#Bibi Zhou

[porcupine-girl]

Our Song S3 Episode 3 - edited video with annotations is up!

You get to meet Da Zhangwei, I'm so happy! And in his very first appearance, he says something so unintelligible that the Mandarin subtitles skip it. I love him so much.

Episode 3 on Google Drive

Annotations on Google Drive

Annotations on AO3

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[difeisheng]

one of the sexiest Our Song performances? maybe so

[93hyena]

[haveyoulistenedtothisalbum-poll]

Tracklist:

[Theme Song] Wu Ji - Chorus Edition • [Theme Song] Wu Ji - Bibi Zhou Special Edition • [Theme Song] Wu Ji - Xiao Zhan Solo Version • [Theme Song] Wu Ji - Wang Yibo Solo Version • [Wei Wuxian] Qu Jin Chen Qing • [Lan Wagji] Bu Wang • [Wen Ning] Chi Zi • [Jiang Chen] Hen Bie • [Lan Xichen] Bu You • [Nie Minghao & Nie Huaisang] Qing He Jue • [Wen Qing] woodland • [Xue Yang] Huang Cheng Du • [Yicheng Group] Gu Cheng • [Juvenile Group] Zui Shi Shao Nian Bu Ke Qi • [Jiang Yahli & Jin Zixuan] Yong Ge • [Interlude] Yi Nan Ping • [Jin Guangyao] Duo Hen Sheng • [Group Song] Bu Wang

Spotify ♪ YouTube

Submitter's Note: This is the soundtrack for the Chinese Drama 'The Untamed' which came out in 2019.

[astranauticus]

a handful of chinese songs that give me big robit energy

translating cpop songs is like my second favourite hobby so it's frankly surprising I haven't made this post sooner

Him - Floruitshow (马 - 福禄寿)

I've talked about this song on here before but this is the 3.7 song for me

the second chorus is definitely MR-SN but i like to think of the first chorus (Let me take a good look at your visage as we count down the time till the curtains’ close. Forgive me for holding back my voice so soon, do you know, in your graceful escape, all I see around me is disaster?) as VR-LA during the flashback sequence

specifically 'all I see around me is disaster' because yeah not wrong

'This time I’m not here to bring you home' just kills me like the please please take care of yourself because I can't be there with you anymore of it all

'Oh spring, oh warm sun, please come sooner, grant him a smooth and safe journey' same point, just the desperate plea for the universe to protect VR-LA because he can't do it himself anymore

How can I make you stay - Floruitshow (我用什么把你留住 - 福禄寿)

(conveniently I have actually done a full translation of this song!)

definitely one of the Maxim songs of all time

"You’ve believed that you can let your life pass in numbness, but [...] why do your tears fall in the moment of letting go?' YEAH because we've seen so many times how Maxim keeps trying to convince himself that he can stop just caring but it never works

'You say don’t fall in love, yet you’re unwilling to let go' same point, this man is in such denial about how he just can't stop caring

specifically the second verse feels a lot like Maxim waiting for VR-LA to return from Tu'narath

'You stay silent, holding onto starlight as you wait through your darkest hour. Your mind is struck, when familiar murmurs pierce your ears once more' aaaAAAAHH

the bridge (?) as a conversation between VR-LA and Maxim, VR-LA inviting Maxim to see the beauty and wonders of the world ('Do you want to see the sea of flowers blooming?', very 4.5 wedding invite honestly) but Maxim's trauma just would not allow him to take that risk ('If none of them come back, then who should I live for?')

fun fact the second version of the bridge in my translation ('You must stay to see the flowers bloom' onwards) is exclusive to that live performance of the song so it's not in the spotify version i linked here. as for which version you think fits Maxim more.. well.

Borrow - Mao Buyi (借 - 毛不易)

finally banging out a translation for this song was kinda the inspiration for me to make this post actually

the tldr of this song is that it's an unnamed/unidentified speaker asking to borrow various small things for the sake of somebody else (like 'an inch of frozen sunlight' to provide warmth in a cold world) so you can probably see where i'm going with this

'A simple ‘we have plenty of time’ etched into the soul to prepare for the chance of forced separation' ouch ow okay

'Those blown apart by these winds will say that they never loved deeply' / 'There is a sincerity that cannot be blown apart by this wind' DX-TR betraying the old crew vs VR-LA fighting through so much just to get them back

'There are tears that cannot be washed away by this rain' this line just haunts me. like in general

'An acre of land for him to call home, an ordinary life for him to live' as MR-SN watching over the old crew like I can't be there for you but I hope you will find peace and a home...

