A <em>Love Attack</em> for Chloe Wang at Schema : more than ethnic

A Love Attack for Chloe Wang

Her Chinese name means "bright and shiny," her look is reminiscent of Miley Cyrus, and her voice harkens back to the days of Britney before the meltdown, and Christina before she went dirrty. Chloe Wang is a little dynamo determined to make it big cross continentally.

Born in Chicago to a white American mother and a Chinese American father, Chloe became captivated by her Chinese roots after the Olympic spotlight shone on Beijing in 2008. Since then she has taken the Chinese pop music world by storm with English language hits such as Beautiful, and Love Attack, and has set her sights on the U.S. pop charts.

You might think that the market potential in China for a mixed race Chinese American pop star who can sing in English and Mandarin would be off the charts. But in China, where pirating music comes as naturally as breathing, artists often struggle to reap the benefits of their success. An album might sell millions of copies in the U.S., but only 150,000 copies in China, however both countries would count that as a success.

Clearly, Chloe has her work cut out for her, but she is not one to back down from a challenge. Her first ever performance was at the Zebra Music Festival in Chengdu in front of 30,000 eager fans. During that same trip to China she also filmed her first ever music video, a Mandarin version of her single Uh Oh. A native English speaker, Chloe learned the Chinese lyrics the day before the shoot! Chloe has since hired a full-time Mandarin tutor, and her apartment in Beijing is covered with vocabulary sticky-notes.

The next step in her plan for total world domination of the pop variety is a co-hosting spot on Nickelodeon's new show The Nightlife. Along with veteran actor, singer, and entertainer Nick Cannon, and up-and-comer Aaron Fresh, Chloe will be chatting up celebs and spinning tunes on this half hour made-for-teens dance party.

Check out her Chloe's undeniably adorable single in Mandarin below, and in English, but be careful because she might just steal your heart. Uh Oh!