Indie Duo Milk@Coffee Tops Charts with New Song “No Time”

August 31, 2010 | Posted in Mainland China,Music, Tagged ,

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Popular indie duo Milk@Coffee recently released a new single with simple lyrics, but ones that everyone can  relate to. The begins with a minute of various celebrities saying what they lack time for.  “I am __” they say, “I have no time for ____”.  These neglected activities include listening to music, dating, losing weight, studying abroad, visiting relatives,  having kids, and so many other commonplace ones that every listener should hear one they too pushed back at one point. The spoken introduction ends abruptly with Laure Shang, indeed busy composing and releasing her own singles saying: “My name is Shang Wenjie. I have no time to record whatever this is for you”.

The actual song’s  catchy chorus sums up the sentiment behind the song: “I have no time. I have no time. I really have no time”. But  it also offers optimistically in the end “I have to ask myself, shouldn’t I be stronger/ persevere?”

The MV:

An anthem for this era, the single reached the top 3 of famous music site SoSo after only a week o frelease, just behind Wang Leehom.*  Kiki, the singer in the duo said she was very glad, and appreciative that people were paying attention to their return to music.

Since their new single was released by Hua Yi,  features many Hua Yi artists in the intro, and has a green flavoured MV (Hua Yi is known for its environmentalism), it’s possible that the duo is in fact, no longer indie, but has been signed by this major label. Milk@Coffe’s album will be out in September.

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*Congrats Leehom! Love in Disguise became the highest-grossing Chinese-language film by a first-time director.

4 Responses to “Indie Duo Milk@Coffee Tops Charts with New Song “No Time””



  1. lu0hh says:

    i loooooooooooooove this song but i
    hate the beginning, makes it harder to play on repeat cuz i have to skip everytime

  2. idarklight says:

    @lu0hh
    Same here =_= I liked listening to it the first time, but not everytime I want to listen to it. It’s such a classic for the modern times, though.

  3. lu0hh says:

    haha i just cropped the talking part out! it’s so good everytime
    hope they come out with better stuff like this~

  4. [...] to greet everyone rushing towards different destinations with a smile. The first single was “No Time” encouraging those with busy lives. Both singles have done extremely well, and have become [...]



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