In May 2021, the 35-year-old Xu Song released his eighth album, Breathing Wild.
"This is probably my most important album to date." Xu Song said that in 11 years, he has completed 8 complete albums, all of which are composed and composed by themselves, and such an experience should be relatively rare for others, "I am not a flattering person, I will accurately create something what the market needs, and I will give relatively true self-expression." ”
"Life is just a breath. If you don't stop breathing, you will not stop thinking. As people get used to living with masks on, breathing freely is becoming a luxury. Even more extravagant than this is the heart-to-hearted conversation, breathing in the wild, and speaking out of the heart. The "Breathing Wild" album introduction said so.
Xu Song has always been that Xu Song, he has never stopped thinking, and he has never stopped improving. It's just that he is still as always "careful and safe, buried in his head" (Zeng Guofan said), once a fire, it seems that there is no fire again.
As for Zeng Guofan's eight-character proverb, he explained it this way: "'Be careful with your life' does not mean to admit your destiny, but to accept yourself, to accept the good and bad situation of life, to recognize the scope of your ability, and then to bury your head in doing things." ”
Xu Song was born on May 14, 1986 in Hefei, Anhui Province.
When he was a child, he always chanted to his mother about his birthday 514 unlucky, "What makes me want to die, 6 days early or 2 days late." ”
However, when he was 23 years old, he was already relieved: "When I grow up, I realize the philosophical meaning of this birthday - is not the day of human birth the beginning of the countdown to death?" Not only am I going to die, but everyone is born to die. These 514 words just happen to be an annual reminder of the limitations of their lives, and the years are not wasted. ”
When asked which city he liked the most, Xu Song admitted that it was naturally his hometown of Hefei. He wrote "Luzhou Moon" by the East Lake in Wuhan: "In March, all the way to the smoke, the warblers and grasses grew, and the willows flew and saw their hometown. This song turned Hefei into a poetic city shrouded in moonlight, so much so that many people said that Hefei might as well be renamed Luzhou.
Xu Song's father was once a yangqinist, which also allowed Xu Song to be exposed to music from an early age. Xiao Xu Song often uses a tape recorder to record his own singing voice and then play it to adults, although the hum is all the theme song of the TV series. At the age of 8, Xu Song began to learn piano and classical music, but at that time, he did not like to play the piano very much, and he "retreated" after practicing for two hours a day, playing one minute more.
His first appearance on stage was in the fourth grade of elementary school, when he won the second prize in the Provincial Poetry Recitation Competition.
Xu Song has loved writing since childhood. In middle school, he published articles in journals such as Sprout, Children's Literature, and Juvenile Literature. One of his high school study works, "Treating Scars as Dimples", was delicate in writing and condensed in words, and was even selected as a reading comprehension test for the Jiangsu Provincial College Entrance Examination Language Mock Exam in a certain year, and later published in Yilin.
Xu Song's alma mater. Source Anhui Medical University official website
After high school, he stopped playing the piano and was admitted to Anhui Medical University after 3 years, studying health management.
Although studying medicine is a bright road, Xu Song, like many predecessors who "abandoned medicine and followed X", chose to abandon medicine and follow pleasure. Such interdisciplinarity also unexpectedly enriched Xu Song's musical expression, writing these lyrics that look bizarre at first glance and surprise at first glance:
"You poked at my aesthetic point as accurately as acupuncture"
"Get rid of the children's private feelings, can't get rid of the endocrine"
"Parting from sorrow and hate is an ulcer of the heart"
In her spare time in college, Xu Song relied on the skills laid by learning piano and classical music since childhood, and created some musical works by herself, composing and arranging, mixing and producing.
In 2006, Xu Song began uploading songs on the Internet. Three years later, the first album "Custom" was released, and one person arranged the lyrics, composition, recording and distribution, and finally won the QQ Music 2009 Top Ten Mainland Albums.
In 2011, Xu Song, who was single-handed, signed with Haidi, and Haidi's superstar Lin Junjie praised him as a "musical genius". In 2011, the album "Socrates Without Bottom" was released; in 2012, the album "Sleepwalker" was released; in 2014, the album "Better to Eat Tea"; in 2016, the album "Youth Evening News" was released; in 2018, the album "Treasure Hunt".
Xu Song's talent does not need anyone to prove it, everyone can see it. From 2009 to 21 years, 8 original albums, each album strives to pioneer and innovate, all contain Xu Song's thinking about life and the times.
