爱就爱了 - 陈琳 Chen Lin - Love to Love 2001

This song is from Chen Lin's 5th album "Love is Love" which came out in the Autumn of 2001. It won the "Divine Music album of the year Award" in 2002. Chen Lin had also created an original form of Chinese music which became known as 'fashion music'. The album brought together elite musicians from China, Japan, Korea, Taiwan, and other countries. It was rare for a Mandarin album to bring together so many outstanding musicians. Each putting in more than just their musical expertise. Chen Lin own unique personality and outlook on life galvanised those around her to show their own. Recording and production process lasted a year. Numerous song auditions took place before the 10 songs were decided upon.

This was Chinese pop music's most anticipated album, and it didn't disappoint. It was a ground-breaking album incorporating styles from many genres – British, Electronic, Glam Tock, Punk and featuring acoustic guitar strumming on one hand, and distorted guitar on the other. From introspection to pathos, from the mystical to the ordinary, from bold to outspoken rich emotion. Avant-garde classics alongside finely-crafted rock songs. Diversified international music with a sense of musical atmosphere full of pictures. Chen Lin's unique singing style with its personality and charm, and her unique insights and female sensitivity to life was the icing on a magical cake. This was a very special time in her life with music awards and fashion awards following her everywhere. It culminated in her being voted the best Mainland Chinese Female Singer for 2002. To cap it all, Chen Lin was so much in love with her husband. Her sun shone brightly.

Chen Lin 陳琳 was born on January 31, 1970 in Chongqing, Fengjie China. She had two brothers and no sisters. She grew up in Neijiang. and had a special affection for her hometown. In September 1985, she was admitted to the Sichuan Academy to study Folk Dance, and later, voice training. She moved to Beijing in the early 90s, and rose to stardom with her 1993 album entitled "I Can Never Understand Your Love". It reached the top of the Chinese album charts, selling 1.5 million copies. The singles "I Choose What I Want" and "Give Up Your Love" were great successes. The 1990s was the golden age of Chinese mainland original pop music, with a large number of singers quickly becoming popular, known as the '90s singers." Chen Lin was one of these. She began to visit other countries, touring Europe in 1995 including concerts in Sweden and Denmark. She listed Salzburg, Austria as her favourite place in the world.

The same year, she married Beijing singer Shen Yongge – nine years older than the now 25 year-old singer-songwriter guitarist. Yongge was boss of Zhu Shu Entertainment Ltd and they became something of a celebrity couple, and rightly so because this was true-love. She released seven albums. She was appointed the first "Green Ambassador" by China Environmental Protection Foundation and was the first pop singer to hold a concert in front of the Potala Palace, on the Tibetan Plateau in 2000. Her second marriage was to singer Zhang Chaofeng in July 2009. Tragically, on October 31, 2009, in Chaoyang District, Beijing, Chen Lin’s body was found in a garden, under a residential building, at around 6 am. After investigation, the Beijing Police concluded that Chen Lin had taken her own life by jumping from the 9th Floor Apartment. Your beautiful music lives on, Chen Lin, and so do you.

Mandarin lyrics
他剪了 新頭髮 電话也换了號碼
怎麼問都不回答
算了吧 他装傻 惹你大聲罵
别把自 己 弄得像笑话
死了心 也能全部都 歸零
當作什麼都没發生 你是你 他是他
何必說狠話 何必要挣扎
别再計算代價 爱了就爱了
若失去感覺 算了就算了
结果别去管他 爱了就爱了
别再自我懲罰 做了就做了
爱一但 發了芽 就算雨水都不下
也阻止不了它開花 你是你 他是他
何必說狠話 何必要挣扎
别再計算代價 爱了就爱了
若失去感覺 算了就算了
结果别去管他 爱了就爱了
别再自我懲罰 做了就做了
结果别去管他 爱了就爱了
别再自我懲罰 做了就做了

English Translation (thanks to Jusin xie)
He's got a new hairstyle and changed his phone number too.
No matter how you call, he just doesn't answer.
Forget it, he's pretending to be a fool, making you throw those bad words.
Anyway don't make yourself act like a joke.
A dead heart can all return to zero.
Make it as if nothing has ever happened.
You are you and he is him. Why throw the bad words, why make yourself struggle?
Stop calculating the price, loved as you've loved
If the feeling is gone, then let it go as it has gone
Do not think about the result, loved as you've loved
Stop inflicting those self-punishment, when it was done then it was done.
Once love has sprouted, even if no rain falls.
Nothing can stop it from blossoming.
You are you and he is him. Why throw the bad words, why make yourself struggle?
Stop calculating the price, loved as you've loved
If the feeling is gone, then let it go as it has gone
Do not think about the result, loved as you've loved
Stop inflicting those self-punishment, when it was done then it was done.
[Repeat the lines that follow the above line]