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Old 12th December 2017, 07:08 PM
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Album uploaded here: http://www.ahsforum.com/forum/showthread.php?t=123882

1. 偷故事的人 Story Thief
Music & lyrics by singer Eve Ai

2. 壞的好人 Damaged
Lyrics: Xiaohan
Music: Huang Chengfeng

3. 裝醉 Indulgence
Lyrics: Ding Qingzhi/Showan
Music: Showan

4. 你說了算 Whatever feat. 瘦子 E-SO
Lyrics: Zhang Huoning/Jian Minru
Music: URU/Felipe Z
Rap: Chen Yurong aka E-SO from rap band MJ 116

5. 戒斷 Withdrawal Symptoms
Lyrics: Soft Lipa (singer)
Music: Ryan Williamson/Rose/Jimmy Fung

6. 連名帶姓 Full Name
Lyrics: Du Zhenxi
Music: Jay Chou (singer)

7. 身後 Left Behind
Lyrics: HUSH (singer)
Music: JJ Lin (singer)

8. 光 Light
Lyrics & music by singer Shorty Yuan

9. 到底 Talk About It
Lyrics: Yuan Ruolan
Music: Showan

10. 傲嬌 Catfight feat. 艾怡良 Eve Ai & 徐佳瑩 Lala Hsu
Lyrics: Eve Ai (singer)
Music: Lala Hsu (singer)

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Old 13th December 2017, 07:28 AM
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Track 2-4 are LOVEEEEEE

definitely songs i need in my nights now
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Old 20th December 2017, 05:04 PM
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Song translations
1. 偷故事的人 Story Thief
https://www.asianpopweekly.com/lyric...ry-thief-trans

6. 連名帶姓 Full Name
https://www.asianpopweekly.com/lyric...ull-name-trans

10. 傲嬌 Catfight feat. 艾怡良 Eve Ai & 徐佳瑩 Lala Hsu
https://onehallyu.com/topic/623452-a...#23308;-proud/

Whatever feat. E-SO MV

Full Name MV


All songs from the new album will get an MV.
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Old 20th December 2017, 07:37 PM
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Her new album is amazing!!
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Old 25th December 2017, 06:58 PM
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I can't get enough of this record. I've racked up almost 20 full listens of the whole album and between Story Thief, Damaged, Indulgence, and Whatever, I've easily listened to those a combined 150+ times since the album was released.

I didn't like Whatever at first, but now I am enamored with it. Still, my favorites are the title track and Damaged. Damaged is just the perfect continuation of song styles like Insomnia, which was my second or third favorite track from AMIT2. I'd love for her to come back in the next year or two with a more balanced 20th album. The only gripe I have about this record is that she explores this kind of hip hop or trap style on songs like Catfight, and there's just nothing that's upbeat like Jump In or R U Watching Me? on the record.

Still, this is aMEI at her best. And I find myself getting emotional at how mandopop has given me back the experience I've lost from jpop over the years. I just didn't expect to be tuning in this late into aMEI's career and reliving what it felt like to be around for Secret when Ayu released it in November 2006, which was my first Ayu album.

I hope artists like aMEI, Sun Yanzi, A-Lin, Elva Hsiao, and Jolin become more popular internationally. There's just so much life in this music scene and any lack of attention easily translates to people missing out on these artists literally being in their prime.
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Old 28th December 2017, 10:11 AM
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Song translations (5/10)
1. 偷故事的人 Story Thief
https://www.asianpopweekly.com/lyric...ry-thief-trans

4. 你說了算 Whatever feat. 瘦子 E-SO from MJ116
https://onehallyu.com/topic/623785-a...639;-whatever/

5. 戒斷 Withdrawal Symptoms
https://onehallyu.com/topic/626821-a...39;-withdrawal

6. 連名帶姓 Full Name
https://www.asianpopweekly.com/lyric...ull-name-trans

10. 傲嬌 Catfight feat. 艾怡良 Eve Ai & 徐佳瑩 Lala Hsu
https://onehallyu.com/topic/623452-a...#23308;-proud/
Next MV will be for 身後 Left Behind. Lyrics by HUSH and music by JJ Lin.
JJ Lin composed the music in one week but it took aMEI one year and a half to find suitable lyrics for the song.

To be honest at first listen I didn't enjoy the album much. But now I love it more and more everytime I listen to it !
My favorites are: Story Thief, Whatever, Withdrawal Symptoms, and Catfight.
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Old 28th December 2017, 10:35 AM
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Oh yeah, my favourite ballad from the album!
I didn't like it at first, but it got me really hooked after some listens.
Sadly it's the only ballad that happened with.

