The biggest problem with Hacken’s singing is that he doesn’t sing from soul. He only sings from technical know-how. That’s why it sounds good but it’s emotionally hollow. When you sing, you’re telling a story. Especially a song like this has a lot of agony. This doesn’t come through whatsoever. He’s afraid to sound wild and ugly which is needed for a song like this but he keeps it so controlled that it just sounds emotionally blank and meh.
Hacken’s singing doesn’t have soul. It always sounds hollow and technical like studio singing. It’s not 動聽. I heard Alan Tam had similar comments for him. He said Hacken 唱歌唔夠放 . I agree. When you sing, you are telling a story. I don’t know why Hacken can’t seem to do it. His intensity comes from just technical know-now, not from depth of soul.
