Time is the fairest, but also the most ruthless, and will not stop for anyone. While "Aquarius" or "Match Struck" is still on your playlist, Chen Xiaodong has released several new singles in the past two years, including the hit "Focus". In a recent interview with a magazine, he talked about his views on the current Hong Kong music scene and his own life.
In the blink of an eye, next year will be Chen Xiaodong's 30th year in the industry, and he is not shy about saying: "I have gone through several decades, from physical records to piracy, to MP3, to current streaming media. But at every stage, I want to be a little bit innovative."
"I live in this era, but some people choose to stick to my old impressions. This is the other party's choice, and I've seen it. Time goes on, but I don't want to be an old fritter and keep repeating the same pattern."
Update your song library to keep up with the times
As early as last year, Chen Xiaodong had already produced two Cantonese songs, "This Age" and "It's Good to Have You". This year, he made persistent efforts and successively launched "Burn Out the Matches" and "Focus", which are also Cantonese songs, and he bluntly said that he didn't make a penny.
"Now I have a lot of freedom to do what I want. As a singer, I made my debut in Hong Kong, and I wanted to have new Cantonese songs, and I didn't want fans to feel about me forever. When I release new songs, I can update my library."
Times have changed, Chen Xiaodong said frankly that the development of the online world has not changed much in the way he sings. "In the past, when I was singing, I would go to different TV and radio programs, and then I would go to the mall to perform. There are also interviews with newspapers, music magazines, fashion magazines. Now it's all streaming and short video, not that it's bad, but it's too dependent on a certain way, and it becomes monolithic, so I still do interviews with different media."
Next year will be the 30th anniversary of Chen Xiaodong's entry into the industry, and he said with a smile that the years have flown by, but his original intention remains the same. "What I mind now is whether I repeat the way I sang before, whether it will give people a very oily feeling. So I'm going to 'zero' myself first, and don't paste and copy all day."
To keep pace with the times, Chen Xiaodong also pays close attention to the younger generations. "I'm very concerned about the younger generations of the Hong Kong music scene! I already liked Dear Jane's "What the Hell" was so popular when I heard it that I wanted to ask them to be my concert guests, but I couldn't match it in time."
"Recently, I have been paying attention to a newcomer named Ling Xueyi, her "Little People in Love", she is very young and rarely feels like a woman, so I added a song to my playlist."
Regret less with my daughter
With the development of his career, Chen Xiaodong's family life is even more satisfying. She has been married to Taiwanese wife Wang Yuxian for 9 years and has two daughters aged 9 and 8 respectively, and now lives in Beijing for three generations.
Speaking of the time spent with his daughters, Chen Xiaodong said with some regret: "Because of the nature of my work, I don't have enough time to take them. Although my wife has taken it well, I always want to go to the park and watch a movie with my daughter alone, even if it is a car wash together.
Although the daughters are still young, they have inherited the excellent genes of their parents and have received many confessions from their classmates at school. "When they told me that someone had confessed to them, I taught them to respond wisely, like 'Thank you for appreciating!' Or 'taste!'. Haha!" But Chen Xiaodong then pretended to be vicious and said, "When they are a little older, this is not the case! They would just say to them, 'Go away!'"
The world of couples
The world of husband and wife does not have to be turbulent and intriguing. In front of his wife Wang Yuxian, Chen Xiaodong instantly transformed into a "spoiled wife madman". Some media pointed out that when his beloved wife commanded Jin Rutu, he stepped forward to protect his wife and said, "I asked her to buy it." Talking about the pillow man who has been married for 9 years, he smiled and said, "Thanks to my wife's handling of family affairs so well, I can work with confidence."
On the day of the visit, Mrs. Chen and Chen Xiaodong both appeared. When asked if Chen Xiaodong was a romantic husband, I turned around and asked Mrs. Chen the same question, and the response was simple and powerful: "He's not romantic."