Angel Wings (Championship Celebration Bear Hug Special Edition)

Release Date: 2013/9/20

Walking through a city full of scars, finding the courage to let love be reborn
All-round Queen Rainie Yang's 2013 consecutive chart-topping hit: [Angel Wings]
Acclaimed by all, snatching 60 championships across Asia, the success continues with the launch of the Champion Celebration Hug Edition

 
Brand new 28-page Berlin photo lyric book
                     
10 "Flying over Berlin" postcards, offering an unobstructed view of the world-famous Berlin Wall      

Rainie Angel Berlin Bear multi-purpose magnet sticker
 

"All-round Queen" Rainie Yang's new album "Angel Wings" won 60 charts across Asia in its first week of release
With 1.52 million fans on FB, she ranks first among female singers
Capitalizing on her success, she pushes the song "Hurried Life," with an MV costing 2 million to create a simulated city
Having not taken a long vacation in 13 years since her debut, the "Iron Woman" laments the cost to her health; now 29, she understands the slow-living lifestyle with 2 family days a week

Rainie Yang's new album "Angel Wings" is off to an extraordinary start. The official version of the album generously includes a "Fluorescent Angel Clutch" and a 32-page Berlin photo book. Sure enough, just 9 days after release, it hit number one on both the g-music and Five Music charts, and seized 60 chart championships across Asia, including Taiwan's KKBOX comprehensive new song chart, the Hong Kong iTunes album chart, Chunghwa Telecom caller ringback tones, and the HITFM Global Pop Music Chart—a proud achievement! Sony Music is capitalizing on this success with the third wave release of the lighthearted, free-spirited mid-tempo song "Hurried Life." In the MV, Rainie overlooks the bustling crowds of the city like an angel. 2 million was spent to create a simulated city, with a week spent hand-crafting model houses and busy streets. Rainie even wore the models on her person, nails, and high heels, with post-production 3D technology making the MV even more vivid! The "Hurried Life" MV reminds everyone that amidst a hurried life, one should stop for a moment to discover that there are actually many angels by one's side. Rainie laughed, "Before I was 16, my 'hurried life' meant constant competitions and learning talents, determined to enter show business; after I debuted at 16, it was a 13-year routine life of a busy female star." She exchanged her health for success in the entertainment industry, accumulating impressive achievements and high popularity. Statistics show that Rainie Yang's official Facebook fan page has 1.52 million followers, ranking highest among female singers in Taiwan, showing that Rainie is widely loved and supported by all sectors!

Rainie Yang's "raining" influence takes effect; it rains every day in Taipei, Hunan, and Beijing wherever she goes

"All-round Queen" Rainie Yang encountered torrential rain at her autograph session in Taipei, and unbeknownst to her, she also encountered heavy rain when she flew to mainland China to promote her new album "Angel Wings." It also rained at her Beijing press conference on the 4th. For nearly a full week, it rained everywhere she went, making Rainie a real-life "raining" queen. Rainie exclaimed, "The angels must miss the sunshine!" Last month, she held her first mainland concert in 13 years of her career at the Shanghai Grand Stage, with tens of thousands of fans packing the venue. At the press conference, fans presented her with a "Beijing Bird's Nest Stadium-shaped cake," hoping she would one day perform there!

4 million spent on a trip to Germany to shoot the cover; Rainie Yang considers it her most satisfying musical work since debut
The repackaged version includes a brand-new 28-page Berlin photo lyric book, plus 10 Berlin Wall postcards and a Berlin Angel Bear magnet sticker

Despite the sluggish record market, Sony Music insisted on a counter-trend strategy for "All-round Queen" Rainie Yang's 8th new album "Angel Wings," investing 30 million in planning and promotion, and spending 4 million to shoot the album cover in Germany. The inspiration for the new album came from German director Wim Wenders' "Wings of Desire," which tells the story of an angel overlooking human love who ultimately chooses to become a mortal, unable to resist the joys and sorrows of the human world.
The production team set their sights on Berlin, a city full of scars that was able to bravely regenerate into a creative hub of the world today. With an atmosphere of both suppression and creativity, strength and softness, it perfectly matched the spirit the title track wanted to express. Therefore, 4 million was spent to fly there and shoot the album cover, covering over 17 locations in just 4 days, including classic movie sites such as "The Bourne Supremacy," "Good Bye, Lenin!," and "Run Lola Run." Very fortunately, the props company that worked on "Wings of Desire" years ago sponsored the angel wings from the film for the shoot. In front of modern, modernist buildings, Rainie wandered through Berlin like an angel, interpreting a melancholic and beautiful literary aesthetic.
This new album is also the one Rainie Yang has been most satisfied with throughout the recording process since releasing solo albums. She feels that although the 10 songs included have different styles, they are all songs she personally loves. When recording finished, she felt both empty and satisfied. Having not acted for a long time, she said that recording these 10 songs felt like starring in 10 movies, allowing her to fully vent her emotions through the lyrics and music!
Because so many beautiful photos were taken in Berlin, the record company specially redesigned a photo lyric book for the champion celebration repackaged edition with a completely different style from the pre-order and official versions. There are also 10 exquisite postcards that Rainie specifically went to the world-famous tourist attraction, the Berlin Wall, to shoot. In addition, the Berlin Bear, a city mascot found everywhere in downtown Berlin, was chosen after Rainie's careful selection to create a practical Angel Berlin Bear magnet sticker—definitely worth collecting for fans!

