Theoretical/Theological Revelations: Reflections on Three Songs from G.E.M.’s <i>Revelation</i>
This article provides analytical interpretations of three songs from the 2022 album, Revelation (), by G.E.M. (), which has received some attention as an explicitly Christian album released in mainland China and other Chinese-speaking Southeast Asian countries.The analyses take an interdisciplinary approach, blending music-theoretical topics of musical form, vocal timbre, and narrativity with Christian-theological perspectives on lamentations, free will, and eschatology to probe how musical features play a role in driving the album's narrative.This approach serves both to establish Revelation as a demonstration of the lived and written theological traditions in Hong Kong and to aid listeners in apprehending a larger, spiritual narrative across songs of the album.
Authors
- Xieyi Zhang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5103-9958)
Institutions
- Georgia State University (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Music Theory Online
- Published
- 2025-03-01
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.30535/mto.31.1.6
- Primary Topic
- Karl Barth and Christian Theology
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00