CeeJay's Pick of the Month (July) - Dear Jane 寧願當初不相見, Kayee Tam 甜言騙局

Hi everyone!

Following from last month's Pick of the month, we have two songs we'd like to introduce this month.

The first song is from Dear Jane which is a band we particularly like in Cantopop these days. Recently, we feel that they've ditched the old harder rock feeling for more modern instruments and beats. Their ability to express their feelings across is still evident. Our favourite songs from them are still the 3 part story of 哪裡只得我共你, 只知感覺失了蹤, and 經過一些秋與冬. This is because they were able to tell a full love story from meeting to breaking up to getting over each other through songs. This left listeners anticipating for the next song to finish the story. This song isn't as 'full' in its story telling and is a little repetitive. Their new style reminds us of modern pop and while it shows that canto can be used for upbeat songs, hopefully the storytelling is still great as they continue!

Having said that, this song is still catchy and we have definitely added it to our playlists for Chinese songs. It touches on regrets for meeting and getting to know someone when all the memories of them just bring pain. It reminds us of the song Amnesia by 5 Seconds of Summer here.

Dear Jane - 寧願當初不相見 Wish We Never Met

曲：Howie@Dear Jane

詞：Howie@Dear Jane/ 鄭敏

編：Dear Jane / David & Antoine@The Lost Boys Production

監：Howie@Dear Jane / 關禮琛 / Tim@Dear Jane

就讓世間此刻終結

悼念這深刻的愛戀

就讓我身軀都破損

患絕症般思想輾轉紊亂

就讓眼晴失焦放空

沒有力氣頓覺失重

其實挽留哪有用

卻未會令你感動

寧願當初不相見

寧願當初不覺得你太友善

寧願失憶失去掛念

記不清楚你笑臉

至少今天我會活好一點

寧願當初不相見

是恨我偏偏都看通

最快樂片段最心痛

難道愛情愛作弄

悸動過後更空洞

寧願當初不相見

寧願當初不覺得你太友善

寧願失憶失去掛念

記不清楚你笑臉

至少今天我會活好一點

寧願當初不相見

不想記住

不想寄存

不想再見當天

不需紀念

不需寄情

若可記性差點

是一種解脫

寧願當初不相見

寧願當初不覺得你太友善

如若剛巧跟你碰面

讓溫馨感覺再現

或許今天我更難堪多點

寧願當初不相見

寧願今天的你不會去發現

誰若即使等數百年

亦不減一秒掛念

為這一刻你要活好一點

還是彼此不相見

寧願當初不相見

We have been listening to Kayee ever since her days competing at the Voice and also through her old Youtube uploads of covers and original songs. This song was composed and written by her like most of her other songs which we admire. It has taken a long time since Kayee has gotten recognized since competing on the Voice even though she has a song writing talent. It was only because Jinny and Stephanie started getting less songs that Kayee was able to sing more theme songs. Hopefully she will get better songs in the future.

This song is about being betrayed by a cheater and allowing herself to be played in his game. We particularly like songs that tell a full story and can illustrate emotion. The video compliments the song well and basically tells the story behind the lyrics. We did not expect the male character to have 3 girls at once haha, we just thought it would be between the 2 girls. Kinda cheap how the guy keeps giving the same bracelet to all 3 girls, you would think he'd give another gift for different girls. 

譚嘉儀 Kayee - 甜言騙局 Official MV

曲: 譚嘉儀

詞: 譚嘉儀

編: 黃安弘

監: 譚耀倫、黃安弘、譚嘉儀

手機裡面被發現跟著她纏綿

你倆對話極之渲染

暗地去維繫著兩邊

思想正面 為免被拖著多半年

揭發你 內心膚淺

愛用那流淚格式 無用再演 

數百句甜言是騙局 

轉身 偷偷等待誰做壓軸

心裏懷疑那變數 仍望可解到

現實卻令我屈服

愛上你原來是騙局 

愛得太早始終失去定數

終結後這無言的哭泣

對著哪位申訴

開聲透露 便畏罪趕著的潛逃

你那相貌心虛得早

據實已呈現眼中

毋庸探討

數百句甜言是騙局 

轉身 偷偷等待誰做壓軸

心裏懷疑那變數 仍望可解到

現實卻令我屈服

愛上你原來是騙局 

愛得太早始終失去定數

終結後這無言的哭泣

對著哪位申訴

當坦白極其無用

偷呃只須一種

面對著誘惑是你仍未太懂

博得同情也 帶來結終

怪我 太純情被制服

妄想 一天這段情或繼續

心裏懷疑那變數 仍望可解到

現實卻令我屈服

每秒 我回頭望細讀

太多 解不了彷似預告

當最後醒來時 都經已

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Thanks for reading and listening to the new songs for this month! Let us know if you have any thoughts on new cantopop songs.

-Cee and Jay