K-pop star Rain, who held his solo concert in the Taiwanese city of Kaohsiung on Feb 15, asked for 10 seconds of silence to remember Barbie Hsu, who married South Korean musician Koo Jun-yup in 2022.
Popular Taiwanese actress-host Barbie Hsu, also known as Big S, died on Feb 2 at the age of 48 from pneumonia.
In social media clips posted by concertgoers, Rain, 42, called Hsu his “sister-in-law” as Koo is like a big brother to him.
He said: “I’ve never met her before, but as a junior (in the industry) who is here in Taiwan, I think it is only basic decency to pray for them and have a moment of silence.”
“(Koo) is a senior in the industry whom I respect very much. Even though I can’t see him in person, I still want to pray for him from somewhere far away,” he added.
“Among all the people I know, he’s truly the best senior one can have, he’s a kind and upright person.”
Singer-actor Show Lo, 45, who was a co-host with the Hsu sisters on the variety programme 100% Entertainment (1997 to 2004) and also played Barbie Hsu’s love interest in the romance drama Corner With Love (2007), got emotional as well at his Feb 14 concert in Tokyo.
While performing Ai Zhuan Jiao, Corner With Love’s theme song, he looked up at the sky and held back tears. – The Straits Times/Asia News Network
