Ideal Life (Chinese: 理想人生) is the third self-created album by Lala Hsu, the pre-order of which started on 14 May 2012. The official release was on 6 June 2012, and the album included new songs and some songs published on streetvoice before. Lala Hsu was still in charge of the production, covering lyrics, music, creation and harmony. More importantly, the only producer invited was Chen Chien-Chi (陳建騏), who had been cooperating with Lala Hsu since her first album.[2] The preemption concert was held on 18 May 2012,[3] and Lala Hsu's YouTube channel was founded at the same time.

Ideal Life
Studio album 理想人生 by
Released6 June 2012 (2012-06-06)
GenreMandopop
Length40:31[1]
LabelAsiamuse
ProducerLala Hsu, Chen Chien-Chi (陳建騏)
Lala Hsu chronology
Limits
(2010)
Ideal Life
(2012)
Missing
(2014)

Track listing

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No.TitleLyricsMusicChinese NameLength
1."Cuckoo"Lala HsuChen Chien-Chi布谷 (bù gǔ)3:43
2."Rolling! My Baby!"Yuan Wei Xiang (袁偉翔)Lala Hsu翻滾吧!我的寶貝 (fān gǔn ba wǒ de bǎo bèi)3:24
3."I Dare You"Ge Da Wei (葛大為)Jackie@White Music (HK)你敢不敢 (nǐ gǎn bù gǎn)3:53
4."Dare to Celebrate"Lala HsuHan Li Kang (韓立康)不怕慶祝 (bú pà qìng zhù)4:38
5."Chili Pepper"Lala HsuHan Li Kang (韓立康)辣椒 (là jīao)4:05
6."Not That Hard"Ge Da Wei (葛大為)Chen Chien-Chi (陳建騏)不難 (bù nán)4:39
7."Bottleneck"Lala Hsu小毛@輕鬆玩, Chen Chien-Chi (陳建騏)瓶頸 (píng jǐng)4:31
8."Palette"Lala HsuChen Chien-Chi (陳建騏)調色盤 (tiáo sè pán)4:00
9."Ideal Life"Ge Da Wei (葛大為)Ba Si Liang (巴思亮)理想人生 (lǐ xiǎng rén shēng)4:04
10."Lala's Squad"Ge Da Wei (葛大為), Lala HsuChen Chien-Chi (陳建騏)拉拉隊 (lā lā duì)3:34
Total length:40:31
Notes
  • "調色盤 (Palette)" is the soundtrack of the film Touch of the Light.
  • "不怕慶祝 (Dare to Celebrate)" is the promotional song of the film Keep the Lights On in Taiwan.
  • "布穀 (Cuckoo)" and "翻滾吧!我的寶貝 (Rolling! My Baby!)" are the theme songs of the short film The Girl Who Swims Breaststroke.

Music Videos

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Song Version Debut By Starring
Not That Hard (不難) Pre on YouTube 18 May 2012 Director:Fu Tian Yu (傅天余)
Cameraman:Fu Shi Ying (傅士英)
Art Director:Chen Bo Ren (陳柏任)
Cutter:Lin Yong Yi (林雍益)
Mo Zi Yi (莫子仪)
Amber Kuo (郭采潔)
MV on YouTube 23 May 2012
I Dare You (你敢不敢) MV on YouTube 6 June 2012 Director:Chen Hong Yi (陳宏一)
Dance director:Yu Yan Fang (余彥芳)
Palette (調色盤) MV on YouTube 22 June 2012
Dare to celebrate (不怕慶祝) MV (Cut) on YouTube 9 July 2012 None (Part of 《為你流的淚》)
MV on YouTube 20 July 2012 Director:You Shao (游紹) Fan Ma Ke (范馬可)
Ideal Life (理想人生) MV on YouTube 17 August 2012 Director:Fu Tian Yu (傅天余)

Awards

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24th Golden Melody Awards - 2013
Year Category Nomination Result
2013 Best Mandarin Female Singer Lala Hsu for Ideal Life (理想人生) Nominated
Association of Music Workers in Taiwan (中華音樂人交流協會) - 2012
Year Category Nomination Result
2013 Best Mandarin Album Ideal Life (理想人生) Won
Song of the Year Not That Hard (不难) Won

References

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  1. ^ 徐佳瑩‘理想人生’ - 國際標準錄音錄影資料代碼查詢系統. ISRC (in Chinese (Taiwan)).
  2. ^ (in Chinese)ezPeer+ 音樂下載、音樂試聽、歌詞、MP3、音樂網 - 徐佳瑩 - 理想人生 專輯介紹 Archived 2013-11-06 at the Wayback Machine
  3. ^ (in Chinese) LaLa徐佳瑩 - 不管別人看不看得出來 曾經在心裡跨越多少恐懼才走到這裡 在生活中遍尋不着...
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