“... This song really filled my heart with warmth and love. ”
At the end of 2022, Hua Chenyu released a new album "Hope Forgetting Hope". It's been two years since his last album was released.
In the past two years, Hua Chenyu has continued to create. But which songs to put together into one album? He is meticulous and rigorous, and every once in a while he will dispel old ideas and generate new ones.
The reason why he is particularly entangled is that he is going to write "Life" on this album. And life is complicated, and he wants his records to be as real and meaningful as possible.
The "Mars Trilogy" opens self-analysis,
Hua Chenyu: I want to bring a little "light"
A regular question that singers are always asked is: When will the new album be released?
Since the release of the fourth album "New World" in the spring of 2020, when attending the event, or opening the social platform message area, such questions will also be "tortured" Hua Chenyu from time to time.
IN FACT, AS A SINGER-SONGWRITER WHO IS ACCUSTOMED TO THE "DIRECTION" OF THE ALBUM, AS EARLY AS AFTER THE WRITING OF "NEW WORLD", HUA CHENYU HAS FINALIZED THE THEME OF THE FIVE ALBUMS: "LITTLE LOVE". This theme was not only corresponding to "New World", which wrote about many "big" themes such as nature and the relationship between humans and animals, but more importantly, he deeply felt the power of "little love" during that time.
THIS SENSE OF POWER COMES FROM THE CREATION OF PART OF "NEW WORLD". In that album, in addition to depicting the image of the big world, Hua Chenyu also tried to explore "people", "I Want to Love the World", "Madhouse", "Dialogue with Children of Mars", plus a song "Sevenfold Personality", in fact, these are all about people. If we talk about the previous album works, Hua Chenyu is also showing his attitude and personality, but in connection with the social environment, he makes a deeper analysis of the emotional state of modern people, including himself, and "vaguely" starts from these songs.
"Especially 'I Want to Love the World'. At that time, I was talking about the phenomenon that many people may be depressed due to stress, and I hope that more people will pay attention to and help them, and I also hope that people who already have depression can feel some hope in their hearts when they hear such a work. ”
From the flood of comments after the release of the work, Hua Chenyu really felt that he made many people think through his creation. He will see the message and have heard a lot of sharing, "Many people say that after hearing 'I Want to Love the World', they will begin to seriously pay attention to the mental state of themselves and the people around them. I think this is a certain help to the people who follow me, and at the same time it is also a little contribution to this society. ”
Because of several songs, especially the touch caused by "I Want to Love the World" that was first exposed in 2019, at the beginning of 2020, at the beginning of the "epidemic", Hua Chenyu released another song "You Have to Believe This Is Not the Last Day", "At that time, I also wanted to use this song to help people who were afraid of it because there were too many unknowns at the beginning of the epidemic, and wanted them to reduce their inner fear." ”
"Is 'help' a key word in your music in the past two years?" Entertainment Studio asked Hua Chenyu.
"Yes, it can be said that," Hua Chenyu expanded, "because I think that 'people' are very resistant to pressure. It is precisely because of the strong that when facing a lot of pressure, your subconscious will ignore them, but in fact, they will accumulate in your heart. Unless you encounter an event, you will amplify these stresses, and when the event comes, you may easily be negative. So when it comes to this album (the new album "Hope"), I would hope that my album can dissect some of the 'states' related to people very carefully. Only by observing (paying attention to) the details will you know what methods to make your life better, or find a comfortable way to stop letting yourself live this confused life. At the very least, there can be a little direction, a little light, to get you going. ”
"Doesn't it sound like this sentence is a little too much..." Hua Chenyu suddenly laughed a little embarrassed, "Maybe many people feel a very 'middle two' feeling when they mention that you want to believe in light, but that's what I really think!" You may really be so neglectful of your usual feelings that when the 'thing' comes, you don't know how to move on. ”
Cheerful? Aggressive? Has he changed?
Hua Chenyu: There will still be inner struggles
Even though you knew what your new album was going to do two years ago, will this album be a year? Two years? Or even five years or more? Hua Chenyu has always remained open, "In fact, there are no objective factors to prevent me from releasing albums. It's because as I get older, I want to express myself more clearly, and this timeline will be longer. The reason for pulling the long time line is also that he will struggle with the "degree" of sharing and how to express it more authentically.
A direct way to have a more authentic connection with society is to "naked" oneself. Although some processes are "bloody".
For the "state of life" he wants to write, Hua Chenyu is not a bystander. "I Want to Love the World" is not only about the depression group, but also about Hua Chenyu, who was somewhat depressed at that time. It's just that at that time, he hid himself in this song.
And when he decided to make a new album, he also decided to pluck up the courage, live a positive life, and do sharing, "I will be entangled at first, do I think this will say too much?" Will fans be worried? When I think about it later, I always feel that I seem to have encountered a lot of things over the years, as if everyone knows that after knowing it, my state (acting fine) may make them more worried. Then I might as well tell everyone frankly, even if this state still exists, that is, I am not a blindly beautiful person, but I think at least let everyone see and hear it, they can feel that Hua Chenyu is more real, or this actually makes everyone's heart more relaxed. ”
"How to tell... Let's grow together and face life together. ”
In 2021, at the "Mars Concert" held six times, Hua Chenyu sang six songs from the new album respectively. For the first three days, "Airplane Mode" talked about work stress; "Flowers in a Small Town" was written for his deceased mother; The Black and White Artist expresses an attitude towards online violence. These are all things that Hua Chenyu himself has experienced, or is still experiencing, "pressure, the departure of loved ones." Aside from the so-called stars, daily small groups to isolate those are also a kind of 'violence', which is what everyone may experience. I would love to find what I have in common with everyone and write about everyone's life and state of mind. ”
"From grand themes to familiar everyday life, on the surface it feels like you can write more easily, but you think more."
