Recently, the annual limited cooperation project " Imperfect Life Guide" co-produced by Eleven Music and NetEase Cloud Music was officially launched. The music project "The Imperfect Life Guide" was co-produced by Li Zhuoxiong as the literary coordinator, the Golden Melody Award producer Arai Eleven as the supervising producer and producer, and co-produced with four other music producers Chen Jianqi, Chen Junhao, Zheng Nan and Ni Zigang, and included 11 new songs. The reason why this music project attracted the attention of the audience was that it gathered 24 musicians, including Chen Qizhen, Ghost Bian, Zhou Shen, Wang Zi, A-Lin, Ni Zigang, Rene Liu, Ke Zhitang, Mao Buyi, Qi Zitan, Xu Jiaying, HUSH, Cai Jianya, Wang Yuan, Karen Mok, Guo Yifan, Wei Ruxuan, Xu Guanghan, Su Yunying, Cen Ning'er, Ai Yiliang, Ma Siwei, Nai Wan, and Masca.
"Love Trace Forest" music documentary short film.
Among them, Mao Buyi and Qi Zitan's new song "Love Trace Forest" was composed by Qi Zitan, and in the newly exposed official documentary, Mao Buyi mentioned that he has always liked Qi Zitan's music: "Her ideas are very special, and her music also has a beautiful expression. Singing her songs had the feeling of exploring with her. And Qi Zitan revealed: "The creative process is that Mao is not easy to give us an idea, it is precisely because we are all imperfect, so we will need each other." "'Love Trace Forest' has changed its previous works in the style of the song, bringing fans a new aural enjoyment. Recently, the Beijing News interviewed Mao Buyi to reveal the story and creative feelings behind this cooperation.
For the first time, I sang a song with the original author, challenging my previous creative experience
At the beginning of the project, Li Zhuoxiong, the literary coordinator of the "Imperfect Life Guide", gave a theme that can have both room for play and common understanding: imperfection. Under the big concept of this project, let the musicians create together, without presetting music, without presetting expression, so that it is truly loyal to the expressor's self and the music itself. Therefore, in the works, we can see the personal emotions and cognitions that are truly expressed.
Single cover
Recalling that he accepted the invitation to the album "Imperfect Life Guide", Mao was not easy to admit that the essence stemmed from the introduction of musicians' friends, and he felt that it was also interesting to cooperate with different musicians with unique musical styles. "In fact, I didn't think about it so much, a different cooperation, singing a different voice, may be the starting point at the beginning." This time there is a different arrangement, that is, the creator wrote a song, and I sang duet with Qi Zitan. It's something I haven't experienced before. There was no hesitation. ”
It can be said that Mao Buyi's "Love Trace Forest" cooperated with Qi Zitan was highly anticipated by fans as early as before it was launched, and the breakthrough in the style made everyone more curious about this song. The original idea of this song stemmed from Mao's suggestion that "needing others and being needed is actually a very important feeling and a beautiful experience." In turn, she revealed that the first half of the song was written to Mao Buyi, who played a confused and exploratory person; and in the second half, Qi Zitan's appearance brought dramatic unfolding, as if to send out a call for "beauty".
Hair is not easy
Although it is the first cooperation in music, Mao Buyi and Qi Zitan are already old friends. Talking about his first impression of Qi Zitan, Mao is not easy to recall, the first time the two of them met, it was actually in the backstage of the first season of "Children of Tomorrow". Later, in Beijing, everyone often got together, and Mao did not feel that Qi Zitan's idea was very special, a girl living in her own world. "Her world is beautiful, and her music is also very beautiful, very spirited, and I think she is a person who is worthy of your contact and going to chat with her." 」
As far as the work is concerned, when he first came into contact with the song "Love Trace Forest", Mao Buyi felt that it was not easy to feel that it was not a small difficulty, because it was a style that had not been tried at all, which was a challenge for him. "In fact, I have sung a lot of songs created by others before, and there are some other forms of cooperation, but this is the first time I have sung with the original author. I tried to get as close as possible to the feeling that Qi Zitan herself wanted, of course, you can't be completely her, so under her overall control, you also blended some of your own style. ”
Musically, I have been doing "big adventures", and the creation only considers "my own expression"
When Mao Buyi first learned about the music project of "Imperfect Life Guide", he said that there were many participating musicians who had always wanted to cooperate before, and in his opinion, it was very meaningful to do this. "I don't care much about perfection", about the definition of perfection, Mao Buyi also has his own clear ideas, "what I really care about is to be able to distinguish between one individual and other individuals, and those points may be imperfect places, so that we can distinguish between each other." ”
Song single poster
In the planning language of the "Imperfect Life Guide", it was proposed that "the true words of a musician once |." The Great Adventure". In the face of this "real" adventure in music, Mao is not easy to think that his work is actually risky every day, the difference is that the challenge is his own physical strength, or someone else's bottom line. "Maybe every time I sing a new song, there will be different reactions, some people think I sing my own creation better, some people will feel that I need to collide with others and break through myself." 」 In Mao's view, in fact, he may have been doing a risky thing. "In fact, most of the time, I think about whether the song is what I want to express, not what you want to hear."
Mao is not easy to further explain that this is not to ignore the feelings of the public, but as a singer, you need to always think about what you want, so that you can always do different things. If you keep giving everyone a style or performance that you can already satisfy, there will be no progress or change.
It can be said that the musical style of "Love Trace Forest" this time is very different from Mao's previous works, because this song was composed by the cooperative Qi Zitan. As a singer with a particularly strong personal style that Mao buys very much admires, singing her works still requires figuring out her musical feelings. "Her music is very free and spirited, as I knew before, which is why I've always wanted to work with her, and she gave me a lot of freedom and encouragement during the recording process, which also made me very moved."
Q&A
Beijing News: When you cooperate with creators with completely different styles from yourself, what are the discomforts or new sparks, and how to solve them?
Mao is not easy: I think it is not very suitable, because in fact, the works that can be cooperated with each other will also consider our own style to create. There must be a new spark, because I have never sung a song of similar style, and I have found a possibility of my own.
Beijing News: This song will be a little different from your previous songs, is it deliberately making some breakthroughs?
Mao is not easy: In fact, I personally like a lot of musical styles, but my own writing style is relatively limited, so it is a good opportunity to cooperate with others to try new styles. Of course, I am also trying to do some stylistic experiments.
Beijing News: For this song, there will be some different voices on the Internet, what will you think of those comments?
Mao Buyi: I didn't read much about the comments actually. As long as you are different from before, everyone must have a process of not adapting, and we will see everyone's opinions, but it should not affect the direction of your own creation later.
Beijing News: Including "Children of Tomorrow", have you paid attention to this year's talent show? Do you think there will be any changes in the current state of the players from when you debuted three years ago?
Mao Buyi: I think the current players may be more aware of the future than we did then, and then there are some players who are very capable, so they are relatively more professional.
Beijing News reporter Liu Zhen
Edited by Wu Longzhen Proofreader Li Lijun
Source: Beijing News