I've been waiting to finally record another song since over a month ago - been itching to learn how to play this song on the guitar and sing to it. It's JJ Lin's Xiu Lian Ai Qing (Practice Love), one of my favorite songs from him. Absolutely love it!
When JJ was writing a song for his album back in 2013, his management wanted him to write about a secret. He decided to write about a girl - a childhood friend of his from secondary school days. She liked him back then, and would bring him breakfast every morning, and they would spend time composing songs together - he wrote the song and she wrote the lyrics. However, JJ never liked her back romantically, and she died in a plane crash right after. When the rescuers found her belongings, they found a photo of JJ in her wallet - it was the photo of himself that he had given to her. Her relatives then returned that photo to him.
This was a secret that he had buried since he was 16, because he didn't know how to deal with it then. Now he knew to write a song dedicated to her, which helped him move on.
Such a sad and emotional song, definitely worth a listen!
Also really like this song that my friend shared with me - it's such a great duet with the guitar, cello and violin!
