Despite her undergraduate training in classical music, Rene Liu slipped into the Taiwan entertainment scene in 1995 as an actress with her breakout performance in the American-Taiwanese film 少女小漁. Her musical career took flight shortly afterwards, and she is probably best known these days as a singer, with a steady stream of popular hits to her name including our selection for this week:

We've never been to Taipei and cannot report if this song is there - as in Beijing - permanently etched into the popular consciousness. We think the fatalism of the lyrics is one reason for its popularity, but they're also a touching look back on first love and so we hope you enjoy them.