A-Lin - 忘記擁抱 (Wang Ji Yong Bao)

Hello, world.

It's me.

This post will be talking about A-Lin again, and this is also related to her recent famous works which related the show "我是歌手 (I Am A Singer)". Hope you're not bored, since my blog has many posts about her.

This post will be discussing about a song, which is originally sung by 潘瑋柏 (Wilber Pan), but became famous once again, after A-Lin performed. She performed in the eighth week of the in the third season of 我是歌手 (I Am A Singer).

A-Lin / Huang Li Ling (黃麗玲)

A-Lin's performance of 忘記擁抱 (Wang Ji Yong Bao)

And later, the song was released as a single, since the song is used of a movie named "234說愛你" which starred 林依晨 (Ariel Lin).

忘記擁抱 (Wang Ji Yong Bao) Single

As usual, here are the lyrics.
I don't know if the translation of this song is available online or not, but here it is. And sorry if the translations are not the best and if they have any mistakes since this is my own translation of this song, with a lot of help from one of my internet buddies, plus, since I am still learning in translating Mandarin.
Enjoy and thank you for reading!

Song title: 忘記擁抱
Song title pinyin: Wàng Jì Yǒng Bào
Song Title translation: Forgetting to Embrace
作詞 (Lyricist)：葛大為、張簡君偉
作曲 (Composers)：張簡君偉
原唱 (Original singer): 潘瑋柏 (Wilber Pan)

你給的回憶太好
Nǐ gěi de huíyì tài hǎo
The memories you gave are too good
像刺青很難抹掉
Xiàng cìqīng hěn nán mǒ diào
Like a tattoo, they’re hard to wipe off
我一直保持微笑
Wǒ yīzhí bǎochí wéixiào
I keep on smiling
真的我 別被你看到
Zhēn de wǒ bié bèi nǎi kàn dào
For I won’t let you see the real me

我逃進洶湧人潮
Wǒ táo jìn xiōngyǒng réncháo
I run into the sea of people
尋找藏身的一角
Xúnzhǎo cángshēn de yījiǎo
Looking a corner to hide in
我眼淚不敢掉
Wǒ yǎnlèi bù gǎn diào
I cannot cry (any tears)
我快要受不了
Wǒ kuàiyào shòu bùliǎo
I can’t stand it

忘記了擁抱　忘記了微笑
Wàngjìle yǒngbào wàngjìle wéixiào
I forgot (how) to embrace, forgot (how) to smile
忘記我們曾經是那麼那麼樣的好
Wàngjì wǒmen céngjīng shì nàme nàme yàng de hǎo
I forgot that we were that good before
我們都太驕傲　話說的太早
Wǒmen dōu tài jiāo'ào huàshuō de tài zǎo
We were too proud, said what we said too early
是誰的懷抱　是誰在苦笑
Shì shuí de huáibào shì shuí zài kǔxiào
Whose hug? Whose bitter smile?
回過頭是誰偷偷把眼淚擦掉
Huí guòtóu shì shuí tōutōu bǎ yǎnlèi cā diào
After turning around, who has secretly wiped the tears?
抱歉是我　傻得可以　是我不好
Bàoqiàn shì wǒ shǎ dé kěyǐ shì wǒ bù hǎo
Sorry, it’s me, that was fairly stupid; it’s me that’s not good

記憶的拼圖　沒有真心拼湊不了
Jìyì de pīntú méiyǒu zhēnxīn pīncòu bùliǎo
You can’t solve the puzzle of memories, if you don’t have a true heart
幸福的城堡　跌跌撞撞才看的到
Xìngfú de chéngbǎo diédiézhuàngzhuàng cáinéng kàn de dào
You have to stumble and fall to really see, the castle of happiness

Credits:
All photos and videos in this post belongs to their respective owners, especially to Sony Music and 我是歌手 (I Am A Singer)'s YouTube channel. Thank you so much for putting this online.

(Lyrics translated by Tony, with a lot of corrections from Mr. K.C. DO NOT COPY THE TRANSLATION. If you want to copy the translation, please credit both of us.)

A-Lin - Wo Men Dou Ji Mo (我們都寂寞)

Hello, world.

It's me again.

This post will be talking about A-Lin again, and this is also related to the show "我是歌手 (I Am A Singer)". Hope you're not bored, since my blog has many posts about her.

