The fall of 2021 is refreshing the world in a step-by-step fashion. In this way, the four seasons of the year are very much like a handover ceremony, to replace new colors, ripen some different plants, update some things, even people themselves, can change a state. That is, these seemingly different, but following the law of the change of years, as if it is only for the change of people, combing out a reasonable logic.
The part of Manshuk's ongoing daily work takes place in these gradual transitions.
The pre-creation of the new 2021 album "StarDust Stardust" took about half a year. He described this cycle as "a relatively short period of time." However, compared with the length of the creation period, it is worth mentioning that the text creation of this album is larger. Different songs, singing different stories, completely output a not-so-common Manshuk, and at the same time he also outputs his new state outside of the conventional impression.
/ Code creation on the timeline
All along, Manshuk felt that the creation of this matter was not deliberate. It can be sporadic, fragmented fragments of inspiration, words or words, rhythms or melodies. When these inspirations are recorded, they are then regularized. "The music created in the first edition is not necessarily very complete, and it still needs follow-up work, assistance and cooperation."
StarDust stardust features eleven singles that present a vocal interpretation, production, and self-expression. Mentioning the creation of this album has a lot to do with the seasons. The five- or six-month creation of this album is on a complete timeline, and different singles can be used as the time point in this cycle alone, connecting, that is, going through a period of seasonal change.
The song "North Wind" was written at the beginning of this year and winter;
Gradually, spring blossoms, so there is "Different";
Then, after the weather gradually warmed up, he finished "The more beautiful the more dangerous";
Approaching summer, he created "Heating Up".
As early as the early creation of this album, the main concept point of "Stardust" was not determined, but the creation entered the later stage, and when it was about to be completed, Manshuk gradually pulled out a logical law, like the time point of the completion of these songs, connected together to simulate a seasonal change activity, the seasons are changing, the whole process of completing the creation, Manshuk's own mentality, mental state, and rhythm of life are also changing.
Just as this album has been described as "an album of complete self in artistry and multi-facetedness", while using the melodies and song richness that he is good at, he has also added some other designs. For example, not only the melody, but also the addition of skills to the melody; not only rap, the flow of the rap part also begins to show many changes. In the creation of the whole album, the accuracy, quality and quality of the songs are higher, and the output of skills, singing skills, and text content also has a lot to do with their own changes in this process, which is progress and improvement.
/ In the micro and macroscopic aspects of life, create the empathy of stardust and the universe
In the concept elaboration of the album, there is such an introduction to "StarDust Stardust": diving into the vast universe deep inside me, every cell of life is fissioning, we are the stardust, and the stardust has also become us, which belongs to "stardust" and is also a star in the "stardust" in the sky.
In the last sentence, Manshuk himself added, "Thank you anyway, each other become each other's "stardust.""
It is common to see this romantic side of Manshuk, but it is rare to have the opportunity to see him walk back to real life, expanding with some trivial and small details of thinking, and developing and creating in this direction.
The theme of this album is to use the twinkling stars that can be seen when you look up, a metaphor for the general public that exists in reality.
Whether it is the analogy between the vast sea of people and the vast universe, or the analogy between any single living organism and the stardust in the universe, it is the contrast between the "microscopic and macroscopic". The songs included in "StarDust Stardust" started from various sizes of things, and began to be composed, encompassing the micro and macroscopic universe in Manshuk's mind, from the universe to the universe and beyond the Milky Way, to the viaducts of the city, the taillights of the peak period, an extraordinary afternoon, the stars at the performance site, and the music fans who enjoyed the songs on the stage and the music fans who enjoyed the songs under the stage, all of which were the same - "We are also the stardust in the eyes of others."
"The point of being completely self is actually an inverse state."
Because when it comes to the self, in most cases it is to describe a state, such as the expression emphasized in some of Manshuk's previous works, true and straightforward, even if some distinct edges and corners are hidden, it will still be secretly revealed through some gaps, and this state is also called "Manshuk's expression of the self".
But in this "StarDust Stardust", his gaze is no longer attached to the front, nor is he just stopping in front of a mirror, thousands of gestures only examine himself, he is beyond some of the barriers, began to look at the big world outside the self, put himself in the situation of different groups of people, with sincerity and redness, to perceive to experience, to pick up his own similarities and differences with others, in order to establish his empathy with the big world.
If time is the long river, the world is the shore. On the surface of the river, people and things can swim, float, and stay, but the shore is parked there. It was from this rushing river that Manshuk in StarDust climbed ashore and walked back into life to re-establish his relationship with the world as a man in the bureau. In this way, he is a person who can see the river, watch the story in the river turn thousands of times, only the world remains unchanged, he stops on the shore, but the mentality is constantly refreshing and rebuilding, which is also a way of growth.
In the vast universe, countless stardusts, even if they are tiny, still have their own shimmer. However, even if it is only a small stardust, it will still form a galaxy in the carrier of the big world.