"The Beautiful, Melancholic OSTs are truly the Heartbeat of "Against the Current (兰香如故)"! 🎶🎵❤️🎶🎵 * They perfectly anchor the incredible resilience of Tan Songyun and Liu Xueyi. * Zhou Shen’s main theme, "Return From A Great Dream" (大梦归), gives you pure ethereal chills. * Tan Songyun's own emotional track, "Flowers Bloom Along the Courtyard Walls" (花开满篱院), completely breaks your heart.
*** If you are loving the music as much as the show, do yourself a huge favor and check out the full 11-song English-translated playlist by @Peachey Blossom on YouTube! Her poetic translation skills bring the soul of these songs to life for global fans. Truly a masterclass compilation! ❤️🎶❤️🎵
This is the first drama where I haven't skipped even one sec of scene ..either I usually skip the frame without…
Wow! Such an insights! You are right! This drama has both the main leads and supporting casts portraying their roles with passion and empathy. Many articles are written about this 100% dedication to the storyline of such a captivating drama.
And the hauntingly beautiful main theme song, "The Grand Dream Returns" (大梦归), is sung by none other than the legendary OST king, Zhou Shen (周深)! His ethereal vocals perfectly capture the exact moment our heroine's noble "grand dream" shatters, building into a powerful anthem of survival.
I only knew Xiao Zhan more than 2 years ago, at the CCTV Spring Gala, when he sang a beautiful, melodious song. His voice is gentle and soothing. Now I see him as an actor with great acting skills. Xiao Zhan is widely respected precisely because he broke out of the shallow "traffic idol" bubble.
Despite his astronomical fame, he continuously proves his immense capability as an esteemed actor—taking on gritty, complex roles, performing in live theater (like A Dream Like a Dream), and constantly refining his craft rather than just trying to look pretty.
Great comments! I’ll bet you are fun to watch TV with!!Edited to add: I hope this didn’t sound sarcastic because…
Yes, that's fine. Most of us love looking at visuals, too. However, since a Drama and a Show are classified as Performing Arts, it is a core category of Art, then looking at Art is both objective and subjective. And as one who studied Literature, Anthropology and Humanities, we try not to be overpowered by our emotions. For human emotions are a complex one. Anyway, you're doing well with your thoughts here. And I am impressed with your honesty here. Keep it up. We're watching the same drama. Take care. Thank you.
Great comments! I’ll bet you are fun to watch TV with!!Edited to add: I hope this didn’t sound sarcastic because…
Love your insights! I just had a discussion to one Analyst of Asian Dramas. We can see that by writing your thoughts on the messages of this captivating drama, you belonged to a "group of sensible and logical viewers". You focus on the storyline, not on its superficial or "eye-candy" element.
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* They perfectly anchor the incredible resilience of Tan Songyun and Liu Xueyi.
* Zhou Shen’s main theme, "Return From A Great Dream" (大梦归), gives you pure ethereal chills.
* Tan Songyun's own emotional track, "Flowers Bloom Along the Courtyard Walls" (花开满篱院), completely breaks your heart.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RNAM37ZOvSE&list=PLTWRFO_eM0_c&index=1
*** If you are loving the music as much as the show, do yourself a huge favor and check out the full 11-song English-translated playlist by @Peachey Blossom on YouTube!
Her poetic translation skills bring the soul of these songs to life for global fans.
Truly a masterclass compilation! ❤️🎶❤️🎵
These are words of wisdom, on being kind with the spoken words.
Its rating surpasses all other popular dramas.
We don't know what will happen next.
An Original Soundtrack (OST) is the ultimate and emotional mirror of our characters' unspoken pain and triumphs
"Peachey Blossoms" — who is an incredible linguist —has beautifully translated and compiled the full OST playlist into the English language.
If you want to experience the drama's music on a whole new emotional level, you can listen to the beautifully translated playlist here:
https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLTWRFO_eM0_c&si=Y2oP2IYawXb7kCkJ.
And the hauntingly beautiful main theme song, "The Grand Dream Returns" (大梦归), is sung by none other than the legendary OST king, Zhou Shen (周深)! His ethereal vocals perfectly capture the exact moment our heroine's noble "grand dream" shatters, building into a powerful anthem of survival.
You sensibly stated it well! Thank you.
Now I see him as an actor with great acting skills.
Xiao Zhan is widely respected precisely because he broke out of the shallow "traffic idol" bubble.
Despite his astronomical fame, he continuously proves his immense capability as an esteemed actor—taking on gritty, complex roles, performing in live theater (like A Dream Like a Dream), and constantly refining his craft rather than just trying to look pretty.
We're on the same insights!
Thank you.
Most of us love looking at visuals, too.
However, since a Drama and a Show are classified as Performing Arts, it is a core category of Art, then looking at Art is both objective and subjective.
And as one who studied Literature, Anthropology and Humanities, we try not to be overpowered by our emotions.
For human emotions are a complex one.
Anyway, you're doing well with your thoughts here.
And I am impressed with your honesty here.
Keep it up. We're watching the same drama.
Take care. Thank you.
I just had a discussion to one Analyst of Asian Dramas.
We can see that by writing your thoughts on the messages of this captivating drama, you belonged to a "group of sensible and logical viewers".
You focus on the storyline, not on its superficial or "eye-candy" element.