"Now prairie songs need someone to stick to and convey our most sincere emotions with sincerity." Qi Feng, a famous Mongolian singer, said in an interview with the media at the press conference of his latest album "My Horse" that the reason why grassland songs can go to the whole country and the world is because each song is communicating and interacting with listeners and audiences with the most sincere emotions.
Qi Feng performed the song fondly at the launch of his new album "My Horse". Photo by Chen Ligeng
On the afternoon of December 30, 2020 is coming to an end. Qi Feng's melodious and majestic voice and emotional singing sang the praises of the grassland in the new era. "Now we want to continue to write this true feeling." After singing a song, he promised the audience in the live video room and the press conference: We will let the world listen to the happy, beautiful and harmonious voices of the sons and daughters of all ethnic groups from the Inner Mongolian steppe.
The new album's eponymous song "My Horse", as a tribute song of "Fourteen Winters", has a passionate, cheerful rhythm and urges people to forge ahead, showing the Mongolian horse spirit of "bearing hardships and standing hard work, moving forward, and never giving up until the goal is reached".
The scene of the "My Horse" press conference. Photo by Chen Ligeng
Qi Feng has a deep affection and deep understanding of the Mongolian horse. He said: "The song 'My Horse' is the hope that through the singing of the song, the 'Mongolian Horse Spirit' will be artistic, visualized, more grounded, and more direct to the hearts of the people." ”
In addition to the song of the same name, Qi Feng highlighted the tribute to the Hubei medical team "I Miss the Distant Geese", "Colorful Alxa" that praised Alxa, the cradle of the aerospace industry, "Meet in the Silver World", which helped "Fourteen Winters", and "The Legend of the Beauty of Ulan Pastoral Riding", which praised the spirit of Ulan Pastoral Riding.
Qi Feng said: "We hope to use our art works to celebrate the great era and carry forward positive energy, which is also a happy thing." The press conference revealed that the album "My Horse" was prepared as early as April this year. The perfect presentation of the song cannot be achieved overnight, and a good work also needs to be carefully considered and carefully polished. Qi Feng told reporters that in the process of album creation, he also reflected the qualities of patience, persistence and excellence everywhere.
"Whether it is lyrics, composition or singing, we strive for excellence, from every aspect of songwriting and singing, repeatedly polished, as long as there is a little dissatisfaction to tear down and start over." 」 Qi Feng said that creating a song is not just a matter for the singer alone, but also requires the inspiration collision, melody collocation, and emotional relaxation of each link to achieve a high degree of fit in order to create a high-quality song.
My Horse is an unplanned album. According to this year's work plan, Qi Feng will release a new album "Happy Cooking Smoke" at the end of the year, but the sudden epidemic has caused many work to be postponed. During this period, there were many people and things that touched people's hearts that made Qi Feng feel inspired, and he decided to make the album "My Horse" and sing positive and upward strength with grassland music. "This time I want to use this album to convey to everyone a belief that no matter what difficulties we encounter, as long as we have the spirit of hard work, we can always move forward and eventually succeed."
Qi Feng is a grassland singer, and in his songs, he integrates his love for the grassland, his hometown, and his mother. Accompanied by the pure song of the grassland, it is as if people have walked into the grassland. After the album launch, the song will be launched on major music platforms in China, "so that the world can listen to the happy, beautiful and harmonious voices of the sons and daughters of all ethnic groups in the Inner Mongolian steppe".