Recently, Mao Buyi and Nakajima Mika collaborated on the song "You Living Elsewhere" online.
Once the song was released, it not only directly rushed to the top of the music platform chart, but also caused heated discussion among netizens. The gentle voices and heart-warming lyrics of the two people are like a breeze on a hot summer day, blowing away the haze and soothing the hearts of every listener.
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Speaking of Mao is not easy, many people's view of him is "simple".
Indeed, there is no black material, no lace news, and it is a matter of singing. Occasionally on variety shows, the performance is also decent, and there is no out-of-line move that causes controversy. As a rare "down-to-earth person" in the entertainment industry, Mao is not easy to be a wave of clear streams.
Compared with some of his peers who are keen on marketing themselves, Mao Buyi has focused all his energy on his career. Since "Children of Tomorrow", he has always insisted on originality to this day. And wrote a lot of popular and popular songs.
Like the theme song "Ordinary Day" of "Longing for Life", "One Meat and One Vegetarian" written by Mao Not easy to write to his mother, and the earliest "Dispel Sorrow" and "People Like Me".
It seems that every song can poke people's hearts, and the sense of story in Mao's lyrics, although it looks plain and unpretentious, can make people feel empathy. It is not "to give new words to say sorrow", but the real sadness and sentiment, but also some philosophy and reflection, full of spirituality.
Therefore, many programs and documentaries like to use his songs as BGM. This also reflects the recognition and love of the mainstream media and the public. It is probably because of this that he has contributed to this cooperation with Mika Nakajima.
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If you don't know who Mika Nakajima is, you must have heard one of her songs, "Once I Thought About a Hundred." The song is not only popular in Japan, but also helped Japan minimize the suicide rate. It was also bought by many of our programs to copyright cover songs.
Like the previous "Let's Band Together", this song was re-filled and interpreted. And "Star Detective" even used this song as the theme song of one of the issues. It is not difficult to see how strong the empathy of this song is.
That's exactly what the song is meant for.
About thirteen years ago, Mika Nakajima suffered from Eustachian tube openness and severe hearing loss. The inaudible sound affected her pronunciation when she sang, causing her performances to repeatedly turn into car accident scenes. Under the insults of everyone, in 2010, Mika Nakajima chose to retire.
At that time, she was experiencing the darkest moments of her life. The double trauma of body and mind made her tired and disappointed in life. It wasn't until 2013 that she received this song from Hiroshi Akita.
She said:
I was surprised when I first received this song, but I burst into tears at the end, and I felt that my hard heart suddenly softened.
It is a song that represents her heart and has touched countless people who are experiencing despair. Although her voice is no longer perfect when she sings this song, the words and proverbs in the lyrics still hit the softness of many people's hearts.
In 2015, Mika Nakajima chose to use this song as an encore for her concerts. On the stage, she stomped on her feet to beat the beat, knelt and touched the sound to find the rhythm, singing hoarsely. Offstage, every listener burst into tears.
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Therefore, for the cooperation between Nakajima Mika and Mao Buyi, many people are not surprised. On the contrary, many people's feelings are "Ah, finally here".
Yes, the cooperation of the immortal level has finally come. As the "two great gods" representing the sound of oriental heavenly healing, the collaboration between Mao Buyi and Mika Nakajima is also warm and touching. The warm melody tells the ordinary characters of different regions, the same persistence and expectations:
Maybe elsewhere you are tired of life, but you have to believe that no matter where in the world, there is a me who has experienced with you, make a wish for you, hope that we can meet in the journey of life, and look forward to holding hands together.
This is the meaning of the combination of strong and powerful.
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In fact, there are many cross-language singer collaborations that have had a good effect of 1+1>2.
The upcoming Tokyo Olympics always remind countless Chinese sons and daughters of that summer day 13 years ago. The day Beijing became the focus of the world, Liu Huan and Sarah Brightman's chorus of "Me and You" spread from the Bird's Nest to the world.
Kuraki Mai, known as the "woman behind Conan", also collaborated with Sun Yanzi on "Tonight I feel close to you" in 2003. The two singers have a very penetrating voice combination, which is refreshing.
Jolin Tsai and Namie Amuro's collaborative song "I'm Not Yours" "kills a bloody road" from a group of songs that talk about love, and the lyrics that encourage women to stand on their own feet and strengthen themselves make people call it worthy of being the queen of heaven.
The sparks of the collision between the top of the KPOP and the little princess of the European and American music scenes are also very dazzling. Blackpink and Selena Gomez's co-performance of "Ice Cream" not only reached the Billboard singles chart for two weeks, but also set a record for the KPOP girl group "HOT 100". Even the MV took only 34 days, and the number of plays exceeded 300 million. It can be described as the king of the king fry.
In addition to the collaboration between singers, Ouyang Nana once performed "See you again" with Wiz Khalifa as a cellist at NASA's awards ceremony.
Lang Lang has appeared on the stage of the Grammys many times, cooperating with a number of singers with different styles, bringing one shocking performance after another.
There are many more that will not be exemplified. But these are just these details, and it is easy to see that although people in different regions have different cultural backgrounds and living habits, music can always build a bridge. Even if the language is not understood, as soon as the melody sounds, everyone's hearts seem to be closely linked.
Therefore, this also brings a lot of inspiration to our Chinese music scene.
"Inner volume" is necessary, because only when there is healthy competition within, the appearance of our works will be better. But it's even more important to open your eyes to the world. We must listen more, see more, learn more, go out and cooperate with people from different cultural backgrounds. Only in this way can we create more diversified and good works, and can we lead the trend while catching up with the trend.