《Dear Adult》專輯主視覺設計｜尋人啟事人聲樂團

本專案為尋人啟事人聲樂團 2020 年首張專輯《Dear Adult》所設計的主視覺。專輯後續榮獲金曲獎肯定，成為樂團重要的創作里程碑。

《Dear Adult》探討成長過程中的迷惘、拉扯與自我追尋。CCL 以抽象的視覺語言回應專輯核心，描繪人在現實與理想、自我與外界之間不斷擺盪的心理狀態，並保留開放的詮釋空間，邀請每位觀看者投射自身的生命經驗。

創作初期，CCL 正經歷一段自我懷疑與低潮。反覆推翻與重建的創作過程，讓她逐漸意識到，真正需要完成的並非一件作品，而是一場與自己的對話。

她一邊反覆聆聽《Dear Adult》，一邊將那些難以言喻的情緒轉化為畫面，也在創作的過程中，慢慢找到與專輯之間的共鳴。

畫面中的人物、城市與象徵性元素，共同構築出一處介於現實與內在之間的心理風景。它們並非對單一概念的詮釋，而是對成長、自我認同、價值與孤獨等生命經驗的凝視，留下足夠的留白，讓每位觀看者都能在其中找到屬於自己的故事。

對 CCL 而言，這次合作不只是一次視覺設計的實踐，更是一段透過創作理解自己、梳理內在的旅程。

有些答案，不是在抵達終點時才出現，而是在一次次誠實面對自己的過程中，慢慢浮現。

Dear Adult Album Visual Identity| The Wanted Vocal Band

This project was created as the key visual identity for Dear Adult, the debut album of The Wanted Vocal Band, released in 2020. The album was later recognized with a Golden Melody Award, marking an important milestone in the band's creative journey.

Dear Adult explores the uncertainty, inner conflicts, and self-discovery that accompany the process of growing up. In response to the album's themes, CCL developed an abstract visual language that reflects the constant tension between reality and ideals, the self and the outside world. The imagery remains intentionally open-ended, inviting viewers to project their own experiences and interpretations.

At the time of creating this work, CCL was going through a period of self-doubt and emotional uncertainty. Through a process of repeatedly refining and reconstructing the visuals, she gradually realized that what she was truly creating was not only an album cover, but also a dialogue with herself. By listening to Dear Adult throughout the creative process, she translated emotions that were difficult to express into visual form, while discovering a deeper connection with the album itself.

The figures, cityscapes, and symbolic elements within the composition come together to create a psychological landscape suspended between reality and the inner world. Rather than illustrating a single narrative, the work reflects experiences of growth, identity, belonging, and solitude, leaving space for each viewer to find their own story.

For CCL, this project was more than an exercise in visual design. It became a journey of understanding herself through the act of creating.

Some answers are not found at the end of the journey, but gradually reveal themselves through the courage to face oneself honestly.

主視覺海報｜Visual poster

關於主視覺，創作者的話：

這次的主視覺以抽象的形式訴說著我自己的故事，而如何講述這個故事的主導權在每一位觀者身上。

「成長不只是肉體上的變化，更是精神上的反覆掙扎，在自己身上反覆的發生，對於陳舊的自己發出抗議。」，剛接下這個機會時的我也正經歷著自己心理狀態的動蕩不安，深陷在自我懷疑漩渦中的狀態影響了最初交出了一系列讓自己也滿意不了的設計草圖。

但當我視這次的創作過程為一趟自我療癒的旅程，一邊聽著樂團的創作、一邊將感受化為圖像，我內心的吵雜聲也默默地被音樂淨化了。正如同這張專輯的音樂帶給我的一樣，我希望觀者也能將我的圖像以及音樂作品一同品嚐，最後連結到自己的生命經歷，並在各自心中回甘出獨特的滋味。

我們的快樂被資本，悲傷也被大量印刷，圖下方身穿Sales標誌的自由女神像象徵的是我們普世價值所追尋的金錢與名利，多數人們，甚至包括從前的我，以為將快樂建築在這樣的基礎上即為生命的一切。

