Wen Dongzhao
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Liang Bo, who makes music but has not been in the entertainment industry, really does not know what "inner volume" is.
On January 12, 2020, Liang Bo recorded a set of beijing street scene photos titled "Busy and Idle" recorded by Leica M6.
Summer days in Shanghai are sweltering and scorching. Liang Bo carried the guitar and walked the streets all afternoon, "people are tanned."
His guitar is heavy. The director couldn't bear to say: "You don't have to do this, you just take the piano out, take the box and go, you don't have to put the piano inside." Liang Bo's first reaction was to think that this suggestion was very strange, he did not like to be false, still stubbornly insisted: "Without the piano, I walked out of that posture is not right, and the weight in my hand is not the same." I had to let it go. ”
When he participated in the first season of "The Voice of China" (hereinafter referred to as "The Voice"), Liang Bo had just turned 21 and was in college. In the months of the program cycle, he only made concessions twice.
The first time was the blind selection scene, he wore a "white T-shirt that he thought was more spiritual", but the director felt that it was "not grassroots enough" and let him change into a green T-shirt. Liang Bo said that the top was particularly silly, "the white one may be much stronger, at least like a normal person." The second time was the shooting of the student's story, the program team wrapped his experience of buying a piano into a bumpy and excited, Liang Bo had to follow the script, read out those lines that he could not stand.
After a round of passing the level, Liang Bo, who was initially "grassroots", had some say. Whether as a vegetarian or beginning to receive attention, Liang Bo's expression is full of his own persistence: "I always feel that the presentation of a good program is comprehensive, and I had this idea at that time." I also wrote a 'how should I be introduced' to the director. ”
Looking back 9 years later, Liang Bo found that among so many people who participated in the competition that year, it seemed that he was such a frank and fearless "fool": "Most people know exactly what the entertainment industry is like and how to run themselves." Only he knew nothing about the entertainment industry, staying alone in the room every day, full of only one thing in his mind: how to practice the song, how to design the stage.
Liang Bo did not know the situation of other students, nor did he care about the various arrangements of the program group. He focused on being himself and was determined. He clearly perceives himself as an outlier in everyone's eyes: "To this group that says you are an outlier, you don't yearn for it, you don't have desire." If you want to have desires, you may be in a hurry. ”
Liang Bo didn't want to get into the group that felt like a fool and an outlier. But when the lights came on and there was an opportunity to sing, he felt 10 million of his kind standing behind him: "Our so-called confidence and ease is not to provoke you, or to disdain." We love peace, that is, we hope to have our own rules of survival in our own environment. ”
Along the way, Liang Bo was rarely disturbed, and he also paid more and heavier than the usual effort.
"Back then, I had to do that."
Liang Bo used "zero self-confidence" to describe his childhood self. He didn't know what capital and reasons he had to attract attention. At that time, he liked everything that had nothing to do with class, especially painting, which was his initial way of expressing himself.
At an age when he was eager to get ahead, he never found the opportunity to become confident until he met music.
One afternoon more than a decade ago, the teacher took out a worn-out guitar and played Beyond's "Really Love You." "As soon as the prelude came out, it was like opening the back." Liang Bo remembered all the details of the old guitar: it had no effect, it was not plugged in, it should be cheap, it exuded the smell of a good piano, but it still plucked his heartstrings every time it sounded. Now, on the bookshelf in Liang Bo's office, the "first record at the top" comes from Beyond.
Painting is a way for Liang Bo to communicate with himself, and music, while having a communication effect, gives him a powerful medium of expression - music is more appealing to him and is a more suitable outlet for releasing his desire for expression.
People mistakenly think that Liang Bo does not like to talk, but in fact, when he faces family and friends, or those who can talk and are eager to communicate, he is quite talkative: "Everyone actually has a strong desire to express, but some people may not say it, or say something that wastes time and is useless." The person who really doesn't like to express himself can't do any output because he doesn't want to share. ”
After receiving his first guitar, Liang Bo chose to study pop music directly, skipping the study of music theory knowledge. For many years in the industry, he was humble and theoristic, "only understanding some popular music terms", but this did not affect his creation and development. He likes to transcend and subvert familiar norms and norms. "For me personally, thankfully not, a lot less constrained. But this cannot be easily said to others. There are professional people who analyze some of the things I have written, and they think it is quite interesting. If I had the theoretical knowledge, I probably wouldn't have felt that way. ”
After winning the "The Voice" national championship, Liang Bo returned to the school to study for graduate school, and went to the United States after falling off the list. He said: "If I get in or not, I have to go." "He was in a hurry, but he was anxious to come up with more good works when he was most popular, rather than rushing to monetize this reputation and consume his creativity."
"Maybe I can make an album at the hottest time and then take advantage of the momentum to make money with my own album, which is the perfect, normal idea." 」 But Liang Bo is not pursuing these things, and he does not have a "grand plan" in the general sense. He just instinctively knew what he didn't want to do or what he couldn't do, and that was a deep sense of sanity that he maintained in his temper.
Regarding the decision of that year, Liang Bo did not regret it: "If you go back to that time now, you still have to do that." That was the subconscious of that age at the time. ”
"No need to break into the crowds"
At present, Liang Bo is working as a musician and singer in his own way, but he always thinks that he is "not qualified enough". As for titles like "star", he felt that there was no need to be modest: "You are (star), fire is not another thing, at least some people know, you don't have to worry about this." 」 But as a singer and musician, I'm not satisfied. ”
People have given Liang Bo a lot of names, he said: "Whether it is a good name or a bad name, as long as it is called by the audience, you can't escape, so you don't have to be so rejected." But what you do most of the time, this is not a lie, "so what exactly you are in this name, it depends on what you have done."
