Interview EN/CN :: Johannes Pong
Photos :: Nick D / precursorprints.com

Left :: Shades – Carrera, Sweatshirt – Givenchy, rest model’s own.
Right :: Button-up – Evisu Jeans, Shoes – Z Zegna, rest model’s own.

Jun Kung is on a roll and seems quite happy with 2012. He admitted that he wasn’t a happy boy 10 years ago, even though he’s toured all over the globe as the drummer on Jacky Cheung’s worldwide tour, and then with Eason Chan. Last year, he toured with Faye Wong and Sandy Lam on their respective attention-grabbing tours, as both celestial-level Chinese divas returned to the stage after years away from the limelight. Then he won Best Original Theme Song at the Hong Kong Film Awards — for two years in a row — last year with his ‘Here to Stay’ for the film Merry Go Round, and this year for the film Hi Fidelity with ‘Two-Hearted Flower’, written by Jun performed by Sandy.

曾參與張學友、陳奕迅個唱，被「歌神」在2007年舉辦105場的《學友光年世界巡迴演唱會》中，形容為他心目中最棒的鼓手，去年也先後為林憶蓮、王菲這兩位重返舞臺再顯光芒的天后級女伶巡迴個唱展現鼓藝，再度引人注目。其實，他為電影編曲的功力也不容小覷：2011年，他憑電影《東風破》的《Here to stay》榮獲第三十屆香港電影金像獎最佳電影原創歌曲；今年，林憶蓮為電影《出軌的女人》填詞演唱《兩心花》，加上他的譜曲，又獲得第三十一屆最佳原創電影歌曲。2012年，似乎對他是個豐收的開心年，但剛過完三十五歲生日的恭碩良卻透露，其實過去十年，他並不是一個快樂的「男孩」。

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