9th KKBOX Awards 第九屆KKBOX頒獎典禮

我第一次在台北小巨蛋表演太奇妙了。我現在才能夠喘口氣把一些感覺寫下來。好多人問我我有沒有緊張。講實話，我有欸，但不是因為觀眾的關係。我緊張因為這麼大的場地我得需要戴耳帽 (ear monitors)聽聲音表演。好多細節給我一個新的感覺，新的經驗。我戴耳帽就聽不見現場的聲音，但讓我最剛動的是歌迷的尖叫大到一個程度我後來雖然戴耳帽還是可以聽到大叫的熱情鼓勵跟支持。我永遠不會忘記那個感覺。

So it’s been so crazy I haven’t really had a chance to sit back and reflect on my performance at the 9th Annual KKBox Awards on Feb 22nd. I sang Justin Timberlake’s ‘Suit and Tie’ and my own ‘Beautiful’. It was my first time performing in front of 15,000 people and I will never forget that moment. A lot of people asked me if I was nervous, and truthfully, I was, but not because of the crowd. It was my first time wearing ear monitors and being in a huge arena like that, I was overwhelmed by all the logistics that come with a huge awards show. When I put on my ear monitors, I couldn’t hear anything else. Having said that though, when I did take the stage and finally sing I was aware of this crazy energy coming from the crowd. The shouts and cheers of my supporters were able to pierce through the vacuum of my ear monitors and that is a feeling I will never forget.

表演之後我非常興奮，講話不清楚有講得太快，哈哈。 我在後台一直跳來跳去。媒體有問我我表演自己打分數會打多少。我誠懇得回答：我覺得我任何的表演是不可能完美的。但是我今晚只有一個目標：我想好好的唱完這一次的表演還有想要自己享受這個時刻。按照這個目標我覺得我有成功。我當然希望我下次表演會越來越順。下面的照片是我表演的最誇張跟精彩的時刻。“Stop！”

The media asked me later how I felt I did. Taiwanese reporters love asking performers this question. I answered honestly: No performance of mine in my opinion, is ever perfect and mine certainly wasn’t that night. However, I had one goal and that was to enjoy my time on stage, to savor the moment of performing at the Taipei Arena for the first time. Going off that, I felt like I succeeded. Of course, I hope I improve in future performances. This was one of the most thrilling moments I’ve ever had in a live performance: “Stop!”

最後要感謝KKBox給我這麼寶貴的機會在小巨蛋表演，還有我公司環球唱片，千萬不會忘記我的國際後援會：你們的尖叫讓我好感動，好愛你們，也看到你們做的牌子！！

也要謝謝阿達老師在這麼短的時間幫我把表演的編曲完成，謝謝你！今年已經有好多好棒的表演機會，我真的要感謝住！

Huge thanks to KKBox for inviting me to perform as a newcomer, to my label Universal, and to my fanclub! Also big ups to the amazing Gideon Su for helping me get my arrangement in order! We had barely any time to put it together! What an auspicious year it’s turning out to be and I do have to thank God for the tremendous opportunities I’ve had already!

還沒講完！我那天就認識了好多歌手！！我在後台遇到了A-Lin, 還有蘇打綠的青峰！我還看到林俊傑經過我旁邊，我好興奮！！我也跟日本的Perfume拍照！頒獎典禮這種活動好人腦，好瘋狂。我老闆說是像來到廟去拜拜的樣子。

Award shows are crazy affairs. I met many amazing musicians that I look up to. A-Lin, Sodagreen, just to name a few. I saw JJLin brush past and it felt surreal. The girl group Perfume was there all the way from Japan and they were lovely.

那天晚上只有兩個新人，我跟 王詩安。我後來也恭喜她因為他跟我一樣第一次在小巨蛋表演。雙王之夜，哈哈！

Oh, also a shoutout to Diana Wang! She was the other newcomer for the evening. We were the two “Wangs” of the night. It was her first time performing at the Arena as well.

好期待接下來的活動！謝謝大家瘋狂的支持！！

Can’t wait for all the other amazing events coming up! Going on tour in two weeks! Thank you everyone for your crazy support and love!

Dawen 大文