Hong Kong TV host, singer and actress Josie Ho is busy making new music
As well as her upcoming vinyl releases, Ho is taking her indie band Josie and the Uni Boys on an Asian tour to celebrate their 10th anniversary
To say that Josie Ho Chiu-yi has been busy is an understatement.
The Hong Kong singer and actress is putting out new music, touring Asia and has shot a new travel show for the TLC channel.
Together with her indie rock band, Josie and the Uni Boys, Ho is releasing seven new singles on vinyl, one song at a time. She says her new music is inspired by the psycho thriller Split starring James McAvoy, about three young girls kidnapped by a man who suffers from a multiple-personality disorder. Fittingly, the first single is named Skitzo.
“I believe everyone has at least five personalities, like when you go home and face your parents, your lover, your friends, your colleagues, your boss and like, some PR friends,” Ho says. “Some people have guilt trips about having different faces, they feel like they’re two-faced, which I don’t think so. That’s why we need to put this concept out there, so when people really understand our lyrics and our music, I hope everyone feels that ‘We’re OK. We’re all OK. We’re fine’.”
Split might just be the way Ho, 42, feels about her life. The daughter of Macau casino mogul Stanley Ho, she defied her parents and refused to join the family business. Instead, she wanted to become an actress and singer.
My life: Josie Ho
In 1996, she released her first solo albums and began acting in films. However, it wasn’t until she played a prostitute in the 2003 movie Naked Ambition that critics began to take her seriously as an actress. For that performance, Ho won the best supporting actress award at the Hong Kong Film Awards. She also attempted to break into Hollywood, gaining a small part in Steven Soderbergh’s movie Contagion about the Sars epidemic, and has since appeared in a host of popular Hong Kong films including Dream Home and In the Room.
