To Shinyi Lee (李欣怡), Hokkien Taiwanese music needed an overhaul. Seeing the genre as dominated by "khàu-tiāu-á" (哭調仔, "crying songs") and lacking grooves, she set out to change it by putting her own spin on traditional Taiwanese songs.
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