Record Label: HuaYan International
Release Date: 2007-5-11
Album Language: Mandarin 1CD+DVD
Album Description:
S.H.E's "10" power reappears! PLAY out the album in the middle of May!
Costs 2.5 million! A hundred-member brigade traveled to Wuzhen to shoot the first wave of hit 『Chinese Words』!
S.H.I.P. is practicing "RAP with tongue twisters"! S.H.E welcomes the challenge of 'tongue work'!
S.H.E and Monk BATTLE! The monks show off their "inhuman" martial arts skills!
Taiwan's popular female vocal group S.H.E 2007 brand new album "PLAY" includes 11 new songs that are the most fun and exciting ever, which will surely create a new classic in the Chinese music industry! S.H.E's first hit "Chinese Words" combines Chinese tongue twisters and western rap ideas in one song, following "Ambush from Ten Sides", another Chinese style work! The second wave of hit songs "Mayday" is a light version of a love song, the creator is not Mayday, but it just so happens that the title of the song and the popular band associated, S.H.E think it is very in line with the concept of the new album "PLAY" to play a lot of fun. The song "Just Be Yourself" reflects the life of S.H.E's good sisters.
S.H.E. not only tried to change their look for the new album "PLAY", but also showed their creative ability for the first time by taking the cover photo with flowers as the theme, which is full of spring weather. Hebe has written the lyrics to the song "Say You Love Me", while Selina and Ella have teamed up to write the song "Wife", which describes the deep love between the three sisters. The music video for the new song "Chinese Words", directed by Ma Yizhong, is set in Wuzhen, "China's last waterfront home", and features eight Shaolin monks, ten hip-hop dancers of different nationalities, and a 21-strong tai chi team, all of which set off the gold-clad hip-hoppers of S.H.E.
S.H.E., who just finished their 'S.H.E. Moving Castle Taiwan Concert' at the end of last year, has also started the preparation of their new album. After months of intensive training and preparation, S.H.E is about to release their tenth album in mid-May! S.H.E explains, "S.H.E's tenth album is a very important one in our singing career! We've been trying out a lot of new and interesting musical ideas for a while now, and it took us longer than ever to record almost 20 songs before we decided on the best ones! We've also tried a lot of new things in terms of styling! In order to shoot the music video for the first wave of the hit song "Chinese Words", Huayan spent more than 2.5 million dollars and mobilized more than 100 staff members to shoot the video in Wuzhen, Zhejiang Province, which is a famous ancient city built more than 1,300 years ago and is known as "China's Last House on the Water".
Director Ma Yizhong specially invited orthodox Shaolin martial arts monks, Tai Chi masters, hip-hop dance teachers from various countries to dance with S.H.E. to interpret the song, which is a fusion of eastern and western flavors. The group danced in the square in front of the ancient Nga Men in Wuzhen. The content of "Chinese Words" mainly describes that the world is now in the grip of China fever! With at least 30 million non-Chinese people learning Chinese, and some countries in Europe and the United States having made it a compulsory foreign language, ELLA reveals, "This song is the work of a very good writer from the Mainland! It's a very new thing for us to try," says ELLA. SELINAH also said, "It's actually a fusion of hip-hop and Chinese style, rapping is very popular among young people nowadays! But in fact, Chinese people have been rapping for a long time! The old tongue-twisters used to feel very much like that." HEBE also reveals, "Because the album is called 'PLAY', we've gone crazy with the music! This time we're singing the tongue twisters as RAP, hoping to create a new trend! But the tongue-twisters were a real pain in the ass! The 3 of us practiced until our tongues were in knots before recording! But now we're great! Welcome to the challenge!"
When S.H.E. officially started the dance shoot with the monks and dance instructors, the three of them were shocked by the master's skill in martial arts, ELLA said, "Halfway through the dance, I saw the master at the back of the room curled up on the ground out of the corner of my eye, and thought he was suffering from heatstroke! I thought he was suffering from heatstroke, but when I saw him standing upside down with his legs crossed and his bald head on the stone floor, I was shocked! I almost screamed and forgot to dance! Because the other two did not see it, they asked to have a battle with the masters after the show to see their real skills! The masters did a few backflips, plus some difficult body movements similar to yoga, which made HEBE scream, "God, I love you! The masters said folded! The whole body is super soft! The folds are not humanoid at all! Amazing! ELLA, on the other hand, choked out, "We S.H.E. also have real kung fu! But it's in music!
