“Song of battle” (入陣曲) is a single released in 2013 by Taiwanese pop band Mayday, with lyrics written by Ashin and composed by Monster and is the theme song of the TV series "Prince of Lan Ling". The music video centers on the major social controversies in Taiwan at the time, with the lyrics alluding to the political phenomena in Taiwan at the time.
| "Song of battle 入陣曲" | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Song by Mayday | ||||
| from the album "Prince of Lan LingTV Soundtrack" "Mayday the Best of 1999‐2013" "Step by Step" | ||||
| Language | Mandarin | |||
| English title | Song of battle | |||
| Released | August 30, 2013 | |||
| Genre | Pop、Rock | |||
| Length | 3:29 | |||
| Label | B'in Music | |||
| Composer(s) | Monster | |||
| Lyricist(s) | Ashin | |||
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Music video
editThe first live version of the music video for “Song of battle” was directed by Ruimen (瑞門) and premiered on September 14, 2013, and was taken from the August 17, 2013 Bird's Nest stop of the Noah's Ark World Tour in Beijing, China.[1] The second animated version of the music video, directed by Qiu Huan-sheng (邱煥升), premiered on September 20, 2013, and was the most viewed YouTube video of the year in Taiwan.[2][3] The film focuses on the major social issues in Taiwan in recent years, including the controversy over the Taitung Miramar Resort, the Dapu incident, the anti-media monopoly movement, the death of Hung Chung-chiu, the Fourth Nuclear Power Plant referendum campaign, the protests of the plant shutdown workers, and the controversy over the Special Investigation Unit's wiretapping, etc. The film is interspersed with scenes of the Taiwan anti-nuclear rally, the White shirt power movement, the protests of the plant shutdown workers, the siege of the Ministry of the Interior by the demolition of the government in August 18, the demolition of the Dapu four-household forced demolition site, and the scenes of the September 18, 2013, the photo of Zhang Senwen (張森文), a forced evictee from Dapu who was found dead after falling into the water, ended with the words "Go to the battlefield" in red paint, which aroused heated debates among netizens in Taiwan[4][5][6]
Awards
edit| Year | Unit | Awards | Finalists | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | The 25th Golden Melody Awards | Best Song of the Year | Song of battle | Nominated |
References
edit- ^ Mayday五月天〔入陣曲〕MV現場LIVE版-中視〔蘭陵王〕片頭曲 on YouTube
- ^ Mayday五月天〔入陣曲〕MV官方動畫版-中視〔蘭陵王〕片頭曲 on YouTube
- ^ "YouTube點閱排行 「入陣曲」奪時事榜首". 新頭殼 newtalk. 2013-12-10. Archived from the original on 2014-03-27. Retrieved 2014-01-05.
- ^ "五月天聲援大埔 號召入陣去". 自由時報. 2013-09-21. Archived from the original on 2013-10-08. Retrieved 2013-09-22.
- ^ "五月天新MV諷政府 網友大讚". 自由時報. 2013-09-22. Archived from the original on 2013-09-25. Retrieved 2013-09-22.
- ^ 林繼山 (2013-10-17). "熱門話題－倒閣大敗 改罵民不聊生". 中國時報. Archived from the original on 2016-03-06. Retrieved 2014-01-05.
