"Leaves are wings that cannot fly"...
April 6th is the 13th anniversary of the death of singer Assan . This former "Queen of Healing" only made her official debut at the age of 28. Her acting career lasted only 6 years before she died of breast cancer at the age of 34.
Just like the lyrics of the song "Leaves" say, "Loneliness is a person's carnival, carnival is the loneliness of a group of people." Asang's life has been miserable, and good luck is like a luxury product to her. The time he spent with her successfully was so little compared to her regretful moments and short life.
Ah Sang did not live a happy life when he was a child. His parents quarreled all day long and avoided debt, so they finally chose to divorce. The young Ah Sang could only live in his aunt's house. But my aunt's family is not rich either. Although there is just an extra pair of chopsticks in the family, it is also an extra layer of burden.
It was not easy to live under the shelter of others. Little Asang was forced to learn to read people's eyes since he was a child. In order to reduce the burden on his aunt, he took the initiative to find odd jobs. So little Asang lived in the house while working to support his family. She worked in chocolate paper packaging at chocolate factory and worked in an electronics factory. She held multiple jobs and traveled between factories like a top.
The depression of real life made her urgently need an outlet. In addition to continuing to work part-time to help herself complete her studies, she fell in love with singing, which was a way to temporarily escape reality. After graduation, she successfully joined the Taiwan Art Work Corps, but she could only do chores such as moving equipment, making costumes, and reporting for scenes every day. Finally, five years later, Asang left and formed a band with a few friends. They started singing in bars every day to make money.
It was by chance that Asang met Wang Yiping, a senior musician. Wang Yiping has made records for many famous singers such as Lin Yilian , Yu Chengqing, Xin Xiaoqi , etc. Wang Yiping was also the producer of Ah Sang's first solo album in his career as a singer, " is a little hurt ".
However, the turning point in Asang’s miserable life did not come so smoothly.
After the two got acquainted, they did not start cooperation immediately. Wang Yiping first asked Asang to practice hard in seclusion for a year. Ah Sang's excellent voice talent, coupled with the guidance and help of professional musicians, made Ah Sang's singing skills improve by leaps and bounds a year later.
Wang Yiping gave it a try first and recorded several demos for Ah Sang and sent them to different record companies. But most of them fell into obscurity. Only one record company thought the song was good after listening to it, but it didn't take a fancy to Asang and said: As long as the song is free, no one is involved.
The first cooperation between the two ended in failure. This demo also made a wedding dress for someone else, which was "Go Away and Fly Away" later sung by Lin Yilian.
As the saying goes, Bole meets a thousand-mile horse. Bole does not often meet, and a thousand-mile horse does not often appear.
Wang Yiping saw the talent in Asang, and of course he couldn't bear to let such talents be buried, so he carefully produced ten songs for Asang again.
Just when the results of this second collaboration were about to come out, a typhoon in Taipei caused floods and flooded the underground recording studio. All the master tapes and demos were destroyed, and the two people's hard work was once again wasted. The work that was only one song away from being completed now has nothing left.
Fate seems to be joking with Asang. Every time Asang sees hope, God will always pour a basin of cold water on her head, making her despair.
Asan, who experienced two failures, returned to the original starting point. She continued to work part-time to make money, working as a salesperson in a tea shop, as an operator in a law firm, and as a customer service announcer in a department store. This lasted another four or five years.
It wasn't until the idol drama " Rose Love " that I noticed Asang's singing voice and tried to invite her to sing the ending song "Leaves". Asang's naturally hoarse and vicissitudes of singing, with a crying voice, coupled with sad and sad tunes and lyrics, made Asang the spokesperson of "healing singer" overnight.
At this point, Asang signed with Huayan Records and debuted as an official singer.Subsequently, Assan released his first album "A Little Hurt". Asang was also nominated for the Best Newcomer Award at the 15th Golden Melody Awards for this album.
Within two years, Asang immediately released his second album "Loneliness Is Singing". It's just that even Asang herself didn't expect that this second album would be her last album.
html In 2006, Ah Sang wanted to focus her career in the Mainland, and took time to participate as a contestant in the variety show " is famous ". Just when fans thought she was going to show off her ambitions in the Mainland and show off her talents to the fullest, But bad news came.
In 2007, Asan was diagnosed with lymphoma . For the treatment, she put down all her work and arrangements and followed the doctor's instructions. The treatment of cancer was very painful. Every time she wanted to give up, Asang's boyfriend was by her side to encourage her. Give her the confidence to fight it. Even though Asang was worried about putting too much pressure on her boyfriend and didn't want to drag him down in initiating a breakup, her boyfriend firmly refused and stayed by her side.
However, the world has not been kind to this girl. When everyone thought that the situation was slowly getting better, and Ah Sang was moved by her boyfriend and wanted to get married, the cancer cells in her body worsened and spread to late-stage breast cancer. In the end, Ah Sang died in the hospital on the morning of April 6, 2009, at the age of 34.
She debuted at the age of 28 and passed away at the age of 34. She only had 2 albums in her life. This girl who has engraved loneliness in her bones is singing about herself. She is quiet and sad, lonely and strong. She is low-key and quiet, optimistic and grateful.
After Ah Sang left, someone said:
"Before Ah Sang, loneliness was just loneliness. After Ah Sang, loneliness is Ah Sang."
Even if fate treats her badly, she has never been truly desperate. She always stands there quietly and sings her own song.
Every lonely person among us will sing Asan.
