Actress Hong Huifang dedicates family-made music video to newlyweds Tay Ying and Wu Sihan
The surprise music video was recorded by Tay Ying's family members, including (from left) her dad Zheng Geping, mum Hong Huifang, uncle Hong Weiwen, cousin Xu Qingrui and brother Calvert Tay. PHOTO: HONGHUIFANG/INSTAGRAM
SINGAPORE - Amid the star-studded June 15 wedding of local actress Tay Ying and chef Wu Sihan, her mother, Singaporean actress Hong Huifang, took to Instagram to share a heartwarming music video she dedicated to the newlyweds.
It features 64-year-old Hong, Tay's actor-father Zheng Geping, 61, Tay's younger brother Calvert, a 25-year-old singer-actor, Tay's uncle and godfather Hong Weiwen and Tay's singer-musician cousin Xu Qingrui.
The MV captures the five of them in a recording studio, all dressed in white, taking turns to sing the original song individually and in unison. The love ballad was a surprise gift to the couple, and was produced by Calvert.
In the caption of the June 16 post, Hong addressed her daughter and son-in-law directly, saying: 'May your marriage be blissful, and may you cherish each other. May both of you be surrounded by love, and know how to love others. May you journey through life with the warmth you have from home. We love you, and always will.'
Xu, better known by the moniker Shin, subsequently posted on his Instagram Stories that despite the video being three minutes, the project spanned an entire day.
Tay, 29, reposted it on her Instagram Story and said: 'The biggest surprise from my sweetest family. Girl was ugly crying watching this. Thank you so much, I love you all.'
Tay Ying (left) and Wu Sihan wed on June 15 at Orchard Hotel Singapore.
PHOTO: TAYYING_/INSTAGRAM
She and Wu, 33, met in 2021. He proposed to her in March 2024, but they kept it under wraps for a year before announcing the engagement on social media in March.
Their wedding banquet was held at Orchard Hotel Singapore, where Tay's celebrity parents held their nuptials 32 years ago.
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