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S.H.E: Maybe We are Secretly Dating and You Just Don’t Know It
[2008-12-19]
In the business for seven years, after releasing 11 albums and experiencing all sorts of stormy weather, S.H.E still loved to laugh and play around. It was this ability to maintain their innocent personalities in this complicated and kaleidoscopic entertainment circle that enabled them to attract more and more support. In these seven years, S.H.E experienced rapid maturity. From the inexperienced girl group in the beginning to the increasingly mature feminine image of today, S.H.E started to undergo a silent transformation.
Speaking of Maturity: When the Time Comes, Change Would Occur Naturally
The three members of S.H.E, Selina, Hebe and Ella all started with appearing on the singing contest [Cruel Stage]. What was originally intended as a one-time shot for fun, unexpectedly and with a blink of an eye, turned into the three of them spending the next eight years together in the entertainment business and from the beginning when they were so tight with their budget that taking a taxi would be consider extravagant to having both fame and fortune for all three, S.H.E underwent the most rapid growth and change.
The Gemini Ella with her outgoing personality was always full of energy and she was also the most popular member within the group. However, her unpretentious and straightforward nature that did not mask her emotions also caused her every action to be the focus of media attention. In 2004, during the release of [Encore], because of her back injury being re-aggravated, Ella suddenly broke down in front of the media. The line that she had used: [I don’t know whether it is people making money or is it money controlling people…] illustrated the heartache S.H.E had felt bearing the incredibly heavy pressure of work at the time. In 2006, a comment Ella made in jest “XXXX You” during an interview was once again magnified out of proportion and an article accusing Ella of swearing was published, leaving Ella no choice but to apologize publicly and to clarify that it was only an unintentional error. However, this incident led to her disappointment towards the media and she once more broke down in tears during a subsequent interview: [The changes in the environment of the entertainment industry have made me feeling tired. I had always thought that I was an optimistic person. After I entered the business, I realized that I am actually very pessimistic.] Tired in body and soul, she was once rumored to have depression. The open challenge that she made regarding wanting to earn NTW$ 10 billion to redeem freedom for S.H.E once again brought up the discussions about the pressures celebrities must face in order to survive. Other than Ella, the other two members of the group, Selina and Hebe, also were troubled by their respective romantic rumors and heavy work pressures.
Two years later, S.H.E released their 11th album [My Station FM SHE]. Just as they appeared in the promotion pictures of the album, S.H.E had slowly made the transition from girls to women. Although they were still unused to it, they also started to accept the mature feminine image of wearing high heels and dresses. Speaking of these changes, Ella said: [When the time comes, it is natural for changes to take place.]
[Everyone would grow up. It has been seven years, who wouldn’t grow up. I had went through too many things. This industry is the society in a smaller scale. The coldness and warmth of human natures, I really had experienced it. The change in attitude is that I understand myself more and more and become more logical and mature.] Ella was still open and enthusiastic but unlike before, she no longer displayed her emotion in front of others as easily. As for Hebe who had always been mature and calm, when speaking about the changes she experienced after entering into the business, she felt that the biggest change for her was her attitude towards work: [The change in attitude is the feeling I have towards work. Because at first, I felt that this is temporary, like a dream, not knowing what I was doing and I was also very young. Now, I feel that this is my career. I would consider things like what I can receive from my work and what I can bring to everyone.] Selina felt that through the friendship with the other two members, she was beginning to understand herself even better.
S.H.E who was still singing [Don’t Want to Grow Up] in 2005 had inevitably grown up.
Speaking of Idols: Had Lined up Overnight for Concerts
Even though they are a top group but when S.H.E talked about their own childhood idols, they were still very excited. To promote the new album, the record company decided to create an online radio station. After S.H.E’s transformation into deejays, their interviews with Cai Kang Yong, Jay Chou, Chiling Lin and others were highly praised. To interview Ah-Mei who was her own idol became the interview that left the deepest impression in Selina.
Selina’s idols in her youth were Coco Lee and Ah-Mei: [When they held concerts in Taipei, I would also go one day early to line up, lining up overnight with my classmates in order to stand at the front. I remember Ah Mei at the rock area. I could almost touch her feet. I cried the first time I met Ah Mei and when I first met Coco. I felt incredibly moved at the time. I never thought that in this life, I would have to chance to see my idols personally.] Experience notwithstanding, the popularity of S.H.E today was already on par with these childhood idols during the height of their popularity but S.H.E still viewed their idols from a fan’s perspective.
[I idolized Takeshi Kaneshiro when I was young. I felt he was very handsome. Later I felt that Wu Wei had his own style. I had even idolized foreign singers. I like them a lot and idolized them at that time. I had their songs because these songs are all classics. I also like Stephanie Sun. At that time, she had not entered the business yet but many of her songs were really good. I had idolized Leehom Wang. He is an excellent idol who reaches out to all types of audience. There is no one who does not like him.] As everyone knew, Ella whose outer appearance was the most neutral also loved handsome male celebrities the most.
And in this online radio program, the common wish of all three members in S.H.E was to invite the temporarily absent superstar Faye Wong but they also agreed that [she is very much a superstar and hard to reach.]
Speaking of Love: Maybe We Are Secretly Dating and You Just Don’t Know It
Singers, actors, program hosts, deejays…after doing the rounds in the entertainment business, S.H.E’s fondest wish was to open their own shop together. Selina said: [We thought about wanting to open our own shop, just thinking about it really. Regardless if it is for work or any time, the three of us like to gather together. All of us like to eat delicious food so we like to open a snack shop.]
And other than their careers, the three also hoped to meet a good man and to have a wonderful future: [The wish of every female is to meet a good man and can have a wonderful future. A wonderful future can include many things such as a perfect family life, clever children, terrific relations with my sisters and the best would be for the woman to have her own career as well.] Selina’s ideal life was sweet and idyllic. However, this immediately was questioned: [You are so busy right now, how is it possible to have time to date?] At this time, Ella took up the topic and teased: [Time is like a woman’s cleavage, squeeze it and you would have it. Maybe we have been dating in secret, just that you don’t know about it.]