As campus folk music gradually became the mainstream of popular music, and after the original concern for social issues had been replaced by new romantic themes, the release by Luo Ta-you in 1982 of "Chih, Hu, Cheh, Yeh" and "The Little Town of Lukang" once again energized the possibility that song and society could be linked, and the new singer-songwriter trend began to emerge.
當校園民歌逐漸成為流行音樂的主流，原先對社會脈動的關心逐漸被新的風花雪月所取代以後，民國七十一年羅大佑推出的「之乎者也」和「鹿港小鎮」，再次激發了歌曲與社會結合的可能性，新歌謠的風潮開始逐漸出現。