Are there any super-nice songs in The King of Silence?

This article is compiled from an interview with Lu Lu badminton on FM 103.9 in beijing communication radio.

(Text Editor: Gao Jingwei)

Although he is a smash hit on the Internet, he has extraordinary creative talent. He came from a musical family and proved that pop music has depth with his strength. In order to restore the pure appearance of music, he created a new album "Love"; Abandon fancy packaging and put an end to excessive sound modification; In the state of "naked makeup" of music, the works are more primitive and sincere. He is the king of silence.

The new album was recorded live.

(20 17 April 30th, Silent King's new album "Love" was released. )

(Left: Right: Silent King)

L: I think this album seems very different from the last one. I feel very different in style. My feeling is that I seem to be more mature.

W: I believe everyone is maturing. I think the most important thing is not the genre, but the recording method is very different.

L: Yes, our album is called live, which is Love.

W: Many people don't know what the name "love" means. In fact, live uses a Chinese homonym.

L: It means "live broadcast".

W: Yes, in addition, I think the translated "love" is "love" with a grass prefix. I think these two words are very similar to a girl's name, but she is not a fashionable or young girl. She is a mature and attractive girl, which I think is very similar to this album. Why is it called "love"? Because the recording method we use is live recording, that is, we put all the musicians and teachers there in one day and record 10 songs in one day. This sounds like a very relaxed way.

L: Record 10 songs a day.

W: It seems that you can record an album in one day.

Yes, how did the day end?

W: But I think this way is much more difficult than recording an album normally. Because you can have a chance to start again when recording an album normally, for example, these two words are not well sung and can be adjusted.

You can start over.

W: You can make up this sentence separately, but if you take it one by one, if you have a sentence you want to adjust and you can't, you can only do it again. So for me, including all musicians, this challenging task is more difficult than recording an album normally. Maybe you don't know, the current recording methods of songs, including singers and myself, often go to the recording studio to listen to that song, learn it and sing it live. Now this way-live way will make you more skilled and think more about this song, including the human touch when everyone plays together, which I think is also the most rare.

L: It seems that you said that in this recording, you emphasized the factor of people's taste.

W: Actually, to tell you the truth, the timbre of the computer is cleaner now than what you recorded on the spot. For example, a piano may have a manufacturer specializing in timbre, and they will record the timbre of the piano very well. There is no need to play the piano on the spot, but all our musical instruments will still choose live broadcast, because its sound quality may not be so good, but the feel of all musicians and teachers, including many inspirations, is unmatched by computer factors.

L: That is to say, there will be a whole team on the spot, and the feeling and atmosphere are very different.

W: Including the tightness of the drum skin when recording drums. In fact, if it is looser, it will be looser, and if it is tighter, it will be brighter, which will affect the texture of music. Computers don't make mistakes, but people do. People can't play drums correctly, but computers can play drums very accurately.

L: You are not afraid of this mistake.

W: That's what we wanted, so we didn't fix it either.

L: What's the problem? There should be no big mistake, right?

W: There must be some mistake. When I sing alone, we will miss the beat, or the vocal music will miss the pitch. In fact, it's easy to repair this with a computer, but we didn't repair it.

L: why?

W: Just keep this thing, because you can easily listen to the right music now. But I think it sounds better, retaining a little human touch and a little flaw.

L: It will feel more real and alive, so we call this "love" and "living".

W: That's right.

Crying in front of fans for the first time

(Left: Right: Silent King)

L: I think there seems to be a national tour behind A Journey of Love. It is said that this is the first time you have adopted this national tour mode.

W: Yes, this is my first visit. This is the only one that I think is most suitable for band tour, because we can guarantee that all teachers are band teams, and then our performance will be the same as CD.

L: Where is this trip going?

W: I've seen Shenzhen now, and I'll go to Chengdu next. I had an accident when I was in Shenzhen.

What accident?

W: Because I'm from the northeast, I don't like crying very much.

You don't look like a northeast person.

W: Really? Don't I look like a Northeastern?

