Your ex signs you up for a singing contest you can't win—unless the King of Karaoke saves you.
Chu Wai Tak (Anita Mui), a timid and shy office lady, is embarrassed by her ex-boyfriend by enrolling her in a singing contest. Tak is in trouble as she can't sing when someone else is round. She asks King (Dayo Wong) a Karaoke fanatic, to train her and make her confident in performing in front of others. The time is coming, King decides to give Tak the final "confidence boost" session... Anita Mui must overcome stage fright by learning from the “King of Karaoke” in this musically-inclined comedy.
Acting
Anita Mui's genuine vulnerability sells every cringe moment.
Direction
Matt Chow makes karaoke booths feel like sacred spaces.
Writing
Dayo Wong's Cantonese wordplay that barely translates.
Director
Matt Chow Hoi-Kwong
Anita Mui Yim-Fong
Chu Wai Tak
Dayo Wong Chi-Wah
King Wong
Benz Hui Siu-Hung
Stephen
Wong Yat-Fei
Siu Sai Wan Andy Lau
Chapman To Man-Chat
Karaoke contest security
Kristal Tin Yui-Nei
Kika Kwok
Vincci Cheuk Wan-Chi
Yau Tong Elva Siu
Chin Ka-Lok
Tim
Hau Woon-Ling
Passerby frightened by Tak's stare
Andy Tsang Tak-Wah
Ricky
Poon An-Ying
Karaoke Toilet Lady
Matt Chow Hoi-Kwong
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Hong Kong's karaoke culture in the 90s was genuinely competitive—private rooms were social battlegrounds, not just drunk fun.
Anita Mui was already Hong Kong's 'Daughter of Hong Kong'—casting her as a nobody who can't perform was deliberate irony.
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