Lexie Liu - FORTUNA (Official Video)

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FORTUNA
(命运)

Lyrics: Lexie Liu
Music: Lexie Liu

I’ve been wasting all my time just tryna get it over with
I need my peace of mind
空洞眼球转一转
(Aimless eyes roll around)
有什么故事诉说呢
(What’s the story to tell?)
好烦恼
(Ughhhh!)

宇宙秩序被塞特打翻
(Orders of the universe turned over by Setekh)
纷乱和厄运降临后
(After turmoil and calamity befell)
结束游戏醒来
(Game over to wake up)
阿努比斯
(Anubis)
带我去往新生再次闪烁的星光
(Take me to the gleaming starlight of another rebirth)

Now I know that tengo que controlarme
(I gotta control myself)
Self-aware, gotta use it for discerning
Me maté（it killed me）, overthinking in a rational way
Puedo huir de mi misma, ya lo sé
(But I know that I can run away from myself）

意义过载的巧合推我随命运之轮转动
(Serendipity of overloaded meanings steers the Wheel of Fortune)
Anywhere it takes me I’ll get home (Trust me Imma get home)
想要幸运永伴我左右
(Wish fortune would always stay by my side)
短暂降临 瞬间就离场
(Here for a second, gone the next)
无法看清 伟大的理由
(Unable to discern the reason for greatness)
以命运之名
(In the name of Fortuna)
骗过我小小大脑
(Have my little mind hoaxed)

Fortuna!
Fortuna!
Fortuna!

假A.D.H.D 深夜犯
(Pseudo A.D.H.D hit late in the night)
没熬过早睡的夜晚4AM就醒来
(Turn in early, 4AM yet I’m awake)
潜意识深水区
(Subconscious under Superego)
不再是幻象 都怪那月亮当空
(No longer illusional, it’s all the Moon’s fault!)

亚瑟梦境中的国王
(In King Arthur’s Dream)
强大富裕又健壮坐在巨轮顶端狂妄
(A king is powerful, rich and strong, egoistic atop the Wheel)
Fortuna轻巧转动轮盘
(Fortuna took her tender spin)
国王被碾碎埋藏
(Crushed the king, buried the dream)
Who knows？

R.O.T.A T.A.R.O O.R.A.T T.O.R.A A.T.O.R
ROTA TARO ORAT TORA ATOR
(The Wheel of Taro Speaks the Law of Ator)
Now I know that tengo que controlarme
(I gotta control myself)
Self-aware, gotta use it for discerning
Me maté（it killed me）, overthinking in a rational way
Puedo huir de mi misma, ya lo sé
(But I know that I can run away from myself）

意义过载的巧合推我随命运之轮转动
(Serendipity of overloaded meanings steers the Wheel of Fortune)
Anywhere it takes me I’ll get home (Trust me Imma get home)
想要幸运永伴我左右
(Wish fortune would always stay by my side)
短暂降临 瞬间就离场
(Here for a second, gone the next)
无法看清 伟大的理由
(Unable to discern the reason for greatness)
以命运之名
(In the name of Fortuna)
骗过我小小大脑
(Have my little mind hoaxed)…

Fortuna!
Fortuna!
Fortuna!

Lyrics: 刘柏辛 Lexie Liu
Music: 刘柏辛 Lexie Liu
Producer: 刘柏辛 Lexie Liu / 火星电台 RadioMars
Arrangement/ Programming: 火星电台 RadioMars / 刘柏辛 Lexie Liu
Backing Vocals Arrangement: Bekuh BOOM / 刘柏辛 Lexie Liu
Recording Engineer: 刘柏辛 Lexie Liu / 唐雅 Ya Tang
Mixing Engineer: Dave Russell
Mastering Engineer: Chris Gehringer at STERLING SOUND
Executive Producer: 刘柏辛 Lexie Liu / Niko
Translated by: Jeremy Z Qin / Cuilin Chen / 刘柏辛 Lexie Liu
Spanish Proofreading：Viktoria Zhong
Copyright：刘柏辛工作室 / 泥鞋文化 Nixie Music