S.H.E. asked about the local temperature before they left for Shanghai to organize their luggage, and they were told that the temperature was between 7℃ and 23℃, so SELINA, who is afraid of the cold, brought a long ankle-length down jacket, but they didn't realize that the temperature was as high as 25℃ when they were filming today! The staff had to put up umbrellas to cover the sun during the shooting, which made SELINA sigh helplessly: "It's fine! At least the weather is good! It's a beautiful day to shoot! Luckily, I'm wearing a tank top and shorts today, so it's quite cool! Taking advantage of the shooting break, S.H.E also went to various spots in Wuzhen to take photos and commemorate the occasion. 3 of them also made a gesture of picking up an oar to row a boat! Each island is connected by more than 10 bridges in the park. Like where we live, we have to take this boat, which is very similar to the ancient boat, and the boatman will row slowly to get there! Selina, on the other hand, was like discovering a new continent: "Boats are a very important means of transportation here! But I realized that the boats parked along the shore were KTV rooms! Isn't it wonderful? If you're free, you should try singing and dancing on the boat, you'll probably get seasick."
Simultaneously released in Asia on May 11th!
Tracklist:
1. Chinese
2. Mayday
3. Listening to Yuan Weiren play guitar
4. Thank you for your tenderness (Fei Lun Hai chorus)
5. London Bridge collapsed
6. Excuse
7. Wife
8. Say you love me.
9. Farewell Kangqiao
10. Boom
11. Just be yourself (Daphne's newest commercial song)
Album tracks
1. Chinese - Chinese Tongue Twisters V. S. Oceanic RAP Chinese and Western combination never seen before hybrid new variety of Chinese style
2. Thank you for your tenderness - S.H.E, Flying Wheel Sea two popular music world sky group together PLAY play collage Mayday classic song "tenderness"
3. Listen to Yuan Weiren play the guitar -The original network published song adaptation ballad mixed with hip-hop S.H.E sings the dreams and sorrows of music creators
4. Mayday - after the "touch of electricity" to let the love heated to the temperature of the "Mayday" British rock the first lyrical hit
5. excuses --The whole song is full of Jay Chou and Fong Wen Shan, but they didn't write it, how come? The two geniuses are also freshly played
6. BOOM--Canada's famous production company S.A collaborates with each other to produce exotic and powerful dance music that shows S.H.E's sexy girl style
7. Farewell Kangqiao--Li Quan cuts his heart and soul into the song. -Li Quan's favorite European R&B work S.H.E classical singing poet Xu Zhimo's moving poetry
8. London Bridge collapsed - collage of well-known world ballads S.H.E the most adorable child's playful style of new music
9. Say You Love Me S.H.E.'s most adorable new music with a childish playful style
9. Say You Love Me -- The debut work of Hebe, a new creative talent in the music industry -- Precise literary style with ballad style portraying the heart of a woman who has lost her love
10. Good Mood Just Be Yourself (Daphne's annual advertisement song) -- David Tao's friendly cross-cutting voice S.H.E's new idea of an independent girl
11. Wife -- Ella's first fresh ballad style, Selina's emotional lyrics Chinese girls' dormitories and campus graduation ceremonies sing a new classic
S.H.E's Moving Castle World Tour has just come to an end. S.H.E has been working non-stop on their new album. It's been more than 1 year since the last new album "Don't Want to Grow Up", so fans are asking what the new album style will be like. S.H.E said, "Nothing else, just playing music with musicians on both sides of the Taiwan Strait and playing crazy, there are a lot of new ideas that I haven't tried before!"