[lee-jinkis-ponytail]

need a mashup of jessie ware's ooh la la + scissor sisters' let's have a kiki

[doublxpresso]

inspired by Bibi Zhou - Running after you with all i have MV

[lght-shwr]

RUMOR ( 소문 ) is a coed group that debuted under ( COMPANY ) . They are well-known for their dark and mysterious "guessing game" concept . They are more popular internationally than domestically for their lore and their diversity .

GREETING — “You heard it too? Hello, we are RUMOR!”

# OF MEMBERS — three to nine

AGE RANGE — anyone between 1996 - 2001

DEBUT DATE — anytime between 2016 - 2020

DEBUT ALBUM / SINGLE — I Heard a Rumor

COMPANY — completely up to you !

CONCEPT —  mystery + guessing game + dark (could involve a slasher or something similar)

FANDOM NAME —  SHERLOCKS or something similar haha I wasn't the most creative for this one

COLORS —  #000000, #4c1c6a, #a363bf

POSSIBLE FACE CLAIMS —

ITZY Chaeryeong, Ryujin

KARD Jiwoo

BIBI

Zhou Jieqionq (Kyulkyung)

aespa Giselle, Karina

Everglow Aisha, Mia

Billlie Moon Sua, Tsuki, Sheon 

Anyone from Red Velvet

P1Harmony Keeho, Jiung, Intak

Stray Kids Hyunjin, I.N., Lee Know

Anyone from CIX

ATEEZ Yeosang, Seonghwa

TREASURE Yoshi, Asahi, Jihoon, Junkyu 

Anyone from The Boyz

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION —

It can be all-girl or all-boy too

The colors are optional ofc I just like purple lmao

I can kinda see them having a bigger international fanbase

If you want to change the colors, pls add a lighter shade of one color ! I did that bc they do have a smoke effect almost all the time 

What the mystery that drives their lore could be is completely up to you ! I originally had a kidnapping / disappearance plot in mind but anything is fair game !

For the diversity, it can either be diverse nationalities / ethnicities or just the fact that they're a coed group

[porcupine-girl]

Penny Tai, Bibi Zhou, and Liu Yuning performing Rain Keeps Falling on Our Song S3

(But mostly Penny Tai)

[fierrochase-falafel]

CQL music analysis part 1: Local homosexual lunatic over-analyses people singing (with spoilers)

The Untamed has 2 albums, one of which contains all the songs with vocals they had recorded for the show. While I recommend all of them, a few favourites of mine being Bu Wang (for Lan Wangji) and Woodland (for Wen Qing), I'd like to focus on the fact that only 2 of them are in the show: the classic Wu Ji and Yi Nan Ping.

It's interesting that Yi Nan Ping is the only song other than Wu Ji, the literal wangxian song, to actually appear in the show.

Considering the main characters of the show are Wei Wuxian and Lan Wangji, it makes sense that their joint song Wu Ji is the most well-known; especially when you add the fact that it appears at the end of every CQL episode. It also appears several times in the middle of the show (especially episode 50, where they played it about 5 times just to make it really sink in how close wangxian are). On the album it has a Xiao Zhan only edition, a Wang Yibo only edition, a chorus edition with both Xiao Zhan and Wang Yibo, and a Bibi Zhou edition- it's very clear that this is a song made up of Wei Wuxian and Lan Wangji, whether by themselves or together they are singing to and about each other.

Yi Nan Ping, however, is labelled on the album as [Interlude], as opposed to the [Theme] of Wu Ji. It's 4th from the bottom of the album. The song is recognised as Jiang Yanli's song at large by fans, which makes sense because it's heard when Jiang Yanli is onscreen, but I am going to speculate as to why it was not labelled directly as Jiang Yanli's song despite it clearly reflecting her character. The only 2 vocal tracks being Wu Ji and Yi Nan Ping was very deliberate to reflect Wei Wuxian's closest relationships. The show centers around him ultimately, it's largely in his point of view and so we hear vocal tracks in moments where he feels the most intense. For Wu Ji, it shows his relationship with Lan Wangji quite clearly, as one of his closest relationships.

