Mandopop diva and 1990s It Girl Faye Wong has largely retired from the spotlight, but the 55-year-old was spotted attending daughter Leah Dou’s concert in Beijing on Nov 30.

On videos posted on Chinese social media site Xiaohongshu, the famed Chinese singer can be seen holding lightsticks and waving them while seated in the audience. When Dou asked to take a photograph with the crowd, Wong shot her hands up but quickly crouched down shyly after the audience noticed her and called out her name.

Dou herself gave a shout-out to her famous mother. The 27-year-old Chinese singer-songwriter, who has been touring several Chinese cities with her Out Of The Loop concert tour, covered Wong’s song You’re Happy, So I’m Happy (1997) during her Beijing show. The tour will come to Singapore’s Marina Bay Sands on Jan 18, 2025, marking the artiste’s first performance here. Tickets range from $128 to $288.

In videos of the Beijing concert taken by fans, she said: “Beijing is my home, so it holds some special meaning,” right before covering the song.

Netizens on Chinese social media sites commented that Dou inherited her mother’s distinctively dreamy vocals. One netizen even joked that her voice is “very filial”, as it resembles her mother’s so much.

The choice of You’re Happy, So I’m Happy seems to hold a deeper meaning for the mother-daughter pair.

The song is from the first album Wong released after she gave birth to Dou and is widely regarded as a song dedicated to her daug...