Speaking of Li Xiaoyun, perhaps most people's memories of her are still stuck in the "fast female runner-up" in the summer of 2009.
Or her album called "You See I'm Blue."
In the hearts of many people, Li Xiaoyun has always been the girl who likes blue and likes to sing quietly.
Yes, it was her, but it wasn't exactly her.
For so many years, Li Xiaoyun has been trying to break the confinement and try to find the most authentic self.
So in 2017, Li Xiaoyun, who had just entered 30 years old, made a decision: to spend half a year wandering.
She said: "I am going to go out in Dalan (Li Xiaoyun's car) for six months, through unfamiliar cities, to find me, the self that is about to be lost." ”
Today, three years have passed since Li Xiaoyun's journey.
On November 7 of this year, her studio posted on Weibo to commemorate the decision three years ago.
Master Li, we are waiting for you to come back and continue to adventure~!
Her experience of yearning for freedom and running to freedom has set an example for many confused people.
As for whether she found herself during this journey, Li Xiaoyun had already answered:
"Actually, when I decided to do this, I knew it was myself."
Li Xiaoyun's sober feeling is like her "Little Cow Song".
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Last summer, Li Xiaoyun released a single called "Little Cow Song".
The cheerful rhythm makes people unable to extricate themselves as soon as they listen, and her fans even call Master Li too cute.
They say I'm stupid
I only give one answer
Anyway, the cow played the piano and said muh
The simple and playful lyrics seem to concretize Li Xiaoyun's heart that does not want to go with the flow:
No matter what you say, I will only do what I want to do.
Some friends may have heard that the song is actually a cover of the Danish song "Den lille malkeko".
Xiaoyun Li uses a unique treatment to bring the listener into her electronic world, interpreting a dynamic modern version of this classic song.
Such an adaptation amazes fans: it turns out that foreign language songs can be interpreted so well Chinese!
In fact, like Li Xiaoyun, there are many singers who reinterpret melodies from distant countries in Chinese.
Among them are Chen Hongyu, the low absinthe band, Moxi Zishi and others.
Together, their works form this music compilation album of Nordic Echoes.
One of Lilian's favorites is the low absinthe song "Nightingale", which evolved from "Nattergalen på sin gren".
Based on the original song, the low absinthe band creates a deeper soundscape through the stacking of jazz guitars and electric guitars.
Just listening to the prelude, people can't help but play the beat along.
This Danish ballad about nightingale becomes like a naughty boy telling a story under the interpretation of the low absinthe band.
The allegorical lyrics make it stand out from the crowd.
After listening to this song, some netizens left their true opinions in the comment area:
"No word can still feel the emotions and feelings brought by the song, and no song can still feel the beauty and emotion brought by the lyrics."
Chen Hongyu, who appeared as the "finale" of the entire compilation album, ended the entire compilation album with a song "Butterfly".
Like other songs in the compilation album, this song is a cover of the Danish classic Sommerfuglen.
Chen Hongyu covers the cheerful melodic lines in the original song, replaced by a deep and shocking smoke voice.
This is the style he has always used well, with a deep voice penetrating the eardrums and reaching the heart.
Such changes make it easier for the audience to calm down and savor the process of breaking the cocoon into a butterfly.
Some of my friends may have heard one of the compilations by chance, or they may have listened to the entire compilation album.
But it is undeniable that every song on this album is full of diverse styles and is worth enjoying slowly.
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Observant friends may have found that the ten songs in this compilation have one thing in common: their original songwriters are all Sebastian.
The Danish singer-songwriter has always enjoyed a local reputation, spanning half a century and setting a record for more than 2 million local sales of records.
Like Hans Christian Andersen's fairy tales, Sebastian's music knows no borders.
Last year, Tencent musicians reached a partnership with Nordic music publishing company Edition Wilhelm Hansen and the Danish Embassy in China, and musicians from the two countries completed this "Nordic Echoes: China Hears Sebastian".
The representative of the Danish Embassy in China deeply agreed with the cooperation, and at the media Q&A meeting, she explained the significance behind the cooperation:
Danish works can be translated into Chinese, and the shared love of music has led to exchanges and cooperation between Denmark and China in the field of music and culture.
Indeed, the collection "Nordic Echoes: China Hears Sebastian" uses music to bring together the cultures of China and Denmark.
Let music achieve cross-border exchanges and mutual learning, and domestic listeners will also have the opportunity to feel the style of Danish music.
At the same time, it has allowed many Chinese original musicians to learn the music culture and music knowledge from different countries, and absorb the excellent nutrients in foreign music.
Under such influence, chinese music and musicians have a huge imagination on the road to the international stage.
I believe that in the future, there will be more and more original musicians to represent Chinese music to the world, so that the world can hear China's voice.
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Looking back on so many years, many domestic musicians have "moved" the stage to foreign countries.
Among them are not only mainstream artists such as Jacky Cheung and Mayday, but also original musicians such as Escape Plan, Xie Tianxiao, and Zhao Lei.
However, it is not difficult to observe carefully and find that most of their overseas performances are aimed at international students and all local Chinese.
It is difficult to generate income, it is difficult to promote, and it is even more difficult for works to be faced squarely. These problems have become a barrier to domestic musicians from "going to sea".
The "Nordic Echo" project allows us to see a new direction for original musicians to "go to sea".
Just this year, Tencent musicians will re-interpret music from Northern Europe, working with the Norwegian Embassy in China to launch the Nordic Echo II program, which Chinese remakes of a classic by Norwegian musician Bjørn Eidsvåg.
The compilation album, called Nordic Echoes II, will also be unveiled on December 16.
Since its inception, the domestic music platform has continuously extended its "tentacles" to the field of international culture, and actively explored diversified and international music content.
In this production process, it also opened up a way to help original musicians gradually go to the international market.
In addition to original musicians, the biggest beneficiaries are ordinary listeners like us.
In the continuous fusion of cultures, musical styles will become more and more diverse.
It's like: staying at home, the music of the whole world comes to me!