2年前,Zee Avi将自己创作的片段上传到YouTube,原本只是想让好友观赏后就要删除,没想到却收到路过网友们滚雪球般的热情回应,从20笔一下子跳到3000笔,其中一笔来自The White Stripes经纪人Ian Montone,在他的穿针引荐下,Zee Avi成为杰克强森自创音乐厂牌Brushfire Records旗下唯一的创作才女。
来自东马的Zee Avi用她的歌声及创作获得Brushfire唱片公司的赏识,唱片公司创始人之一Emmett Malloy说:“Zee Avi放上YouTube的影片有一种神秘感,而她的嗓音和影像则让人觉得时空好像暂停了,她拥有的特质非常吸引我们。”
以拿手的吉他、夏威夷四弦琴(Ukulele),搭配上独特慵懒舒服的嗓音,打造自成一格的音乐氛围,Zee Avi一手包办专辑所有词曲创作。首支主打曲在Folk领域中混搭爵士味觉的“Bitter Heart”;利用夏威夷四弦琴弹奏、带来新纽奥良Swing Jazz风味的“Just You And Me”以及“Kantoi”,都是其诚意之作。
推荐这首Kantoi("kantoi" - to get caught ("I kena kantoi..." means, "I got shafted/reprimanded/caught"))给大家,歌词属于Manglish,既马来西亚式英语。
哈哈,歌词有趣,听了必定会让你发笑。
Semalam I call you, you tak answer
You kata you keluar - 'Pergi dinner'
You kata you keluar dengan kawan you
But when I call Tommy, he said it wasn't true
So I drove my car pergi Damansara
Tommy kata maybe you tengok bola
Tapi bila I sampai you - you tak ada
Lagilah I jadi gila
So I call and call sampai you answer
You kata 'Sorry sayang, tadi tak dengar'
'My phone was on silent - I was at the gym'
Tapi latar belakang suara perempuan lain
Sudahlah sayang I don't believe you
For since long that your words were never true
Why am I with u - I pun tak tahu
No wonderlah my friends pun tak suka you
So I guess that's the end of our story
Akhir kata, she accepted his apology
Tapi last last kita dapat tahu she was cheating too
With her ex-boyfriend's best friend - Tommy
(Kantoi)