Liang Bo rarely shares his daily life on social platforms, and in a way, it is a kind of protection for himself. On the other hand, he didn't want to waste time on it. "A while ago, I closed the circle of friends, and now I am in a very comfortable mood."
When bored, he watches videos or movies and recently fell in love with going out into the wild. In his view, the wild is the most luxurious place, a place where people can really relax. He couldn't stand the park and hardly went to crowded places. "I'm scared of this. It's my own problem, I just feel awkward. Liang Bo said he couldn't get into a noisy environment and felt it would have a bad impact on each other — of course, his audience and audience were a different story.
"The stage is part of my life. Maybe it comes down to my life and not saying I'm part of music. Stage rehearsals, music, albums are mine, and I'm lucky enough to be able to make a living with it. It has been integrated into my life. "It's hard to treat love as a profession, it also requires fate, and many people can't achieve it." Liang Bo often told himself: If you have this fate, you must try your best to do a good job.
Liang Bo has never been anxious about the low frequency of his appearance in a certain period of time: "A person's appearance in a year, or your planning, leaves an impression on everyone not to say where to see you." I'm not qualified to say right or wrong, and I don't want to do that. There should be a deep impression of what this person did today, for better or worse, and to remember what you did. ”
He also didn't worry about losing his audience as a result: "All I can say is that to this day, my audience has been increasing, and that's a fact, the answer to what I've done." Of course I also try to make them feel good. "Fans who really love him will approve of his approach, and they are willing to guard such a Liang Bo."
Liang Bo does not allow anyone to pull people in his works, and he hates the social attitude of "calling brothers and sisters", believing that this will affect the independence of the works. In music, he only accepts equal communication and reasonable suggestions for revision, and all cooperation must be based on mutual respect, openness and inclusiveness. He wanted to keep himself authentic.
Singing and performance have a "acting" word, on how to control the real and the scale of performance, Liang Bo said: "Good acting." You are the actor, and only by acting well can you be real. Just like I do variety shows, almost all of my reactions are real. But I also make it clear to you that only to 90%, it is impossible to be completely true. ”
On April 9, 2021, At Beijing Forest Kids Company, Liang Bo, who was interviewed, fiddled with the guitar in his hand from time to time. The music made him feel at ease and pure.
"I'm not ashamed"
When creating, Liang Bo trusted his intuition very much. This kind of self-control cannot be quantified, but it is rarely inaccurate.
Liang Bo feels that this is a kind of "necessary narcissism" when making music: "I don't think you can do this without narcissism. You can understand it any way you want, you can understand it as pejorative, you can also understand it as positive, it doesn't matter, but you have to admit it. If you don't feel like you can't do it on stage, then don't come up. ”
He is self-aware and introspective, and discovers his own shortcomings every day. Especially in the ascendant period, the process of constantly revising himself made him feel broken. His self-perceived musical deficiencies are reflected in the lack of comprehension, aesthetic changes, and delays in the release of new albums.
For artistic creation, factors, including people, are constantly changing. Liang Bo also knew that he had to wait patiently until the work that was good enough for him at this stage and that he recognized appeared.
Therefore, Liang Bo will feel very "difficult" when he is more real. He also thinks about this question a lot.
In his recent work, Liang Bo has experienced that people's mentality is like this: they can accept the brilliant results of the final bloom, but it is difficult to take the first step of creation. The ideal result is that Liang Bo insists on his own basis, he believes in and respects inspiration, and the flash of light at the moment when the work is about to be published is ten thousand times more accurate than textbook judgment.
Liang Bo's clothing style has always been simple, basically can draw him and the man in black as an equal sign. But he actually likes to be gorgeous, which is little known — he likes the bright clothes and dirty braids of beyond the Three. But like to like, he did not want to imitate. "Imagine if I wore that, it was neurosis." Liang Bo said, "I have a full responsibility and obligation not to show ugly things to everyone. It's like sometimes software does some so-called internal testing, which is actually a concept. ”
Every industry has conventions and norms, and some of Liang Bo's practices inadvertently cause differences and even conflicts, which is a problem he began to face very early. Under the pressure and influence of the outside world, he always insisted on himself, only respecting the opinions of listeners and professionals: "Don't be disturbed by that so-called evaluation, there are some things you have heard the wrong person." Some things have to be asked of them, and some things are asked of themselves. ”
Liang Bo admitted that his personality has many flaws, some of which cannot be changed, and he does not intend to change it. The ones that were changed were like scars, reminding him of the injuries he had suffered. He is more realistic and decisive than in the past, and knows how to "perform" when confronted with some people who have intentions. He no longer talks to everyone indiscriminately as he once did, which is a kind of "final growth".
The rest, for better or worse, will not change, such as the childish side. Liang Bo feels that it is a kind of luck to be able to maintain a childlike heart, and he hopes that he will still be like this by the age of 80: "Just like I wrote "Boys", people will have a stage, especially hope that others will recognize. Now my standard is simple, I can be ashamed, I really don't live for other people's opinions. ”
For vanity fair in the entertainment industry, Liang Bo said: "I definitely don't have the right to speak, it's too deep inside, and I never go in." Even if he is on weibo hot search, he does not think that he is a person in the circle: "Hot search I have not been so comfortable, it is difficult to describe." Just look at the nature, such as a move and a sentence in the show, even if it is harmless, I still feel uncomfortable. But once I find out that this thing is related to the album arrangement, production, and singing, it is still good to hang it for a few minutes, but I will cherish it when it is encountered and not sought. ”
Life is an undulating mountain range, and Liang Bo is still trying to move up. From then until now, he has been learning: "What I am most proud of is that today I can tell you that I am not the peak of my debut. I made a good debut, but there are still shortcomings. I am better now than I used to be, and this proves the results of my learning. ”