被社會尖銳眼光綑綁的人們將錯就錯地合理化了被這樣的思想束縛了的自己，畫面中跳水的人象徵著一群盲目跳入這樣普世價值的自願者，索性將自己也當作商品放在網路市場中，等著被左滑淘汰或是右滑接受。

當夜晚看著家家前前有的燈開、有的燈關，各式的喧鬧與刺激在夜深人靜之際只顯得空虛，不免好奇別人是否也會像我一樣感受到一種名為憂鬱的毒素在自己的體內蔓延？或許每一個人都有一個巨大的悲傷安靜的躺在自己的心上。

主視覺中的人物皮膚都被扭曲的紋理覆蓋，其中兩側窗邊鬱鬱寡歡的人象徵著這世代的人在白天被社會所吞噬了的能量，當意識到了自己身上所背負著的隱形枷鎖卻又找不到掙脫出去的方法，只能獨自徬徨的思考如何安置自己無處豢養的悲傷。

但世上沒有一套固定公式能夠為形形色色的人們解出什麼叫成功的完美答案，生命意義甚至不僅止於尋找這樣的答案，它的多姿有趣就是在於享受過程，我們都正以不同形式面對不同模樣的自我拉扯，在這趟生命歷程中我們誰也還沒有走到盡頭，感謝Dear Adult不只給予了我在創作過程、甚至是在面對這趟生命旅程中能放手一博的勇氣，我們總要相信有那麼一個方法或那麼一條路。大家都能以不同形式攜手相伴到達各自心中理想的那個新篇章。

About the Visual｜From the Creator

This visual was created as an abstract narration of my own story—
but how the story is told, and what it means, is ultimately up to each viewer.

“Growing up isn’t just about physical change, but about the ongoing inner struggle—
a repeated protest against the older versions of ourselves.”

When I first took on this project, I was going through a period of deep emotional unrest.
Trapped in a whirlpool of self-doubt, I delivered a series of drafts that even I couldn’t feel satisfied with.

It wasn’t until I saw this creative process as a journey of self-healing—listening to The Wanted Vocal Band’s music as I transformed those feelings into images—
that the noise inside me began to quiet down.The music gently purified my inner chaos.
Just as the album soothed me, I hope the visuals I created, when paired with the music,
can offer viewers a layered taste that resonates with their own life experiences—
a quiet, lingering aftertaste of something personal.

In this world, our happiness has been capitalized, our sorrows mass-produced.
The Statue of Liberty bearing the word “SALES” at the bottom of the composition symbolizes how money and fame have become our modern-day holy grail.
Many people—including a former version of myself—have been led to believe that happiness must be built upon such values, as though this were life’s only possible foundation.

Those bound by society’s harsh gaze often justify the invisible chains they wear.
The diving figures in the artwork represent those who blindly leap into this universal value system, willingly treating themselves as products—placed on the marketplace of the internet, waiting to be swiped left, swiped right, accepted or rejected.

At night, when some lights are on and others are off, amid the fading echoes of social noise and stimulation, an emptiness rises. It makes me wonder—do others also feel, as I do,
that a quiet toxin called “melancholy” is spreading within them?

Maybe everyone carries a quiet, heavy sorrow resting on their chest.The distorted textures covering each figure’s skin reflect how this generation is consumed by society during the day, yet unable to place their grief at night.

The two melancholic figures by the windows on either side of the frame represent those of us who have begun to recognize the invisible chains we carry—but still haven’t found a way to break free.They sit in quiet contemplation, trying to find a place for the sorrow that cannot be contained.There is no universal formula for what success should look like.The meaning of life may not lie in finding the answer at all—but in experiencing the journey itself.

Each of us is wrestling with different parts of ourselves in different ways.None of us has reached the end of the road just yet.

Dear Adult gave me not only a creative opportunity, but also the courage to take a leap in my life. It reminded me that somewhere, somehow, there is always a way forward—
and that in our own ways, we’ll find one another as we each move toward the next chapter we long for.