Girls' Dorm

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Girls' Dorm
Studio album by
S.H.E
ReleasedSeptember 11, 2001 (2001-09-11)
Recorded2000–2001
GenreMandopop
Length42:01
LanguageMandarin
LabelHIM International Music
Producer
S.H.E chronology
Girls' Dorm
(2001) 		Youth Society
(2002)

Girls' Dorm (

R&B, pop rock, and eurobeat
.

Despite being released on the same day as the September 11 attacks, the album experienced commercial success. Girls' Dorm sold 150,000 copies in Taiwan, ranking top 20 in the year's album sales in the country,[2] and has since sold 750,000 copies throughout Asia. After the album's success, S.H.E was shortlisted for Best New Artist at the 13th Golden Melody Awards in 2002.[3]

Background and development

On August 8, 2000,

high school, and Ella, who was in vocational school, took advantage of the school holidays to go north to Taipei for recording and training sessions. After Hebe and Ella graduated, the three S.H.E members prepared for their debut by rooming together in a college-styled dormitory so that their record label could test out their chemistry.[5]
The Chinese name for the album Nǚshēng Sùshè (女生宿舍) literally translates into girls dormitory, which pays tribute to the group's past living quarters.

S.H.E's management mapped out the styles of the three members at the time, and each gave them their representative English names: Selina is a name variant of Selene, the goddess of the Moon in Greek mythology. She represents "gentleness" and her representative color is pink. Hebe is named after Hebe, the goddess and personification of youth in Greek mythology and religion. She represents "confidence" and her representative color is green. Ella, who represents "courage", is an English short form of Helen, which is from the Greek Helene meaning "torch" or "light", and her representative color is blue.[6][7] Selina revealed in 2009 that their English names were also changed to fit the group name. Selina named herself Cola, while Hebe was called Anita, while Ella called herself Water pre-debut.[8]

Writing and production

"Not Yet Lovers" is the Chinese version of Destiny's Child's "Brown Eyes"

Prolific musicians such as

R&B style song that was originally recorded under the title "Brown Eyes" by Destiny's Child for their 2001 blockbuster studio album Survivor. Beyoncé and Walter Afanasieff are both credited as composers on the track while the lyrics were translated into Mandarin Chinese
by Derek Shih. The lyrics delicately convey girls' yearning and expectations for love.

Release and Reception

The album was released on September 11, 2001. Despite its release unfortunately coinciding with the

signature songs. Three of the songs in this album ("Beauty Up My Life", "Too Much" and "He Is") would be used to endorse Wacoal
, SoGo and Digimaster, respectively.

The track "Not Yet Lovers" was listed at number 3 on

Hit Fm Taiwan's Hit FM Top 100 Singles of the Year chart for 2001.[9] S.H.E was shortlisted for Best New Artist at the 13th Golden Melody Awards in 2002 for their work on this album.[10]

Music videos

Joseph Chang, stars as the male lead in the music video for "Not Yet Lovers"

The karaoke

VCD included fully choreographed music videos for "Not Yet Lovers", "Beauty Up My Life", "Fridge", and "Too Much." The videos for "Are You All Right" and "He is Him" were essentially edited footage of S.H.E singing those respective songs. "Not Yet Lovers" is a story of three girls (Selina, Hebe, and Ella) fawning over the same boy (Joseph Chang
), but deciding that their friendship is evidently more valuable.

Track listing

No.TitleLyricsMusicArrangementLength
1."戀人未滿" (Not Yet Lovers)Derek Shih
Beyoncé Knowles, Walter Afanasieff
BabyC4:36
2."Beauty Up My Life"Wu Hsiung, Tseng Chien HaoAnan ZuoDavid Lu2:54
3."冰箱" (Fridge)Wu HsiungYou Chiu HsingRay Huang4:28
4."H.B.O"Wu Hsiung, Anan ZuoAnan ZuoRay Huang3:34
5."Too Much" (Hebe solo)Yao ChienTanya ChuaTanya Chua3:13
6."妳還好不好" (Are You All Right) (Selina and Ella duet)Pai Chin FaKico ShihJay Hung4:43
7."替我愛你" (Let Her Love You for Me) (Hebe solo)Huang Tsu YinTommy WuTu Ying4:46
8."他就是他" (He is Him)Wu HsiungChen Ying HsuRay Huang4:35
9."別" (Don't) (Ella solo)Wu HsiungJudy Chen, Ian Chen, Chen Cheng ChingWu Ching Lung4:23
10."忘記把你忘記" (Forgot to Forget about You) (Selina solo)Wu HsiungAnan ZuoWu Ching Lung4:49
Total length:42:01


References

  1. ^ (in Chinese) HIM International Music Girls' Dorm album info September 11, 2001. Retrieved April 8, 2011
  2. ^ "2001唱片銷售統計＠PMW 2009年度華語專輯總銷售榜單｜PChome 個人新聞台". April 6, 2019. Archived from the original on April 6, 2019. Retrieved October 31, 2022.
  3. ^ (in Chinese) GIO, Taiwan 13th Golden Melody Awards nomination list Archived September 29, 2011, at the Wayback Machine April 28, 2004. Retrieved 2011-0509
  4. ^ a b (in Chinese) Sina.com. S.H.E's Life Story, Part 2: The Universal Talent and Beauty Girl Contest. September 14, 2007. Retrieved February 13, 2007.
  5. ^ (in Chinese) S.H.E's Life Story, Part 3: The Days in the Girls Dormitory Archived March 10, 2005, at the Wayback Machine. September 14, 2004.
  6. ^ 梅衍儂 (August 9, 2018). "嘟比嘟哇、H.B.O是啥碗糕？ASOS、S.H.E改名後變更紅". 聯合報. Archived from the original on August 11, 2018. Retrieved August 11, 2018.
  7. ^ 陳薈涵 (September 6, 2018). "重現火吻、摘金榮耀！S.H.E砸千萬拍《17》MV逼哭死忠粉". 蘋果日報. Archived from the original on February 17, 2019. Retrieved September 6, 2018.
  8. ^ xup3i1in9 (December 6, 2009), Selina爆料S.H.E出道前的英文名字, archived from the original on December 22, 2021, retrieved April 26, 2018{{citation}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  9. ^ (in Chinese) HITO Radio Hit Fm Annual Top 100 Singles Chart 2001 (#1–50)
  10. ^ (in Chinese) GIO, Taiwan 13th Golden Melody Awards nomination list Archived September 29, 2011, at the Wayback Machine April 28, 2004. Retrieved 2011-0509

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