#and link to wayyyyyyy more info about it lol

[wutaijiemei]

english tl from amis/japanese ❤️

o nani cowaay kita? where have we come from? nani tira i kahadakan no cidal from the place where the sun rises tatalacowa kita? micelemayto ko cidal where are we going? the sun has already set malingad to kita! we are setting off! pasiwali kita heading all the way east

a~a taiyō ni se o mukete katana o futte with the sun behind me, i will carve my path forward michi o terashite kureta hachibōsei as the eight-pointed star¹ guides my way yoru no tobari ga orita kuroku nure night falls and slowly dyes the sky black “sonata wa doko ni mukau?” “where are you going?” oshiete please tell me

awaay ma’araw ako ko soda i ca’ang no kilang. we may know nothing of snow-covered branches awaay ma’araw iso ko taneng niyam. but you know nothing of our wisdom latek cowa kafana’ kako to kararoman no miso. perhaps i am simply unable to understand your struggles kaorira i, caay ka patadoen ako kiso a malalo’od. but i will not fight your battles

tatalacowa kita? micelemayto ko cidal. where are we going? the sun has already set minokay to kita! we’re going home!

a~a higashi ni mukatte yama o koete to the east, past the mountains mimimoto de sasayaite ita hachibōsei the eight-pointed star whispers in my ear and guides my way boya no kiri ni daka reta aoku nure the fog of night surrounds us and slowly dyes the world blue “sonata wa nanto yoba reru?” “what is your name?” oshiete please tell me

a~a kyokujitsu ga iranai ya jū o sutete abandon the rising sun, lay down your guns hirahara ni shizunde ita hachibōsei as the eight-pointed star sinks beneath the plains akatsuki ga akete kita akaku nure day breaks and slowly dyes the sky red darenimo nozoki koma renai yukusue and we reach the end of our journey, safe from prying eyes

¹reference to an important amis/pangcah cultural symbol, visible in the cover art in the center of the soldier's hat. i could not find the actual word for it in amis and, interestingly, it only appears in the japanese sections of the song. will edit the post if i find it T-T

this song is the story lead singer (and lyricist on this song) Natsuko once heard from her father about her grandfather's experience as an amis volunteer soldier during the final days of WWII. full translation of the portion of the interview that talks about this particular song in very great depth here. brief excerpt for basic contexts:

In 1945, the US military began bombing Taiwan, and Japan was on the verge of facing the reality of their imminent loss. A group of young Amis men were at the Takasago volunteer military camp in Taichung, witnessing the chaos firsthand and fearing deployment under such circumstances. They resolved not to fight any more on another nation’s behalf, and a number of them decided to desert and return to Taitung on foot. Natsuko’s grandfather was among them.

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d-9 zhangjing’s vocals

here we go yay first day of zhangjing moments! i think my title is pretty clear so let’s jump into it ;-D so zhangjing is nine percent’s main vocal... his voice was the first thing that i noticed about him and that’s basically what got me to stan (pick?) him :*) i’ve really come to admire also his singing techniques and the entire stage presence thing he has going on?? like how in the world does zhangjing manage to make all his live performances even better than the studio recordings??? okay at this point i could probably ramble about this for an entire day so let’s get to the actual stuff!

1. 我怀念的 what i miss (idp stage)

this is my top top top performance from idol producer (( hi mom i’m not crying )) aka the point of time in my life that i decided i was gonna stan zhangjing!!!!!! i’ve probably watched this performance wayyyyyyy too many times from multiple angles and even the original untuned fancam version (probably not very objective pov: zhangjing actually sounds better when there’s no tuning involved?? like there’s more power and emotion in his voice yaknow) coincidentally it’s also the only performance that zhangjing was the center position for! apparently they had a 27h competition for it wow but i really love how zhangjing was so passionate while singing :””) i guess he wasn’t exaggerating when he said that his teacher cried when he sang this song oijrfjoasnckdk also li ronghao’s praises! so proud of this bub aww

lovely pics cr: DayDayUp_尤长靖 (also on instagram)

2. 飘向北方 stranger in the north (the rap of china)

iconic!!!!!! this was the performance that got a lot of people recognising zhangjing as more than just another idol who claims to be able to sing ;;;-) zhangjing got invited on the show 中国新说唱 the rap of china as a special guest (li ronghao was invited as well!) there were many netizens who doubted his capabilities when the info was first released... (especially bc zhangjing is the only member of nine percent who doesn’t rap and the other special guests were all acclaimed singers) but he proved them wrong with his powerful vocals aaaaaaa it’s amazing how well the balance between the rapper (那吾克热 a contestant on the show) and vocal voices turned out!!! zhangjing’s humming was really soothing and toned-down (at the start especially) for the rapper to stand out more and draw attention to the rhythm of the song, but he really went all out when it was his time to shine!!!!! those high notes!!!!!! were incredible and the rappers on the show probably agree with me on this hahah

3. 饥饿30 (malaysia 30hour famine)

will probably do up another post to talk more about this event bc i think it’s super meaningful ;;-) but yep another amazing performance that i can’t get over just yet hahah so zhangjing participated in this event and was one of the invited guests for their countdown concert (zhangjing and all of the volunteers went through 30hours of not eating hence the name lol) and this was the first time he sang his first two songs in AZORAland live!! 一颗星的夜 (the night of one star) and 一个人记得 (one remembers) are both beautiful songs full of meaning! i love the way zhangjing kinda changed up some parts of the song aaaaa (he said that he faces a dilemma choosing how the recorded version sounds like all the time so he promised that he would sing all the versions for us to hear :@) what a precious bub) can’t believe he still had the energy to sing so well :-0 a side note: i really like the video linked for 一个人记得 bc it’s a comparison between the live (left ear) and studio recording (right ear)!!! i’ve probably said this too much already but i really think zhangjing sounds better live aaaaaaaaaa it’s my dream to listen to him sing live T^T

my fav photos from that event!!! cr: 上扬风｜尤长靖

and...... that’s it for today!!! thank you for bearing with all my rambling and hope the links were helpful for yall teehee whoops i thought i was going to do one moment per day but i kinda got carried away.... yes i keep using gifs of 昨日青空 (crystal sky of yesterday) but that’s a story for another day :3 anyway bye for now! i’ll be back tmr!