He was 17 years old.
A blonde hair, a slightly childish but handsome face, oblique headphones, raised hands on the stage to create blood-boiling music, nian jing gently stood on the world-class stage to perform.
''He's a lyricist and a composer, he's the most talented guy in recent years, he's like a fusion of Weekend and Disclosure,'"
"He's Justin Bieber in China!"
"He's really super super talented!"
The first Chinese to appear on the main stage of Tomorrow land, the world's largest music festival, the Chinese most likely to be shortlisted for the world's top 100 DJs, and the Chinese DJ signed by the famous European and American label Barong Family! The words of praise from the world made this 17-year-old teenager show his prominence in the world, and no one could have imagined that this DJ who had already emerged on the world stage was only 17 years old, he was Chase, and he was from China.
In 1998, Chace (Zhu Yihan) was born in Yancheng, Jiangsu Province, he was born in a musical family, his father performed outside for many years, perhaps because of the influence of the family, he began to learn to play drums from the age of 2, since then music has run through his entire life, according to his classmates, his home is full of large and small instruments, he will spend a lot of time practicing drumming every day, because of his surprising talent and exquisite skills displayed at a young age, he received invitations to multi-tv programs as a child.
As a student, Chace did not let go of his love of music because of his studies, on the contrary, he began to contact more types of music, made more attempts on the road of music, began to participate in large and small performances inside and outside the school, learned and produced different original electronic music and Remix, and published his works on domestic music websites, which allowed him to capture the earliest fans and lay the groundwork for his later creation of independent electronic music.
Unlike most Chinese parents, who expect their children to focus on their studies, Chace's parents are very supportive of his talent and love for music, and his mother accompanies him every week to learn musical instruments between Shanghai and Yancheng, and even to the conservatory. By his junior year of high school, Chace rarely appeared in school and began to focus on the music career he loved, reminiscent of many celebrities who had the same experience.
Teenage Chase made his own choice, did not choose the same path as ordinary people, everyone at this age is still thinking about their future, still hesitating for the future, there are many teenagers like him with great passionate musical dreams, but often with the passage of time, choose to live step by step, the enthusiasm of the past is gradually buried in the heart, no longer mentioned. But he just kept focusing on one thing, which may sound a little lonely and boring, but it is precisely because of this that he has achieved his later achievements.
"What I've been doing for me, is one thing, it's making music, as long as you focus on what you do, everything will happen naturally, don't think about it." 」 In an interview, Chace said so.
In 2016, the budding Chace gradually appeared in the public eye, signed with Mad Panda, Yellow Claw, and then released the first EP "Destination", which was in the top ten weeks of the iTunes electronic list, and the opportunities and honors that followed could not help but be amazing.
In 2017, Chace took advantage of the trend and participated in the EDC Japan Music Festival, the largest music festival in France, Italy and major music festivals in China, and collaborated with the world's major DJs on new songs, "Connection", "For A Day"... Chace is a huge producer and has gained tens of millions of popularity on major websites around the world.
And also in the middle of the summer of this year, he even stepped on the main stage of Tomorrowland, the audience was full of people, jumping and dancing with the music, the hands that operated quickly and freely on the stage, the Chace on the stage, holding the microphone in his hand, looked at the five-star red flag raised by the people in the audience, and shouted: "My name is Chace, coming all the way from China, are you guys ready?"
"yeah!" For the first time, the music of Chinese DJs entered the world electronic music stage, so that the listeners of the world heard Chinese electronic music.
"I like that there are a lot of audiences offstage, fans are screaming, dancing, there's a lot of energy, I especially like this feeling." Chace, on stage, has learned to put his emotions into the music and resonate with the audience.
Perhaps, his career may not be as good as the sun, but such a him, like the newborn sunrise, belongs to his era, is coming!
2018, for Chase is a year full of change and unknown, he has terminated contracts with his old owner Madpanda and Barong Family, for a musician who is not very senior, away from the big label, without the support of European and American labels as fine as the factory assembly line from music creation to post-publicity, it can be said that he has chosen a difficult road, and even gambled on his future.
He chose to open up his own future in China, a country where the electronic music market is still in its infancy, and formally established his personal music label HOWSHOOD, where there is no mature electronic music market in Europe and the United States, and the public's acceptance of electronic music is not as high as in Europe and the United States, but he believes that he can create a new pattern in China and spread Asian music culture to the world.
Today, as a DJ, producer, and composer, Chase has begun a national tour, bringing new energy to the domestic electric voice coil, and he is still confident and full of light on the stage, and a rising star is rising.
The road to becoming a superstar is not always smooth, he may encounter some setbacks, and he may still have a long way to go, but this is not a problem.
After all, he was only 19 years old.