Drifter / Like You Do
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| Released | 20 October 2020 | |||
| Genre | Pop | |||
| Length | 47:01 | |||
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| Label | Warner | |||
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 Like You Do cover | ||||
| Singles from Drifter / Like You Do | ||||
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Drifter / Like You Do (Chinese: 倖存者 · 如你; pinyin: Xìngcún Zhě · Rú Nǐ) is the fourteenth studio album and first double album by Singaporean singer JJ Lin, released on 20 October 2020, through Warner Music.[1] The first disc, Drifter, contains six Mandarin songs including the single "No Turning Back", which reached number one on the China TME Uni Chart. The second disc, Like You Do, contains eight English songs including the single "Bedroom" featuring Anne-Marie, which was released on 22 April 2021.
Background and release
[edit]JJ Lin's thirteenth album, Message in a Bottle, was released in December 2017 to commercial success. In early 2020, JJ Lin revealed in the variety show I Am a Singer that he would release a new album by the end of the year.
Speculation of the album and the concept of the new album began on 23 August 2020, when JJ Lin posted a new post introducing the idea of "parallel continuum" on Weibo and other social media. On 3 September 2020, JJ Lin posted a poster with tag "#No Turning Back#" on Weibo as a teaser for Drifter / Like You Do's title song, "No Turning Back". The song and its music video was released on 16 September 2020. On 13 October, JJ Lin announced his fourteenth album would be released on 20 October 2020; he would hold a global online listening party for the album the night before the release.[2][3]
Conception
[edit]JJ Lin assumed creative control over all aspects of the record. The release of Drifter / Like You Do contains two EPs, each with its own storyline. The two storylines were conceived to run parallel and eventually intersect with one another.[4][5]
In Drifter / Like You Do, it brings the idea that time and space are not continuous from quantum theory. The theory leads to the conjecture about the parallel spacetimes. The conception of this album is based on the assumption of the existence of parallel spacetime. JJ Lin mentioned his interpretation to this record on the global listening party and press release. He said that there were light and darkness in our life, and there were also tendency to hold on and to let it go in our conscious.[6][2] The album is about a rediscovery of our life and tells a story about everyone in this world. He commented, "My voice could be you, as your voice could be mine."[6][7]
Title
[edit]The name of the first EP Drifter in Chinese means "survivor" (Chinese:幸存者). On the global online listening party JJ Lin held before the album released, JJ Lin believed that everyone living in this universe is a survivor. He stated that he has been prepared this album for three years. Drifter / Like You Do record images and experience JJ Lin experienced during the three years. JJ explained that during this long journey, there were things that people gained, lost and felt regret. There are many regrets that happened under the different circumstance in this album. But, the album is themed on exploring the meaning of time, space, you and me and telling survivors who have many regrets to have a restart.[8]
Track listing
[edit]| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Embark" (最嚮往的地方) | 3:52 |
| 2. | "No Turning Back" (交換餘生) | 4:36 |
| 3. | "Drifter" (倖存者) | 4:41 |
| 4. | "The Lost Ones" (離開的那一些) | 4:37 |
| 5. | "So Be It" (最好是) | 4:32 |
| 6. | "Passing Through" (暫時的記號) | 4:13 |
| Total length: | 26:31 | |
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "While I Can" | 3:27 |
| 2. | "Like You Do" | 3:16 |
| 3. | "Not Tonight" | 3:51 |
| 4. | "All in Your Mind" | 3:05 |
| 5. | "Head On" | 2:53 |
| 6. | "Steady My Love" | 4:13 |
| 7. | "Bedroom" (featuring Anne-Marie) | 3:23 |
| 8. | "Not Tonight" (Tomorrow Sounds Good Steve Aoki Remix) | 4:40 |
| Total length: | 28:48 | |
Charts
[edit]Weekly charts
[edit]| Chart (2020) | Peak position |
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| Hong Kong Albums (HKRMA)[9] | 6 |
References
[edit]- ^ "Singer JJ Lin releases 14th album entitled 'Drifter / Like You Do'". Yahoo News Singapore. 20 October 2020. Retrieved 2 August 2024.
- ^ a b "JJ Lin drops new music video and EP 'Drifter' – listen". Bandwagon. 20 October 2020. Retrieved 10 December 2020.
- ^ "林俊杰办线上听歌会 艺人好友隔空分享听后感 | 联合早报" [JJ Lin held an online listening session, and artist friends shared their thoughts]. Lianhe Zaobao (in Simplified Chinese). 20 October 2020. Retrieved 2 August 2024.
- ^ "终于，JJ林俊杰《幸存者如你》新歌首唱LIVE定档10月30日" [Finally, JJ Lin's new song "Survivor Like You" will be premiered on October 30th]. China Daily (in Chinese). 27 October 2020. Retrieved 2 August 2024.
- ^ "林俊杰全新专辑《幸存者·如你》上线 火速达成酷狗金唱片认证" [JJ Lin's new album "Survivor Like You" was quickly certified by Kugou Gold Records]. Phoenix Music (in Chinese). 21 October 2020. Retrieved 2 August 2024.
- ^ a b "Mandopop singer JJ Lin releases new album, including an English song". CNA Lifestyle. 21 October 2020. Retrieved 10 December 2020.
- ^ "由我及你解码平行时空 林俊杰《幸存者·如你》酷我音乐火热预售" [Decoding the parallel universe by you and me JJ Lin's "Survivor Like You" is now on pre-sale on Kuwo Music]. China Daily (in Chinese). 19 October 2020. Retrieved 2 August 2024.
- ^ "JJ Lin【DRIFTER • LIKE YOU DO】GLOBAL LISTENING PARTY 林俊傑【倖存者 • 如你】 線上聽歌會". YouTube.
- ^ "2020 香港唱片商會銷量榜 - 最新唱片情報" (in Chinese). 29 January 2021. Retrieved 2 August 2024 – via Cool Music Forum.