Post-1997 Hong Kong Cantonese Popular Lyrics Research-New Edition I & II_Hong Kong and Macau Limited

Author: Zhu Yaowei, Liang Weishi Publisher: Bright Culture Book size: 150mm x 210mm Number of pages: 296+280 pages ISBN: 978-988-8820-08-5 Publication date: July 2022 【brief introduction】 This book is the new edition of "Research on Hong Kong Popular Lyrics in Post-1997", the sequel of "Hong Kong Popular Lyrics: From the Mid-1970s to the Mid-1990s". It adds Professor Zhu Yaowei's "Reprint Postscript", which briefly discusses the period from 2015 to the present. The inheritance of Cantonese pop music, especially "The rejuvenation of Hong Kong pop music scene in the past two years seems to have echoes. Mirror and a group of newcomers have emerged. It seems that it is finally coming. Whether Cantonese pop music can climb to the top of Asia remains to be seen. However, Professor Zhu also pointed out: "If we use words to analyze words, there has been a lot of newcomers in the past ten years, but whether it can be called 'changing the dynasty' like the pop music world seems to be open to question." However, the author "has always believed that looking back at Cantonese The glorious days of pop songs are not nostalgia for the old cakes, and today’s lyrics are measured by the scale of the day, but they are still looking forward to different possibilities. Rather than nostalgic for the past, they want to copy the old glory with the existing model (in fact, this is really nostalgia). ?), why not look to tomorrow and open up a new order with boundless imagination.” This book follows the research framework set by "Hong Kong Popular Lyrics: From the mid-1970s to the mid-1990s" to further track the changing trajectory of "Hong Kong Cantonese Popular Lyrics" around 1997. It is planned to set 1997 as a watershed in the evolution of popular lyrics in Hong Kong-reviews the follow-up development and style changes of "senior lyricists" (i.e. lyricists who debuted before 1997). At the same time, it also sorted out the rise and style trends of "post-1997 poets" (i.e. poets who debuted in 1997 or later), in order to make a comprehensive analysis of the topography, climate and the trend of Hong Kong's popular word circle from 1997 to the present. pattern. The author Professor Chu said in the preface of the 2015 edition: "This generation of Hong Kong popular lyricists tells us that as long as we keep our minds on our minds and light a lamp in one breath, ten years later, the world will always change for you and me. Kai...has the feeling and gesture of lighting a lamp in one breath, and the belief that there will be echoes if you keep it in mind, you are talking about inheritance. We understand it.” 【About the Author】 Zhu Yaowei Professor at the School of Chinese Studies at the University of Hong Kong and Director of the Hong Kong Studies Programme. Research areas include Hong Kong culture, globalization and postcolonial discourse. Author of more than 30 books, recent works include Lost in Transition: Hong Kong Culture in the Age of China, Hong Kong Studies as Method (ed.), Hong Kong Culture and Society in the New Millennium: Hong Kong as Method (ed.) , Hong Kong Cantopop: A Concise History, Found in Transition: Hong Kong Studies in the Age of China, "Hong Kong Keywords: Imagining a New Future" (ed.), "The (Post) Youth Years of Hong Kong Pop Culture", Main Melody Films : Hong Kong Directors in Mainland China, etc. Liang Weishi A cultural critic and theatre critic, he has taught at the School of Drama of the Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts and the Department of Humanities and Creative Writing of Hong Kong Baptist University. He has published over 500 critical articles covering Hong Kong pop culture, Hong Kong theatre, visual arts and new media projects. In 2015, he was awarded the "Hong Kong Economic and Trade Office in New York-Asian Cultural Association Grant" and went to New York to inspect the local alternative performing arts space. In 2019, he was also funded by the Hong Kong Arts Development Council's 2nd "Arts Administrators Overseas Study Programme" to go to Berlin Theatre Festival, Avignon Festival and Edinburgh International Arts Festival to observe the concept and operation of international arts festivals. His publications include Fire and Drama: A Preliminary Study of the Chinese Academy of Drama Festival (2011), A Study of Post-1997 Hong Kong Cantonese Popular Lyrics (co-authored with Zhu Yaowei, 2011), and The Lyric Field: An Exposition of Post-1997 Hong Kong Popular Lyrics (2016) and "Lin Xi's Humanistic Landscape" (2021).