As people already knew, she joined the third season of 我是歌手 (I Am A Singer) in 2015, and performed one of her best hits on the first week she joined, which is 給我一個理由忘記 (Gei Wo Yi Ge Li You Wang Ji). She is already famous with the nickname 天生歌姬, meaning "A Born Diva", but is more famous after she participated in that show, even though she came in sixth place.

A-Lin's performance of 給我一個理由忘記 (Gei Wo Yi Ge Li You Wang Ji) on the first episode of 我是歌手 (I Am A Singer). Click on the picture to watch her performance.

The fourth season, which started on January 15, 2016, has just finished on April 8, 2016, with Coco Lee (李玟) as the winner and Jeff Chang (張信哲) as the runner-up.
And last Friday, on April 15, 2016, A-Lin, with other singers from the third season, came back to join the other artists in the fourth season, to perform in that show. Since that time, the episode's theme is bringing the contestants from the third season to perform together with the singers from the 4th season (this year). This episode was aired live.

A-Lin performance of 我們都寂寞 (Wo Men Dou Ji Mo)

As usual, here are the lyrics.
I don't know if the translation of this song is available online or not, but here it is.
Sorry if the translations are not the best and if they have any mistakes since this is my own translation of this song, with a lot of help from one of my internet buddies, plus, since I am still learning in translating Mandarin.
Enjoy and thank you for reading!

Song title: 我們都寂寞

Song title pinyin: Wǒ Men Dōu Jì Mò

Song Title translation: We Are Lonely

作詞 (Lyricist)：林夕

作曲 (Composers)：符致逸

原唱 (Original singer): 陳奕迅 (Eason Chan)

趕著下班的計程車　一嘯而過

Gǎnzhe xiàbān de jìchéngchē yī xiào érguò

The taxis after work during rush hour run, like tsunamis

下班後不想回家的我　誰要理我

Xiàbān hòu bùxiǎng huí jiā de wǒ shuí yào lǐ wǒ

I don’t want to go home after work, so who would want to talk to me?

很多年之前我問

Hěnduō nián zhīqián wǒ wèn

Many years ago, I asked,

朋友來陪我　有誰來愛我

Péngyǒu lái péi wǒ yǒu shuí lái ài wǒ

My friends who accompanied me, “Who’d want to love me?”

買醉的時候你認識我

Mǎizuì de shíhòu nǐ rènshí wǒ 

When we were drunk, you knew me

最後還一起生活

Zuìhòu hái yīqǐ shēnghuó

In the end, you chose to live (together) with me

為怕寂寞　我們做了很多

Wèi pà jìmò wǒmen zuòle hěndu

Being scared of being alone, we did many things

最沒空寂寞

Zuì méi kōng jìmò

So that we became too busy to be lonely

偶遇你之後我說

Ouyù nǐ zhīhòu wǒ shuō

After accidentally meeting you, I said,

想有人愛我　就有人愛我

Xiǎng yǒurén ài wǒ jiù yǒurén ài wǒ

“Whenever I want somebody to love me, there will be somebody to love me.”

可是我　不知道想要什麼

Kěshì wǒ bù zhīdào xiǎng yào shénme

But I, don’t know what I want,

不知道擁有什麼

Bù zhīdào yǒngyǒu shénme

Don’t know what I have,

可能我們都寂寞

Kěnéng wǒmen dōu jìmò

Maybe, we are lonely

迎面一個老尼姑走過　把路燈看破

Yíngmiàn yīgè lǎo nígū zǒuguò bǎ lùdēng kànpò

I saw the face of an old nun walk by, seeing her by the streetlight

有你在家裡苦等的我

Yǒu nǐ zài jiālǐ kǔ děng de wǒ

I have you waiting for me at home

難道比她幸福的多

Nándào bǐ tā xìngfú de duō

Could you say that I am happier than her?

現在不想下班的我

Xiànzài bùxiǎng xiàbān de wǒ

Now I don’t want to finish my work

沒愛好難過　有愛算什麼

Méi àihào nánguò yǒu ài suàn shénme

I’m sad when I don’t have love, but what love stands for when I have?

