Vivian Hsu and Lee-Hom Wang attend an event promoting Wang's upcoming album in Taipei on Sunday, July 25, 2010. [Photo: cfp.cn]
Despite heavy rain, thousands of Lee-Hom Wang's fans came out to Ximending in Taipei on July 25 for an autographing and pre-ordering session for his upcoming album, which is set to be released on August 8.
Wang's good friend, singer-actress Vivian Hsu, also arrived as a guest, and presented Wang with a red diamond-studded, high heel-shaped telephone she had picked out especially for him in Tokyo.
"I believe Lee-Hom's home is full of musical instruments and is lacking a woman's love, although I have not been there," said Hsu. She hopes Wang will pay more attention to his love life in the future, and give this high heel telephone to his beloved girl.
Wang responded, "Vivian really understands me. We are friends not only on lyric-writing, but also in life." Hsu is the lyricist of the album's first single, called "Firewood, Rice, Oil, Salt, Sauce, Vinegar and Tea", which is a Chinese idiom meaning "daily necessities".
The album, which will be Wang's latest since December 2008's "Heart Beat", is entitled "Shi Ba Ban Wu Yi", which roughly translates to "Eighteen Techniques of Martial Arts".
Composed by Leehom Wang and penned by Vivian Hsu, the title track from the latest album is a love song entitled, "Firewood, Rice, Oil, Salt, Sauce, Vinegar, Tea," meaning the basic necessities of daily life, revealing the singer's yearning for a simpler life.
