I’m Promising
Fang Wu
The competition in the music scene sure is heating up.
Taiwan’s Fang Wu has had to take part in several singing contests – Asian Millionstar, Duets and Super Idol (two seasons) – before finally getting the chance to release her debut album, on which she had a hand in composing the music and writing the lyrics for all the songs.
Wu has a sweet and clear voice and there is plenty of room for her pipes to shine in the mostly mid-tempo numbers, even if the music occasionally veers towards the pedestrian, as on Breaking Point.
More satisfying are album closer Tomorrow Is Another Day and lead single Accumulated Loneliness, a delicately spare concoction on why people come together (“Because the sum of loneliness makes us rely on each other/Embrace each other’s wounds, even if we can’t have them”).
Lyrically, she draws inspiration from everyday events and objects around her.
The track Challenges uses gaming and levelling up as a metaphor for overcoming hurdles, while Seesaw is about the difficulty of finding that balance in life. She sings on Marathon Girl: “Lalalala/Run this marathon with me.”
Good to know that she plans to stick around for the long haul.
(ST)