My theory with Yi Nan Ping is that the reason it's not labelled Jiang Yanli's song is because it represents the bond of the Yunmeng trio itself rather than just Jiang Yanli. Jiang Yanli's loving and caring nature is presented as that which brings the 3 of them together- when she first brings her brothers back from the Yunmeng woods, consistently when she gives them lotus and pork rib soup, when she dies to protect Wei Wuxian. The lotus and pork rib soup is kinda like a motif representing when they were kids and could just play with each other, and come back to drink her soup that tastes like home. None of the actors for the characters sing in this song, the song is more like a sisterly blanket Yanli has for all of them where it represents their bond together rather than their own voices. One could also intepret it as Jiang Yanli singing, and that bringing all 3 of them together. I think it says a lot about her that she doesn't have an individual song named as being for her, but the songs she is involved in uplift the ones she loves and it becomes 'their song' rather than 'her song'.

Wu Ji, compared to Yi Nan Ping, has both the voices of Wei Wuxian and Lan Wangji in abundance. Focusing on the chorus version, even if Wang Yibo says less individual lines (which is quite in character for Lan Wangji), his presence in the song is always felt. When I listen to Wu Ji, it's like Wei Wuxian and Lan Wangji are two halves of one tiger tally, the song incomplete without each other's voices pulling through. Wu Ji requires that which Yi Nan Ping doesn't: in the sense of the characters having to mutually acknowledge and be open about their feelings, singing them out loudly to the world together. Considering Wei Wuxian and Jiang Cheng's relationship is frought with hidden feelings and miscommunication, Jiang Yanli's open love being what brings them together makes perfect sense- it's notable that the former 2 are only open with each other when they're forced to be at last in Guanyin temple (Wei Wuxian wouldn't have voluntarily told Jiang Cheng about the golden core operation, and Jiang Cheng never actually ended up telling Wei Wuxian why he ran away in the first place, resulting in his core loss). Wei Wuxian and Lan Wangji though come clean within their first conversation after Wei Wuxian's resurrection, and have always put the effort to understand the other's position on important matters. In CQL, they're always as open about their feelings as they can manage from the get-go. Personally, I feel this sets up a dichotomy between Wei Wuxian's 2 closest relationships- that with the Jiang siblings and that with Lan Wangji.

Furthermore, where Yi Nan Ping reminisces about the past consistently (the most notable refrain in the chorus being, 'Can you still hear someone calling out “A-Xian”?', using the first online translation I could find by radishtears), Wu Ji reminisces vaguely about the past but always comes back to looking to the future (repeating, 'Why not soar high and free as a bird with the winds and waves, and sing this one song together to the world?', courtesy the genius lyrics translation). Yi Nan Ping is always a soft, comforting echo representing Wei Wuxian's past with the Jiang siblings and Wu Ji boldly looks to his future with Lan Wangji. They represent very different relationships and carry different connotations to a current Wei Wuxian, but they are the most important relationships to him to the point that they have vocal tracks directly present in the web series.

[scalenetriangel]

5 Favorite Songs Right Now

ty @zevranunderstander for tagging me! <3

1 - one spark - twice

2 - scene - keembo

3 - silent truth - bibi zhou

4 - uhuh - rescene

5 - trouble - twice

tagging @leodanbrock @boo-ties and @amitysquare if you want!

[ellsieee]

10 songs on your playlist right now

Rules: you can usually tell a lot about a person by the type of music they listen to. put your playlist on shuffle and list the first ten songs, and then tag ten people. no skipping!

Tagged by @wanderlust-in-my-soul ages ago, but I was too distracted busy to finish this until now. 👀😅

I'll be honest, I am a boring old person and mostly listen to podcasts these days so I'm not really up to date with what's hot in music now. I do watch a lot of dramas and variety shows though so that's where most of my music comes from.

