To Hebe is the debut Mandarin solo studio album of Taiwanese Mandopop artist Hebe Tien, of girl group S.H.E. It was released on 3 September 2010 by HIM International Music. "To Hebe album info" HIM International Music. 3 September 2010. Retrieved 2011-05-18 Tien is the first S.H.E member to release a solo album. The preorder edition contains a bonus DVD with eight tracks from Tien's 27th birthday party charity concert, "330 Music Tien Birthday Party" held on 20 March 2010."To Hebe (Preorder edition) album info" Yesasia. 3 September 2010. Retrieved 2011-05-18
The tracks, "寂寞寂寞就好" (Leave Me Alone) and "LOVE!" are listed at number 11 and 35 respectively on Hit Fm Taiwan's Hit Fm Annual Top 100 Singles Chart (Hit-Fm年度百首單曲) for 2010. "Hit Fm Annual Top 100 Singles Chart - 2010 (#1 to 50)" HITO Radio. Retrieved 2011-01-22 The album is tied fifth best selling album in Taiwan in 2010, with Rainie Yang's Rainie & Love...?, with 50,000 copies sold. "年度唱片銷量 小豬15.5萬張 首度踹下雙J 登基唱銷王" Apple Daily. 12 December 2010. Retrieved 2011-05-18
The album was also nominated for Best Mandarin Album at the 22nd Golden Melody Awards in 2011. "22nd Golden Melody Awards nomination list" GIO, Taiwan. 13 May 2011. Retrieved 2011-05-20 It won Best Music Video for "寂寞寂寞就好" (Leave Me Alone) directed by Hsu Yun-Hsuan (徐筠軒) and Best Single Producer for "LOVE!". "22nd Golden Melody Awards winners list" GIO, Taiwan. 20 June 2011. Retrieved 2011-06-20
Background and development Hebe Tien launched her career through the Taiwanese girl group S.H.E under HIM International Music along with her group mates Selina and Ella. On September 11, 2001, during the September 11 attacks, S.H.E released their debut album, Girls' Dorm, in memory of their prior living quarters, selling an impressive 150,000 copies for a debut group quashing speculations of unremarkable debut due to the incident. The entertainment industry in a crisis; S.H.E's popularity drops. November 11, 2005. Retrieved February 23, 2007. Since debut, S.H.E has released twelve studio albums and received numerous awards and nominations. Tien has since appeared in Taiwanese dramas and has been featured in a few singles. The group's label acknowledged each of the member's strengths and for Tien who loved singing since her childhood, HIM arranged and planned a solo album for her which was in preparation for two years.
Tien intended to release an album where she can sing diverse musical genres that are different from the music of S.H.E. Therefore, she named her album To Hebe as a personal album to show "the girl who loves to sing" and to sing songs she would sing for herself, and to share her different moods to everyone.
Reception
"Small Island" controversy Almost twelve years after the release of the album, and following the critical reaction of the People's Republic of China (PRC) to the Speaker of the United States House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi's visit to Taiwan, various Chinese music streaming platforms such as Migu Music and QQ Music removed the track "Small Island" from their streaming service, with the former removing all of Tien's work and her artist information from the platform entirely. According to Little Pinks, the lyrics, "I think that this distance is good, we don't bother each other across the sea," hints about Taiwan independence. The line, "I am a small island, I can't handle great troubles. Tourists, please come back early next time," was also assumed to mean that Mainland tourists are not welcome to visit Taiwan.
Track listing
Personnel Credits from the album's liner notes.
Musicians Hebe Tien – vocals, background vocals Yoga Lin – vocals, background vocals Fan Zhezhong (樊哲忠) – guitar Allen Lu (盧家宏) – guitar Again (蔡科俊) – guitar JerryC – guitar James Ni (倪方來) – guitar Huang Xianzhong (黄顯忠) – drums Rafael Lee (李守信) – drums Wei Feng 威楓(仔仔) – drums Wang Zheng Yi (汪正一) – bass Michael Ning (甯子達) – bass Bing Wang (王治平) – synth Moog Yu Tsang Li (李雨蒼) – violin Jenny Chen (陳怡蓁) – violin Wei Sun (孫瑋) – strings
Technical
Alex Chang-Chien (張簡君偉) – executive producer Chuman Chu (楚怡辰) – executive producer Bing Wang (王治平) – harmony composer Ma Yu-fen (馬毓芬) – harmony composer Guo Wenzong (郭文宗) – harmony composer Terrytyelee (梁永泰) – harmony composer Martin (馬丁) – sound engineer AJ Chen (陳文駿) – sound engineer , mixing Chief Wang (王永鈞) – sound engineer Eugene Ke (柯宗佑) – sound engineer Jiang Ziqiang (蔣自強) – sound engineer Dave Yang (楊大緯) – mixing Adam Huang (黃欽勝) – mixing Craig Burbidge – mixing
Music video
Bill Chia (比爾賈) – director Hsu Yun-Hsuan (徐筠軒) – director Shockley Huang (黃中平) – director bounce – director
Music videos SongDirectorRelease dateNotesLinkLOVE!Bill Chia (比爾賈)August 16, 2010Official animated versionMVLeave Me Alone (人間煙火)Hsu Yun-Hsuan (徐筠軒)August 27, 2010Official music videoMVLOVE?September 7, 2010Official music videoMVMissing You (你太猖狂)Shockley Huang (黃中平)September 14, 2010Official music videoMVTo HebeBill Chia (比爾賈)October 1, 2010Official music videoMVI Don't Think I Am In Love With You (我想我不會愛你)bounceNovember 2, 2010Official music video with footages from To Hebe LiveMVSuper Mario (超級瑪麗)bounceDecember 2, 2010Official music video with footages from To Hebe LiveMV
Awards and nominations +22nd Golden Melody Awards, Taiwan - 2011 Award Nomination Result Best Mandarin Album To Hebe Best Music Video "寂寞寂寞就好" (Leave Me Alone) - Director Gaugau Hsu (徐筠軒) Best Single Producer "LOVE!" - Bing Wang (王治平) Best Packaged Album To Hebe - Nie Yong Zhen (聶永真)
References
External links S.H.E discography@HIM International Music