我恨我　我不知道想要什麼

Wǒ hèn wǒ wǒ bù zhīdào xiǎng yào shénme

I hate that I, I don’t know what I want,

我不知道擁有什麼

Wǒ bù zhīdào yǒngyǒu shénme

Don’t know what I have,

可能我們都寂寞

Kěnéng wǒmen dōu jìmò

Maybe, we are lonely

走過馬路的我說

Zǒuguò mǎlù de wǒ shuō

Walking along the street, I said,

一個人寂寞　兩個人寂寞

Yīgèrén jìmò liǎng gè rén jìmò

“With either one person or two people, they’re both lonely.”

可能我　我不知道擁有什麼

Kěnéng wǒ wǒ bù zhīdào yǒngyǒu shénme

Maybe I, I don’t know what I have,

而我又缺少什麼

Ér wǒ yòu quēshǎo shénme

But there is something missing inside me

我害怕什麼

Wǒ hàipà shénme

What am I afraid of?

怕什麼

Pà shénme

What am I afraid of?

我不知道愛算什麼

Wǒ bù zhīdào ài suàn shénme

I don’t know what love stands for

而我又算什麼

Ér wǒ yòu suàn shénme

But what do I count for?

我們都寂寞

Wǒmen dōu jìmò

We are lonely

Credits:
All photos and videos in this post belongs to their respective owners, especially to the 我是歌手 (I Am A Singer)'s YouTube channel. Thank you so much for putting this online.

(Lyrics translated by Tony, with a lot of corrections from Mr. K.C. DO NOT COPY THE TRANSLATION. If you want to copy the translation, please credit both of us.)

我等到花兒也謝了 (Wo Deng Dao Hua Er Ye Xie Liao)

Hello, world.

It's me again.

This post will be talking about one of the hits songs, that is still famous after somebody performed this.

This song is originally sung by 張學友 (Jacky Cheung), but became famous again, after A-Lin performed.

Yep, who doesn't know 張學友 (Jacky Cheung / Zhang Xue You)? He is famous for his love song in the nineties, which are 吻別 (Wen Bie), 情網 (Qing Wang), 一路上有你 (Yi Lu Shang You Ni), 祝福 (Zhu Fu), 一千個傷心的理由 (Yi Qian Ge Shang Xin De Li You), and many more. This song, 我等到花兒也謝了 (Wo Deng Dao Hua Er Ye Xie Liao), is also his big hit.

張學友 (Jacky Cheung / Zhang Xue You)'s music video of 我等到花兒也謝了 (Wo Deng Dao Hua Er Ye Xie Liao)

Later in 2015, this song was performed by A-Lin in the third season of 我是歌手 (I Am A Singer), which she performed in the fifth week of the show.

A-Lin / Huang Li Ling (黃麗玲)

She is already famous with the nickname 天生歌姬, meaning "A Born Diva", but is more famous after she participated in that show, even though she came in sixth place.
This song has also become one of her hits songs after she performed on the show, even though she has never released a version of this song.

A-Lin's performance of 我等到花兒也謝了 (Wo Deng Dao Hua Er Ye Xie Liao)

Here in Indonesia, this song has also used in many singing competitions, either it's A-Lin's version or the original Jacky Cheung's version.

Here is the lyrics and my own translation of this song, with a little help of one of my internet buddies. I am still learning in translating so sorry if this is not the best. Thank you!

Song title: 我等到花兒也謝了

Song title pinyin: Wǒ Děng Dào Huā Er Yě Xiè Liao

Song Title translation: I’ve Waited So Long That the Flowers have Withered

作詞 (Lyricist)：吳慶康
作曲 (Composers)：李偉菘 / 陳少琪

Original singer: 張學友 (Jacky Cheung)

每個人都在問我　到底還在等什麼
Měi gèrén dōu zài wèn wǒ dàodǐ hái zài děng shénme
Everyone has asked me, what am I actually waiting for?
等到春夏秋冬都過了　難道還不夠
Děngdào chūn xià qiūdōng dōuguòle nándào huán bùgòu
Haven’t I waited long enough already that many seasons have passed?
其實是因為我的心　有一個缺口
Qíshí shì yīnwèi wǒ de xīn yǒu yīgè quēkǒu
It is actually because there is a hole (like something is missing) in my heart
等待拿走的人　把它還給我
Děngdài ná zǒu de rén bǎ tā huán gěi wǒ
I’m waiting for the one to fill that hole to return it to me