Since this is S.H.E's tenth album in the music industry, the record company didn't dare to take it lightly and searched for a variety of different styles and types of music from home and abroad, the Internet, famous musicians, and up-and-coming songwriters in the hope that S.H.E's new album will bring a new feeling to everyone. The entire production period was stretched to nearly a year, and the record company even made an unlimited budget for collecting songs, arranging and recording, before and after S.H.E recorded nearly 20 songs! Even S.H.E said, "Oh my god! We received so much interesting and fun music this time, plus our own compositions, while receiving songs and singing along, we realized that we had already sung no less than 20 songs, which not only broke the record of our first 9 albums, but also the important thing is that we didn't know how to choose the best! In the end, we had to cut out about half of the good songs to complete PLAY, which is full of surprises.
The album's name, PLAY, actually has two meanings. One is "play music", because this time S.H.E. and musicians from both sides of the Taiwan Strait play a new style of music, fully utilizing the spirit of "play music". The other is "play music", which is the "PLAY" button on the radio that we are all most familiar with. We hope that everyone will press the PLAY button to keep the music playing, support the licensed version, and let S.H.E.'s music continue to play. The first hit song "Chinese Words" is a creative blend of traditional Chinese tongue twisters and Western hip-hop music, creating a musical surprise. In addition to "Chinese Words", there are also several new songs that use song titles like "May Day" and "Playing Guitar with Yuan Weiren" that incorporate people's names, making them fun to listen to at first glance.
The most special thing is that S.H.E has also made their debut in the album. The song "Wife" composed by Ella and lyrics by Selina describes S.H.E's deeper-than-sisterly friendship, and all three of them sang it to the point of tears during the recording! The lyrics of "Say You Love Me" are written by Hebe without changing a single word, which makes Hebe feel surprised and happy. The new album "PLAY" will be released on May 11th in all of Asia.
The first move of PLAY music: mixing Chinese tongue twisters and Western RAP
"Chinese Words" is a blend of East and West, playing a brand new Chinese style
With the belief that music is all about fun, S.H.E.'s "PLAY" can be said to be the spirit of "playfulness" to the extreme, with the first wave of the music video of the hit "Chinese Words" being the first one. The first wave of the hit "Chinese words" music video, fans of this song mixed Chinese tongue twisters and Western RAP of the new variety of song style is very surprised! The song "Chinese Words" is composed by the new mainland songwriter Zheng Nan, and is punctuated by S.H.E's royal ace lyricist Shi Cheng, creating this new classic first wave hit of S.H.E's tenth album.
It's not S.H.E's first time to try a Chinese style song, but what's different about "Chinese Words" is that it's the first of its kind to incorporate the Chinese world's most popular tongue-twisters into a hip-hop style, and to use RAP to "recite and sing" them, and what's hardest is that for these tongue-twisters, S.H.E still designed the chorus to perform! S.H.E. said, "We need to play music with a new feeling!
The lyrics of Chinese Words mainly describe how the world is now in the grip of a Chinese fever! Because there are at least 30 million non-Chinese people learning Chinese, and some schools in Europe and the United States have included Chinese as a compulsory foreign language, the author was inspired to write the song "Chinese".
The producer of the song "Chinese Words" is the famous musician J.WU, who sang in "Ambush on Ten Sides", and J.WU spent a lot of time researching how to incorporate classical culture into the new elements of the new task of singing this super-fresh hip-hop tongue-twister. But it went surprisingly well, especially for Selina's "tongue power": "Selina is known for her clarity of speech and intelligence, but the scariest thing is that this time, when she recites the old tongue twisters, she doesn't have any NGs, and among the three of them, she has the most distinctive character, with a resounding voice, which is the most unique. And of the three of them, she reads it with the most unique and powerful style, with ELLA and HEBE occasionally hammering away at it, it's just too strong!" SELINA proudly said, "Rap is popular among young people nowadays! But in fact, Chinese people have been rapping for a long time! Tongue twisters are the origin of hip-hop!" HEBE also reveals, "Because the album is called 'PLAY', we've been going crazy with the music! We're combining tongue twisters with pop songs to create a new trend! But these tongue twisters are killing us! The 3 of us practiced them on the first night of recording, and our tongues were all tied up! But now we're good! Welcome to the challenge!"
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