L: I don't recognize any accent.

What are you doing? That's a corner (said with a northeast accent).

L: Haha, it's actually fine (laughs).

W: I just stayed in Beijing for a long time. I am a person who doesn't like crying very much, but fans will take screenshots to capture a state that looks like crying. For example, when I wipe the sweat under my eyes, it looks like I'm crying, so it's easy for them to imagine that I'm crying. They will feel sorry for me, but I always tell them that I'm really not crying. This is the first time for me to cry in public for the first time in my life, and it is also the last song "Little Star" on tour in Shenzhen. I'm not broken at all.

Because you are not a crybaby, you cried in that situation. What do you think are the factors?

W: Because I used to think Xiaoxing is a very warm song. Xiaoxing is almost the last song in every performance. But that time, I suddenly heard the word, and then I thought of some people and things and felt very sad, as if Xiaoxing suddenly turned into a very sad song.

Who and what do you have in mind?

W: I think of many things in the past. I keep recalling them in my mind, and then I look at everyone. Because the tour is very different from the general music club, the following are my fans, and they can understand everything I say. I think this feeling can disappoint me, but the staff didn't say anything about me after crying.

L: What about you?

W: Let's just say I didn't cry professionally enough.

L: Don't cry, okay?

Woman: I said crying is unprofessional.

L: What do you mean by unprofessional crying?

W: Because I'm stubborn, I have to finish singing even if I cry, so I've been singing that song, and it's really hard to listen to, because it's hard to hear suffocation. They said, in fact, the next time you cry, don't sing too well. Just play it for the chorus or fans. Let's sing together. Later, I went to listen to the song recorded by some fans at the scene. It was not very nice, but I felt it was very real. After crying, I silently made up my mind not to cry next time.

L: If you cry next time, will you still sing?

W: I think I can do it. I hope this is the last time I cry.

L: Why not let yourself cry? Wouldn't it be nice to let it go?

W: Because I don't like boys crying myself, I feel a little melodramatic. Because I want to be simple, I want to hide a lot of words and feelings in my heart. I don't like to express too many people, and I don't think everyone should know your emotions. In recent years, I have been a little tired from last year to now, especially from the end of last year to this year. I shouldn't stay at home for more than three days, including this month and last month. Basically, I may go home and pack my bags after changing clothes for a day, so I'm actually a little tired during this time, but I have to be nervous, so I think it's the most release in my own tour. I put all my memories in that song.

Those controversies about me

(Left: Right: Silent King)

W: Actually, I'm a little controversial myself.

L: What do you mean a little controversial?

W: What you say yourself is a bit controversial (laughs). They call my singing method "Internet celebrity singing method", and everyone will question it. I hope the way I face doubts is not to compromise, or the more you talk about me, the more I want to be. I hope to crush you in this way, not bow to you.

What do you think gives you the most courage and strength?

W: It's the music part.

L: Like what?

W: For example, they will think ... because they made their own records at first, people will think this kind of music is naive. Everyone has a terrible past. For example, we are ashamed to look at our photos two or three years ago. I will do the same myself, and I will feel that my previous ideas are naive.

L: Now if you go back and listen to some songs you wrote many years ago, will there be some songs that make you feel small at that time?

W: Yes.

L: There really will be.

W: I feel very naive, and then I really want to go back to that era and do this song again.

L: Change it (laughs).

W: Yes, but my idea is that this is the road I have traveled. Just put it there. "A little sweet" I feel very young, and then a little sweet. I was very sweet at that age (laughs), but I don't think I can sing such a sweet song anymore.

Ah, really?

W: Because it's very campus and youthful. I like many duets now, which may not be as sweet as A Little Sweet, and may be a little sour and bitter, but in short, it is very important to write songs of every age.

L: It's a little sour and bitter. Are you in love? Really?

