Obsessed: G.E.M. The Chinese Taylor Swift

If you live in the West, chances are 24-year old singer-songwriter G.E.M. is the most famous singer you don’t know. An icon in her native Hong Kong and China, she shot to fame in 2014, appearing on one of the country’s most popular shows, I AM A SINGER, to an audience of over 200 million. With her current tour, G.E.M. X.X.X. LIVE, taking in half a million fans over 74 arena dates, she arrives at The SSE Arena, Wembley with one intention: to conquer the West too. Director Libby Burke Wilde Camera Operator Giles Smith Production Assistant Lula Ososki Editor Tom Ivin Colourist Oisín O’Driscoll at The Mill Sound Mix Sounds Like These Global Group Director of Film & Video Ravi Amaratunga Head of Video Jack Robinson Head of Creative Bunny Kinney Video Commissioning Editor Declan Higgins Development Producer Matthew Whitehouse Development Producer Kate Villevoye Production Assistant Lily Rose Thomas Special Thanks The SSE Arena, Wembley; Tan Chang, Calvin Au, Jocelyn Yow, Tomy Leung, and all at Hummingbird Music. Follow i-D: YouTube http://bit.ly/Subscribe-to-iD Twitter https://twitter.com/i_D Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/iDmagazineof... Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.com/i_D Tumblr: http://i-donline.tumblr.com/ Instagram: http://instagram.com/id_magazine Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/i-d-online-1 More videos from the VICE network: https://www.fb.com/vicevideos