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inside the Taipei Music Centerthe entire three years were lived in a constant state of high tension: %u201cI%u2019ve always been used to working under pressure, but those three years felt like pressure upon pressure. My adrenaline was constantly spiking. Every day felt like a new battle against the unexpected.%u201dShe recalled that whenever she hit a creative block in the past, she would turn to %u201cbig brother%u201d Jonathan Lee for a chat. He once reminded her, %u201cInspiration doesn%u2019t only come from music; you have to find it again in life.%u201d That conversation remains etched in her memory. %u201cHe told me, when you%u2019ve withdrawn everything from your inspiration account, don%u2019t just stay in the studio or at concerts. Go somewhere you%u2019ve never been. Meet people you%u2019ve never met.%u201d Looking back now on those high-pressure days, she describes them as %u201ca difficult yet deeply meaningful lesson, one you could never learn in a studio or onstage.%u201dThough the experience left her physically and mentally drained, Huang knows that everything she endured has quietly become part of the depth she carries forward.Preparing the Soil for Musicians to Take Root%u201cI asked myself, why did I keep pushing through even when I was completely exhausted? It%u2019s because I truly want to see the music industry thrive,%u201d said Huang. She has always believed that TMC exists to lay a deeper foundation for Taiwanese pop music. She likes to describe this mission in terms of %u201ccultivation;%u201d to grow good crops from a piece of land, you don%u2019t just need good seeds; you also need to turn the soil, irrigate it, and care for it. TMC is just such a field. Only by continually activating the campus through performances and events can the soil TMC is already the home of Taiwanese pop music. I hope this home will invite more people in and empower its musicians to go out and share their voices with the world.%u2014Kay Huang064065