Kelly Cha went to elementary school and graduate school in the US, and high school and college in China.
Nowadays Kelly wears three hats: TV/radio host, singer-songwriter, and author.
Kelly has been hosting radio shows for the past decade, since she was in her teens. She has hosted popular shows on KAZN1300 in LA, China National Radio’s Music Radio, China Radio International's Hit FM, and more.
Kelly was the acclaimed host of “Action English’s Action DJ” in 2007, shown daily on China Central TV’s Movie Channel (CCTV-6). She is currently hosting “Midnight Mindtwister” on the popular and innovative Hunan Satellite TV Station, and “The ZhaZhaClub Show” on CRI’s Easy FM and Sina.com.
Kelly has hosted various live events and press conferences, including numerous events for Volkswagen, Nokia, Audi, Avon, McDonald’s, Seimens, Starbucks, Harley Davidson, Unilever, Sephora, Jaeger LeCoultre, Myspace, Wella, Mercedes-Benz etc..
Kelly has released several singles to date, including theme songs of TV shows, radio shows, TV dramas and events. She made her international debut in German rock legend Udo Lindenberg's album of duets DAMENWAHL, released by Warner Music in May, 2006. As the only Asian singer in the album, she appeared alongside music greats such as Joan Baez and Nina Hagen and sang the song "I Swear".
Kelly has published three books: LOOKING AT AMERICA-MEMOIRS OF A CHINESE GIRL (written in English and Chinese); MORE THAN CHORDS (in-depth interviews with the top 10 singer-songwriters in China); and HAPPINESS, a collection of three novellas as well as a Soundtrack to the book with three songs and dialogues from the book, published by the People's Publishing House, the top literary publishing house in China.
Kelly's long awaited 2007 Campus Tour kicked off on October 18th in Beijing. In these multi-media campus events, she talked about her career choices and experiences, performed her music, and interacted with the students.
In January, 2008, Kelly participated in MIDEM, the world’s largest music trade show in Cannes, France, moderating the official Chinese panel and hosting the MIDEM Opening Night Party. In February, she started her new band Orange Factory, which is now active in the Beijing rock scene.
She officially joined the popular Hunan Satellite TV in April, hosting the new show “Midnight Mindtwister”. In the same month she was invited as a guest host on the acclaimed Phoenix TV.
Kelly hosted the first ever AST China Invitational in April, 2008, the event was broadcast internationally on NBC, Fox Sports and China’s CCTV-5, and has recently completed shooting a US/China co-production for AST China 2009.
Her new single “Your Little Girl (demo version)” was released in a female singer-songwriter compilation in June.
In July, she hosted the Hunan TV hit show “Chinese Bridge”. She was invited to attended Copenhagen Fashion Weeek in August, covering the week-long event for Bazaar TV, and caused a splash in the media, getting interviewed by Fashion Television, W Magazine, Good Morning Denmark, etc. During the Beijing Olympic Games, she hosted a Hunan TV special at the WOA’s official Olympic Gold Medalists’ Club.
Kelly's new radio show "The ZhaZhaClub Show" began airing on China Radio International’s Easy FM on November 1, 2008. The special online video version of the show is available on Sina.com every Tuesday. As the only radio show in China that has weekly live musical performances with its guests, it has received much buzz and acclaim both within the music industry and among listeners since its launch.
In February 2009, Kelly became a regular guest on the popular CCTV News Channel show “Today’s Top List”. In the same month, she signed a recording contract with Modern Sky Co. Ltd., the most innovative indie label in China. Kelly performed at the 2009 Canadian MusicFest in March, sharing the stage in Toronto with 500 bands and artist from around the world. In May, she performed at the Strawberry Music Festival with her band Orange Factory.
Kelly writes and sings in both English and Chinese, and is fluent in English, Mandarin and Cantonese.
"Scary to me is a world with out you All love would be gone Happiness would leave with it too The spring would call in and say It's not feeling well that day And winter would stay and stay and stay and stay Until the only feelings left to know Would be cold cold cold And even the youth Would sit around like they're old
So I'd better keep you happy Well fed and laughing Even if I have to back down an army Playing a Hip Rock Clown Rapping Break every stereotype known to man Just to see you smile at me I'll consider it a small task Because I love to see you happy that much
And since scary to me is a world without you I'm going to do What ever it takes to be there for you Because you are a large part of my happiness And the extra smile to make you smile Means I'll be taking the road well worth it Clutch Love Because scary is the day our lives are filled With hollow meaning"
