She also met some of her mother's old classmates, including Taipei Deputy Police Chief Wei Ti-kun, whom she coaxed into joining her onstage for a duet of "Edelweiss" from "The Sound of Music" on Thursday. Between performances, she and her mother squeezed in some sightseeing in Taipei. Teng said her Asia tour has helped her to get in touch with her roots. You don't have to hide," she crooned in "The Hymn of Acxiom," a song about the pervasiveness of data mining and lack of information privacy in modern society. She said she wants to write about broader issues than just love and relationships, but that it's a challenge to write about topics like economic reform in a way that would connect emotionally with listeners and that isn't "super pretentious".Ī number of her more recent songs tackle issues like the environment and data privacy disguised in the language and melodies of love ballads. Teng, 35, said that her recent graduate studies in environmental sustainability at the University of Michigan influenced her writing. Her latest album, "Aims," was released last fall and garnered four awards at this year's Independent Music Awards. Teng usually sings in English, although she sang one song in Chinese for the Taipei crowd. One of the songs she performed Thursday at Taipei's Riverside Live House was based on the advice her grandmother had given her over the years: "Take it from your grandmother I've been 'round/This music career isn't real life/It won't see you through to when you're 65."
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