每個人都在說　這種愛情沒有結果
Měi gèrén dōu zàishuō zhè zhǒng àiqíng méiyǒu jiéguǒ
Everybody has said to me, that this kind of love has no result
我也知道　你永遠都不能夠愛我
Wǒ yě zhīdào nǐ yǒngyuǎn dōu bù nénggòu ài wǒ
I also know that you, will never (be able to) love me
其實我只是希望你　有時想一想我
Qíshí wǒ zhǐshì xīwàng nǐ yǒushí xiǎng yī xiǎng wǒg
Actually, I only hope to know, that you think of me every now and then,
你卻已經漸漸漸漸　什麼都不再說
Nǐ què yǐjīng jiànjiànjiàn jiàn shénme dōu bù zài shuō
but you’ve already gradually had nothing left to say

我睡不著的時候　會不會有人陪著我
Wǒ shuì bùzháo de shíhòu huì bù huì yǒurén péizhe wǒ
Is there anybody that can accompany me, when I can’t sleep?
我難過的時候　會不會有人安慰我
Wǒ nánguò de shíhòu huì bù huì yǒurén ānwèi wǒ
Is there anyone that can comfort me, when I am sad?
我想說話的時候　會不會有人瞭解我
Wǒ xiǎng shuōhuà de shíhòu huì bù huì yǒurén liǎojiě wǒ
Is there anybody that can understand me, when I want to say something?
我忘不了你的時候　你會不會來疼我
Wǒ wàng bùliǎo nǐ de shíhòu nǐ huì bù huì lái téng wǒ
Can you come and love me, when I cannot forget you?

你知不知道　你知不知道　我等到花兒也謝了
Nǐ zhī bù zhīdào nǐ zhī bù zhīdào wǒ děngdào huā er yě xièle
Do you know, or do you not know, that I’ve waited so long that the flowers have withered?
你知不知道　你知不知道　我等到花兒也謝了
Nǐ zhī bù zhīdào nǐ zhī bù zhīdào wǒ děngdào huā er yě xièle
Do you know, or do you not know, that I’ve waited so long that the flowers have withered?


Credits:
All photos and videos in this post belongs to their respective owners. Thank you so much for putting this online.

M-Girls - 年來了 (Nian Lai Le)

Hello, world.
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

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.

Credits:
- 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

Isyana Sarasvati - Explore!

"Bila memang harus berpisah,

Aku akan tetap setia.

Bila memang ini ujungnya,

Kau 'kan akan tetap di dalam jiwa."

Hello, world!
Long time no see, again!

Kali ini saya akan membahas...
Silakan lihat lirik lagu di atas.
Lirik lagu di atas tentu saja sudah tidak asing lagi di telinga kita. Lagu ini dipopulerkan, sekaligus diciptakan oleh seorang penyanyi muda, perempuan, dan bermultitalenta. Tentunya masyarakat Indonesia sudah tidak asing lagi dengan nama ini:

Isyana Sarasvati

Isyana Sarasvati.

Mungkin namanya masih terdengar baru di kalangan musik tanah air. Sekarang siapa yang tidak mengetahui sosok wanita muda ini? Hampir setiap hari lagunya terdengar di manapun kita berada, sehingga kita pun jadi merasa lagunya yang ini sekarang sudah tidak asing lagi. Satu lagu hits-nya berbahasa Inggris, dan satunya lagi berbahasa Indonesia, yang dua-duanya sedang meledak di pasaran. Betul sekali, kedua lagunya, yang berjudul "Keep Being You" dan "Tetap Dalam Jiwa" sedang meledak di pasaran musik Indonesia saat ini, terutama "Tetap Dalam Jiwa" yang diputar di radio-radio setiap hari, dan kedua lagu ini sukses menjaring penggemar dari berbagai macam usia. Bahkan, sampai ada fans club khusus untuk penggemar Isyana, yang diberi nama "Isyanation".

"Keep Being You" Lyric Video

"Tetap Dalam Jiwa" Live Performance dalam acara "Ini Talk Show" pada tanggal 10 Agustus 2015