Director: 秦梓铭 Jeremy Z. Qin
Executive Producer: Niko Wang
Executive Producer: William Mok
Producer: Jack Hu
Director of Photography: Tailin Liu
Production Designer: Majima
Wardrobe Stylist: Jordan Hau
Editor: Yurui Chen

[rociomartinez]

I can’t believe you’re singing in 3 languages; English, Spanish and Chinese. You’re amazing Lexie, another great song ❤❤❤

[inplane]

Absolutely love the use of storytelling through Tarot cards in the MV!

Fortuna, the goddess of luck, refers to the fact that Lexie was the lucky one to not be hit by the truck. The Star, a symbol of hope, referring to Lexie's new drive in becoming a top athlete and not letting her friend die in vain. Death, the cycle of life, although being a bit ambiguous would probably refer to inspiring future generations to achieve great things despite the tragedies that occur.

[chordio]

my analysis on what happens in this mv since the magician mv clears some things up 🍀

lexie pulls 3 tarot cards which describes what’s going to happen to her. she first reveals the ‘wheel of fortune’ card. this represents that a change in fortune is coming her way and is a reminder of the cyclic nature of fate.

her friend is killed by a truck carrying lemons. kind of a sick twist on the “when life gives you lemons” saying, but her death motivates lexie in her races. the shot of the friend cheering while holding a lemon is just her as a ghost 2:08.

the ‘star’ card is revealed next. this card represents being blessed by the universe, especially after turmoil/trauma. lexie literally becomes a famous celebrity athlete called lucky star. however, she left the memory of her friend behind in the process as she disappears after 2:43.

you can see at 3:30 that lexie looks a little dissatisfied at her celebrity life. once she’s back in her car, she’s holding only half a lemon as opposed to the whole lemon her friend handed her before, which reminds her about what she’s lost/forgotten. even though she's been blessed with good fortune, that does not equal happiness for her.

this is where the ‘wheel of fortune’ card comes back into play cause in the beginning (0:18) we see that she has it in the car. the thing about the cyclic spinning nature of fortune is that it can spin backwards.

the tarot card has the letters T A R O on the wheel which can be read as different words depending on the direction you read it. lexie first spells out the words that are read clockwise, and then she shifts to the words read counterclockwise 3:15.

she exits the car and we see her go back in time as the newspapers fly in reverse and she switches to her school uniform (the wheel of fortune spinning backwards). we see her friend again who’s wearing a bloody shirt since she’s dead. now this time, lexie decides to die with her friend. which we know since in the next mv, it starts off with both of them with bloody shirts standing by the road!!

the last card revealed is ‘death’, but this card can also represent rebirth/new beginnings. I think on one hand it refers to how it seems like they’re kind of stuck in this cycle of rebirth (0:33 “wanna see how dead you were”) or it’s about lexie breaking the cycle, leading us into the next mv.

ultimately, i thinkkk the mv plays with this idea of fate/fortune controlling your life. but in the magician, it’s all about lexie finding the power to control everything in the universe and to make things happen how she wants !

there’s more details that relate to the magician mv but i’ll comment it there lmao.

[ICYTBH]

The story, the MV, the tarot cards, the 3 language, all of this is just so cool

[yah-nay]

I love her voice in Spanish definitely need more in the future ♡

[JSAPaik]

I love how they list the credits at the end of the MV. All the people involved here did a great job, way to go Lexie!

