City-state election hits a high note – or not

A curious election campaign trend has emerged in Singapore as the country gears up for its May 3 poll: candidates showca­sing their musical chops, or lack of talent, on social media clips.

The displays of musical talent range from clips of opposition star candidate Harpreet Singh playing the saxophone for local broadsheet The Straits Times, to others beatboxing and belting out songs in dialect or giving an awkward rendition of the earworm APT song by Rose and Bruno Mars.