In today's increasingly diverse musical elements, the boundaries of style are constantly being broadened, and the personality of musicians is also released to the greatest extent.
When the audience's aesthetic is no longer based on the mainstream as the only standard, niche music is gradually oriented to the public and is more accepted by more people. Musicians with distinct personalities became treasures of this era.
Wei Ruxuan - sweet and funny swing back and forth, trendy and retro shuttle parallel, uniqueness makes her a bright presence in the music world.
Healing and warm, Wei Ruxuan wrote the bits and pieces of life into the song. Regarding life and emotions, people can get spiritual comfort in it.
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Recently, Wei Ruxuan launched a new album "HAVE A NICE DAY".
This is also the first album released after she won the Golden Melody Award, so everyone is looking forward to it. And Wei Ruxuan's seriousness about this album can be seen from the inside out.
Wei Ruxuan invited a number of well-known music producers, Shadow Project, Jude, Xian Yu Zhenya, Ge Dawei and so on. A strong production team escorts the quality of the album.
Moreover, this also makes the style of the new specialty more diversified. R&B, Electronics, Rock, Jazz... These elements are all involved, enriching the sound of the work.
From the content point of view, this work magnifies her personal characteristics to the maximum. Those private, secret emotions are vented here.
Listening to the whole album, musically and content are very interesting. It covers family affection, love and self, these three dimensions, not only the display of Wei Ruxuan's life, but also condenses the lives and psychology of thousands of ordinary people.
Sincere emotions make these works full of temperature, heat and strength.
The first thing to mention is this "Grandma". For the depiction of "Grandma", countless musicians have written sincere and pure melodies. But Wei Ruxuan's song is very different. It's more of a conversation with Grandma than a song.
Wei Ruxuan performed the entire song in three languages— Japanese, Hakka, and Chinese. Interspersed with samples of the Japanese folk song "Momotaro" and the old Chinese song "Girl Eighteen Flowers".
The former is the song that Wei Ruxuan's grandmother often sang to her when she was a child, and the latter was the popularity of her grandmother's era.
"Since I was a child, you sang to me, now I sing to you." (Hakka)"
To coax their grandmother who has coaxed herself countless times, this kind of role position exchange makes the sense of hearing very novel, and the sense of interlacing of time also makes the warmth of the past reappear and extend again.
Using music to retrace the history, the scene is reproduced, like allowing the listener to take a time machine to look back at the past, both like a movie and a documentary. And the true feelings hidden in our hearts are also constantly resurgent, reminding us to cherish and remember.
In addition to "Grandma", there are also "HAVE A NICE DAY" and "Transformers", both of which are written by Wei Ruxuan to her son Louis.
Or cheerful and witty, or noisy, these are the most authentic portrayals of the state of mind in life.
Not only family affection, but also her summary and examination of self-growth.
In the "Grand Prize", the changes before and after Wei Ruxuan won the Golden Melody Award were recorded. From the outside to the heart, from reality to spiritual thinking, all-round recording also allows us to see Wei Ruxuan's directness and frankness.
"Is it to get a big award for life ideals, to be chosen by thousands of people to stand in the right direction of the wind" Ge Dawei's words, with Wei Ruxuan's flexible singing voice, the funny girl seems to have returned to the most primitive state, not bound by the Golden Melody Award, only to do the music she likes.
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Wei Ruxuan has never stopped exploring in music, whether it is in the deep digging of inner emotions or the exploration and application of musical elements. Wei Ruxuan, who is constantly seeking change, has created her unique musical charm.
In addition to the embodiment of the true life in music, Wei Ruxuan cooperates with different musicians through continuous extension and expansion to achieve collision with different musical styles.
In this new specialty, Wei Ruxuan has made unexpected cooperation with three groups of musicians from different regions and different styles, namely Xian Yu Zhenya, Jude and Shadow Project.
As we have introduced in previous articles, Jude is the only mainland musician to be shortlisted for last year's Golden Melody Awards. Cutting-edge musical ideas and extraordinary creative talents are once again revealed in this song "April is the Right Day to Lie" composed by him.
Free and casual is a distinctive feature of Jude, the unbridled and breakthrough structure of the lyrics, the unconventional melody, the poetic singing voice, under the skillful cooperation of the two, make this song become imaginative and without boundaries.
Hyun Yu Jung-ah is a well-known Korean musician who has collaborated with Korean artists such as Jeong Yong-ho, GD, and IU. Even if the song "The Flower Seller" was recorded in the air, it was not affected in the slightest, and it was very surprising.
This is a wonderful collision of two musical geeks, which not only retains the distinctive characteristics of the two musicians, but also perfectly fits in the expression of music.
Chinese, Korean, and English are intertwined, and there is no complexity, but it is well integrated. And coupled with the synth to create a confusing, romantic atmosphere, it puts people in the infinite beauty.
"My Dish", which cooperated with the "Shadow Project", is also Wei Ruxuan's first attempt at hip-hop works. It is precisely because of the large span that this song has also caused a lot of controversy.
Although some fans think that it is not so good, this bold attempt is also valuable.
And, as some music critics commented: "This attempt is not blind and follows the trend, even if it is singing hip-hop, Wei Ruxuan also maintains his own vocal range, his own timbre, and the posture that belongs to Waa." ”
Wei Ruxuan said when winning the Golden Melody Award, "After winning the award, I can be more brave to be myself, without thinking about how to be more popular, more to make music that meets my own tastes..."
Now she did. And the charm of her works is also that this continuous growth, fission, and finally make her music become rich.
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From a songwriter, singer, radio DJ to the occasional slash actor, Wei Ruxuan describes herself as climbing stairs, walking steadily at every step.
Twice sung into the Little Dome, four times shortlisted for the Golden Melody Best Chinese female singer, last year Wei Ruxuan singled out the girder to preside over the Golden Melody Awards ceremony, and won the 31st Golden Melody Song at the same time.
In fact, the Golden Melody Award is truly deserved for Wei Ruxuan.
However, until now, when Wei Ruxuan is mentioned, there are still many people who feel confused about this name. Some people think that this is a newcomer to the music scene, and some people's memories stay in the "natural volume" combination period.
Wei Ruxuan, who does not often appear in the public eye, has been on the road of music for a long time.
The timeline reversed, and at the end of 2006, the natural volume was dissolved, and Wei Ruxuan began to fly alone. There are many artists who fly solo in groups, but few are successful. Even if the music road is not passable, it will go to the acting or variety show.
It is not easy to stick to the dream, and success is even more scarce, but Wei Ruxuan is one of them. On the road of musical exploration, she seems unwilling to make a stop, and has been constantly breaking and trying.
And she is also using actions to prove and break her shackles in the public's mind - she is not only the ballet love singer who sings "The Man and Woman Sitting in the Alley" and "You, You".
She is already a singing voice, constantly stumbling and breaking the rules of Wei Ruxuan.