Yes 933 DJ Hazelle Teo engaged to pianist-content creator James Wong

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YES 933's dancing diva Hazelle Teo is engaged! Check out this episode as she makes a surprise appearance with her fiancé James Wong. The couple opens up about their journey, from how they met to the unforgettable proposal, and the ups and downs of navigating a relationship with a 6-year age gap.

Rumour has it their love was “destined” from the subtle signs in their daily lives. Witness to their love story, Seow Sin Nee vividly recalls scenes from their relationship and was nearly “blinded” by the couple’s sweetness on set! Watch it now! #buzzswipe

Teo, 31, and Wong, 24, have been dating for over a year. The radio DJ told CNA Lifestyle about the proposal, how they met and their future plans.
Yes 933 DJ Hazelle Teo engaged to pianist-content creator James Wong

Yes 933’s radio DJ Hazelle Teo is engaged to pianist-influencer James Wong.

Yes 933 DJ Hazelle Teo is engaged. The 31-year-old shared the good news on Instagram on Friday (Jun 6) in a joint post with her now fiance, pianist-content creator James Wong, 24.

The post included a few details of the proposal, including that it took place on the last day of Teo's week-long work trip in Qingdao, China, at her hotel.

"This feels so right. We feel so right. The rest of our lives feels so right. We’re so excited to begin this new chapter together, and thank you for sharing in our joy," the newly engaged couple wrote.

CNA Lifestyle spoke with Teo to find out more about the proposal, how the couple met and what future plans they have.



THE PROPOSAL​

Teo shared more details of the proposal. She said: “We got back to the hotel at 1am that night and we only had five hours before we had to be at the airport to fly back to Singapore.”

When Teo was at the hotel lobby, a staff member from travel company Chan Brothers told her that the hotel was offering her a room upgrade after recognising her as a radio DJ, and that all she needed to do to redeem it was go to the room, film a video and tag the hotel on Instagram.

Teo was hesitant because it was late at night, she was tired and she had to wake up in five hours to catch a flight home. However, she went ahead with her co-host, Qijia, to the top floor of the hotel, not realising that Qijia was helping Wong.

"When I went into the room, I saw this videographer standing inside with a camera facing towards me but it still didn't occur to me that it was a proposal," Teo added.

“I thought the hotel had sent someone to be in the room to film DJs' reactions as we entered the room to use as part of the marketing. So I was angry. I thought ‘How can this hotel invade my privacy?’”

“But when the room door opened up even more, I saw this soft orange glow from the inside. There were flower petals, there were candles, and I saw this oddly familiar person standing there, and that was James,” she recalled.

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Wong proposed to Teo on the last day of her week-long work trip in Qingdao, China at her hotel. (Photo: Wei Jie)

“At that point in time, I was lost for words. I really didn't know what to think. I didn't know he could throw a surprise of this level,” she said. “Especially because we keep in touch all the time and have each other's location. I would always know where he is.”

Wong went to the extent of turning off his location services and telling Teo that his Find My was not working to keep the fact that he was in China a secret. He even extended their stay, contacted Teo’s manager to arrange for her to have a month-long leave and also packed extra clothes for her for the trip.

“It was at that point that I thought ‘Oh man, this boy is so sweet’,” Teo said.

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Wong extended their China stay, contacted Teo’s manager to arrange for ger to have a month-long leave, and also packed her clothes for the trip. (Photo: Wei Jie)

“My criteria for the proposal was that it had to be private, and I wanted one of my good friends and photographer, Wei Jie, to come and be hiding somewhere," Teo said.

So Wong flew Wei Jie out for the proposal as well. The next day, the three went out to popular spots around Qingdao to shoot.

“After Wei Jie went home, we hired a makeup team and photographer from China to just capture some pictures of us,” she said. “I also bought a dress from the night market in Qingdao to shoot in. It was super spontaneous and fun."

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Teo and Wong went to popular spots around Qingdao to shoot. (Photo: Wei Jie)

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Teo and Wong at a night market for their engagement shoot. (Photo: Wei Jie)

HOW THE PAIR MET​

Teo and Wong have been dating for more than a year. “When we first got to know each other, I was the one that went after him,” Teo said, laughing. “It wasn't the typical ‘guy chasing after a girl’.”

“It happened back in 2024 when he appeared on my Instagram explore page and I decided to reach out to him to see if he wanted to collaborate,” she told CNA Lifestyle.

“I thought ‘Hey, this guy is pretty cute. He plays the piano. Let me reach out to him to do a Taylor Swift song [where] I would sing and he would play the piano. To my surprise, he agreed.”



Teo said that she used this work collaboration as an opportunity to ask for Wong’s handle on messaging platform Telegram, so they could communicate easily.

“I tried to speak more with him on Telegram. But you know what? He never replied. He only replied to me when it came to the work side of things,” she said, laughing.

“But when I started to steer the conversation towards our personal life, he would reply to me after some 14 hours with some response I can't reply to like ‘haha’ or ‘okay’, that kind of thing.”

When Teo asked Wong out for supper one day, she said that it “opened up the foundation of our relationship”.

“That night we spoke for a solid three hours. We just went on and on and on,” Teo recalled. “After that night, it just felt like we could still keep talking about so many more things. And that's when he became more responsive on Telegram."

“I could feel the dynamics between us shift a little bit. Things between us progressed quite smoothly and swiftly, because it just felt so, so right.”

They met each other's parents within three months of dating. “My parents are in love with this guy. They say ‘He's so polite, he's so kind’, and he treats my parents very, very well, just as he treats his parents well too.”

“I believe in dating a guy who is very filial,” she added.

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Teo and Wong have been dating for more than a year. (Photo: Wei Jie)

Teo also said that she admired Wong’s ambition. “My top criteria for dating is that the guy must have drive,” she said. “I thought that I was a workaholic, but after meeting him, I learnt that there's so much more that I can do.”

She added that since they are both content creators, Wong had given her a lot of social media content ideas. “Honestly, because of his ideas, it has helped me bring more followers as well. So I love tossing around ideas as a team and just being better together.”

When asked about her wedding plans, Teo said that she would prefer it to be a very private event.

“Having hosted so many different weddings, I would love to think that I don't want to be a ‘bride-zilla’. I want my wedding to be super chill and super cool. Maybe I have a Milo cart there for my friends and family,” Teo joked.

“So (I want my wedding to be) just with my friends, my family, people who love us. I want this day to be really about coming together, celebrating us,” she added. “I won't do an over the top wedding because I feel like it really tires me out.”
 
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