Let's Not Fall In Love Again
Nicholas Teo

Just when you had Malaysian balladeer Nicholas Teo firmly pegged as a B-lister, he has you thinking again with the irresistible Let’s Not Fall In Love Again, one of the best karaoke-ready hits to come along in a while.
Written by fellow Malaysian Zyan Chen, the number is tailor-made for Teo’s soothing emotive voice and a great comeback vehicle for him. He has been lying low since 2009’s The Moment Of Silence.
The song is about the complicated feelings for an old flame sparked by a chance meeting: “As harmonious as ordinary friends/Be polite and let’s not startle love anymore.”
It builds into an epic chorus of longing and self-denial which tugs at the heartstrings: “These few days, these few months, these few years/I don’t miss/This moment, this minute, this second/You’re in front of me... I’ve been doing very well, don’t disturb me/Let’s just be quiet this moment.”
The album has a mix of ballads and faster-paced songs but it is undoubtedly the slow numbers which play to Teo’s strengths.
Tracks such as Why Cry, the Mandarin theme song to the Korean drama Lie To Me, and the Wu Jiahui-penned Not Much are memorable, if still in the shadow of the title track.
Finally, Teo is no longer a one-hit wonder best known for covering When You Are Lonely, Who Will You Think Of? in 2004.
Perhaps when you are lonely now, you might think of Let’s Not Fall In Love Again.
(ST)