Anita Mui - Anita Mui (The Enchantress) - Music Box

Singer: Anita Mui Record Company: Capital Artists Release Date: 1986
Executive Producer: Lai Siu-tin

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01. Enchantress
02. Lai Lai Liang Xie Gang
03. To love passionately once
04. Crazy Love
05. Conquer him
06 Split the iceberg
07. Beloved General
08. The Woman in the Scandal
09. One day
10. The only partner

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  • Two albums released in a single year, each with a distinctly different style, cemented Anita Mui's ever-changing image in the public's mind, and her trendy and avant-garde approach pioneered a new era in the Hong Kong music scene. The success of the two albums made the then 22-year-old Anita Mui the undisputed "Most Popular Female Singer" at the 1985 Top Ten Chinese Gold Songs Awards, thus beginning her five-year reign as the most popular female singer.
  • If Anita Mui in the 1985 film "Bad Girl" was a young girl eager for love, then in the 1986 film "Anita Mui (The Enchantress)," she was a fiery and mature sexy woman in the world of love.
  • In 1986, Anita Mui, whose fame had soared, released her new album, *Anita Mui (The Enchantress)*. The image of the Arab woman in *Anita Mui (The Enchantress)* was unique, and paired with a mysterious blue night sky and a crescent moon, it was alluring and captivating, perfectly complementing her aloof temperament. The album featured a significant increase in upbeat songs, perfectly aligning with the trends of young people in Hong Kong at the time.
  • The original singer of "Demoness" was Ann Lewis, a popular Japanese singer in the 1980s. Lam Chun-keung's lyrics perfectly matched the image that Eddie Lau created for Anita Mui. In the music video, Anita Mui wears a black veil, transforming into an exotic Persian demoness. With exaggerated gold eyeshadow and thick eyebrows, bold and unconventional lyrics, energetic and sexy dance moves, and Anita Mui's sensual and passionate vocals, the video successfully created a "bewitching and wild" image.
  • The original song for "Breaking the Iceberg" is "In the Heat of the Night," sung by German singer Sandra. "Breaking the Iceberg," with lyrics by Peter Lai, is completely different from the original singer's sexy and charming style; Anita Mui's rendition exudes a powerful, queen-like aura. This song offers another interpretation of Anita Mui's personality and attitude, with backing vocals provided by Andy Hui, who had just made a name for himself in the 5th New Talent Singing Awards.
  • "Woman in Scandal" features lyrics by Lam Chun-keung, who used a bold style to create a unique image of a modern woman tailored to Anita Mui. This song continues the creative style of "Bad Girl" and "Femme Fatale," depicting female desires and expressing the new attitudes of women in the modern era. "Woman in Scandal" embodies Lam Chun-keung's creative approach of "actively discussing love and sex from a female perspective, allowing women to write according to their own feelings." His bold lyrics about gender roles influenced later lyricists such as Wyman Wong, Chow Yiu-fai, and Chow Lai-mau.
  • The album's songs "Come to Stardust Harbor," "My Beloved," and "Woman in Scandal" are all adapted from works by Masahiko Kondo. His cross-border romance with Anita Mui caused quite a stir at the time, but it ended in a breakup.
  • "Love Once in a Lifetime" is the theme song of the movie "One House, Two Wives" starring Anita Mui. The composer is Wong Leung-shing of the band Blue Jeans. The lyrics "Let me / Just let me love once in a lifetime" are Anita Mui's inner cry.
  • "Bad Girl" and "Witch" shaped Anita Mui's early avant-garde and rebellious image. Her subsequent avant-garde female images, such as "Like Water Tango", "Flaming Red Lips" and "Lady", were variations and continuations of "Bad Girl" and "Witch".
  • With her superb singing skills, ever-changing costumes and styles, and rebellious, sexy, avant-garde, and versatile style, Anita Mui pioneered the "packaging" of the Hong Kong music scene and was hailed as the "Queen of a Hundred Changes".
  • In 1990, Anita Mui made a significant decision: she announced that she would no longer accept any music awards in order to support newcomers and give them more opportunities to participate in the fierce competition in the music industry.
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