“A friend introduced me to director Wei Te-sheng (魏德聖), who offered me a small part as Ma Nien-hsien’s (馬念先) girlfriend,” recalls Hsu. “It turned out that I was too short when standing next to Ma, so I didn’t get to be in the movie.”
“After they finished filming, Wei asked to hear our music and I directed him to our Web site,” says Hsu. “He told me Beautiful Scenery (風光明媚) was ideal for the movie and that he wanted to use it as the end credit song.”
The song, a celebration of Hengchun’s natural charms delivered in breezy bossa nova style, was later covered by One Million Star (超級星光大道) alumnus Rachel Liang (梁文音), who has a brief cameo at the end of the movie.
“I wrote the lyrics seven years before moving to Hengchun and finished the melody after going to the beach one day,” says Hsu. “You can say it represented my longing for a utopian life in Hengchun before I actually moved there.”
Relax One’s sound has evolved from the rock and punk ethos of the band’s early days to its current electronica and psychedelic-flavored fusion.
“Having a child changes everything. I want to sing in a more relaxed atmosphere these days,” says Hsu, who gave birth to her first child 10 months ago. “Our musical tastes have broadened a lot. We never thought before that we could be this eclectic.”
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