W: Thank you for listening. See you next time (laughter). No, because people are growing. I just came to Beijing when I wrote Xiao Tian, and then there was no pressure. So my world was pink at that time, and now the world may become ... definitely not pink, but I won't deny it, so when I mature, it will mature, and I will thank it instead of rejecting it. I think this is my favorite mentality, but many people will flaunt themselves, saying that whose songs I used to listen to and whose songs I listen to now means that I am mature. I don't like talking like this. It's like someone may be willing to watch cherry maruko and transformers all his life, but it doesn't mean he hasn't grown up. On the contrary, this kind of thing becomes a feeling and a bright spot in memory. But if you say it's naive to watch cartoons now, I don't think so. It is a feeling and a memory.

(Left: Right: Silent King)

W: When I was in college, I wrote my own songs and then shared my works. Of course, I admit that maybe everyone will be a little rough and immature at the beginning.

L: You just said naive. Can you avoid that naivety?

W: I won't shy away from innocence. It was a process when I was growing up, but I have to say that I was growing up when you were growing up, and I think I grew up faster than you. However, many people's understanding of me is still at a naive stage. When I mentioned the silent king, I thought he was a very naive person. I hope everyone can see my growth.

L: Just now, someone said that the silent king seems to be stuck in a childish image, and then one more thing, when I first listened to your song, I thought, Wow, this boy has a special voice. For example, because you also heard my voice. Once, a man said that this was Lu Yi, and his voice was so sweet. I thought it was a little strange at that time. I don't know whether he is praising me or referring to something else. So, in the so-called questioning you bear, will there be anything about your timbre and voice?

W: Yes, there will be many.

L: There really will be.

W: Yes, they do.

L: You can tell by yourself?

W: Yes, I like reading reviews. They call my singing "network celebrity singing" (laughs). I don't even know what "online celebrity singing" is.

L: Are there any other proper nouns?

W: Yes, the proper noun is "Internet celebrity singing", so I invented this singing, but I don't know what "Internet celebrity singing" is. For myself, I like my voice very much, and I won't laugh at other people's voices, including looks and height. I laugh at other people's bodies. For example, if you are fat, you must have eaten it yourself, but you are not tall. It was given by your parents, so I think this kind of thing is the best gift from your parents. It will be impolite for you to laugh at others, because I will care about these online comments at first, and I will be very, very angry.

How angry are you?

W: No matter how angry you are, you will be unhappy and depressed, but after several years of digestion, I don't care much about these comments now, because if you care too much about the comments that are not good for you, it is actually unfair to the people you like. Maybe one of the ten comments will scold you, then you will always care about this abusive person.

L: How long will that depressed mood last?

W: I think this depressed mood will still exist today. In fact, I have a deep understanding. Last year, I released an album called Landing Plan, and the first title song was called Galaxy. Then I thought it was a very good song, and I was particularly satisfied after writing it myself. I went to comment at that time. The first comment in it is that everyone will praise the best comments. The first comment in it is that this song is very nice. If I sing this song for Yoga Lin, I may be very satisfied.

L: How many people liked it then?

W: There should be hundreds, that is, the first one who likes it, which is often the case. Last year, I also participated in a program to cover my face and sing.

L: A masked singer, right?

W: That's right. I went to see the barrage. When I'm singing, I might say it's nice in the barrage. This song is good, so what? But when I show up, people will say the king of silence. No wonder I sing so badly, so people will have a stereotype of me.

Li: Don't worry too much about it.

W: Actually, I was angry at first, but then I thought about it, and I felt like that. If every song is my child and I am the father of my songs, then I am not a good father. Maybe other people's fathers are rich second generation or something. I may not have such a good family because of my identity, my background, or the colored glasses that everyone gave me. I will feel that this is a very sad part of me, but it will become a goal of my future efforts. I hope that in the past two years, I can break everyone's stereotype of me through my various efforts and don't invent some strange proper nouns for me.

L: You care about them very much. You always read their comments, barrage and so on.

Yes, because I think I like Chris Lee very much. I really like such people. That is, she will be hacked at first and questioned by everyone, but through her own efforts, she can prove to more people that she can. So this is a way I recognize, that is, don't compromise, but let those who question you see your strength through her own efforts or strength.

