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Her debut album wasn’t bad. However, this album left me disappointed. Out of 10 songs, I only like 5 of them.

I’ll start with the week ones.

Track 1, this is too bubblegum pop, boring and repetitive. The same goes to track 7. Track 9 sounds like a lame remixed song. I have to skip it everytime I reach this song. Just can’t stand it.

Track 5, a ballad is boring as well, it’s too lacking and plain. Track 6 is a Korean song cover, also a sample of Edward Elgar’s “Salut D’Amour”. Out of all the samples of classical songs, only very few of them impress me, this one neither. And come on, it sounds like she’s trying to hard to be cute.

Now, I’m going to the tracks that I like. Track 2 and track 10 are like “Ai Mei”. Both have nice melody but I think Rainie has used too much falsetto in her singing. It makes her vocal sounds very shaky. It’s better in track 8 where she uses less falsetto.

On the other hand, track 3 is good. I love this song immediately on my first listen. The melody itself is very nice and catchy. And Rainie sounds more natural here compared to other fast-tempo songs in the album.

Track 4 will be my favorite ballad in the album, along with track 10. Vocal wise, this is the best song. This is the only song that shows me that Rainie can sing. I don’t know if that is tuned using equipments, but the high notes in the brigde do raise my hair. Anyway, the voice control can be better. She needs to learn to sing with her chest voice instead of just shouting.

As much as I like her personality, the quality of this album has gone worse than her debut. Her vocal in ballads does improve a bit, but this album looks like a rush production.

Track listing:

1. 甜心咒 Tian Xin Zhou (Sweetheart Spell)
2. 可爱 Ke Ai (Cute)
3. 遇上爱 Yu Shang Ai (Meeting Love)
4. 左边 Zuo Bian (Left Side)
5. 找不到 Zhao Bu Dao (Can’t Find)
6. 庆祝 Qing Zhu (Celebrate)
7. 芥末巧克力 Jie Mo Qiao Ke Li (Wasabi Chocolate)
8. 失眠的睡美人 Shi Mian De Shui Mei Ren (Sleeping Beauty With Insomnia)
9. 自然而然 Zi Ran Er Ran (Naturally)
10. 过敏 Guo Min (Over-sensitive)

Recommended tracks: 3, 5, 10, 2

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