The 10 songs that got Hongkongers through 2021 - HKFP

The 10 songs that got Hongkongers through 2021 ; 1. 'Mr. E's a series of unfortunate events' by Edan Lui (estimated 6,685,278 times played). 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KeungTo,EdanLui,TerenceLamandMCCheung.Photo:Milktea,Tombus20032000&NickyjaiviaWikicommons. FromrisinglocalindependentsingerTerenceLam,andshiningmembersofboybandMirror,localCantonesetrackshavebeencentrestagethroughoutlastyear,dominatingnineofthetenslots. Note:TheestimatedplayrateiscalculatedbyHKFPusingtheweekly“HongKongTop200”ChartsonSpotifybetweenDecember4,2020andDecember3,2021.ThestatisticsmaynotresembleSpotify’sofficialdataduetodifferencesincalculationmethods. 1.‘Mr.E’saseriesofunfortunateevents’byEdanLui(estimated6,685,278timesplayed) ThefirstonthelistisalsothefirstsolosinglebyEdanLui,amemberofthemostpopularboybandintown–Mirror.Edansaidonhissocialmediaprofilesthatthesongwasinspiredbyhisownunluckyexperiencesandlackofconfidence. “Mr.Ecanbeanyone,whofacesmanyunfortunatesituations.Yetthesemisfortunesandunhappinesswerewhatmadeyouwhoyouare.”thesong’sdescriptiononMetroRadiosays. 2.‘Solitude’byTerenceLam(estimated6,647,342timesplayed) Thecomposition,lyrics,arrangementandproductionof“Solitude”werealltheworkofsinger-songwriterTerenceLamhimself.TerencetoldHK01thatthesongwasbasedonhisintrovertpersonalityandreflectionsduringthepandemic. “BecauseofCovid-19,wearealltrulyinsolitude…Ibegantoponderwhetherhavingjustafewfriendswasabadthing,andthoughtoftheimportanceofdailyinteractions.” 3.‘Time’byTerenceLam(estimated5,720,199timesplayed) “Time”tellsthetaleofamanwishingtogobackintimeasheregretsconfessingtoafemalefriendheloves.Theglobaloutbreakwascitedinthelyricsasbackgroundtothestory. 4.‘Quarantine –StudioLiveDuet’byJaceChanandTerenceLam(estimated5,003,350timesplayed) JaceChan’soriginaltrack“Quarantine”usedtheanalogyoftheanti-pandemicmeasuretodescribeagirl’sfeelingwhenbeingblockedonsocialmediabyhercrush.The“studioliveduet”versionaddedTerence’scharacterasthegirl’sclosefriendwhosecretlylovesherbuthasbeen“friend-zoned.” 5.‘NEXT’byTerenceLam(estimated4,464,217timesplayed) “Wehavenotmet,butIalreadygainedthecouragetoletgo”–apessimisticviewofloveisconveyedinthelyricsof“NEXT” TerenceLamtoldMingPaoWeeklythathefeltthesongwasaboutadjustingone’sattitudeforself-protection,tothinkthatoneshouldbepreparedforthepossibilityoflosinganythinganytime,beitarelationshiporcareer. 6.‘GalacticRepairman’byDearJane(estimated4,474,547timesplayed) “GalacticRepairman”wasunderthepublicspotlightlastJulyasasecondaryschoolpunishedtwostudentsforsingingthesongoncampus,claimingphrasessuchas“chaoticage”and“fightingagainst”inthelyricscontainedpoliticalmeaning. Thenow-defunctStandNewsreportedthatthesongwascensoredonChinesestreamingplatformQQMusicaftertheincident. 7.‘Pills’byTerenceLam(estimated3,865,196timesplayed) “Sometimesit‘swisetobefoolish,it’sfoolishtobewise.”TerenceLamtoldBAZAARmagazinetheconceptofthesongemergedfromaChineseidiom“ignoranceisarareblessing.” Thesong’snameinChineseliterallymeans“MagicalPillsofIgnorance.” 8.‘STAY(withJustinBieber)’byTheKidLAROIandJustinBieber(estimated3,666,731timesplayed) TheglobalhitbyAustralianrapper-singerKidLaroiandCanadiansingerJustinBieberalsohitthetoptenonHongKong’smostpopularmusicplatform.Thesongtellsastoryaboutatroubledrelationshipwherethesingerswereatfaultandbeggedtheirpartnerstostay. 9.‘TheLovewithoutWords’byKeungTo(estimated3,820,415timesplayed) HongKong’sfavouritememberofMirror,thebiggestboybandintown,releasedthisCovid-19themedsongonhisbirthdaylastyear.InaHK01interview,hesaidhiswishwastopassonpositivevibestolisteners:“nothingisunsolvable,thispandemicwon’tbeeither.” 10.‘Overruled’byMCCheung(estimated3,770,320timesplayed) ThesecondsongbyshowbiznewcomerMCCheungtookeveryonebysurprise,includingthesingerhimself.“R&Bisn’tapopulargenrewithmainstreamlisteners,”hetoldmagazineMen’sUno.Thesong’slyricstellthetaleofloveprevailingagainstallopposition. 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