For many Chinese music fans, if there is one thing that is important, it is to meet Chen Shanni's musical works on time.
In 2019, Chen Shanni returned with "juvenile a" (juvenile a). Under the theme concept of "future archaeology", Chen Shan ni named the album after an observation group in the japanese manga artist and animation director Katsuyo Otomo's science fiction work Akira, and explored many contemporary social issues--for example, "life constraints" extended by the classic experiment of the scientist "Pavlov"; for example, "online text verbal bullying" that is in line with the teachings of political philosopher Hanna Oran; and for example, in "Uncanny Valley", Chen Shan Ni invited Zhou Bichang, Tian Fuzhen, Artists such as Xu Jiaying and female workers from all walks of life participated in turning them into the same "net red" images with big eyes, high nose bridges and pointed chins at the beginning of the mv to explore "women's physical anxiety"...
Chen Shanni internalized her huge reserve of various videos, books and music, and used melodies and lyrics to show a picture of contemporary youth survival and life in 2019. However, how should Chen Shanni and her works in 2019 be recorded? After the release of the album, before the beijing Xinjiang wine "youth a" tour was staged on November 22, a reporter from the Beijing News had a conversation with Chen Shanni. Perhaps, between the answers to those question sentences, the chosen options and the filled sentences, one can get another way of chewing about Shanni Chen and her "juvenile a" in one's own way.
【Questions and Answers】
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Beijing News: Many people will get some thoughts and inspiration through "juvenile a". If you start from the perspective of an objective listener rather than a creator, what can you get out of this new work by Shanni Chen?
Shanni Chen: Thinking about ourselves and this era, what we have become, what the times have looked like, and what else we can do.
Beijing News: There is a question sentence in the lyrics of "Uncanny Valley", "What is your attribute", so what is the most important attribute of Chen Shanni?
Chen Shanni: "a", the most common feedback from fans is very a, and it is also very good to be able to become a character with an explosive aura.
Beijing News: If you can live in "Akira", do you think your most suitable role is "juvenile a"? Or something else?
Shanni Chen: Any member of the juvenile a observation group, after all, the members are the world's top figures, who can put themselves on a commanding height to think about and observe the current situation of the world.
Beijing News: Can you share the three characters mentioned in the three songs "Evil Spirit Warrior", "How Hanna Says" and "Pavlov", and what influence has been on you?
Sunny Chen: Goethe's works have a great influence on many people, right? "The Troubles of Young Werther" and "Faust", his poems are especially more so; I use Hanna Oran's work "The Evil of Mediocrity" as a lead, I hope that everyone will think more about this Internet age, his work takes a lot of time to chew, I have not yet finished reading his work "The Condition of Man", but I can always think a lot from his book; Pavlov's experiments, until I began to do record promotion, I found that not everyone's basic education has the name Pavlov, That surprised me.
Beijing News: "Jade Girl Shuttle" found pipa musician Zhong Yufeng to cooperate, in the field of traditional folk music, do you have other favorite or curious instruments?
Shanni Chen: Erhu! I like the sound of the erhu very much, I have a piano at home, and I tried to learn it for a while, because I think the erhu is too beautiful and the sound is too sad, and I like it very much.
Beijing News: Please recommend a song born in 2019 to the human race in 2054, and please explain why.
Sunny Chen: "Become a powerful ordinary person", I think this song has left some common memories of contemporary youth, which should be a clue for human beings in 2054 to search for the youth of the 2019 generation.
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Beijing News: How long did it take for the music arrangement and visual design of "Junior A" to be realized in the early stage? What musical experiences have expanded during the preparation process?
Shanni Chen: Since the spring, we have started the pre-production, and I am very concerned about the discussion of the early direction, and I also try to let everyone in every work link understand the meaning of the work. The preparation process is mostly in the practice of their own accumulation, about their own visual and auditory ideas, especially I regard this tour as a complete work, so spending more time dealing with a large amount of information how to present this matter in concert, is a more in-depth discussion, for all the staff, it should be different from the previous work experience, more of a conscious thing.
Beijing News: In the ten minutes before the concert takes the stage, what do you usually do?
Shanni Chen: Ten minutes before I go on stage, I only ask for silence to keep myself the best concentration and accuracy.
Beijing News: If the audience who came to watch the performance was a lone ghost who was not good at emotional expression, what method would you use to interact with them?
Sunny Chen: I usually don't prepare a part about audience interaction, because it has to be an immediate emotional performance, otherwise it will seem very fake, so I always look at the atmosphere to make an intuitive response to the moment, and I don't want to destroy the directness and sincerity of the live moment.
Beijing News: On the way to the mainland recently to hold the "Junior A" tour, whose songs did you listen to? Can you recommend that.
Shanni Chen: It's been a busy half year, the music is very mixed and casual, and I almost always listen to music in bits and pieces, especially during traffic movements. Listen to everything, the new song of Korean singer Zico, the heartbroken new album of The band with whom I have collaborated with Heo Jung-tae, listen to Bon Iver's new album on the way today, and also listen to Jade's "siren ft. meego", watch the mood to listen to music. Because I need to listen to many different types of things at work, I have the habit of expanding music information at any time.
About yourself
Beijing News: As an ordinary person rather than a singer-songwriter and producer, what are the powerful things that others do not understand?
Shanni Chen: I don't think there's anything particularly powerful about me, but compared to my friends, I seem to be very good at dealing with several very complex things at the same time, I like complex things, especially like to do more than two tasks at the same time, I like to make complicated things become organized and good at decision-making.
Beijing News: As a senior creative house, if you were given 24 hours of outdoor time, how would you arrange it?
Shanni Chen: Basking in the sun, I like to bask in the sun. Taking pictures, I like to supplement the reactions and thoughts of light.
【Fill in the blanks】
1. On the tour stage, my idol baggage value is 50 (out of 100 points), and I am most concerned about the sense of balance with myself.
2. After a tour, my physical strength will be 100% depleted, and after a good night's sleep, I will recover from full energy.
3. It is a hard and difficult thing to be the chairman of the Jury of the Golden Melody Awards, because aesthetic things are very subjective, and it is difficult to please everyone regardless of the outcome.
4. In 2020, if you can't get a good rest, I will perform the Taijiquan move "Jade Girl Shuttle" on the stage of the next year's Golden Melody Awards.
【Additional Questions】
1. Of the following three options, what are the collaboration opportunities you definitely don't want to miss? Why?
A, walk the catwalk with Huyukoh at Fashion Week
b, co-starred in an idol drama with Takayuki Yamada
C, and Kanye West face-to-face freestyle
A: C! Kanye West is too tough and funny, and I don't want to miss any chance to meet him.
2. Among the artists you have worked with, if you choose the three awards of "funniest", "most rigorous" and "most attractive", who will you give them to?
A: The funniest person is definitely Wu Qingfeng, who is always amused by him.
The most rigorous is Lin Youjia, who is very good at his work, but he has also accumulated a lot of ability.
The most attractive is Zhou Bichang, and I think people with self-confidence and core values are very attractive.
Written by/Beijing News reporter Yang Chang
Courtesy of respondents