''Fiction'', often stylized as ''fiction'' (
Chinese: 大/小說家) is
Taiwanese Mandopop
Mandopop or Mandapop refers to Mandarin popular music. The genre has its origin in the jazz-influenced popular music of 1930s Shanghai known as Shidaiqu; later influences came from Japanese enka, Hong Kong's Cantopop, Taiwan's Hokkien pop ...
artist
Yoga Lin
Yoga Lin Youjia (; born July 1, 1987) is a Taiwanese people, Taiwanese singer. He was the winner of One Million Star, Season 1, a reality TV singing competition in Taiwan during his study at National Dong Hwa University. During the competition, h ...
's fourth
Mandarin studio album. It was released on 22 June 2012 by
HIM International Music
HIM International Music () is a Taiwanese independent record label and artist management company established in 1999. It was previously known as Grand Music International Inc. (宇宙國際音樂股份有限公司). It is an International Federat ...
. It was ranked #1 in
Taipei Times
The ''Taipei Times'' is an English-language print newspaper in Taiwan published by the Liberty Times Group. Founded as the third English-language newspaper on 15 June 1999, it is currently the last surviving English-language print newspaper i ...
's list of top five Mandarin albums of 2012. Yoga Lin co-produced most songs on the album, and participated in the writing of the lyrics and mixing of the songs.
Background
The concept of the album was to use music to tell a story, and each song on the album functions as a short story. The whole album becomes a ten song collection of short stories in a multitude of genres as science fiction, romance, horror, allegory, and so on. Songs like "说谎 (Fairytale)", "心酸 (Heartbreak)" and "早开的晚霞 (Early Sunset Clouds)" from earlier albums made him famous, which all conveys Yoga Lin's characteristic melancholic sound. Yoga Lin and his producers agreed that for the fourth album they wanted to try something different to record a more powerful performance, as well as showcase his talents in various styles of music.
Track listing
Music videos
# Lure (誘) (30/05/2012)
# Fools' Bliss (勉強幸福) (18/06/2012)
# Romeo and Juliet Syndrome (越反越愛) (27/06/2012)
# Runaway Mama (28/08/2012)
# Unrequited (浪費) (19/12/2012)
# Vulure (拾荒) (20/12/2012)
References
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Yoga Lin albums
2012 albums