I was working in the lab the other day with my friend on our design project when he saw the wallpaper on my notebook, which had the name 張懸 (Deserts Chang) on it - it was one of the wallpapers available on her site featuring her new album, 城市. My member pointed and commented, "that's a good artist."

I was pleasantly surprised, as this was the first time that someone other than me knew who 張懸 was. According to my friend, she's actually quite popular. I knew I liked her music, but I didn't realize that she was as popular as my friend described.

One of the things that I appreciate about 張懸 is that she is a singer-songwriter. I've come to appreciate this genre a bit more, since I find that sometimes, their lyrics seem less fabricated.

He recommended to me another artist, 盧廣仲 (Crowd Lu). I looked him other the other day while taking a break from studying, and found his music not bad at all. Some of his songs remind me of David Tao a bit. But I like some of his songs already.

In particular, the first song I found on Youtube was Oh Yeah. The lyrics are really simple, but he sings it with enough feeling that you can feel a degree of happiness emanating from him.

Another song I found I liked was 愛情習作. A lot of the Mandarin music I listen to are actually from female artists (i.e. 張懸). So listening to a male singer-songwriter is pretty refreshing, perhaps in someways on the lyrics side. Guys and girls think about things very differently. And that may come through in lyrics.

And so a song like 愛情習作 is one that you would likely not find from a female artist. Which is maybe why I like it right now. (Though perhaps some may disagree with me...? I know I'm painting with huge generalizations here. Give me a bit of a break for now...)