So after a lot of listens I love about half of the album.
Love:
Indulgence
Whatever
Withdrawal Symptoms
Left Behind
Talk About It
Catfight

Dislike:
Story Thief
Damaged
Full Name
Light

But this already makes it to one of my favourite albums by her.
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Old 28th December 2017, 01:07 PM
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Oh yeah, my favourite ballad from the album!
I didn't like it at first, but it got me really hooked after some listens.
Sadly it's the only ballad that happened with.
身後 Left Behind MV...
It's the most expensive MV of the album. aMEI cried several times watching it.


Here's the message she posted on her Facebook along with the MV: "Finally finished... This is not just a song to me [...]. To my family in heaven, I miss you so much."

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Old 28th December 2017, 01:45 PM
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身後 Left Behind MV...
It's the most expensive MV of the album. aMEI cried several times watching it.


Here's the message she posted on her Facebook along with the MV: "Finally finished... This is not just a song to me [...]. To my family in heaven, I miss you so much."
Oh dear...didn't know it is so personal for her.
Do you have a translation of the lyrics?
The song felt bittersweet to me, but not without hope.
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Old 28th December 2017, 04:14 PM
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Oh dear...didn't know it is so personal for her.
Do you have a translation of the lyrics?
The song felt bittersweet to me, but not without hope.
I don't, unfortunately. There's a blog out there translating her songs every time a new MV of hers gets released, so I think we'll get a translation soon.
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Old 29th December 2017, 03:02 AM
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That video was depressing for me but what does the last frame say?

It was a nice song and the only song I've heard from this album, but I am looking forward to listening to the rest.
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So after a lot of listens I love about half of the album.
Love:
Indulgence
Whatever
Withdrawal Symptoms
Left Behind
Talk About It
Catfight

Dislike:
Story Thief
Damaged
Full Name
Light
You and I are absolutely never going to agree on good and bad music. And that's kind of cool, and kind of sad, but only because I think you're awesome but absolutely FREAKIN' CRAZY - HOW CAN YOU NOT LIKE STORY THIEF, DAMAGED, or FULL NAME?!?! OMG Like, SRSLY CORVINA! COR-VEEEN-AH! COME ON! COOOMMMEEE ON!
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Old 30th December 2017, 01:26 AM
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I’m happy that there are so many international fans who listen to AMei’s music! I’m Asian and a die hard fan of AMei and supported her from her very first album. Her early career ballads are classic and fans will all sing together at her concert. Please listen to ‘Truth’ album. It has alot of gems like Remember, Truth, I Hate and Love You. And her signature dance song she has to sing at every concert is ‘Three Days Three Nights’.

For this latest album, she returned back to her original self - the AMei we all know who sings love wrenching ballads. Story Thief and Full Name is about heartbreaks and if you understand the lyrics, it will make you tear uncontrollably.

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Old 31st December 2017, 01:15 AM
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I'm so so in love with this album !
@Kid_Dream : I'm listening to Truth again, such a wonderful album !

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Old 1st January 2018, 10:12 AM
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You and I are absolutely never going to agree on good and bad music. And that's kind of cool, and kind of sad, but only because I think you're awesome but absolutely FREAKIN' CRAZY - HOW CAN YOU NOT LIKE STORY THIEF, DAMAGED, or FULL NAME?!?! OMG Like, SRSLY CORVINA! COR-VEEEN-AH! COME ON! COOOMMMEEE ON!
Haha, but who else should agree on disagreeing in every other thread then? I also like it as it is, let's rant at each other another year.

I do listen to those other ballads, I just tend to skip them when I'm not in the mood and not listening to the whole album.
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Old 4th January 2018, 09:54 PM
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So I've finally listened to this album. My favorites are:
Indulgence
Withdrawal Symptoms
Talk About It
Catfight

The album got stronger with each track, and I enjoyed it more than I thought I would. Unfortunately, the first 2 tracks don't stand out for me (yet)
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Old 8th January 2018, 05:40 PM
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Upcoming MVs:
01/10 裝醉 Indulgence
01/17 傲嬌 Catfight feat. Eve Ai & Lala Hsu
01/24 戒斷 Withdrawal Symptoms
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Old 10th January 2018, 02:21 PM
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Upcoming MVs:
01/10 裝醉 Indulgence
01/17 傲嬌 Catfight feat. Eve Ai & Lala Hsu
01/24 戒斷 Withdrawal Symptoms
Indulgence MV
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This video is brilliant!
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Old 11th January 2018, 01:51 AM
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I assume all three MVs will be connected since the teaser says "The Story of Ladies Night"?

on a random note: I'm happy to say I can now appreciate the beauty of Damaged, since I found it boring before.
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