Wang Bowen
"Can I Compare Life to a Competition"
Wang Bowen - walking audio letterhead
Wang Bowen, a new generation of male singers in China, is also a film and television actor and a national first-class table tennis player. As a big boy from Shenyang, Liaoning Province, Wang Bowen, who not only has a generous and cheerful personality, but also has a burst of creativity, but also has full skills and shines in many fields.
In terms of film and television, he starred in "Love", "The Little Thing of First Love", "The Best time of youth", "Come on! Jasmine", "Say Your Wish" and other film and television dramas, recently filmed by Luo Luo's film "Meet You at the Best Time"; in terms of variety shows, he has excellent performances in "The Voice of Heaven", "High-energy Youth League", "Happy Base Camp", "I Am the Future", "The King Strikes", "The Temptation of the Meal Bureau" and other programs, and has won the overall championship of the second season of Beijing Satellite TV's "King of Cross-border Comedy".
And the field where his original intention remains unchanged is the starting point of his debut road - music. Since participating in the music talent show and entering the music industry, Wang Bowen's achievements have gone all the way up. His solo music album "1461" was awarded "Platinum Record"; two EPs "Light Eater" and "Star" were well received, and the songs included won several music chart numbers.
In 2021, his physical album "Can I Compare Life to a Competition" has also been officially released. His sometimes deep, sometimes gentle voice, like a letterhead with sound, hits the listener's heart.
Album Concept – A Diary of a Practice at Different Stages
Wang Bowen's creative talent can be glimpsed from the concept concept of each album - in "1461", he uses ten colors to compare ten moods and connect ten songs; "Light Eating Machine" takes diet as the core and expands four chapters of eating, drinking and having fun; "Star" transforms the stars into dreams and companionship, showing the youthful enthusiasm and gratitude of youth.
In this "Can I Compare Life to a Competition", Wang Bo culture, as a variety of characters in life, may be a pilot who is a little "ridiculous" but never strays, or he may be a lonely "human disease" patient; he may be a participant in the love qualification tournament that "wants to" you but has not opened his mouth, or he may be a person who quietly leaves the table and asks "Don't tell me"; he is more likely to be a contestant who is fighting fiercely in the arena; or he may be a spectator sitting in the audience of the arena.
In the transition from adolescence to youth, everyone faces a change of mindset, a complex state of mind, and a desire for self-identification. Wang Bowen chose to use this album to show different aspects of life, like a diary of his practice at different stages.
Album Production – A star-studded creative album
In addition to the creative album concept, the production team of "Can I Compare Life to a Competition" is also a highlight. This album is a collection of Golden Melody Awards Best Producer Chen Shanni, Taiwan's well-known musician Zhou Xingzhe and other people to jointly create, and more golden song arranger Luo Enni, Hong Kong lyricist Lin Ruoning and other people to help some of the singles, can be described as a star-studded gathering.
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Zhou Xingzhe
The visual part of the album specially invited photographer Liang Hengyi to take charge, from the cover to the presentation of various promotional pictures, the planning concept is perfectly integrated into it. Wang Bowen also tried to carefully interpret the story of the album in terms of styling, and the different roles were highly compatible with the sound of the song, unconsciously pulling you and me into various roles, competing in the same field and feeling life together.
Track list
1. Ridiculous
2. Good to think
3. Private
4.You Are My Everything
5. Human syndrome
6. Just want to be with you
7. Don't tell me
8. Inertia likes
9. Different moonlight
The song "Human Disease" invited Chen Shanni, who just won the "31st Taiwan Golden Melody Award" Best Album Producer Award, to produce it, during the recording process, Teacher Chen Shanni in Taipei sang in the air in real time, breaking the shackles of distance, and more surprisingly integrated into this song in a "harmonic" way, which also added a lot of freshness and possibilities to Wang Bowen's "Human Disease".
The lyrics of the song "Loneliness as instinct, I can survive" shows that Wang Bowen regards loneliness as a weapon against the world, and is not cowardly in the face of loneliness, but turns it into a lonely courage, brushing aside the crowds and doubting voices that are moving forward.
As Zhou Xingzhe's disciple, Wang Bowen has begun to invite songs to Eric in the album planning stage, and Eric has not hesitated to come up with this popular and K-song potential "You Are My Everything", simple and smooth lyrics and catchy melody mutual achievements, highly recognizable Zhou style meets Wang Bowen's difficult back and forth true and false tones, casting the representative track of this album. The over 10,000 reviews on digital music platforms are enough to prove the song's huge success in popularity and musicality.
On the subject of love, Wang Bowen chose to sing "You are my everything" without reservation, he firmly believes that in the arena of life, the partner is the comrade-in-arms of life, and gives his back to the trusted other half, just like having armor and perseverance.
Nine singles, nine angles, nine lives, nine attitudes. This is Wang Bowen's own practice diary, but also to give every listener a guide to life, face love, face self, we will more or less have doubts and confusion, in this album, you can hear a warm male voice to do a multi-faceted life, you can also feel his different attitudes to face the problems of life.
Perhaps when you listen to the story and take off your headphones, your mind reverberates not only with Wang Bowen's gentle voice, but also with the appearance of yourself standing at the intersection of those lives and making choices again and again.
* Edit: Star Sister