Before Chinese New Year comes... I decided to write a post about it. Chinese New Year Music is definitely in my list every year!
This post will be about a Chinese New Year album, by one of my favorite groups, M-Girls / Si Ge Nv Sheng (四個女生).
As you already know, M-Girls is famous for releasing Chinese New Year albums every year. And for this Monkey year, they definitely released a Chinese New Year album, again! As their fan, I definitely won't miss this album. Their album for this year is called "年來了 Nián Lái Le", means "Nian is coming". *
Here are the contents of this 2016 Chinese New Year Album.
01. 年來了 Nián Lái Le
02. 富貴花開迎新年 Fùguì Huā Kāi Yíng Xīnnián
03. 嘻嘻哈哈過新年 + 祭祖先 Xīxīhāhā Guò Xīnnián + Jì Zǔ Xiān
04. 豐收歌 Fēngshōu Gē
05. 咚咚鏘鏘迎財神 Dōng Dōng Qiāng Qiāng Yíng Cáishén
06. 春到人間喜洋洋 Chūn Dào Rénjiān Xǐyángyáng
07. 快樂的新年 Kuàilè De Xīnnián
08. 年節時景 Nián Jié Shí Jǐng
09. 富貴花兒處處開 Fùguì Huā Er Chùchù Kāi
10. 年年吉祥保平安 Nián Nián Jíxiáng Bǎo Píng'ān
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| 年來了 (Nian Lai Le) album cover L-R: Angeline, Crystal, Cass, Queenzy |
年來了 Nián Lái Le music video
We always enjoy their Chinese New Year album, every year, for years, until now. As usual... whenever it comes to Chinese New Year, M-Girls always comes first.
My personal review is, this is a special Chinese New Year album. Why special? Because, this is the first ever album that M-Girls made themselves, under their very own company, MG Entertainment. And, the songs they used for this Chinese New Year album are unusual, unlike some people covered Gong Xi Gong Xi and stuffs. They re-used these songs again since the have sung this song before when they were still little girls.
But... Only 10 songs. At least, they released an album this year than nothing at all. I expect more medleys coming up, though.
I didn't say much about this, so here comes the end of this post, and here's a message from me to all readers out there:
Please kindly support M-Girls by buying their original copies if you are a fan of the group.
So here's the post is about. Have a great day!
* What is 年 Nian?
Nian is a legend of the Horrible Monster / beast named "年 nian" which eats people alive on the Chinese New Year's Eve. This monster is afraid of all things colored in red, so for scaring this monster, everybody puts the red decorations in their houses. Streets are filled with music, loud drums, and fireworks all day long. And special paper lanterns are made in a variety of shapes and sizes, paraded through the streets to scare off any demons that might come.
In Chinese, the word for New Years is Guo Nian. Literally translated it means to "pass over Nian" or "overcome Nian". That is exactly what the people did. And that's why people in China believe the color red signifies luck, and that's why people make all kinds of noise on Chinese New Year's eve. It's to scare away evil spirits, and even Nian, just in case he's still hanging around.
In case you did not know, the lyrics of the song 年來了 (Nian Lai Le) also tells the story of this legend.
- 年來了 Nián Lái Le music video credits goes to the company's YouTube channel, MG Entertainment. Click here to go to M-Girls' YouTube channel.
- The album cover goes to Rock Corner on Rakuten Malaysia. Click here and here to take a look and buy a copy of the album.
- The Nian story credit goes to this site and this site