Monsters - Zhou Shen

I like his cover more than the original tbh. I'm always amazed with shenshen's vocals. A good song to listen to when I need some encouragement.

How Could I Leave You Behind - 黃奕儒 Ezu

Ahh History 3 Trapped by beloved. It's one of the early bls that I watched thinking the premise for both couples was completely ridiculous and unrealistic, but I loved it anyway.

Dancing With the Devil - Isbanky

Say what you want about Big Dragon (personally I loved it), but the theme song is good. This song just reminds me of the push and pull that made Mangkorn and Yai so good together.

Under Mt Fuji - Hacken Lee & Zhou Shen

My favorite Qin Shen Shen duet. I've listened to this song countless times, it's even my ringtone, despite the fact that it's a bit of a bummer song since it's about a breakup. 😅 The vocals are so good though! Hacken is the harmonization king for a reason.

Traffic Light - Hacken Lee & Bibi Zhou

"The light was clearly green, turned red with a blink of an eye. Even if we decide to be brave, can we save ourselves?" I sang this song at KTV so many times back in the day. I love this cover as duet with Hacken killing it with the harmonization again.

Traffic Accident - Dann & Mujin

I'm surprised this was the only song that came up from the Unintentional Love Story OST. 😅 I love this song because it's catchy and it reminds me of different scenes from the series, with my favorite being the scene where Taejoon and Wonyoung spray each other with water while washing the car.

Into1 - Into1

What can I say? I still like teenybopper bops and Into1's debut song is the epitome of that. I never grew out of it, sorry not sorry.

Bicycle (remix empty chair) - George Lam & Mike Tsang

This cover and remix is so good! George's voice is so distinctive. This song is about a person looking back at their relationship with their father and my inner self tears up every time I hear it.

Inflation - Earnest Jackson

"Inflation is in the nation." Of course I would vibe with a song that complains about inflation. I just couldn't believe there was one.

Moment - Jeff Satur

I miss JeffGame so much. I loved Ingredients for the softness and domesticity and this song captures that feeling perfectly.

I never who to tag for these things, as I don't want to annoy or pressure anyone. I'll tag @bluespring864, @kingfisherprince, @vickyawesome99, @victooooorious, @lfcwifenspice, @alphapackfeels, @benkaaoi, @mybabybright, and anyone else that wants to do this. Feel free to ignore me.

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special affair  » playlist (lexi + fezco)

if you not real, it wouldn't surprise me when i got you, i mighta caught lightin' right in the palm of my hand got me goddamnin' no way that's random i could never lose you i would never want to you the missing piece, only thing i need

a playlist for two people on a couch 

1. Sister Dynamite - Alice Bag || 2. Outcast Stomp - G.L.O.S.S. || 3. Blueberry Biscotti - Khary || 4. I Want You Around - Snoh Aalegra ft. 6LACK || 5. With You - Drake ft. PARTYNEXTDOOR || 6. Anywhere With You - Maggie Rogers || 7. Stand By Me - Ben E. King || 8. Slow Burn - Kacey Musgraves || 9. Be My Baby - The Ronettes || 10. Billions - Caroline Polachek  || 11. The Promise - Samia ft. Jelani Aryeh || 12. CRUSH - Sebastian Paul  || 13. Be Your Girl (KAYTRANADA Edition) - Teedra Moses || 14. Adore You (Endless Remix) - Jessie Ware ft. Bibi Zhou, Sihan || 15. Blue Light - Kelela || 16. Dangerous Woman - Ariana Grande  || 17. Adore You - NAO ft. Abhi Dijon || 18. Don't Judge Me - FKA twigs ft. Headie One, Fred again.. || 19. Blue Jeans - Lana Del Rey || 20. Now I'm In It - HAIM || 21. Waiting - Amber Mark || 22. Dinner - Kacy Hill || 23. Want Want - Maggie Rogers || 24. Baby It's You (Kolsch Version) - London Grammar || 25. Danielle (smile on my face) - Fred again.. || 26. Lifetime - Romy || 27. LOVE. - Kendrick Lamar ft. Zacari || 28. Clyde & Bonnie - Tai Verdes || 29. sheluvme - Tai Verdes || 30. At Last - Etta James

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