If anyone who has the heart goes to CNKI to search for "Xu Song" and "Xu Song Lyrics", they will find that "Xu Song" has 114 results, and "Xu Song Lyrics" has 17 results. "I'm not stressed because my lyrics stand up to scrutiny and scrutiny, because I write things too seriously." To someone specifically studying his lyrics, Xu Song replied.
Xu Song said that his exterior has changed very little in the past decade, and he even wears black square-rimmed glasses similar to that of a decade ago. "But my interior, my music, from content to form, has changed dramatically. Almost every album changes. This change starts from the heart and comes naturally with the accumulation of life experience and musical skills. I don't deliberately change for the sake of innovation, but I don't deliberately repeat it for the sake of being safe. ”
When fans asked if they would choose not to wear glasses, he replied: "Any surgery will have a certain risk, it is not 100% successful, so I don't want to toss it." And wearing glasses is not bad, this glasses are good things, China only had them after the Ming Dynasty, when the emperor rewarded the minister with a pair of reading glasses, it was a very precious thing. The ancients were old or short-sighted, they couldn't see clearly, there was no way to solve it, and they were very sad. Han Yu said in the "Sacrifice of the Twelve Lang Texts": I am not forty years old, but I look at the vast, and the hair is pale, and the teeth and teeth are shaken. He was less than forty years old, and his eyes were spent. If you give him a pair of glasses, will he be in a much better mood? We are much happier now than the ancients. ”
From this passage, we can see that Xu Song spoke very well, and the quotation of the scriptures seemed to be handy. In interviews and live broadcasts, he has always been like a Confucian student who has read a lot of books. This is not a deliberate show of knowledge, but the accumulation of knowledge is naturally revealed.
Xu Song has the style of a gentleman, he is "cautious and independent", he is "sensitive to words and sensitive to deeds", he is "gentle as jade"... If he compares himself to a color, he chooses white because it is cleaner.
In this era where traffic is king, countless star artists are eager for various variety shows, eager to appear on variety shows every day, coaxing you to sing and Sing me, which is very lively. And Xu Song is different, you can hardly see him on major variety shows, Weibo hot search is also - unless there is a new song released, he will take the initiative to open a business on Weibo, lively once.
Xu Song's interaction with fans has chosen to stay away from the hustle and bustle and "encircle the land and be self-cute". He develops and operates an APP "Vae+" by himself, and daily updates, live broadcasts, etc. are all on this platform. He didn't care much about getting out of the loop.
"What you want is only for people who have a spiritual resonance with you to listen, not to pursue quantity." The core is not people, but works, and it is the touch that your words and thoughts bring to people. This thing is profound. Instead of figuring out how to interact with fans all day, how to say two witty words or intimate words, and sucking a wave of fans, this is not standing. Xu Song explained that "enclosure is self-germinating."
Xu Song concert scene
At a concert on July 15, 2017, Xu Song told fans: "A friend told me that you always bury your head in writing songs, creating, releasing albums, and do not integrate into the entertainment industry. However, tonight, when you see that this stadium is full of people, you will help me prove that just by writing songs and making music, there is a good way out. ”
It is a pity that the Xu Song we see is just like an ancient poem that Xu Song gave to fans: "How many Famous and Rich People in Chang'an, the organs are not as good as the King." ”
Have the sea yourself, don't catch the waves. Xu Song said: "I am not absolutely invisible, but I will not appear everywhere, I like this looming scale." "When he showed up, he was promoting new songs, singing, chatting with fans... While invisible, he was writing, composing, cooking...
Give Xu Song an imaginary close-up:
Xu Song, who loves chicken, hummed "If you're not so happy, I'm willing to lend you Glomy..." while bringing her freshly made honey chicken to the table, Glomy at her feet spitting out her tongue excitedly. Single, he took out his iPhone and took a photo of the sweet and sour waist flower and honey chicken on the table and posted it on Weibo, with the text "Tonight sweet and sour waist flower and honey chicken". At this time, the Weibo hot search is "a handsome side leak of a star on a variety show", "a traffic star releases a new album"... Click to see, either a bright photo of a star, or an "elaborate" album cover.
Chicken in honey sauce made by Xu Song
Someone said, "The pictures you send look like you're cooking well." ”
Xu Song said: "Some things look good, but they may not be delicious." ”
Resources:
People's Entertainment "Interview with Xu Song, not kitsch, not flattering"
Visual Chronicle "Xu Song's Turning Red, Expected"
Anhui Medical University "Xu Song: A Well-known Musician From Anhui Medical University"
South Wind Window "Xu Song? Who's it?