From Cosmo Covers to Chords: Lena Shan’s Creative Odyssey & Her Identity Mosaic

吃 Tapas 長大的混血“小籠包”，兩度登上Cosmo封面，也 在音樂之路上飛馳｜feat. Lena When Lena saw that I had described her as “a xiaolongbao/soup dumpling— raised on tapas” in the interview brief, she nodded adorably and said, “Yes yes yes, that’s totally me.”Lena 看到訪綱裡，我將她描述成「吃 Tapas 長大的小籠包」，她好可愛地直點頭：對對對，就是我。Her identity puzzle began early, a tale of three cities: Hong Kong, Shanghai, and Barcelona.她的身份拼圖很早就上演著三城記：香港、上海、巴塞羅納。As she grew up, that puzzle expanded to Argentina, Paris, South Africa, Mexico, Egypt… The whole world is her oyster.後來長大，這拼圖擴大到：阿根廷、巴黎、南非、墨西哥、埃及⋯⋯The whole world is her oyster。With her East Asian features and Mediterranean spirit, she was featured on the cover of French Cosmopolitan twice！ Becoming a rising star of the European modeling scene.以東亞混血面孔和地中海氣質，兩度登上法國版 Cosmo 封面，成為歐洲模特界寵兒。She also broke through as one of the rare Chinese faces on European Netflix series.她也突出重圍成為 Netflix 歐洲劇集裡的華裔面孔。I asked if she had ever encountered inappropriate behavior during auditions. She told me this story —我問她在試鏡過程中有沒有遇到過怪怪的圖謀不軌的人？她講了一個故事給我聽——She had brought four outfits to a photoshoot. The photographer, quite well-known in the industry,looked them over and said, “I’m happy with these five looks.”她帶了四套衣服去，那位攝影師先生，在業內頗有聲望，看完說：「我很滿意這五個look。」Lena grew suspicious. Then he added, “The last one is the no-clothes look.”Lena 心生疑竇。他：「最後一個，是什麼都不穿的 look。」If it were you in that moment, what would you do?如果此時是妳，你會怎麼辦？Lena replied, “Oh… so you are this kind of photographer? You are a pervert…oh…”Lena：「喔⋯⋯原來你是這種攝影師啊，原來你是變態來的喔⋯⋯」The photographer panicked: “Just joking, no no no.”攝影師慌了陣腳：「開玩笑的，沒有沒有。」She handled it with grace and humour.輕巧化解。Lena told me, “When you laugh and strike at a predator’s weakness, it hurts them more.”Lena 告訴我：笑著去攻擊惡人的軟肋，他們更痛。She’s so clever and brave—I adore her!好機智勇猛的她，我大愛！Lena’s love for music was there from the beginning, but it was suppressed in childhood.Lena 對音樂的愛，自小就在。但兒時是被壓抑的。She obediently followed the path her parents laid out: business school, a corporate job, the elite route...乖乖走完父母給她設定的人生軌跡：上商學院、進大公司、成為精英⋯⋯But she soon realized—that wasn’t her.她很快發現，這不是她自己。So she boldly changed course and quickly flourished in the performing arts and modeling world.於是她灑脫換一個軌道，很快在演藝和模特事業上大放光彩。Still, there was always a voice whispering: music—don’t forget the music.但總有一把聲音跟她說：音樂，不能忘記音樂。We laughed about how we must go sing karaoke together sometime.我們笑說一定要約著一起去唱 KTV。Oh! Lena once sang Teresa Teng’s songs at an event and moved the Asian guests in the audience to tears.喔！Lena 曾在公開場合給來賓唱過鄧麗君的歌，把亞洲來的貴賓感動到眼眶泛淚。When she finally stepped into the recording studio to create her own music, she discovered a true home for her soul.當她終於認真踏進錄音房錄製她自己的音樂，她發現這是真正讓她的靈魂有歸屬的所在。Her voice reminds me of Carla Bruni, Laufey… soft ripples, lingering resonance.她的歌聲讓我想起 Carla Bruni、Laufey⋯⋯輕輕盪漾，餘音繞梁。My Spanish is still pretty basic, but understanding her songs has become one of my motivations to keep learning.我的西班牙語還是很菜，聽懂她的歌成為我學西語的動力之一。Such a beautiful girl.好美麗的女孩子。Lena Shan in Youtube、Instagram、Rednote 小紅書、SpotifyAmber in Instagram、Rednote 小紅書Ladies Odyssey in Apple Podcast、Spotify、小宇宙