"Youthful Id" Copy Editor Erica Li: The Series Has Song and Dance, Psychological, and Campus Elements

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With the talent shows "Stars Academy" and "Dance for Life" ending, TVB is using the mentality of making good use of resources by filming the new series "Youthful Me" next month with a group of candidates who are good at dancing and singing. The entire series is 15 episodes. Among them are Chantel Yiu, Gigi Yim, 'Dancing Queen' Anisha, Wong Cho Lam's younger cousin, Lee Chun Wah (孖八), et al. Erica Li will be the series' copy editor. It is known that this is a 15-episode series and will be accompanied by the "Stars" candidates' 15 new songs. In other words, Chantel, Gigi, Yumi Chung, et al. will finally have their own songs to sing.

When Erica accepted an interview with hk01, she admitted that she would be serving as the copy editor for the new series, but she mentioned that the series title is "Youthful Id" (《青春本我》), not 《青春的我》. She said, "Id is a term in psychology. The series genre is campus youth, music and song and dance, and psychodrama. Psychological elements have been added because Hong Kong people have encountered a lot of trauma in recent years. Hope to resonate with and soothe viewers. This time, the scriptwriting team is very special. We have teachers (from the education sector), and also very happy to be able to invite counselling psychologists; thus, there are many real cases for reference". When asked whether there would be a new song in each episode of the series, Erica did not directly respond but expressed, "Music and dance are really important elements. The entertainment value must be maintained".

Erica revealed that she recently went back to school to study for a master's degree in psychology; the time is tight, so she hesitated about whether she should serve as the copy writer until meeting with the group of candidates: "I was touched by the true stories of these young people. Their struggles are very amazing. One of the candidates told me that, in order to pursue his dreams, he did everything in between to earn a living: long-term work, casual work, delivery, construction.... Having to think of ways to live and to continue dancing. The stories are so attractive to me".

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*Credits to hk01