Cantonese Music Collection: Recounting those eras of Cantonese songs interwoven with light and shadow, recording unforgettable melodies in the heart, sharing stories of Hong Kong music, whether popular or niche.
Juno Mak is one of the most unconventional singers in the entire Hong Kong music scene. Coming from a well-off family background, it initially hindered his development, even to the point of being booed by audiences during performances. After joining a new company in 2004, his musical style and direction began exploring the realm of independent music. His songs are filled with unique and unconventional stories.
ON.001 The End of Fate#
How have you been lately? Do you still enjoy reading shoujo manga? Lately, you’ve hardly shown up. Do you have someone new? I really want you to meet the girl I just got to know. I want to hear your thoughts. Is this considered an illness?
The first love is handled with utmost care, quietly noting the things she likes. After parting, there’s a desire to know if she has found someone new. Even when one finds someone new, there’s still a curiosity about her thoughts and reactions.
A boy, naive about love, foolishly does what he thinks she would like. After the separation, he still doesn’t know how to let go.
ON.002 Remembering#
Ten years have passed, yet you still act like a girl. You and I still gather every night, chasing dreams. The Hello Kitty toy I gave you, Has long since turned into jasmine perfume.
Ten years later, nostalgia for this relationship resurfaces. Unable to let go of the her in his heart, he imagines her growing alongside his own experiences. Still unable to forget her, he secretly logs onto social media every night, scrolling through updates of her life, adding real-life details to his own world. Beyond that, they are already strangers, with no intersection in their lives.
ON.003 Disillusionment#
Male: If you don’t find it absurd, the rumored madman holding your hand. Female: I’m grateful for your unwavering affection over ten years. Recently, old classmates said I’ve been lingering in your heart for six hundred weeks. It’s a pity we couldn’t stay together for a lifetime in this world. But telling you the truth might only make you feel more guilty. Did I ever love Hello Kitty? It seems not. Is Dickens a comic? Still a girl’s misunderstanding? Obsession blinded and beautified, but do you really understand me? Those touching times need not be revisited often. Extract warmth to endure the cold—just close that room. The most touching times may not last forever. Unforgettable because you cling too tightly to the memory. It’s easy to hold someone for ten years; the hardest part is letting go.
Attempting contact again, the woman shatters the decade-long obsession, telling the man that his imagination and memories of her have turned into self-attachment—it’s his story, not hers.
The one who can’t forget seems to be struggling with himself, unable to let go, which is why it’s unforgettable. A decade-long obsession—if he could release it, life might take a different turn.
Finally, let’s appreciate this story spanning ten years.
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