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His partnership with Eric Kwok began during their school years and continued through demos while they studied in different parts of the United States. Eric Kwok and Jerald Chan formed the Hong Kong songwriting duo Snowman, which was renamed Swing after joining Emperor Entertainment; Lam became their longstanding lyric-writing collaborator. His writing also extends beyond lyrics: the 2012 science-fiction novel “戰問太平” uses an imagined world to explore resources, population and society, a different setting from his humorous songs.

Representative lyrics include Swing’s “1984”, MC Cheung’s “記憶棉” and MIRROR’s “BOSS”. These range from his early work with Swing to romantic storytelling and dance music. The rap lyrics in “BOSS” are separately credited to Lokman and Alton.

For “BOSS”, he worked with manager Ah Fa and producer Edward Chan, shaping the language around its stage energy and the proposed video imagery. The aim was to express enjoyment of performance without the usual idol restraint. In interviews, he stresses looking at a subject from different angles and adapting to the singer, using Cantonese speech, tone and rhythm to establish a voice.

For Karen, he wrote the lyrics to “Don’t Wanna Move”, “人設崩壞”, “原諒有用” and “死神來了”, and co-wrote the lyrics to “Light”. Their collaborations span her Cantonese EP and subsequent singles.