[Shaydee_HYmoon]

Me siento feliz de que Lexie una de mis cantantes favoritas cante en español 😭❤

[chordio]

random other details:
- when life gives you lemons, she uses it for beer instead of lemonade
- ROTA TARO ORAT TORA ATOR actually translates to the wheel of tarot speaks the law of love (which is written in the description).
- it spins between the words for luck and fate before landing on… fate! 1:38
- there's a lot of 3's in the mv. 3 friends, 3 tarot cards, the clock is turned on it's side so that the 12 is at the 3 o clock position, 3 languages, the windmills resembling the 3 hands of the clock, she's number 3 in the race. the beer can says it's 12 oz = 330 ml, that's not the actual conversion, but 1+2 = 3. maybe farfetched but i think this kind of ties into the connections with christianity that are more obvious in the magician mv

[rebzzhang]

she’s a runner she’s a trackstar.. jokes aside she’s such a talented QUEEN — the music, the concept, the visuals of the MV, the list goes on.. — chef’s kiss! 😘❤ LOVE U LEXIE

[hinp]

Hace varios días que veía esta canción en mis recomendados pero no le daba importancia, hoy hace 5 minutos decidí escucharla y me sorprendió, definitivamente Lexie es muy talentosa y estaré esperando más de su música :)

[CallMeVJV]

I usually don't read the lyrics but Lexie is exception. She have unique world inside her mind with exceptional lyrics. Lexie is back as strong as ever🔥

[manikta]

Watching for a second time, I think her friends died at the very beginning right before Lexie won the first race. (yes, I wrote a lot. I'm on my break and I have free time!!!)

The video starts with her in the car, looking at the Wheel of the Fortune card between the flowers she received, remembering how she got there. We hear the sound of the breaks being pulled and we go back to her past to see the story.

Her friend talks about her looking dead and takes out the Fortune card, so maybe Lexie was the only one who survived the crash. The mv shows the scene of her friend giving her a lemon from the floor and in the race she's the only one cheering Lexie up while holding a lemon (2:08).

The mv make it seems like her friends are still alive, then the Star card is revealed and she is pulled out of the class to be coached by that guy. For me, it was a metaphor for her focusing on her career and moving on from the (literal) ghosts of the past. We don't see her friends anymore.

After she gets brand deals and gets famous like her previous cards predicted, Lexie realizes in the car that she forgot about her friend and was now only holding half a lemon instead of the Wheel of the Fortune card.

She runs to the beach they used to hang around and between the scenes of her friend looking back with blood on her clothes, it also shows someone rolling in the sand (4:05) with lemons on the background, so something must've happened to Lexie as well, hence the Death card.
And then they reunite again; the same scene of her friend giving her the lemon plays again, like she was waiting for Lexie all this time since the crash that killed them.


and that was my interpretation for the story! I love you, Lexie Liu!!!! (edited to add the spaces between the paragraphs for easier reading)

[singularityh]

It was a kinda weird song when I first listened to it but now I'm playing it on repeat. And I like the fact that Lexie is constantly trying new things and bringing something novel to the table

[lyliarose]

This song and her voice give me 90s-2000’s pop songs vibes, and t.a.tu vibe

[xiaoyingliu]

lexie’s song is just getting better and better every time i absolutely

[j.e.merlos]

Acabo de descubrir que está chica maravillosa existe, de verdad que es de las mejores mujeres que he descubierto. Es genial.

[anarchairos]

Had to come back here and tell y'all I can't get enough of this, it has INSANE replay value. Might be her best song yet?? Seriously, I'm OBSESSED!

[KittiMnster]

This girl is different, hers creativity manifested in essence makes my body feel wild things, I swear, in a few years she's gonna reach up above the happy stars. ✨🤩LETS GOOOO QUEEN LEXIE! Kisses from Brazil❤‍🔥

[victoriawise]

OKAY MULTILINGUAL QUEEN! i got to know your music this year and im obsessed already! this song is so relatable and also so catchy and vibey! my taste ❤‍🔥also im so happy i found an artist who is a similar nationality as me where I can really resonate with them and not feel alone. :)

[gabrielaparra]

Vengo a decir que Lexie es muy buena artista, todo lo que hace es un hit❤‍🔥