Chen mixes things up with release of 1st album
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May 21, 2013, Tuesday
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FANS know her as the sweet schoolgirl in the 2011 blockbuster "You Are the Apple of My Eye." Now, they can take a closer look at Michelle Chen through her first love: music.
After she graduated from the University of Southern California and returned home to Taiwan, her initial attempts to break into the island's music scene hit a brick wall. But trying acting at the advice of a talent manager, she landed a few film and television roles, then shot to stardom with "You Are the Apple of My Eye."
The 29-year-old actress said she poured her heart and soul into her first studio album, "Me Myself and I."
"It is really an album about me because I wrote most of the songs. I wrote the lyrics. And I wrote this album about my family and friends, my maybe lovers," Chen said.
One song is written to her fans, and she says "I think the audience can really, really get to know who Michelle Chen is through the album."
Crediting the late Mandarin pop legend Teresa Teng as one of her major musical influences, Chen said she wrote one of the songs on the album as a tribute to Teng and also to a close family member who introduced her to Teng's music.
"Uncle Grandpa's Small City Story" is a tribute to the first pop song Chen heard, Teng's "Small Town Story'," because it was a favorite of Chen's uncle grandpa.
Chen sang part of "Small Town Story" in her own song and says she was amazed while studying Teng's live performances.
Chen feels fortunate to have a chance to establish herself in the music industry.
"It's very lucky because now people kind of know me already, so I get to have the chance to release my album and people will pay more attention," she said.
But with every performance, "people seem to magnify everything I do.
"I just hope... more people will hear that I can do it."
After she graduated from the University of Southern California and returned home to Taiwan, her initial attempts to break into the island's music scene hit a brick wall. But trying acting at the advice of a talent manager, she landed a few film and television roles, then shot to stardom with "You Are the Apple of My Eye."
The 29-year-old actress said she poured her heart and soul into her first studio album, "Me Myself and I."
"It is really an album about me because I wrote most of the songs. I wrote the lyrics. And I wrote this album about my family and friends, my maybe lovers," Chen said.
One song is written to her fans, and she says "I think the audience can really, really get to know who Michelle Chen is through the album."
Crediting the late Mandarin pop legend Teresa Teng as one of her major musical influences, Chen said she wrote one of the songs on the album as a tribute to Teng and also to a close family member who introduced her to Teng's music.
"Uncle Grandpa's Small City Story" is a tribute to the first pop song Chen heard, Teng's "Small Town Story'," because it was a favorite of Chen's uncle grandpa.
Chen sang part of "Small Town Story" in her own song and says she was amazed while studying Teng's live performances.
Chen feels fortunate to have a chance to establish herself in the music industry.
"It's very lucky because now people kind of know me already, so I get to have the chance to release my album and people will pay more attention," she said.
But with every performance, "people seem to magnify everything I do.
"I just hope... more people will hear that I can do it."
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