Chen Jieyi That stubborn me has always been

In the minds of most mainland audiences, Chen Jieyi is the appearance of her singing "Heartbeat" on the stage of "I Am a Singer" - elegant, graceful and graceful. But when she talked to the Singaporean national treasure singer about it, she shrugged and smiled, saying that she was actually a "rude" person. After being surprised, I looked back on her journey since her debut, and then found that Chen Jieyi's "rudeness" stemmed from her casualness and freedom. "Although I sing sad love songs, books, movies I will also like sad, but in fact, I am very optimistic. I wondered if it was because I found all the sadness in art that I would be more optimistic in life. It's a very strong contrast, and both of these are also me, put together, and quite balanced. ”

Rebellion began as a student

"Reading drama brings me closer to music"

"I heard you were a rebellious girl before?" "Well, yes! I am. Hearing this question, Chen Jieyi put down the coffee cup in her hand and nodded sincerely.

Chen Jieyi's rebellious years probably began when she was a student — because the middle school she attended at the time would produce a musical every year, and Chen Jieyi would be selected to play the heroine in each one, and over time, she fell in love with singing. "But from the perspective of a student's reading, it's hard to read and become a singer at that time, so reading a play allows me to be closer to a musical, closer to music." It is because of this "willful" reason that Chen Jieyi began her stage career.

In 1993, Chen Jieyi officially debuted with her first solo album "Don't Hurt and Be Kind", and later she successfully opened the Taiwan market, and then participated in Jacky Cheung's musical "Snow Wolf Lake". In the golden age of the Chinese music scene, Chen Jieyi became a "first sister" level figure. At the moment, she still has a memorial of that time on her body, "I have a navel ring, from the age of 22 to now I have never changed it." It was 1994, in order to commemorate the release of the album "Heartache", I did this, the original tattoos, piercings, in the most primitive society is to commemorate something. However, she also admitted that she had a more low-key and introverted side, "but I never showed it, I know it myself." ”

Go at your own pace

"I have my own seasons and regularities"

In the interview, Chen Jieyi said that now she likes the pace of the moment, "now it is too busy to breathe through the air, before it was too busy to breathe, for example, there may be ten things a year that can be done, but at that time, when I did the fifth thing in a row, I had no way, and the next five things may only have six successful forces." Chen Jieyi pays great attention to personal rhythm and has a set of "farmer theory", so after her debut, she slowly realized that her personality is not very suitable for being a singer. In 2004, after the release of her tenth album "East Bend Saturn", Chen Jieyi announced that she would temporarily leave the music scene, but the wonderful thing is that she did not leave the public eye like a secular "routine", went to live in seclusion abroad as a runaway fairy, but under the introduction of a friend, went to a famous public relations company to become an ordinary clerk.

"At that time, others didn't think I was singing badly, but I felt that I couldn't, and I had a feeling of walking dead. I felt that I had too little contact with the world in this line of work, so I decided to become a normal white-collar worker. After being an office worker for more than a year, Chen Jieyi had a new idea, "When I was going to leave, my boss at that time said, how old are you, why do you do it and don't do it, are you hanging Erlangdang." I said I'm not hanging Erlangdang, you have to understand, our way of life is not the same, you have to believe me. He said okay, you're going to be your bohemian. ”

"The Farmer Theory"

Although the whole world is working 24 hours a day, people should not work that way. The most primitive farmer follows the seasons, for example, his hardest work is farming and harvesting, when there will be no day and night, for example, grapes may be picked in two days. But in the winter he would rest. And the weather may exist for a reason, when the weather is bad, you should not go out. But we are very developed now, and there are many things to fight against nature. Many people say that they can't understand why I want to do it, and don't do it if I don't want to, but in fact, I have my own seasons and rules.

There's a lot more to try

"If you have the chance, you want to act as a cop"

After a big circle, Chen Jieyi finally returned to the music scene. She said that everything that happened after her return came naturally, including coming to the mainland to board "I Am a Singer" and singing the theme song of the movie "The Return of the Great Sage". Not long ago, Chen Jieyi also released a new album "Edge of Heaven", which is 12 years after her last release of the original Chinese album. She said that there is a song on the album, "Forever New", which best represents her current state, "from when I loved singing, to almost dislike it later, and then back." Singing, friendship, love, when you have a certain age, you will know, how to maintain this concentration and temperature, is the most important. ”

In the face of the current "sluggish" music market, Chen Jieyi said that in this case, everyone has more courage to take risks. On the new album, she not only regains the technology of synchronous recording, but also tries to shoot the MV with the latest VR technology, which seems to make people see her who once made avant-garde electronic music. "As long as you are a rebellious child, you will always be a rebellious child, but you may not show it." Like where I look now (rebellious child), I am basically a noble lady, but the stubborn me, I have always been inside," Said Chen Jieyi pointed to her heart, "Moreover, I also hope to try more different things other than music, such as doing a travel show, if I have the opportunity, I also want to act as a policeman." ”

Four years ago, I came out with a cover album called "Retranslation", in which I covered "Left and Right Hands", which was written by Ye Liangjun to Zhang Guorong a long time ago, but my singing style with Zhang Guorong is very different. When he heard it, he liked it and remembered that he had written a song for his brother, and although the song had been recorded at the time, it was not yet released, and his brother left. He felt very sorry, so this time he dug it out of the storage room and gave it to me, and the song was "Don't Ask Me Why I Love You." I like this whole story very much, and there is a sense of fate.

——Chen Jieyi recommends one of her favorite songs from her new album "Edge of Paradise"

This edition is written by Reporter Yang Chang of the Beijing News