Liang, who is traveling through China this summer spreading aero/astro joy to Chinese students, introduced me to the forefront of asian pop through his latest, most illustrious blog entry. People, this is the cool of the cool. For someone as untrendy as I am, this is a huge step for me to actually know what’s popular! I’ve never felt so “in” :)
The song is 童话 by 光良, which I joked was essentially double “Liang” (see my comments on his entry). His entry also has instructions for how to download the song from baidu to listen for yourself. Apparently, this is what’s hitting China like a typhoon this summer (not literally, because Typhoon Saomai is no laughing matter).
The chorus of 童话 goes as follows:
我愿变成童话里
你爱的那个天使
张开双手
变成翅膀守护你
你要相信
相信我们会像童话故事里
幸福和快乐是结局
Which roughly translates to: “I want to become the angel you love in the fairytales, open my arms and have them turn into the wings that will protect you. You need to believe, need to believe that we will have a happy fairytale ending.”
The full poetic eloquence in the simplicity of the lyrics and melody is lost in translation, but you get the gist of the chick-flick/romantic-comedy cheese :) That’s why we girls (and Liang) love it so much! And as Liang writes, “it’s sung from the point of view of a guy whose girlfriend is dying of cancer.” Awwwww, so bittersweet.
Gotta love the good-for-nothing-except-cheesy-karaoke asian pop :)