3.1415
Selina Jen
Her last EP, Dream A New Dream (2011), shimmered with tears as she charted her journey to recovery after being badly burnt in a filming accident in 2010.
Taiwan’s Selina Jen (below), one-third of popular girl group S.H.E, is done with crying and goes for bright, cheery and dance-y on her debut solo album, 3.1415.
The album’s title is the mathematical ratio pi and Jen cheerfully uses it as a symbol of things coming full circle. She has also jokingly referred to her round face before and notes on the title track: “Not afraid of my face looking like the moon/As long as I can shine on every friend’s heart/ Anyway, it’s round to just the right degree and I’m very contented.”
Whatever cares she might have, she wears them lightly. On the bouncy Watch Me Now, she sings: “Look at my regrets, till they come to a satisfactory end/Look at my magnanimity, till you see the bravery.” And she invites you to shimmy your worries away on the electropop number Dance Dance Dance.
Another highlight here is the adorable Minnan duet Love You For Who You Are, in which the sweet-voiced singer teams up with Ricky Hsiao.
If you are not a fan, this album might just bring you round.
(ST)