ALEXMALISM
ALEX YIU
姚少龍


music producer, singer-songwriter, sound artist, writer, and researcher

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After Alexmalism’s Cantopop singles ‘Virtual Delusion’ and ‘Ocean’ in May and June, Alex is about to release his another Cantopop single ‘True or False, You and Me’ alongside with ‘Secret City’ to be available on all streaming platforms on 19/7. ‘True or False, You and Me’ is a collaboration in between Alexmalism and Kelvin T in which it combines Kelvin T’s music production and Alexmalism’s vocal, melodies and

The lyrics of ‘True or False, You and Me’ hints at the disagreement on politics in between Alex himself and his former friends. It depicts a series of self-doubt and misbelief onto himself while Alex came to a conclusion with his ultimate affirmation of his own belief. 

The single 'True and False, You and Me' 《真假你我》 is characterized by Kelvin T's idiomatic style of hard industrial kicks and synthline, yet the melodies and the chorus demonstrates Alexmalism's lyricism and harmonic approaches that reflects his background in classical and pop culture in contrasts to Kelvin T's hardness. The subject matters of the lyrics question Alex's lament of former friendship that is being torn by different views on matters - whether political or ideological.

A visualizer of this single depicts Kelvin T's 3D scan that is being distorted by interacting with the music itself.

Lyrics (Chinese w/ English translation)

假的你是誰
Who are you, fake?
真的我是負累
I'm really tired
通通都是胡亂說的犯罪
It's all bullshit crime

真的你又是誰
Who are you really?
假的你在入睡
The fake you are sleeping
只得我斷言立約再趕追
I have to make a promise to make a covenant and then chase after

誰又可驗證我信仰
Who can verify my beliefs?
原來你已早知這幻象
It turns out that you already knew this illusion
是非 從來無理
Right or wrong is never reasonable
不說話怎可以想
Without speaking, how can you think?

窺看那臉容 (臉容)
Peek at that face (face)
倒影裡是朦朧 (矇朧)
In the reflection is hazy (hazy)
怎可以自行驗證這幻夢 (誰在發夢)
How can you verify this dream by yourself? (Who is dreaming?)
身分證實無人 (是誰)
No one has been identified (who?)
消失殆盡人群 (是妄念)
Disappearing the crowd (it's a delusion)
星空裡月兒沒法計光分 (是甚麼距離)
In the starry sky, the moon cannot measure the light points (at what distance?)

誰又可 (是你和我)
Who can (you and me)
驗證我信仰 (去驗證你信仰)
Verify my belief? (Go to verify your belief)
原來 你 (我不說話)
So you (I don't speak)
已早知這幻象 (你終知道)
Already knew this vision (you know it)
是非 (無論對錯)
Right or wrong (True or false)
從來無理 (是你和我)
never unreasonable (it's you and me)
不說話 (沉默)
Without speaking (silence)
怎可以想(怎可以想?)
How can you think? (How can you think?)

誰又可驗證我信仰
Who can verify my beliefs?
原來你已早知這幻象
It turns out that you already knew this illusion
是非 從來無理
Right or wrong is never reasonable
不說話怎可以想
Without speaking, how can you think?