"Yes," Hua Chenyu echoed, "this album is quite difficult to write. ”
It is also "difficult to write" because life is fluid.
"When I get to a point, I feel like I should write it to this extent. But if you write it, you will encounter a 'misunderstanding'. For example, at the 2021 concert, I sang the song in front of the album and told a lot of beautiful pictures, but I also kept thinking, is this life? The word 'life' is actually very big, I should express both good and bad, as for what kind of life do you want to live? It should be left to everyone to choose. ”
The Chinese name of the new album is "Xi Forgot", and Hua Chenyu is very strict about the arrangement of songs. He combed and the whole album was divided into three parts: the first three songs, realistic themes. And from "I Want Me Back" to "Light the Bonfire at the End of the Galaxy", the five songs in the middle are encouraging everyone to see the beauty, that is, the first word of the word "Xi forget", "Xi". In the third part, the last part of the song, Hua Chenyu will talk about "forgetting".
"Maybe after listening to the first 8 songs, you will think that the flowers have changed? Become a more and more cheerful and very positive person. My first few albums may have been written about my lonely side, why is it suddenly so sunny? My later song is to tell everyone that there is no change in my deepest heart, how to say it? I'm still scared. ”
He gave an example, "For example, for me, having a concert with everyone is a wonderful thing that I feel unreal. But when it was over and I went back to the room alone, that state of struggle would still be there. So songs like "When the World Forgot Me" represent my state when I was alone. Everyone will also be like this, when you open your eyes and get up every day, you have to go to work, you have to face the crowd, face the society, you will try to show your glamorous side. But when you get home and unload everything, you may fall into a very lonely and tired state. ”
Writing "When the World Forgot Me" also stemmed from a friend of Hua Chenyu's once asking him: "If you were given a choice to forget one thing in your life, what would you choose to forget?" Hua Chenyu thought for a long time, but there was no answer.
"Later, my answer to my friends was that I may not have something I want to forget, but if I could choose, I would love to make the world forget me." He described: "In fact, this state is a bit like you sometimes wish you could suddenly be invisible, there is no such thing. Shrink shrink shrink and shrink into a very small state. ”
"How to understand your contradictions at this stage? Is that balance more positive or negative? ”
"To be honest, I would think so. I am not an optimistic person, but people always have to live, and since they have decided to live well, for their own life, they must reverse it (negative emotions). ”
2023 concert?
Hua Chenyu: Let's go on a trip together
When the new album song "Born to the Sun" was released, Hua Chenyu revealed that his dream was to one day hold a concert to welcome the sunrise.
"This is my last concert in 2021, and as soon as it was over, I started thinking about it. Because the last song of the last day, I sang "Let's Go, Let's Go See the Sunrise", which really filled my heart with warmth and love, and I would like to believe that they (the fans) think the same way as me. So I thought at that moment, is it possible to actually go to see the sunrise with everyone one day? ”
Hua Chenyu revealed that the team has held a meeting on this, but it is not easy to achieve a crazy thing, "The most important thing is to ensure everyone's physical condition." Then look at the sunrise venue, to pick not too much in the city, but also to see whether the position of the sun rising is the best position? To find a very remote place, a very remote place traffic is very troublesome... Anyway, all kinds of puzzles. ”
If "home" is a major concept that Hua Chenyu has implemented in concerts for many years. 2023, ushering in a new year of life, Hua Chenyu also has a new idea, "My most ideal state is actually to use a concert to take everyone to see the great rivers and mountains of the motherland." Because our new concert format will be a little out of urbanization, everyone really sees the landscape. I just want to say that being able to go to different cities, there is a feeling of taking everyone to play, and we travel together. "The form of the tour" has been decided, "but as for which one will achieve this (sunrise concert)? It's really hard to say. ”
Although there are many problems to be solved one by one, Hua Chenyu said that he is also looking forward to it, "because I think my music is very suitable for the concert, I enjoy it, and everyone enjoys it." ”
Now that the Spring Festival is approaching and pushing the album, Hua Chenyu shared that he has been very relaxed recently, "I even feel very relaxed when I work and travel, and I eat and drink everywhere I go." ”
If he has the opportunity to go abroad this year, he wants to go to a place called Silver Mountain Onsen, "It was a small town that I once accidentally brushed to share with netizens, it was snowing, it was quiet, like Miyazaki's painting, I thought it was so beautiful." ”
Domestically, Hua Chenyu also has a lot of wish lists, such as Xinjiang and Dali, "I still remember that I went to (Tibet) Nyingchi before. Although it was a work trip, I remember that day I went to a half-way up the mountain café and sat for an afternoon, looking at the cows and sheep under the mountain, and I liked it. ”
Talking about travel, Hua Chenyu opened the chatterbox again: "I have been in Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Shanghai before, where the spring mountains are very green and the air is very good. I've really been thinking about this for the last year, which is that I want to find a homestead in the mountains, build a very small wooden house, stay in it, and then wake up every day with the sound of birds, and feel very comfortable. ”
"I live in it every year when I write an album, and then go down the mountain when I have time?" We follow along.
"Just don't look for me, don't look for me! That's what it feels like. Hua Chenyu said with a smile.
"This point is like what we talked about at the beginning, although you are now in the city, you can find friends to drink and chat with strangers, but you still like to be alone in your heart, and the most comfortable state is to stay by yourself."
"Yes, the most comfortable must be by yourself."