[alan] Phoenix Reborn in alan's 39th Thread

[pommy48]

*Clears throat*

1. On Weibo, they had an event where fans could submit the title for the album and the person who had the best title gets a prize. The company just forgot about the event.
2. On Weibo, they had another event where you take a picture of your alan collection and how much alan means to you. The company also forgot about the event.
3. They paid a lot of money for Leslie Kee to shoot the album covers, but only 3 shots were used.
4. They decided to make short films instead of MVs and the short films didn't make much sense.
5. The arrangement on the album sucked especially for Phoenix. The person that arranged is was also the album jacket designer. He just sucks all the way for me.
6. BABY BABY was such a generic song that her company wanted her to sing because it's mainstream.
7. They said the album would be released in February this year. They then said March. They then said April. They then said May. And finally, it was released in June.
8. They said that they made a Love Song app, but it wasn't released onto the App Store till August. 2 months after they announced it...
9. They said that they were going to let alan tour 26 cities to promote her album (with fanmeetings/events), but she only had 1 album release press conference in Beijing and that was it.
10. They wanted alan to focus on shooting movies/dramas (because sadly, that's how the Chinese entertainment industry works. Actresses can get more recognition than singers, so singers have to become actresses to be famous)

*insert table-flipping here*

(Also another reason why I love alan even more is that she was fed up with all the ballads/generic song demos they were giving her, so she asked her labelmate, Anson Hu, to write Yi Ai Xiang Yi for her. At least this song is a song with alan flair!

[Bad Wolf]

LOLWAT
HOW CAN A MAN WHO WORKS WITH PHOTOGRAPHS ARRANGE A FLIPPIN ALBUM? as loathe as i am to say it, this does explain why i found "love song" to be a pretty forgettable album, which isn't really something i say about alan's stuff often. i think i've listened to it once or twice but i can only remember a few tracks... none of them specific to the album.

oh my god, i take back everything i said about this being the person for her personally. this sounds like an even bigger clusterscrew than i anticipated.

(omg is that so? it's a dilemma with me. i love love love alan having traditional/slower songs to sing because i think they fit her voice perfectly, but i can see why she'd be frustrated with it as an artist, since it isn't exactly exciting or new territory... i hope they let her compose more stuff)

[pommy48]

LOLWAT

Yep yep...I've tried to hide my hatred on AI to not spoil the morale, but I just let it loose over here

And as much as I loved the Crystal Lotus intro, it was totally out of place on the album X_X

But maybe alan will make better songs now that she's happier in China...still, grr...

(Don't worry! alan is! I can't wait to hear it and I really respect alan because she told me personally that if she have to compromise for the Chinese market, she would rather not sing anymore. She knows what she wants out of her career )

[Bad Wolf]

i'll have to give "love song" another listen with all this in mind. i might end up liking it despite myself. i think her weakest release thus far is "my life," though. that just felt so WEAK. but maybe i'll like it more than "love song." who knows!

pommy you're just so awesome <3 never change

(ngl i love that you and alan talked ;~; i love that she has such a strong conviction.)

[pommy48]

You should definitely give 經過南青山 another listen too!

The story behind this song is that it translates as "Passing By South Minami"
South Minami is where Avex's headquarters are located (and the arrangement for this song is the best )

I have a feeling people wouldn't love me if I didn't use "" lol

(Just know that every time she talks to me, I have a heart attack. All the stats in the US with people having heart attacks, I contribute to like 50% of that stat )

[Bad Wolf]

i'm heading off to bed now because i am an old lady and i also have work tomorrow (i work at a florist, so we have some holiday rush going on rn) but THIS IS MY PLEDGE TO YOU: i shall listen to "love song" and pay special attention to 經過南青山 :3

(LOL KEEP THAT HEART BEATING K?)

[pommy48]

Good night! Maybe the flowers will grow better listening to alan wailing

[koumori]

Bad Wolf, you just experienced a "pommy attack". See that you promised to listen to more alan? Yeah. THAT HAPPENS.

