Little Big Us (Chinese: 偉大的渺小) is the first wave of the eponymous lead single from Singaporean singer JJ Lin's 13th studio album Message in a Bottle, composed by JJ Lin and debuting with lyricist Xiaohan, released on November 25, 2017.[1]
The song won the 2017 Hit Fm Top 100 Singles of the Year;[2] it was shortlisted for the Song of the Year award at the 29th Golden Melody Awards, and JJ Lin was even shortlisted for the Best Songwriter award for the song.[3]
On December 14, 2017, the music video for "Little Big Us", directed by Chen Yin-Jung (陳映蓉), premiered, telling the story of four lost urbanites, capturing the essence of the album's conceptual microfilm, "The Road Home"(回家的路), and dissecting the state of mind of the four characters in the film, who seem to be from different backgrounds, but have the same essence. The film tries to find the essence of love, the road home, and return the heart to its purest and simplest state.[4]
On November 25, 2017, JJ Lin sang for the first time at the 54th Golden Horse AwardsCeremony, reinterpreting the classic "Cinema City"(新藝城) film songs and premiering his new song "Little Big Us", which is dedicated to all the film workers who bravely follow their dreams.[5] On December 30, 2017, Lin performed "Little Big Us" at the 2018 New Year's Eve Concert of the Zhejiang Television China. 2018 New Year's Eve Concert event singing "Little Big Us" as the opening of the event[6]
Little Big Us was released to receive top airplay on KKBOX, iTunes and other platforms,[10] earned the No.7 spot on the 2018 KKBOX China Top 100 Singles of the Year,[11] with 811,705 albums sold and $445,435 in album revenue as of June 15, 2023[12].
