Ice Queen - Faith Yang, 杨乃文

I posted her MV in a previous post, and she has finally released a new album titled 女爵,"Continuation" after 5 long years! I like her new album a lot!

She is Faith Yang, 杨乃文, a Taiwanese singer very different from your usual sacharrine sweet Taiwanese girls. She's cool, and so cold, I think she's like an Ice Queen. Years ago, I watched her receive an award at a Taiwan music awards cereomony, and she only said 2 words, “谢谢。”and left the stage. I was so shocked...

I feel that her voice is just like her, so cold, so distant, but yet there's something that attracts me to her, that I want to listen to her sing. I think it's just like the line in her song, 女爵， “一颗热的心，穿着冰冷外衣

Anyway, I think her album is more of alternative rock.( Not so sure though), but there are no sweet lovey-dovey mid-tempo songs, more slow rock ballads, and some pop-rock，folk-rock. Love her singing style, and in the English song written by herself, "Be In Love", she sounded a tiny bit like Sarah Mclachlan

the 主打歌, 女爵 is written by the lead vocalist of an up-and-coming band, Soda Green (苏打绿）. (Another interesting band, with the lead vocalist's high-pitched voice haha..)I read somewhere that this Greeny Wu (haha... the lead vocalist) wrote this song with Faith in mind, and I think it's quite apt

I especially like the ballad with only a single piano accompaniment, 我离开我自己. Faith sang it with so much feeling, can feel the helplessness, emptiness and loneliness. 像倦鸟归去留下的空寂，安安静静
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分开，written by 黄韵仁, interesting lyrics by 冷玩妹(Coldplay Sister! haha).
后来下雨的时候，才看见你这把伞，好像留下迷信的答案.
read somewhere that this line is nicely written because superstitious people relate to 伞, 散(break-ups).

多想钻进你的脑袋，待上几天或许我就会明白。。。 / 多项研究我们的早餐，什么成份当时会那么快乐。。。Watch video

微笑着挥手 is another sad song.. 连说再见，我都要为难我自己，留微笑给你

The fast-tempo song 电视机 is another interesting one written by this interestingly-named band, Convenient Store haha...the lyrics expound on the wonders of TV, and how we like the tv so much haha..
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I like this stanza haha..
昨天我还站在寒冷的北极, 转眼间就到了热带雨林
买东西不能信还有 BBC, 暴风雨带来了宇宙的消息

Another song that caught my attention was 继续. It actually had a扬琴 accompaniment! I thought it was a banjo haha.. Interesting combination. She also caught on the 中国风 ? haha<

Lastly, the English song, Be In Love's really a surprise. Her singing actually exudes some kind of sexiness. Even the music arrangement's quite fresh..

And there's actually a hidden track, 女爵，宫廷版. There's actually a trumpet solo in the interlude.. quite cute haha.. It took about 8 more mins to appear haha..Prefer the original version

Oh no another long review.,.. but I'm glad that the Chinese music scene actually has some non-mainstream singers like her. Her voice's simply unique, and her music great!