Pommy, you bad person. That said, I had a nice alan marathon the other day where I listened to all her albums in a row. The new one is nice, some songs were pretty sweet, but nothing awesomely special that caught my attention like most of the songs did on VoE. I miss the obvious, exotic-asian style her music used to hold, but I think change was going to happen anyway since that genre of music didn't do so well in the mainstream market for her.

She should just get a lot of traditional history film tie-ins and do the themes, then everyone will be happy!

[Bad Wolf]

lmao oh my god, AND IT TOTALLY WORKED, TOO. I HAVE "LOVE SONG" ON RIGHT NOW, AND I'VE BEEN LISTENING TO "經過南青山" for the past 20 minutes XD

I miss the obvious, exotic-asian style her music used to hold

This is EXACTLY what I think/how I feel. If she continued to do these really atypical, almost traditional sounding songs and specialized in them I think they'd really be her niche. Kind of like how I wish Kuu would do more midtempo ballads (those are always so gorgeous ;w. I feel like her more mainstream attempts were a little weak, only because her voice is too epic for it lol.

She should just get a lot of traditional history film tie-ins and do the themes, then everyone will be happy!

omg could you imagine?! she'd be the goddess of historical movie music and I WOULD SING HER PRAISES TIL THE END OF TIME. well, even more than i do already.

ETA: My really belated assessment of Love Song is that the intro track, though it doesn't fit, is pretty awesome, and to me the stand out best song is "窗外." Now to just find lyrics lol

[pommy48]

Originally Posted by Koumori

Bad Wolf, you just experienced a "pommy attack". See that you promised to listen to more alan? Yeah. THAT HAPPENS.

Lol that was only like 1% compared to when I try to convert people into alan fans...now that's a pommy attack! This is more like a pommy...girly punch

She should just get a lot of traditional history film tie-ins and do the themes, then everyone will be happy!

I agree! Lol, whenever I hear someone else sing for a historical movie, I'm just thinking "alan would have sang it so much better"

^see! The pommy girly punch always works! Chuang Wai is also one of my favorite! She just sounds so pretty in it and the song just gives me such a nice imagery! The intro totally reminds me of something Sa Ding Ding would make, so I hoe they can work together one day! Or Sa Ding Ding can write a song for her *___*

[Bad Wolf]

Whatever it was, it worked! I've been really depressed lately (I'm bipolar, actually, so this is one of those stupid cycle things) and I had to work this morning so I put on alan and... well, I felt lighter and very calm. Still depressed lol but alan's voice was a nice comfort to get me through some of the darker bits. I hope the flowers liked hearing her XD

and omg, both you AND a friend of mine mentioned Sa Ding Ding and how she should work with alan. Clearly I need to finally listen to my Sa Ding Ding albums lol.

[Polyrhythm]

Is her Japanese career permanently over? I know her avex contract is up (good riddance tbh) but is she still looking to get signed by any other labels? She had so much potential...and her first album was completely flawless. It'd be a waste if she never returned...a switch to say...Universal could do wonders for her image in Japan

[TeamAyu2004]

i really do wish she would go back to singing in japanese...
sadly i just dont like the sound of chinese...

[tinka69]

OMG! The AI anniversary video is amazing!! <3 If I was close to tears watching it, I don't know how Alan will react lol.

[adantatu2]

alan seems to be really comfortable in China, she is with her parents, friends and i don't know if she wants to return to Japan because she was lonely there. She said she will return to perform again one day in a concert i guess.

[pommy48]

Originally Posted by tinka69

OMG! The AI anniversary video is amazing!! <3 If I was close to tears watching it, I don't know how Alan will react lol.

In an interview, alan was asked what moved her for her 5th anniversary and one of the first thing she said was "international fans made a video for me"

So we moved her.


And I do think when alan said that she might return to Japan for a concert that she was just trying to comfort us. I really don't think she'll ever return especially with all the political tension between China and Japan.

[pommy48]

I discovered this Tibetan singer and it just reminded me of how much I would love to have a Tibetan album from alan

[Bad Wolf]

;_; now THAT is something i would instantly freakin' buy

[Maemi]

Can anyone please give me the link for her Love song album? I can't find it

[pommy48]

^ http://www.mediafire.com/?q8f6vdtf5qr2m4c
Password is "love"