 Charlene Choi Releases New Cantonese Album "Blooming" Jun 22nd 2013, 19:13 On June 20, Charlene Choi (Ah Sa) released her new Cantonese album . Explaining her idea for the concept of 'Blooming', Charlene stated, "I am currently at the age that woman are the most beautiful and start to give off a feminine charm, so using the theme 'Blooming' is most fitting." Naturally, there must be a album cover design relevant to such a theme. Previously, Ah Sa and her production team traveled to England to photograph the album cover and film a music video. Large blooming lavender fields, wheat fields, and sunflower fields as tall as people collectively unified the theme, capturing the most beautiful side of Charlene.
Many musicians were invited to work together on the album. In addition to continuously working with Eric Kwok and Riley Lam, Charlene also collaborated with Keith Chan (from YLK Organization), Alex Fung, Pong Nan and The Island, incarnating Charlene into different images and sharing her life experiences with listeners. To match the theme 'Blooming', a lot of thought was putting into the music composition, incorporating the accordion and weaving string instruments into the songs, increasing the exotic style of the music.
During the four-day trip filming in England, carrying a vacationing mindset while working, the trip was extremely enriching. In addition to first visiting the British Museum in London, Charlene even visited a farm in the suburbs of England to photograph the album cover. In an entire field of sunflowers and lavenders, Charlene's mood immediately relaxed. The photographer even plucked wheat, allowing Charlene to lie down for photographs. Ah Sa reasoned, "Fortunately, tourists are allowed to pluck wheat here. But it really is very beautiful, I could only ask them to not remove so much!"
Amusingly, while preparing to roam the sunflower field, Ah Sa exclaimed, "How come it looks like the flowers are walking? And they are walking very fast!" Upon walking closer, it became clear that a tourist had plucked a sunflower as tall as a person and was leaving, making it appear as if the sunflower itself was walking around. Was Charlene excited to see such large sunflowers? "These sunflowers really are extremely large. The stem is even taller than me and the bees seem like giant grapes. No one dares to touch the flowers, out of fear of disturbing the giant bees! We don't even dare to laugh aloud with our mouths opens, for fear of eating the bees!" Charlene explained. With this backdrop, the beautiful photos and album cover were successfully completed. Ah Sa even found the time to take a train to Paris and tour for a day. Seeing the Eiffel Tower for the first time, Ah Sa was so excited she jumped at the chance for a photograph.
The album includes Keith Chan's "Alive" with a rich composition and musical arrangement, and lyrics expressing having no regrets in life. The first plugged song "Mistaken" was Charlene's first time collaborating with The Island. FAMA's CKwan tailor-made the lyrics for Ah Sa and praised her for being an intelligent girl with wisdom and experience. After music fans have a taste of the lyrics, those who have experienced defeat on the journey of love will be able to feel a sense of relief. "Intelligent Fool" is composed by Eric Kwok with lyrics by Riley Lam, and raises whether or not people should act naive in relationships; allowing oneself to not know the whole truth is often more comfortable. is composed by Alex Fung with lyrics by Pong Nan. With a rock style of music, Charlene expresses women's wish for men to cherish their heart.
Other songs include: "Little Place", "Not Enough To Please", "Mist", "East and West", "Overwhelmingly Flattered" and "Camera".
The album also includes 5 music videos: "Alive", "Mistaken", "Intelligent Fool", "To Be Kind To Women", and "Mist".
Source: EEG Music
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