Dan siapa yang nggak tersihir dengan karyanya? Saya pun juga mulai menyukai dan mengagumi wanita ini, dan perlahan-lahan menjadi penggemar dari wanita yang super hebat ini. Pertama-tama, saya mengetahui sosok wanita ini dari lagu "Tetap Dalam Jiwa" (pastinya, dan tentunya sebagian besar penggemar baru dari Isyana juga mengetahui siapa penyanyinya dari lagu ini),
dan saya pun mencari tahu tentangnya di Internet. Setelah saya lihat-lihat biodatanya, saya semakin kagum dengan semua prestasinya. Bayangkan saja. Sudah bersuara ala opera (yang tingginya bisa 2 atau 3 oktaf lebih tingi dari suara kita), wanita yang lahir di Bandung pada tanggal 2 Mei 1993 ini merupakan lulusan luar negeri (dan beasiswa juga), berprestasi mewakili negara dalam ajang kompetisi musik internasional, lagu-lagunya terkenal pula. Impressive, right?
Dan baru-baru ini terdapat kabar gembira juga untuk para penggemar Isyana Sarasvati, karena album solo perdananya, yang berjudul "Explore!" sudah beredar di bawah naungan Sony Music Entertainment, melalui pre-order dalam situs jual-beli di Indonesia, Tokopedia. Masa pre-order album ini mulai pada tanggal 11 November dan sudah berakhir pada tanggal 22 November lalu. Durasinya memang termasuk lama, 11 hari. Dan ternyata, peminat untuk pre-order ini banyak sekali.

Pre-order album solo perdana Isyana Sarasvati "Explore!" (silahkan klik gambar untuk mengunjungi site Tokopedia)

Sebagai penggemarnya, siapa yang tidak senang mendengar kabar baik ini? Saya pun langsung membeli albumnya begitu mendengar kabar ini. Bayangkan! Sudah membeli CDnya, ada foto-fotonya di dalam album, ditandatangani pula. Keren bukan? Saya sebenarnya berharap kalau ada bonus lain berupa poster dan sejenisnya, tetapi tidak apa.
Dan setelah masa pre-order berakhir, 3 hari kemudian, saya pun menerima paket dari Tokopedia yang berisi CD yang sudah ditandatangani langsung oleh Isyana sendiri. Berhubung saya memesan 2 buah CD Regular dan 1 CD Deluxe, paket pun sampai ke tangan saya sesuai dengan jumlah album yang saya pesan, ditambahkan dengan stiker bulat yang bergambar Isyana dan Tokopedia. How does it feel? Betapa senangnya menerima paket ini. Woah! Siapa yang nggak senang menerimanya? Itu pasti! Saya pun langsung mendengarkan CDnya berulang-ulang. Mungkin terkesan berlebihan, tapi, beginilah, aksi dan reaksi dari seorang penggemar.

Berikut ini video yang berisikan preview dari lagu-lagu yang terdapat dalam album "Explore!":

Setelah mendengarkan semua lagu-lagu yang terdapat dalam album ini, yang menjadi favorit saya sejauh ini adalah:
(masih tetap) Keep Being You, Tetap Dalam Jiwa, Tap Tap Tap, All Over Me, The Way I Love You, Kau Adalah, dan All or Nothing.
Menurut saya pribadi, saya sangat menyukai lagu-lagu yang terdapat dalam album ini. Bermacam-macam lagu di dalamnya, bermacam-macam pula gaya yang ada dalam setiap lagu. Saya pun mempunyai satu buah opini tentang albumnya: Kreatif. Kenapa kreatif? Karena seperti yang saya sebutkan, lagu-lagunya mempunyai gaya atau nuansa yang berbeda-beda, mulai dari ballad, R & B, dan nuansa pop, sehingga konsep yang terdapat dalam album ini tidak monoton, karena itu juga pendengarnya tidak bosan mendengarkan lagu-lagu dalam album ini.

Dan baru-baru ini, single ketiga dari album "Explore!" sudah diluncurkan ke stasiun radio, yang berjudul "Kau Adalah", yang dinyanyikan bersama Rayi RAN. (2 lagu sebelumnya juga merupakan single dalam album yang sama.) Silahkan dengar lagunya dalam video di bawah:

Dan baru-baru ini, Isyana baru saja mengadakan pertunjukannya di Mall Kelapa Gading, pada hari Sabtu, tanggal 28 November lalu. Mumpung mall ini termasuk dekat dengan lokasi saya, tentunya saya pun langsung mengunjungi mall tersebut. Lumayan!

