Love In Songs (Rachel Liang) | 3.5/5

SINGAPORE — If it’s consistency you’re looking for in the ever-changing music industry, then look no further than Rachel Liang. Love In Songs is everything you want from Taiwan’s “ballad princess”, whose tingling high vocals are the star of any show. (Having said that, My Heart Can’t Take No More Love sees Liang tackling the low notes well.) Her sombre voice gives her latest album a strong sense of direction and injects a dose of fervour and maturity into all the songs. The hit single, Unresponsive Love (about the process of a slow and silent breakdown of a relationship) is a melancholic tune, which when put together with Liang’s evocative vocal, works well to emphasise the singer’s idea of how love can be unpredictable and thus, cruel. An odd inclusion in this album is Unfriend After The Separation, the end theme of popular idol drama Deja Vu that garnered more than 10 million views on YouTube since it was first released - last year. Pardon me, but could we have something more refreshing?