Plot

Believing that writing Cantopop is her God-given talent, Law Wing Sze decides to make it her lifelong career. But as hard as Wing Sze tries, nothing seems to go her way. What if there's a will, but there's no way?

Law Wing Sze aspires to become a lyricist after discovering that she has a knack for it. With her friends, she creates a song for a songwriting contest, but they end up creating a weird song. Many years of ups and downs make Wing Sze see the hollowness of dreams.—MUBI.com

Law Wing Sze and her best friend Chick, both aspiring lyricists, decide to participate in their school's talent show by rewriting the lyrics of Infernal Affairs' theme song, but their performance gets canceled as the show is overrun. They cross paths with Mak, a classmate who shares their passion for music and despises the limitations on creativity imposed by the school. Sze then decides to explore external competitions and stumbles upon a lyric writing competition hosted by CASH. Sze enlists Chick's help, as well as two classmates who excel in classical piano and choral singing, to join the competition with the lyrics she has written, but they cannot make it through the long list. Worse still, Chick informs Sze that her mother has forced her to study abroad in Britain, leaving the duo sadden that Chick will not be able to fulfill her dream. However, Sze refuses to give up and begins sending cold emails to music composers, inquiring if they need lyricists, but only one composer named Wong Hiu Tung responds. Sze quickly drafts lyrics for Wong's demo, but he never replies again. After completing her A-Levels, Sze enrolls in a summer lyric writing course taught by Lo, a struggling lyricist who reluctantly shares the "0243" Cantonese lyric writing method after recognizing Sze's talent. Empowered by this newfound knowledge, Sze starts searching for other songwriters and encounters Chris Lee, an aspiring singer-songwriter who agrees to collaborate with her. Meanwhile, Sze begins attending university and dating her classmate Zeke. Sze also reunites with Mak, who reveals to be the composer Wong Hiu Tung and is actually impressed by her lyrics. While Sze and Zeke are on a trip with their university friends, Chris informs Sze that a Taiwanese record label has shown interest in their demo album and requests her to meet the producers on their behalf during the trip. Despite the label's interest, Zeke is dissatisfied with how Sze prioritizes the meeting over their group and accuses her of selfishly chasing her dreams, leading to their breakup. Sze channels the emotions from her breakup into writing lyrics and decides to participate in a lyric writing competition jointly organized by Hong Kong record labels. She wins the gold prize and secures a lyricist contract with one of the labels. However, on her way home in a taxi, she hears Chris' song on the radio, but with altered lyrics attributed to a Taiwanese lyricist. Afterwards, Sze receives her first job to write for singer Helencandy's debut album. Sze, frustrated by the betrayal of Chris and desperate for an opportunity, approaches Helencandy and offers to write lyrics for her even for free. As a result of this encounter, Helencandy mistakenly perceives Sze as an untalented novice and criticizes her lyrics after listening to a demo that Sze co-writes with Mak. Wong, infuriated by Sze's overstepping behavior, fires her and suggests that she may not be suitable for a career as a lyricist, especially after she has invested with tremendous effort and dedication. Feeling disheartened, Sze abandons her dream and starts searching for stable employment to make a living. She applies to work at Hong Kong Free-riders, a newly established ride-sharing company, and is interviewed by the company's founder Kan. Kan shares his visions behind founding the company and asks Sze if she has any dreams. Sze honestly expresses her desire to be a lyricist, and Kan happily hires her, assigning her the task of writing lyrics for the company's advertisement song. However, as soon as Sze submits the song to Kan, they receive the news that all drivers have been arrested due to illegal carriage of passengers. The company is forced to shut down. Sze attempts to find Kan to resign, only to discover a devastated Kan sobbing in his room. Finally, Sze embarks on a working holiday in Taiwan and overhears the demo song she had co-written with Mak playing on the radio in a convenience store. She cries and reaffirms her identity as a lyricist.