"Common Point" event at Mal Kelapa Gading, Jakarta, with performance by Isyana Sarasvati on 28th November 2015 and by Adera on 29th November 2015

Siapa yang menyangka bahwa 1 jam saja sebelum acara dimulai, lokasi acara sudah dipadati dengan ratusan orang penonton? Bahkan, ada juga beberapa anggota Isyanation yang berada di lokasi yang sama. Ini tandanya, Isyana memang sukses di dunia musik, biarpun ia belum lama menekuni karirnya sebagai seorang penyanyi.
Isyana pun masuk ke panggung membawakan lagu "Rather Be" yang ia mainkan sendiri dengan keyboard diiringi oleh group bandnya, yang diikuti oleh semua penonton (termasuk saya! haha.), dilanjutkan dengan "Keep Being You" dan "Tetap Dalam Jiwa".
Selanjutnya ia membawakan "Kau Adalah", tanpa Rayi, sehingga ia pun menyanyikan semua bagiannya sendiri, dan tentunya, diikuti juga oleh penonton merangkap penggemarnya. Ketiga lagu sebelumnya, kecuali "Rather Be", merupakan single yang terdapat di dalam album solo perdananya.

Siapa yang menyangka (lagi), bahwa setelah lagu "Kau Adalah" selesai, Isyana ternyata akan menyudahi pertunjukannya? No way. Tapi ternyata, ia pun melanjutkan dengan lagu terakhir berupa medley yang berisikan lagu "What Do You Mean?" dan "Cheerleader". Perlu dicatat, bahwa semua lagu ia mainkan sendiri dengan keyboard dan tentunya juga diiringi oleh group band yang juga berada di lokasi.
Setelah medley berakhir, Isyana pun berfoto ria dengan para penggemarnya, dengan pose di atas panggung sementara kami-kami ini, sebagai penonton, menjadi "background" fotonya, setelah itu acara pun berakhir.
Dalam hati saya berpikir, kenapa acaranya hanya sesingkat ini? Ini namanya, kalau lokasinya saja ramai seperti ini sih boro-boro menghampiri dia langsung, apalagi berfoto bersama. Tetapi untuk saya, melihat pertunjukannya (sekaligus dirinya) langsung saja sudah membuat saya senang sekali, dan saya pun semakin kagum dan terpukau dengan sosok seorang penyanyi merangkap pencipta lagu yang bernama Isyana Sarasvati.

Sekian untuk post tentang Isyana Sarasvati dari saya, saya meminta maaf yang sebesar-besarnya jika terdapat kesalahan dalam postingan saya ini.
Thanks for reading this long post and I hope you enjoy!

Credits:
Isyana's photo credit goes to kompas.com

"Common Point" event picture credit goes to Mall Kelapa Gading's official Twitter account

Isyana's Tokopedia advertisement picture credit goes to marketeers.com and tokopedia.com

Isyana's album cover credit goes to iTunes.

Isyana's "Keep Being You" Lyric Video credit goes to Sony Music's YouTube channel.

Isyana's "Tetap Dalam Jiwa" performance video credit goes to Ini Talk Show / NET TV.

Isyana's album preview video credit goes to Isyana's YouTube channel.

All of music credits of Isyana belongs to Sony Music and iTunes.

戴愛玲 (Dai Ailing) & A-Lin - 我不離開 (Wo Bu Li Kai)

Hello, world.
Long time no see.

This post will be about the collaboration of two powerful singers,
A-Lin / Huang Li Ling (黃麗玲) and Dai Ai Ling (戴愛玲).
Yes, they are totally famous, and some of the powerful singers in Taiwan.

Both the singers mentioned have done collaborated for a new song called 我不離開 (Wo Bu Li Kai), meaning "I'm Not Leaving" or "I Won't Leave" in English.

Let me introduce both singers first.
A-Lin joined Sony Records in May, after all her records with Avex Taiwan ended. She just released her first album with Sony Records on the 30th of December last year. Her newest studio album is called Guilt (罪惡感).  One of her best hits is 給我一個理由忘記 (Gei Wo Yi Ge Li You Wang Ji). She also joined the third season of 我是歌手 (I Am A Singer). She is already famous with the nickname 天生歌姬, meaning "A Born Diva", but is more famous after she participated in that show, even though she came in sixth place.

A-Lin / Huang Li Ling (黃麗玲)

戴愛玲 (Dai Ai Ling) is famous for one of her songs, 對的人 (Dui De Ren). Even though the song was released years ago, this song is still a hit now, especially since the bridge of this song is totally hard to hit vocally.