Born into a musical family

(Left: Right: Silent King)

You were born in a musical family, as if your father were a playwright.

W: My father used to study Peking Opera and later became a teacher, so there are many art school teachers in the building where I live. Every day, upstairs and downstairs, they play the piano and sing.

L: So at first, there was a musical atmosphere at home, including the yard and the building where you said you lived, and it lingered all day.

Woman: It's really annoying. (Laughter)

L: I just want to ask you, did you like this kind of atmosphere and music since you were a child, or did you say that you were bored, as if you were resistant and rebellious?

W: I just wanted to play games before.

So what did you do?

W: You know, they study music very hard. Some people start to hang up at six or seven in the morning, and I wonder if these people don't sleep?

L: So when I was young, would I do something rebellious to my parents at that rebellious stage?

W: Yes. I remember when I was admitted to the middle school attached to the Conservatory of Music, I should be a senior three. I haven't practiced the piano once, playing computer at home. At this time, my father went home. He asked me why I didn't practice the piano. I said I was playing games. He slapped me, and then I ran away in anger. The place where I ran away from home was also very coincidental, so I went to the big supermarket near my home. Because I left, the children had no money, so they went to the big supermarket and tasted a lot for free. They were hungry and thirsty (laughs). My father is smart, too. He knew he had no money and stayed for so long. Maybe he went to the supermarket.

How long did you stay?

W: I stayed there all day. I tried to eat three meals there for free. After dinner, I went to the library, and then I went to read books. Finally, my father found me in that library.

(Left: Right: Silent King)

L: Actually, when I was in junior high school, my father bought me a piano to learn classical music, so I studied composition at the Conservatory of Music in both high school and college. Actually, I am familiar with classical music myself, but what I am doing now is pop. I don't think this is a problem. On the contrary, sometimes classical music is a help to me, but many people will say that classical music is profound and pop music is shallow. Personally, I think every region will have its own profound part.

L: Actually, I have my own independent system. Don't say no, I think this seems very clever, and that seems very superficial.

W: But, for example, when I was in the Conservatory of Music, many classmates thought it was superficial to be a popular person.

L: So you actually posted some songs on the Internet at school.

W: That's right.

L: Will they have any other questions when they know?

W: They will ask me why I did it. Why not practice the piano or something?

L: I can't practice the piano well.

W: It will be like this. So this is also what I want to say. I hope to prove to my classmates that even pop music can go deep. I have a classmate who is now in the Central Conservatory of Music. He is a double-row keyboard, that is, a double-row electronic organ. He also listened to my Love, and he left me a message saying that this is the best pop record I have heard in recent years, and I know its characteristics.

L: I've been posting some songs since I went to college.

W: I've been releasing songs since my freshman year, and then I've been releasing albums since my sophomore year, so it's still quite early.

L: When will I feel very popular?

W: My first impression was that I was still at school, but I posted some songs on the Internet, which should be my freshman year. I went shopping with our classmates, and with a girl, we both went out to play, not girlfriends.

L: Why do you emphasize it yourself?

W: Why do you feel guilty (laughs). I heard my song playing in the shop. It was the first time in my life that I heard my own song outside.

Which song?

W: That song is called "Only you know my heart" and it was written a long time ago. I felt so handsome at that time, because this was the first time I got feedback. Although many netizens commented on me online before hearing this song, and there were already some fans online, I haven't heard my own song in the real world.

L: How did you react when you heard it?

W: I felt completely amazing at that time. I want to run outside, but you know there are girls here, so just pretend that this store has good taste.

L: Did you have a big meal to celebrate that day?

W: No money, no money when I was a student (laughs).

L: I heard that you have a creative habit, that is, you will go to the mountains to create with your good friends. Do you still have this habit?

W: Last time I wrote the landing plan, Liang Xu and I went to the suburbs.

Is this the suburb of Beijing?

