Chen Jieyi learned one thing in 25 years: enjoy freedom and expect feelings

Chen Jieyi

According to Taiwan media reports, Chen Jieyi, who has sung for more than 1-4 centuries and has the reputation of "Singapore's National Treasure", for her, Taiwan is an important key to her singing career, but Taiwanese fans waited for 25 years, only in early November this year, until she held "Chen Jieyi? 25 Years of Bloom" concert. Chen Jieyi, who once felt that she "didn't want to sing anymore", after experiencing life transitions such as temporarily leaving the music scene and returning to singlehood, quoted the Bible's "everything is sometimes" to illustrate her mood over the years.

Chen Jieyi said frankly: "When I was in Taiwan in the 90s, it was not popular to hold concerts, and then from 2004 to 2010, I was not in the music world at all, at that time I was studying, and I went to work in a public relations company, until I felt 'OK' before I came back, but the line with Taiwan seemed to be broken." Every time I have a tour in Mainland China, Hong Kong, or Singapore, I have die-hard fans from Taiwan who come to see me and ask me, 'When are you going to come to Taiwan to sing?' I would love to! But there was no chance, and it wasn't until last year that there was a feeling of It's time to do it. ”

Overcome all odds to switch runways

Chen Jieyi said bluntly: "I am a person who thinks a lot, I will have once or twice a year, think about the current situation is really what I want?" 2004 was a big setback for me, because I couldn't stand the job of singing and couldn't stand it. I am the most good at school in the family, when I chose to be a singer, made a family revolution, my mother was worried that I would become bad, degenerate, and said harshly that I would live and die in the future! ”

"After eleven years of singing continuously, I began to wonder, the world is so big, I can do this against all odds (singing), why can't I eliminate all difficulties at this time and do another thing (study)? I'm not retiring, I'm just saying goodbye, because I love singing and treat singing as a lifelong thing, but a lifetime is very long, and if I don't walk away at this time, I may not be able to continue. ”

Enjoy the freedom to expect feelings

"Life has feelings, careers and beliefs, these three paths are very important, and my journey has many twists and turns. Although I was a Christian at the age of eight, I only started reading the Bible five or six years ago. When I was preparing to do the album A time for everything, I stumbled upon the third chapter of the Bible ecclesiastes, which reads "For everything there is aseason", which basically says "life sometimes, death sometimes", which slowly became my motto. People can't just be happy, they have to accept all the emotions and fluctuations that life gives us, and when you're sad, you know it's going to pass. ”

"I love life and think it's great to be alive, but a lot of people are very unhappy to live, and the reason for it is because they care too much about what other people think, and I often tell myself not to do this." 」 Although my friends are quite envious of my freedom now, I still look forward to feelings, just like my song "Please Find Me". Now my body, mind, and spirit are all fine, and I am really thankful to God for giving me this word. ”