Loo and Lam met each other at a singing competition called "Original Music 2000" (原音2000) held by Tom Lee Music Hong Kong , where Loo won the 3rd Prize and Lam won the 2nd Prize. They were the youngest participants. They then started performing together as a team at university campuses and other local tertiary institutions. After about a year, they were discovered by Anthony Wong Yiu Ming, the chairman of the music production company People Mountain People Sea and a renowned singer of the 90's. Lam and Loo was then signed by the company on 1 January 2002, and the group was named at17.
The group was invited to Amsterdam and performed as part of the "Hong Kong China Festival" in 2005. Since April 2006, they have been appointed as MCs for TVB's popular weekly music show Jade Solid Gold.
Their first mega concert "Sing Sing Sing 2006" took place at AsiaWorld-Expo on 30 Sept 2006. Subsequently, they held a series of mini live shows "Just the two of us" at Shouson Theatre, Hong Hong Arts Centre from 03 to 05 Jan 2007, where they performed the songs of other artistes.
The group name at17 was derived from the song “At Seventeen”, a bittersweet commentary on adolescent cruelty and teenage angst, sang by one of Lam’s favourite singers Janis Ian. Inspired by the song, a lot of at17's songs express teenage girls’ sentiments, but in a slightly optimistic way. The style of their songs has shown some influences from Janis Ian as well.
On 5 August 2018, Ellen Joyce Loo was found dead near a mansion in Happy Valley, Hong Kong, after falling off from around the twentieth floor. She was 32.
Loo was born in Canada on March 27, 1986 and learned classical guitar from her father at the age of nine. When she was 14, she, together with her older brother P.J. Loo, entered the musical competition "Original Music 2000" (原音2000), which was held by Tom Lee Music in Hong Kong. Loo and her brother won third prize in the competition.
When she was 15, Loo formed the group at17 with Eman Lam, and was signed by the music production company People Mountain People Sea.
Apart from writing songs for her own group, Loo was also involved in the production and song writing of other artists' albums such as Kay Tse, Miriam Yeung and Sally Yeh.
Loo came out as a lesbian at the Taiwan Music Awards in 2017. She was married to Taiwanese cinematographer Fisher Yu.
THE BEST IS YET TO COME
At17 Lyrics
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永远有一个吻未尝
有些烛光未燃亮
若爱太苦要落糖
结它断线亦无恙
To hug someone to kiss someone
The best is yet to come
若要错失永不能守
假使快乐有尽头
痛苦也未会不朽
寂寞半点假如不能承受
这生命注定过得不易
笑与泪 亦有时候
To hug someone to kiss someone
The best is yet to come
若你说不再听情歌
不想再经历这漩涡
假使抱住你拳头
到底也没法牵手
就是为了追求一时平静
将感情隔离半点感动都扼杀
没法承受
永远有不妥协伤口
有些憾事不放手
若你太刻意淡忘
越会补不到缺口
Why don't you just hug soneone
just kiss someone
The best is yet to come
最好的尚未来临
The lyrics of At17's song "The Best is Yet to Come" speak to the uncertainty and difficulties of love and relationships, but also offer hope for the future. The song begins by acknowledging that there are always unfulfilled desires and unlit candles in life, but that we must still hold onto the hope that things will get better. The lyrics posit that love can be painful and difficult, but that even when things fall apart we can find comfort in the fact that there is always the possibility of something better on the horizon. The repeated refrain of "To hug someone to kiss someone/The best is yet to come" emphasizes the importance of physical touch and human connection, and suggests that even in difficult times we can find fulfillment and hope through our relationships with others.
The verses of the song expand on these themes, highlighting the way that even moments of happiness and joy can be fleeting, and that loneliness and pain are also an inevitable part of life. The singer acknowledges that sometimes we may want to shield ourselves from the difficulties of love, or try to forget the past in order to move forward, but ultimately this is an impossible task. The song's message is that we must accept the inevitable pains and disappointments of life, but also hold onto the hope that there is always something better waiting for us in the future.
Overall, "The Best is Yet to Come" is a song that speaks to the universal human experience of love and loss, highlighting both the beauty and the difficulties of these emotions. The lyrics suggest that even in the darkest of times, we can find hope and solace in the physical and emotional connections that we make with others, and that there is always a brighter future waiting for us.
