About the bilingual cover of Creep
This beautiful and powerful cover featured at the end of the film is a special achievement that we are very proud of.
Shi Ming grew up during a time when young people in China began to be exposed to western pop culture. He studied rock’n’roll and dreamed of becoming a musician. To pay homage to his passion and this liberating period of time in his life, we decided to recreate a scene that can bring his youthful spirit to life.
During the shooting of the reenactment in Beijing, the band we were working with played Creep by the iconic English alternative rock band Radiohead. The performance deeply moved everyone on the site, and the song struck us as the perfect one that is poignantly meaningful to the story and spirit of the film. Eventually, we decided to create a bilingual (Mandarin & English) cover and even temporarily titled the project The Boy with a Guitar before landing on the final title.
It took a long while for us to find the right translation and tone for the cover. We would like to highlight two talented BC musicians who collaboratively created this bilingual rendition: Phil Woolf, who translated the lyrics and performed the vocal, and Daniel J.K. Ross, who created the gorgeous instrumentation.
Watch the film trailer to listen part of the cover.
CREEP was originally composed by Colin Charles Greenwood, Jonathan Richard Guy Greenwood, Edward John O’Brien, Philip James Selway, Thomas Edward Yorke, Mike Hazelwood, Albert Hammond
English Lyrics
When you were here before,
Couldn’t look you in the eyes
You’re just like an angel,
your skin makes me cry
You float like a feather
In a beautiful world
I wish I was special
You’re so fuckin’ special
But I’m a creep,
I’m a weirdo
What the hell am I doin’ here?
I don’t belong here
I don’t care if it hurts,
I wanna have control
I want a perfect body
I want a perfect soul
I want you to notice
when I’m not around
You’re so fuckin’ special
I wish I was special
But I’m a creep
I’m a weirdo
What the hell am I doin’ here?
I don’t belong here, ohhhh, ohhhh
She’s running out the door …
She’s running out
she’s run, run, run, run…
run…
Whatever makes you happy
Whatever you want
You’re so fuckin’ special
I wish I was special
But I’m a creep,
I’m a weirdo
What the hell am I doin’ here?
I don’t belong here
I don’t belong here…
Chinese Lyrics
当你在这里时
不敢直视你双眼
你就像个天使
美丽得让我窒息
你如羽毛般飘荡
在这华丽世界
哦我平淡无奇
你却那么得特别
我是懦夫，我是怪人
我为什么在这里
我不应该在这里
她转身往北
她逃跑着
她转身往北
她跑啊，跑啊，跑啊
就算你要全世界
我都会给你
你是如此特别
我希望我也特别
我是懦夫, 我是怪人
我为什么在这里？
I don’t belong here
I don’t belong here