旅沪所作第一首歌。
Lelia不仅是美国常青藤名校生,且是获奖戏剧人、艺术家、歌手,非常荣幸邀其合唱,
伊在沪九年,赴德在即,亦对是曲赋予特别意义。
而我与监制桥桥依然保持具辨识度之判断,免去bass、鼓,结他二,人声二,简朴真诚。
习惯美语却专程以英式发音演绎,是我对上海的一种理解。
“上海人本身很回避Shanghai这个词做动词时的意思,但作为客居上海的异乡人Tim没有这样的心理负担,从这首歌里也听到一个贬义词的另一面。”
——墨墨/蔡哲轩,乐评人,2024
Bonjour Shanghai
The city’s not by design
侬好 上海
Love's not by design
Love is met with magic
Love is sands blown in wind
Love is met with a gentle tip of spin
Love is Shanghai
Bonjour Shanghai
It’s not by design
侬好 上海
Life is not by design
Life is met with magic
Life is sands blown in wind
Life is met with a gentle tip of spin
Life is Shanghai
Why are you still wasting time
Why don’t you leave Shanghai
Why don’t you sing a lullaby
to the one you fuck high
They wanna live here
So they don’t wanna leave here