| FRIDAY, JUNE 26, 2020 | THE STRAITS TIMES | happenings life C5 Boon Chan Assistant Life Editor recommends Picks JIMMY FALLON, STING & THE ROOTS REMIX: DON’T STAND SO CLOSE TO ME (AT-HOME INSTRUMENTS) The grooviest reminder to practise Music social distancing is this remix of British rock band The Police’s Don’t Stand So Close To Me. English singer Sting teams up with talk-show host Jimmy Fallon and American hip-hop act The Roots in an online collaboration featuring some unusual instruments. The Roots’ Questlove does joyous percussion work with scissors and forks. WATCH IT AT: bit.ly/3epvAlK MAO BUYI 2020 ONLINE CONCERT: REVIEWING SECOND ALBUM XIAO WANG Chinese singer Mao Buyi (left) won all-male singing contest The Coming One in 2017. He followed the win with hit song Perfect Day, a tender celebration of the quotidian, in his debut album of the same name a year later. Fans will want to check out this intimate online concert, featuring songs from his second album Xiao Wang (2020). 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