W: Huairou. I went to Huairou for a week, and then I got up early every morning, just like military training. After getting up early, I run for breakfast.

L: What time is it?

W: It should be 7 o'clock. I should run for an hour at 7 o'clock, have breakfast at 8 o'clock, and then start writing all day. I will watch movies in the evening. Basically, I wrote an album a year, and I only wrote seven days when I was closed to the outside world, but I wrote about seven or eight songs in these seven days.

L: The closing efficiency is really high.

W: It's very efficient, so I used this method again when I wrote this one, and went to the deep mountains and forests, but I didn't write it in capitals this time.

L: why?

W: Because I wrote this album myself, I should have written about three pieces, that is, the amount of composition. I am constantly overthrowing and repeating. Actually, I thought the last album was a little good (laughs). In fact, I don't know how to make this album better, so no matter how I write it, I still feel that I haven't surpassed it, surpassed it, and surpassed it again, so I have been revising it repeatedly. I didn't know what kind of state I wanted until the third round, including the third round, and I probably didn't know that we were going to make a live concept for this album.

L: What's your favorite forest environment in the deep mountains? What is the surrounding environment like?

W: The conditions for our first visit are a bit difficult. In fact, it is not too difficult, because we live in a villa.

L: Is the villa still hard?

W: Actually, the environment is good, but there are no hot springs (laughs). So next time we ...

Your difficulty is different from ours

W: But the second trip is really extravagant. There are hot springs and all the facilities are perfect.

L: where is it? Is it also in the suburbs of Beijing?

W: In the suburbs of Beijing. I forget where it is. Anyway, there is also a hot spring hotel nearby.

L: wouldn't you like such a good environment?

Woman: Yes, it's also very tangled. We are also tourists. Many people exercise and swim there every day, but we write songs there every day. I said, then why are we moving out like this? In fact, the scenery outside the window will be different, and then the fresh air you breathe may make your mind clearer. The most important thing is that there is no Internet in that place.

L: I won't be distracted.

W: For example, if I write a song at home, I may play a game (online game) when I write it.

L: There are many temptations.

W: Yes, many temptations.

I hope to have a holiday.

(Left: Right: Silent King)

L: Actually, this stage has been in a very, very busy state since last year, because I saw a documentary that day and felt that your state was really haggard. You just said it was a bit like today. I think today's state is much better than that documentary. That documentary makes people feel as if you haven't slept enough for years.

W: Is it for the concert?

Yes, then it has an interview. It's like you are interviewing in the recording workshop and rubbing your eyes all the time. Do you have any methods to relieve stress? Why are you stretching yourself so tight?

W: My way to relieve stress is to go out and play for a while.

L: How and where to play?

W: Just traveling, just going anywhere, just giving me some time.

Did you go?

No. I have been very busy since I came back from the Spring Festival last year. Because we were very busy in April and May, we basically didn't have a rest, so I said we would be really tired. At present, we haven't arranged the work in June. I hope to ask for leave from the company. Can you give me a week or a few days to travel in June? But just yesterday, they told me that I had another program, and the holiday in June was ruined.

You should be the boss now. You still need to ask for leave. Why don't you invite yourself?

W: I have to ask for leave, too, because although I am the boss of the company, I don't take care of things, and our company actually has "three mountains", that is, our propaganda director, brokerage director and then the boss. I call them "Three Mountains". Although they belong to my company, I listen to them very much, because I feel like a partner, working together towards the same goal and values, so I feel ashamed every time I take time off, because they are also very tired, so I say that we have to take time off every time we take time off, and they all promise well, but just yesterday they told me that we were on another program, that is, the holiday in June was ruined again.

L: Actually, you said "three big mountains". I think it may be your choice after all.

W: Yes, it must be. Because no one can force you, I have tried it myself, but I hope I can adjust it. Even if I only have two or three days' holiday, it is a very good adjustment for me.

L: Where do you want to travel most?

W: Whatever.

L: Anywhere? Just leave Beijing.

W: Leave Beijing, leave your job.