Rainie Yang transforms into an angel for free; invited to serve as the "Love Ambassador for Abandoned Children" for the Child Welfare League
Scared of Mondays since childhood, she empathizes with the plight of abandoned children and is now committed to public welfare to give back to society

Busy promoting her new album "Angel Wings," Rainie transforms into an angel in the MV to overlook human love, and in real life, she also turned into an angel for charity. Invited by the Child Welfare League to be the "Love Ambassador for Abandoned Children," she appealed to everyone to pay attention to vulnerable children abandoned by their biological families. Usually commanding a 7-figure fee for endorsements, she took nothing this time. Her hair and makeup artists also showed their support by donating all their earnings from the shoot. The new song "Angel Wings" was also used as the theme song for the advertisement, which was released in September.
 

New album generates constant buzz; the MV for the first hit "Angel Wings" features a stunning "White Angel Look" that took 6 hours to create
Foreign actor's passionate kissing scene was too provocative; the teaser advertisement was rated 18+ by YouTube
Second emotional hit "Bravery is Good" sees the first collaboration between billionaire box-office directors Peter Chan and Leste Chen
Golden Bell Award-winning actress displays her acting and singing skills, aiming for the annual karaoke throne
First listening party in 13 years of her career; 3rd collaboration with Wu Tsing-fong, new song created by Golden Melody Queen Tanya Chua
Rainie Yang shows her ambition: "Collect the 'Three Golds' within 5 to 10 years!"

Rainie Yang held her first listening party in 13 years of her career, with DJs and musicians on site praising her music: "Her taste in song selection is becoming more and more professional," and "She handles the songs with ease." The new album was created by top domestic and foreign musicians. Her good friend Wu Tsing-fong collaborated with her for the 3rd consecutive album; following "Take Me Away" and "Young Werther's Worries," this time he provided 2 great sets of lyrics, "A Little Break" and "Kidnapped by Myself." The album also invited Golden Melody Queen Tanya Chua to tailor-make the new song "Loneliness is a Sense of Security" for Rainie. Rainie displayed great ambition, saying: "I hope to collect the 'Three Golds' (Golden Melody, Golden Horse, Golden Bell Awards) within 5 to 10 years!" In this new album, Rainie has shown a leap forward in both her vocal progress and acting in the MVs, and it is believed that this new album [Angel Wings] will definitely make her musical status as [All-round Queen] even more successful!

Happiness is no longer just looking up from the same spot, flying bravely is the belief in love
A collision of love that even angels envy
Ride the wings of music and fly bravely with Rainie Yang
 
1. Angel Wings: A song full of lyrical British rock style. In interpreting this song, Rainie is at times gentle and illusory, at times passionate and unrestrained, with a vocal style full of contradiction and direct emotion, paired with psychedelic piano frequencies in the music, along with a large-scale real string section, bass, drums, and guitar, attempting to allow everyone a thorough release and understanding of Rainie's musical attitude when facing emotions.
2. Bravery is Good: Following the collaboration on "Starting for Love," this was again produced by Teacher Ma Yufen and arranged by A-Gun, with Rainie singing about the torment and bravery in a relationship.
3. Hurried Life: The off-beat piano playing creates an interesting arrangement structure, with live drums and bass added in the latter part. Rainie also uses a witty and humorous vocal style to express the helplessness of modern people and the positive attitude one should have for living in the moment through the song's relaxed yet satirical mood.
4. Kidnapped by Myself: Lyrics by Wu Tsing-fong, composition by Zhang Jian Junwei, and a first-time collaboration with producer Teacher Ke Guimin for a pop-rock style. Depressive Rock paired with a hint of electronic effects, the emotional buildup of the whole song, from psychedelic, helpless, and sinking to hysterical—Rainie fully interpreted the cruelty of the world and the helplessness of being trapped and "kidnapped by oneself," singing about the limits of hesitation, struggle, calmness, and explosion when one faces oneself and the world!

【Album Tracks】
1. Angel Wings
2. Kidnapped by Myself
3. Loneliness is a Sense of Security
4. Bravery is Good
5. Upside Down
6. Unblessed Happiness
7. Little Cleverness
8. Fish Gills
9. A Little Break
10. Hurried Life