One is the song that won the Golden Melody Award for Best Chinese Female Singer 3 times, and the other is the supermodel, singer and former French Prime Minister Mrs. Sarkozy, two women who are far apart, but also full of talent and charm walk together, what chemical effect is produced? It is about Cai Jianya and Carla Bruni, who recently collaborated on a song called "photographs", which is simple and full of charm, and Carla is interpreted in Chinese lyrics.
Carla Bruni became a premier supermodel at the age of 21, and then at the age of 30, she decided to change and become a singer.
Carla Bruni comes from a musical family, her mother is a pianist, her stepfather is a composer, and her biological father is a classical guitarist: "Some families are doctors, some are lawyers, and my parents are also musicians. Since childhood, music has been like an invisible member of our family, so much so that now as a musician, I started to compose my own music, and my parents are still quite receptive, even though the music they love is classical and seems relatively serious. Of course, I also take music very seriously, and I am convinced that life without music is a very dangerous thing. So I feel lucky that my parents are musicians."
Thinking back to the original cooperation with Cai Jianya, the two were quite lucky, carla said: "I like Cai Jianya's works, I did not choose from two or three people, but one choice is Cai Jianya." I like her voice, the way she writes songs, I like her simplicity, and I feel the enthusiasm, her dress, and her very simple personality from her sharing."
And Chua was flattered: "It's too surreal for me. When I first learned that Carla was looking for an Asian female musician to work with, I seemed to be highly recommended by the parties involved, and I didn't know why. Of course I feel honored. Then I sent her the song and didn't know what she thought about the song. And she said, "I love this song, let's meet!" That's how we met online and talked more like old friends, and I liked the natural casualness."
Carla, although she knows Italian, French and English, but does not know how to Chinese, this time in "photographs" I heard her professionally sing in Chinese, which was originally attributed to the teacher Cai Jianya, carla said: "My daughter is also learning Chinese, but she is only 9 years old, so it is as easy as tarting fingers, and my son is also learning Chinese in school." Cai Jianya was a good teacher, but it was a language that was far away from me, very complex, far from my native Italian."
Cai Jianya also shared the interesting process of teaching each other to Chinese: "It is fun to teach her, repeat the same word over and over again, and put your tongue behind your teeth. We had fun, but we were all serious, and she told me to teach her, really like Chinese was singing, not playing. I said OK! I was honored that the song was finally released, and I was nervous to know how people reacted, and I felt that Carla sang Chinese, but I was relieved to see that everyone had a positive opinion of her pronunciation."
After this cooperation, the two also became good friends, although they were in different regions and never really met, but the music connected them together and became a carrier to share with fans. Hopefully, through this song, the audience can feel the joy and friendship, Cai Jianya: "The whole process also makes us aware of the connection between people." We are thousands of miles apart and originally only know each other's names, but when you really want to connect, but when everything is well arranged, it will happen naturally. Because of the pandemic, we may feel as disconnected from the world, and even think: I am just trapped at home, I have no life. But this collaboration proves that we can also be freed from this psychological limitation, even if we are separated, we can still continue to work, and I am more grateful to Carla, a talented and beautiful partner."