戴愛玲 (Ailing Tai)'s 感覺對了就愛喲 (Gan Jue Dui Le Jiu Ai Yo) single cover

According to this link,
"Ailing Tai’s latest song, 我不離開 (Wo Bu Li Kai), is the first song from her upcoming album, also the first that Ailing Tai duets with another famous Taiwanese singer A-Lin."

That's right. This song is their first duet since A-Lin joined Sony Records. They both have maintained good relationships with each other and they finally have sung a duet for the first time.
This song is the first single of Dai Ai Ling's new upcoming-album, with the same title as the song.

我不離開 (Wo Bu Li Kai) Single cover

This song recently premiered on a well-known radio station in Taiwan, HitFM, on June 22nd. The official music video was publicly released on the 3rd of July, 2015, on Dai Ai Ling's YouTube channel.
Below is the official music video.

我不離開 (Wo Bu Li Kai) music video

我不離開 (Wo Bu Li Kai) music video screenshot #1

我不離開 (Wo Bu Li Kai) music video screenshot #2

Now, I am starting to like this song. Not only because this is a collaboration between two powerful singers, but the song is also good. Definitely a favorite of mine.

Okay, as usual, here are the lyrics.
Maybe I am the first person to translate this song in this world, so here it is. Sorry if the translations are not the best and if they have any mistakes, since I am still learning Mandarin. Enjoy!


Song title: 我不離開
Song title Pinyin: Wo Bu Li Kai
Song title Meaning: I'm Not Leaving / I Won’t Leave
作詞：黃婷
作曲：Skot Suyama 陶山
Singers: A-Lin / Huang Li Ling (黃麗玲) and Dai Ai Ling (戴愛玲)


(戴愛玲 Dai Ailing)
偶爾 我會懷疑怎麼繼續
Ǒu'ěr wǒ huì huáiyí zěnme jìxù
Occasionally, I’d wonder how to continue,
不能忍住眼淚
Bùnéng rěn zhù yǎnlèi
I cannot hold back my tears,
再怎麼深呼吸
Zài zěnme shēnhūxī
No matter how deeply I breathe,
再怎麼撐住自己都不行
Zài zěnme chēng zhù zìjǐ dōu bùxíng
No matter I raise myself, it will not work.

(A-Lin)
偶爾 我不知道還能往哪兒去
Ǒu'ěr wǒ bù zhīdào hái néng wǎng nǎ'er qù
Occasionally, I don’t know where I can still go,
努力走夠遠了
Nǔlì zǒu gòu yuǎnle
I’m trying to go far enough,
天色也夠晚了
Tiānsè yě gòu wǎnle
The sky is dark enough,
醒來卻還在原地
Xǐng lái què hái zàiyuán dì
When I wake up, I’m still in the same place.

(戴愛玲 Dai Ailing)
不要怕 握緊我
Bùyào pà wò jǐn wǒ
Don't be afraid, hold me tight.
茫茫人海我們牽住了彼此的手
Mángmáng rén hǎi wǒmen qiān zhùle bǐcǐ de shǒu
In the big crowds, we just hold each other’s hands,
為今天而活
Wéi jīntiān ér huó
Living for today.

(A-Lin)
勇敢愛過 勇敢錯過
Yǒnggǎn àiguò yǒnggǎn cuòguò
Brave to love, and brave to do wrong,
勇敢摔過 再站起來過
Yǒnggǎn shuāiguò zài zhànqǐlái guò
Brave to fall down, and rise up again,
看過多少的流星墜落 多少的彩虹沉沒
Kànguò duōshǎo de liúxīng zhuìluò duōshǎo de cǎihóng chénmò
I saw how many meteors fall, and how many rainbows sinking,
不退縮
Bù tuìsuō
I didn’t flinch.

(戴愛玲 Dai Ailing)
我不離開
Wǒ bù líkāi
I'm not leaving.

(A-Lin)
我一直在
Wǒ yīzhí zài
I am always here.

(戴愛玲 Dai Ailing)
陪你一天一天等待
Péi nǐ yītiān yītiān děngdài
Accompanying you, waiting day-by-day,

(A-Lin)
陪你一次一次重來
Péi nǐ yīcì yīcì chóng lái
Accompanying you, again and again,

(合唱 Together)
哪怕到懸崖
Nǎpà dào xuányá
Even to the cliff.

(A-Lin)
我不離開 我為你在
Wǒ bù líkāi wǒ wèi nǐ zài
I’m not leaving, I am here for you.

