Project Title 项目名 : BEYOND 命運派對 (專輯)

Creative Director : Azai Lui (Simon)

在這次正式聯手之前，我與 Beyond 也僅是在通利琴行、藝穗會或某些音樂聚會上偶爾碰面，彼此點頭緻意。直到為了這張《命運派對》聚在一起，我才開始頻繁地出入他們的 Band 房。

那時候，電腦 Photoshop 還要兩年後才問世，任何天馬行空的視覺特效，都得靠肉身去和物質死磕。團員身後那片迷幻的背景，是我耗時一整天親手畫出來的。拍攝時人景合一、一次過，所有特效位置在按快門的當下就得精準預留。這片背景，是我眼中的「命運不知方向的街角」；而封面上的眼球，則是對命運不可逆的隱喻——每個人，都唯有活生生地去凝視它、接受它。

製作期間，我把這張專輯的每首歌都反覆嚼碎、徹底消化，甚至到最後能熟練地哼唱每一句。我熱愛為音樂做視覺，因為那能把個人的熱情推向與音樂緊密契合的極致。那不只是一次商業合作，更像是在全情投入的創作過程裡，我用鏡頭，與他們的音樂交織出的一場奇妙共鳴。

Listening to music is one thing, but to take the melodies caught by your ears and physically mold them into a visual landscape with your own hands—that belongs to an entirely different realm of spiritual resonance. In those days when we had next to nothing, the joy of creation was beautifully simple and the passion unadulterated. You threw your entire being into the marrow of the music until every breath you took carried its rhythm.

Prior to this definitive collaboration, my encounters with Beyond were limited to occasional, friendly nods at Tom Lee Music, the Fringe Club, or various casual music gatherings. It was only when we came together for the album Party of Destiny that I began frequenting their band room on a regular basis.

Back then, Photoshop was still two years away from being born. Any wild visual effect born in your imagination had to be wrestled into reality through sheer physical grit. The psychedelic backdrop behind the band members was something I spent an entire day painting by hand. During the shoot, the musicians and the setting had to be captured together in a single, definitive take, meaning every single placement for the effects had to be meticulously mapped out the exact moment the shutter clicked. This background symbolized a "street corner where destiny loses its direction," while the eye on the cover served as a metaphor for the irreversibility of fate—a reality that every soul must look straight in the eye and accept.

Throughout the production, I chewed over and completely digested every single track on the album, to the point where I could sing along with every lyric from the heart. I absolutely love creating visuals for music because it allows me to push my personal passion to its absolute closest alignment with the sound itself. It was far more than just a project; it felt as though, caught up in the sheer intensity of creation, my lens and their music had arrived at a beautifully profound resonance.