(taken from channel newsasia website again. can't believe he faced a near-death experience. its scary. no wonder the song di ji ge 100 tian is extremely moving.)

Singapore's JJ Lin returns with new album
Posted: 04 December 2009 1258 hrs


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JJ Lin bagged the Top Local Artiste of The Year, Top Local Composer of the Year and Top Local Soundtrack at the Compass awards




TAIPEI : Singaporean singer-songwriter JJ Lin will release his seventh and latest album "100 Days" later this month.

It marks his return to the music scene after he took a break to seek treatment for vocal cord injuries earlier this year.

Lin, 28, had been suffering from an itchy throat earlier this year but it got worse after a series of colds. He was due to perform a concert in Beijing earlier this year when he suddenly lost his voice just as the concert was about to start.

Lin was under severe stress as about 30,000 fans turned up to hear him sing. He only managed to regain his voice after he was hooked up to an intravenous drip and received steroid shots.

Once the concert ended, he was immediately rushed to the hospital for emergency treatment and then moved to an isolated ward. Lin then returned to Singapore to recover after his discharge and was not heard from until he released this album.

Lin's vocal chords had been corroded by gastric acid and an endoscopy revealed that they were very swollen and badly damaged, and this greatly affected his morale.

He recalled how depressed he felt one night during his hospital stay, "At the time, I felt it was the end of the world and thought I could never sing again. I was in complete despair. That night felt 100 days long."

The singer was so depressed that he even wrote a will-like letter.

Lin told his lyricist about how he felt during those dark days and it inspired him to write the lyrics for the album's single, "The Nth 100 Days".

The singer said that he is now fully recovered and raring to go.

"100 Days" will be released on 18 December.