# 9m88
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{{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](/source/Jazz)|[R&B](/source/Rhythm_and_blues)|[hip hop](/source/Hip_hop_music)|[pop](/source/Pop_music)}}
| birth_place = [Taipei](/source/Taipei), [Taiwan](/source/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](/source/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](/source/Taiwanese_people) singer, songwriter, and actress.
== Biography ==
9m88 was born in 1990. She majored in fashion design at [Shih Chien University](/source/Shih_Chien_University).[{{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}}] At age 25, she went to The New School for Jazz and Contemporary Music.[{{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}}][{{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}}] 9m88 released her debut album “Beyond Mediocrity” [{{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}}] independently in August 2019.[{{Cite web|url=https://9m88.co/|title=9m88 - Official Website|website=9m88.co|access-date=2020-03-06}}] In October 2021, 9m88 performed with the [Cloud Gate Dance Theater](/source/Cloud_Gate_Dance_Theater).[{{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 }}]
== Music style ==
After arriving in New York as a Jazz voice major, she has broadened her interest in various genres of music, including [Jazz](/source/Jazz), [R&B](/source/R%26B), Pop, and Free Improvisation.[{{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}}] Baba is also known for infusing her music with vivid and retro visuals. Her lyrics usually deal with personal bitter-sweet stories[{{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}}] on a daily basis. The release of her 7-inch vinyl “Nine Head Hinano”,[{{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}}] including a cover of City Pop classic “Plastic Love”,[{{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}}] 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](/source/Same-sex_marriage_in_Taiwan), with others including [Enno Cheng](/source/Enno_Cheng).[{{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](/source/Taipei_Times)}}]
== 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](/source/%3Azh-tw%3ALeo%E7%8E%8B) (ft. 9m88) (2016)
* Air Doll (2017)
* Walking Towards Me (feat. [馬念先](/source/%E9%A6%AC%E5%BF%B5%E5%85%88)) (2019)[{{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}}]
* B.O. - [ØZI](/source/%3Azh-tw%3A%C3%98ZI) (ft. 9m88) (2018)
* Everybody Woohoo - [Wu Tsing-fong](/source/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](/source/%3Aja%3APenthouse_(%E3%83%90%E3%83%B3%E3%83%89)) (feat. 9m88) (2024)
=== Film ===
* ''I Missed You'' (2021)
* ''Tales of Taipei'' (2024)
* ''A Foggy Tale'' (2025)
* ''[Girl](/source/Girl_(2025_film))'' (2025)
=== Television ===
*''[Light the Night](/source/Light_the_Night)'' (2021)
== Awards ==
2018 ELLE Taiwan Elle Style Awards - ‘The Most Stylish Future Star’
[{{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}}]
== Tour ==
29 February 2020 - [New Taipei City](/source/New_Taipei_City)[{{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}}]
8 April 2020 - [Santa Cruz, California](/source/Santa_Cruz%2C_California)[{{Cite web|url=https://www.songkick.com/artists/9649914-9m88|title=9m88|website=Songkick|language=en|access-date=2020-04-04}}]
== References ==
{{Reflist}}
== External links ==
* {{Official website|https://9m88.co/|9m88.co}}
* {{Discogs artist|6193727-9m88}}
* {{Facebook|9m88baba}}
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{{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
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