals. Her lyrics usually deal with personal bitter-sweet stories<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://thefemin.com/2020/02/interview-9m88/|title=「不做自己，我到底要做什麼。」── 專訪 9m88|date=2020-02-28|website=The Femin|language=en-US|access-date=2020-04-04}}</ref> on a daily basis. The release of her 7-inch vinyl “Nine Head Hinano”,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.hk01.com/%E6%89%AD%E8%80%B3%E4%BB%94/251395/%E4%B9%9D%E9%A0%AD%E8%BA%AB%E6%97%A5%E5%A5%88-%E5%90%8C-9m88-%E5%8D%8A%E5%B0%8F%E6%99%82skype-%E6%B2%92%E6%83%B3%E9%81%8E%E6%88%90%E7%82%BAvaporwave%E4%BB%A3%E5%90%8D%E8%A9%9E|title=【九頭身日奈】同 9m88 半小時Skype：沒想過成為vaporwave代名詞|last=宋燁文|first=熊文浩|date=2018-10-26|website=香港01|language=zh-HK|access-date=2020-04-04|archive-date=2020-08-11|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200811151302/https://www.hk01.com/%E6%89%AD%E8%80%B3%E4%BB%94/251395/%E4%B9%9D%E9%A0%AD%E8%BA%AB%E6%97%A5%E5%A5%88-%E5%90%8C-9m88-%E5%8D%8A%E5%B0%8F%E6%99%82skype-%E6%B2%92%E6%83%B3%E9%81%8E%E6%88%90%E7%82%BAvaporwave%E4%BB%A3%E5%90%8D%E8%A9%9E|url-status=live}}</ref> including a cover of City Pop classic “Plastic Love”,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://popbee.com/celebrities/celebrities-news/9m88-plastic-love-mv/|title=令人沈醉的台灣靈魂女伶 9m88 翻唱作《Plastic Love》MV 釋出|website=POPBEE|language=zh-TW|access-date=2020-04-04|archive-date=2020-09-16|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200916033009/https://popbee.com/celebrities/celebrities-news/9m88-plastic-love-mv/|url-status=live}}</ref> has helped her increase followers over the world.{{citation needed|date=February 2023}}
== Activism ==
9m88 recorded a track for the album ''T-POP: No Fear In Love'', a compilation album celebrating the one-year anniversary of the legalization of same-sex marriage in Taiwan, with others including Enno Cheng.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/2020/05/25/2003737004|title=Equality campaign marks same-sex law anniversary|date=May 25, 2020|access-date=May 29, 2020|first=Sherry|last=Hsiao|work=Taipei Times}}</ref>
== Discography ==
=== Studio albums === {| class="wikitable" |+ Beyond Mediocrity (2019) !Track No. !Track name !Length |- |1 |Intro - She Is |0:36 |- |2 |Beyond Mediocrity (平庸之上) |3:47 |- |3 |Airplane Mode (feat. Leo Wang) (最高品質靜悄悄) |3:23 |- |4 |Aim High |3:44 |- |5 |Waste of Time (浪費時間) |4:14 |- |6 |Leftlovers (廚餘戀人) |3:49 |- |7 |Love Rain (愛情雨) |3:08 |- |8 |Nine Head Hinano (九頭身日奈) |3:54 |- |9 |Inner |1:44 |- |10 |If I Could (如果可以) |4:24 |}
=== Singles/Collaborative Singles === * Weekends With You - Leo Wang (ft. 9m88) (2016) * Air Doll (2017) * Walking Towards Me (feat. 馬念先) (2019)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.vogue.com.tw/culture/content-45738|title=馬念先&9m88〈你朝我的方向走來〉，無厘頭MV 拍了12小時才搞定|website=VOGUE TAIWAN|date=18 February 2019 |language=zh-TW|access-date=2020-04-04}}</ref> * B.O. - ØZI (ft. 9m88) (2018) * Everybody Woohoo - Wu Tsing-fong (ft. 9m88) (2018) * 為i篩檢 (2019) * Aim High (2019) * Hello Bye Bye (2020) * Strange Weather - 9m88 & [https://www.instagram.com/y3loooooo/ YELLOW] (2020) * Stay a While - TOSHIKI HAYASHI(%C) (ft. 9m88) (2020) * Shadow - Elephant Gym (feat. 9m88) (2022) * Kitchen - Penthouse (feat. 9m88) (2024)
=== Film ===
* ''I Missed You'' (2021) * ''Tales of Taipei'' (2024) * ''A Foggy Tale'' (2025) * ''Girl'' (2025)
=== Television === *''Light the Night'' (2021)
== Awards == 2018 ELLE Taiwan Elle Style Awards - ‘The Most Stylish Future Star’ <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.elle.com/tw/entertainment/voice/g19624291/esa-2018-rising-star-9m88/|title=【ELLE風格大賞】9m88 迷幻歌聲下的另一面：我的個性有點像金凱瑞，有時會有點憤怒、過分認真|last=Chou|first=Inna|date=2018-10-18|website=ELLE|language=zh-TW|access-date=2020-04-04|archive-date=2020-08-28|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200828052440/https://www.elle.com/tw/entertainment/voice/g19624291/esa-2018-rising-star-9m88/|url-status=live}}</ref>
== Tour == 29 February 2020 - New Taipei City<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.taiwannews.com.tw/en/news/3800005|title=Chill Out music festival brings top acts to G...|website=Taiwan News|date=21 October 2019|access-date=2020-04-04|archive-date=2019-10-21|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191021222255/https://www.taiwannews.com.tw/en/news/3800005|url-status=live}}</ref> <br />8 April 2020 - Santa Cruz, California<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.songkick.com/artists/9649914-9m88|title=9m88|website=Songkick|language=en|access-date=2020-04-04}}</ref>
== References == {{Reflist}}
== External links == * {{Official website|https://9m88.co/|9m88.co}} * {{Discogs artist|6193727-9m88}} * {{Facebook|9m88baba}}
{{Authority control}} {{Commons}} Category:1990 births Category:21st-century Taiwanese actresses Category:21st-century Taiwanese women singers Category:Living people Category:Musicians from Taipei Category:Shih Chien University alumni Category:Taiwanese expatriates in the United States Category:Taiwanese pop musicians Category:Women jazz singers