Line by Line Meaning
永远有一个吻未尝
There's always one kiss left to taste
有些烛光未燃亮
Some candles remain unlit
若爱太苦要落糖
If love is too bitter, add some sugar
结它断线亦无恙
Even if it breaks, it's still okay
若要错失永不能守
If you miss it, you'll never have it
得到也不代表长久
Getting it doesn't mean it'll last
假使快乐有尽头
If happiness has an end
痛苦也未会不朽
Pain won't last forever either
寂寞半点假如不能承受
If you can't handle even a bit of loneliness
这生命注定过得不易
Life is inevitably difficult
笑与泪 亦有时候
There are times for laughter and tears
若你说不再听情歌
If you say you don't want to listen to love songs anymore
不想再经历这漩涡
Don't want to go through this whirlpool again
假使抱住你拳头
If I hold your fist
到底也没法牵手
Still can't hold hands in the end
就是为了追求一时平静
Just to seek a moment of peace
将感情隔离半点感动都扼杀
Isolating emotions will kill even a hint of sentimentality
没法承受
Can't bear it
永远有不妥协伤口
There's always a wound that won't compromise
有些憾事不放手
Some regrets can't be let go of
若你太刻意淡忘
If you deliberately try to forget
越会补不到缺口
The more you try, the harder it is to fill the gap
Why don't you just hug someone
Why don't you just hug someone
just kiss someone
Just kiss someone
The best is yet to come
The best is yet to come
最好的尚未来临
The best is yet to come
Lyrics © WORDS & MUSIC A DIV OF BIG DEAL MUSIC LLC, Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Peermusic Publishing
Written by: Carolyn Leigh, Cy Coleman
Lyrics Licensed & Provided by LyricFind
fattame
感謝你送給我青春期時最好的 soundtrack
那時我會用雙手把耳機緊緊貼着雙耳
想暫時與世界隔離
因為我在你的音樂和歌詞裡找到了庇護
讓我看透了一些困惑
你讓我對自己感覺不再陌生
今晚再聽你的歌
共鳴感依然如故
感觸
希望在你身邊的人平平安安
在我心目中你是我永遠的老友記
你看這由此至終這都是一首凱歌
PUIYEE MOK
永遠有一個吻未嘗 有些燭光未燃亮
若愛太苦要落糖 結他斷線亦無恙
To hug someone to kiss someone
The best is yet to come
若要錯失永不能守 得到也不代表長久
假使快樂有盡頭 痛苦也未會不朽
寂寞半點假如不能承受
這生命註定過得不易
笑或淚 亦有時候
To hug someone to kiss someone
The best is yet to come
若你說不再聽情歌 不想再經歷這漩渦
假使抱住你拳頭 到底也沒法牽手
就是為了追求一時平靜
將感情隔離半點感動都扼殺 沒法承受
永遠有不妥協傷口 有些憾事不放手
若你太刻意淡忘 越會補不到缺口
Why don't you hug someone
Just kiss someone
The best is yet to come
最好的尚未來臨
𝑾 🕊
恭喜二汶同Ellen今年可以再度得獎
始終你地把聲係最配最有默契 總會令人經常懷念的聲音 感謝青春裡認識到at17
J KO
how about now?
Popsy Potter
This song walked me thru some of my hardest days
Boni B The Compliance Pianist
Thanks for being part of my college life, cheering me with your voice and melodies when I was going thru ups and downs. Hardly to let you go, could hardly find pop songs as good as back in those days. Wish you can still produce beautiful music in another heaven. R.I.P. :(
Zaratustra10
Świetna melodia :)
fattame
感謝你送給我青春期時最好的 soundtrack
那時我會用雙手把耳機緊緊貼着雙耳
想暫時與世界隔離
因為我在你的音樂和歌詞裡找到了庇護
讓我看透了一些困惑
你讓我對自己感覺不再陌生
今晚再聽你的歌
共鳴感依然如故
感觸
希望在你身邊的人平平安安
在我心目中你是我永遠的老友記
你看這由此至終這都是一首凱歌
Tiffany Kwong
This is always my jam!!!Never out of style😝
alan sham
多謝你⋯⋯Ellen,你嘅歌陪伴80後嘅我們成長,希望你喺另一個世界生活得快樂!
homa hipo
voices from heaven
PUIYEE MOK
永遠有一個吻未嘗 有些燭光未燃亮
若愛太苦要落糖 結他斷線亦無恙
To hug someone to kiss someone
The best is yet to come
若要錯失永不能守 得到也不代表長久
假使快樂有盡頭 痛苦也未會不朽
寂寞半點假如不能承受
這生命註定過得不易
笑或淚 亦有時候
To hug someone to kiss someone
The best is yet to come
若你說不再聽情歌 不想再經歷這漩渦
假使抱住你拳頭 到底也沒法牽手
就是為了追求一時平靜
將感情隔離半點感動都扼殺 沒法承受
永遠有不妥協傷口 有些憾事不放手
若你太刻意淡忘 越會補不到缺口
Why don't you hug someone
Just kiss someone
The best is yet to come
最好的尚未來臨