Nine years ago, on August 17, 2012, Rainie Yang released the album "People Who Want to Be Happy". This is not only her seventh solo album, but also her first since the renewal of Sony Music.
At this time, Rainie Yang is no longer the supporting role Xiao You in "Meteor Garden", let alone the small transparency at the beginning of her debut, but a powerful actor who won the Best Actress Award at the 45th Taiwan Television Golden Bell Awards, and a powerful singer who has won the "Best Singer" and "Best Song" at the Xincheng Chinese Awards ceremony many times... She is regarded as a new generation of female artists who are in the limelight of the entertainment industry in Hong Kong and Taiwan.
The improvement of the coffee position naturally makes Rainie Yang's new album get the attention of Sony Music.
The record company not only invited Xue Zhongming, Adi Zai, Ma Yufen as producers, but also the creative team of Yao Ruolong, Wu Qingfeng, Yi Jiayang and others can also be called Wang Bang. In addition, in the process of album production, Sony Music was also willing to invest, and the album covers were specially filmed in Paris.
From a musical point of view, "The Man Who Wants to Be Happy" is actually a record that Rainie Yang seeks to transform. She has a clear understanding of her own music road, takes the initiative to give up the sweet feelings of the little girl, refuses to limit herself to the route of "cute godfather", and seriously explores more possibilities in her own works.
The eleven works included in the album are the products of Rainie Yang's exploration and transformation. Although the title songs "Forget" and "People Who Want to Be Happy" are traditional love songs (the latter is the theme song of the micro-movie of the same name), Wu Qingfeng's tailor-made "The Troubles of Young Werther" tailored for Rainie Yang is exceptional.
In the end, the "forget" in the album allowed Rainie Yang to win the 2012 MusicalRadio China TOP Chart Hong Kong and Taiwan Region Annual Golden Melody, the 2013 Hito Pop Music Award annual top ten Chinese songs and other awards, and Wu Qingfeng also won the 2013 Hito Pop Music Award lyricist with the lyrics of "Young Werther's Troubles", which is also a win-win cooperation.
It is reported that the album "People Who Want to Be Happy" was released on the first day, and the sales exceeded 200,000. A month after the release of the album, Sony Music released the celebratory collection version of the album "Young Werther's Troubles Hardcover" on September 21, and soon kicked off the prelude to Rainie Yang's "World Tour for Love" at the end of the year...
Although all of the above reflects the profit-making nature of the record company, it is enough to prove that Rainie Yang was super popular at that time.
However, there must be gains and losses, as a singer, Rainie Yang lacks a little fate with the Taiwan Golden Melody Awards. Since her debut, she has only been nominated for the "Song of the Year Award" at the 28th Golden Melody Awards in 2007 with the song "Ring of the Year".
Unfortunately, in the final selection, Rainie Yang did not win the grand prize as she wished, but lost to the supernova of the year "Caodong No Party".
We don't judge heroes by success or failure, we can get nominated, and Rainie Yang has set a record. Unconsciously, she became the first artist in Taiwan Province to be shortlisted for the Three Gold Awards (Golden Bell Award, Golden Horse Award, golden melody award).
On April 16 this year, in the night of the formation of the "Sister Riding the Wind and Waves Season 2", Rainie Yang formed the group in the third place. Since her debut in 1999, her efforts and evolution in the past 21 years have been clearly displayed in front of the public with records and series as mirrors.
As a fan, looking back on her resolute transformation album nine years ago, in addition to being happy for her achievements, I also sincerely feel that for artists, they can clearly understand their career path and dare to make choices, which is an important ability.