(戴愛玲 Dai Ailing)
我不離開 我永遠在
Wǒ bù líkāi wǒ yǒngyuǎn zài
I’m not leaving, I am always here.

(A-Lin)
遠方地平線長長延伸出去
Yuǎnfāng dìpíngxiàn chǎng chǎng yánshēn chūqù
The faraway place stretches out long enough to the horizon.
那路牌到天際 那風景多美麗
Nà lùpái dào tiānjì nà fēngjǐng duō měilì
The signs that point to the sky, the scenery is very beautiful,
慶幸我們在這裡
Qìngxìng wǒmen zài zhèlǐ
Fortunately, we are here.

(戴愛玲 Dai Ailing)
不要怕 握緊我
Bùyào pà wò jǐn wǒ
Don't be afraid, hold me tight.
茫茫人海我們牽住了彼此的手
Mángmáng rén hǎi wǒmen qiān zhùle bǐcǐ de shǒu
In the big crowds, we just hold each other’s hands,
為今天而活
Wéi jīntiān ér huó
Living for today.

(A-Lin)
勇敢愛過 勇敢錯過
Yǒnggǎn àiguò yǒnggǎn cuòguò
Brave to love, and brave to do wrong,
勇敢摔過 再站起來過
Yǒnggǎn shuāiguò zài zhànqǐlái guò
Brave to fall down, and rise up again,
看過多少的流星墜落 多少的彩虹沉沒
Kànguò duōshǎo de liúxīng zhuìluò duōshǎo de cǎihóng chénmò
I saw how many meteors fall, and how many rainbows sinking,
不退縮
Bù tuìsuō
I didn’t flinch.

(戴愛玲 Dai Ailing)
我不離開
Wǒ bù líkāi
I'm not leaving.

(A-Lin)
我一直在
Wǒ yīzhí zài
I am always here.

(戴愛玲 Dai Ailing)
陪你一天一天等待
Péi nǐ yītiān yītiān děngdài
Accompanying you, waiting day-by-day,

(A-Lin)
陪你一次一次重來
Péi nǐ yīcì yīcì chóng lái
Accompanying you, again and again,

(合唱 Together)
把夢贏回來
Bǎ mèng yíng huílái
Win back the dream.

(A-Lin) (戴愛玲 Dai Ailing as backing)
我不離開 (我不離開)
Wǒ bù líkāi (Wǒ bù líkāi)
I'm not leaving (I'm not leaving)
我為你在 (我為你在)
Wǒ wèi nǐ zài (Wǒ wèi nǐ zài)
I am here for you (I am here for you)

(戴愛玲 Dai Ailing) (A-Lin as backing)
我不離開 (你在我的身邊)
Wǒ bù líkāi (Nǐ zài wǒ de shēnbiān)
I’m not leaving (You are by my side)
我永遠在
Wǒ yǒngyuǎn zài
I’ll always be here.
我不離開
Wǒ bù líkāi
I'm not leaving.

(A-Lin)
有過等待 有過期待
Yǒuguò děngdài yǒuguò qídài
I waited, and I expected.
不怕傷害 不怕挫敗
Bùpà shānghài bùpà cuòbài
I’m not afraid to be hurt, or to be defeated.
愛你所愛 我一直在
Ài nǐ suǒ ài wǒ yīzhí zài
I love you with my all, and I am always here.
我不離開 我永遠在
Wǒ bù líkāi wǒ yǒngyuǎn zài
I'm not leaving, I’ll always be here.
有過等待 有過期待
Yǒuguò děngdài yǒuguò qídài
I waited, and I expected.
不怕傷害 不怕挫敗
Bùpà shānghài bùpà cuòbài
I’m not afraid to be hurt, or to be defeated.
愛你所愛 我一直在
Ài nǐ suǒ ài wǒ yīzhí zài
I love you with my all, and I am always here.

(合唱 Together)
永遠都不離開
Yǒngyuǎn dōu bù líkāi
I will never leave.

Credits:
(Lyrics translated by Tony, with a lot of corrections from Mr. K.C. DO NOT COPY THE TRANSLATION. If you want to copy the translation, please credit both of us.)

(Album cover photo credit goes to this link)

(The photo credit of Ailing Tai goes to this site)

(The photo credit of A-Lin goes to this site)

(Music video credit goes to Ailing Tai's YouTube Channel)

(The credit of the music video screenshots goes to this site)