Trivia
- Kwan has never had a manager.
- Before becoming famous, Kwan used to work in New York as a fashion designer in the 80s for two years.
- "Happy Are Those In Love" was originally written for another PolyGram Cantopop singer, Priscilla Chan.
- "Out of This World" (驚世感覺 ) sampled a dialogue from the 1991 Chinese movie "Raise the Red Lantern" between the third mistress and the fourth mistress (played by Gong Li): "你知道我和她生孩子的事吗？我们俩是差不多时间怀孕的。" Translation: Do you know about our pregnancies? We conceived around the same time!
- When the 1995 tribute album was conceived, Kwan wanted to call it 'Ex', but record executives worried that it might be too abstract for the record buying public.
- Kwan was invited to perform in front of Bill Clinton in a dinner banquet in Japan back in November 1995, along with other pop stars from Japan and Taiwan.
- Kwan has stated that she was not upset by the exclusion of her scenes from the 1997 movie "Happy Together", as the whole unscripted filming experience was more of an experiment to her and she was only lending a help hand to a friend.
- Kwan's wardrobe for the 2006 "Being Shirley On Stage" concert was partly sponsored by Christian Dior.
- Kwan's wardrobe for the 2010 "One Starry Night" concert was sponsored by Versace
- Artists who have influenced Kwan: Elizabeth Fraser (Cocteau Twins), Björk, Cyndi Lauper, William Orbit, Madonna
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