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"身後"
Song by A-Mei
from the album Story Thief (偷故事的人)
English titleLeft Behind
Composer(s)JJ Lin
Lyricist(s)HUSH

“Left Behind” (身後) is a song by Taiwanese singer A-Mei Chang, included in her album The Story Thief (偷故事的人), and is the fourth wave hit of the album. It was written by HUSH, composed by JJ Lin, and directed by Luo Jingnian.On December 26, 2017, a video clip of the making of the music video, titled "That Breathtaking Missing, You Must Have Been There", was released on the YouTube website.On December 28, the official video clip of the music video was released, with more than 200,000 hits in a short period of time.[1] On the same day, A-Mei posted a live message on her Facebook page, On the same day, A-Mei posted a live message on her Facebook page, in which she revealed how much she missed her family.[2][3][4][5][6][7]

Behind the Scenes

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The first two-thirds of the video were shot in first-person perspective and long shots.[1][8] The set design was to condense the last journey of the deceased into a microcosmic tunnel, with six scenes of imagery,[1][8] namely the morgue, the inside of the freezer, the flowers surrounding the funeral, the inside of the coffin, the inside of the crematorium, and the inside of the tower of the bones, and then finally to return to the reality of the vast seaside.[9]

Anecdotes

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  • At the beginning of the music video, the clock hanging on the wall is after 11 o'clock, and the calendar hanging on the other side of the wall reads "March 28th", the time of the Little Bulb Incident(小燈泡事件), the random killing of girls in Neihu.[10][11]
  • According to Youth Daily, the record company said that originally A-Mei wanted to play the role of the mother in the plot of the music video, but the planning team was afraid that it would affect the audience's emotions, so it was dismissed; "Left Behind" is also the highest production cost of the whole album of "The Story Thief" music video, nearly NT$6 million.[12]

Awards

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References

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  1. ^ a b c 史順宜 (2017-12-29). "張惠妹《身後》MV以死者第一身視角出發　描述失去至親之痛". 香港01. Archived from the original on 2020-05-30. Retrieved 2020-09-19.
  2. ^ Daniel Ku (2017-12-27). "aMEI《身後》，唱出窒息的想念". vogue. Archived from the original on 2018-01-05. Retrieved 2018-01-04.
  3. ^ 李芷萱 (2017-12-27). "影／《身後》MV斥資6百萬！張惠妹一看完成品…立刻爆哭". 三立新聞網. Archived from the original on 2020-04-20. Retrieved 2018-01-04.
  4. ^ 陳慧玲 (2017-12-28). "阿妹新歌MV有洋蔥 自己看完暴哭". 自由時報. Archived from the original on 2018-03-10. Retrieved 2018-01-04.
  5. ^ "演唱會前二姊病逝　阿妹淚灑直播「我很想妳」". TVBS新聞. 2017-12-29. Archived from the original on 2020-05-31. Retrieved 2018-01-04.
  6. ^ "阿妹開直播談為「身後」MV淚崩的原因". 聯合新聞網. Archived from the original on 2018-01-05. Retrieved 2018-01-04.
  7. ^ "谈新歌《身后》 阿妹面簿直播中落泪". 联合早报. 2017-12-29. Archived from the original on 2020-04-20. Retrieved 2018-01-04.
  8. ^ a b hazel (2017-12-27). "花600萬還零演出，阿妹看完《身後》MV 感動爆哭". kkbox. Archived from the original on 2020-04-20. Retrieved 2018-01-04.
  9. ^ Eric. "用一首MV學習走完生命最後旅程─張惠妹《身後》". 臺灣GQ. Archived from the original on 2019-11-08. Retrieved 2018-01-04.
  10. ^ "阿妹《身後》MV慟憶小燈泡　30萬人陪哭". 蘋果日報. 2017-12-29.
  11. ^ "张惠妹新MV好震撼！微视角带你走遍冷冻柜、葬礼花海、棺材、火葬场". 腾讯网. 2017-12-29. Archived from the original on 2018-01-06. Retrieved 2018-01-04.
  12. ^ 王丹荷 (2017-12-28). "aMEI「身後」MV今首播 看完一遍竟爆哭". 青年日報. Archived from the original on 2020-04-20. Retrieved 2018-01-04.
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