Something to congratulate here, as of yesterday, International children's day, super girl Zhou Bichang released her first EP 1st.

According to Yu Binghan, chief director of the Yuelin label, the company planned to release the EP in May, but Zhou was under too much pressure between filming and singing, which influenced her performance of the song I'm Left Alone.

The EP has only four songs. Besides Swan, which was released last year, 1st includes It Doesn't Hurt, En and I'm Left Alone. The last two were both composed by Zhou herself. Zhou said: "I'm very happy with that. Renowned musician Xiaoke asked me to try to write a song on my own. I kept thinking and thinking and finally had the idea. En is my tag and why not write a song with that title."

A Shenzhen daily report says a netizen who has listened to the EP on the Web said it was good that Zhou has returned to R&B after the sentimental single Swan.

(CRI June 2, 2006)