The original singer of the song "Mang Zhong" is Zhao Fangjing.
"Moszhong" is a song written by Jie Mei, composed by Shang Xiaojin, and sung by Zhao Fangjing and Yinque Shiting. It was released as a single on June 6, 2019, and was later included in Yinque Shiting 2020 From the album "Twenty-Four Solar Terms" released on April 4, 2019. On January 11, 2020, the song won the Most Popular Chinese Single Award on the 2019 Pop Golden Songs Chart.
"Mang Zhong" combines traditional folk music with popular electronic music, and the melodious female voice switches between real and false sounds freely. The creators incorporate Chinese elements such as folk music and ancient music into popular music influenced by European, American, Japanese and Korean culture, making it more in line with the Chinese aesthetic immersed in traditional poetry and classical culture. The song's rich Chinese style melody is so brain-washing that you can't help but hum along.
Creative background
"Grain of Ear" is one of the songs in the Twenty-Four Solar Terms series released by Yinque Shiting. Producer Shang Xiaojin added a long guzheng solo after the vocals of the song, making traditional folk music the protagonist.
On the basis of retaining Chinese phonology, Shang Xiaojin also pursued the popularization and storytelling of his lyrics. He integrated fictional stories into the twenty-four solar terms to remind the audience of the arrival of specific seasons. The song was sung by Zhao Fangjing, one of the lead singers of the Yinque Poetry Music Club. At that time, Zhao Fangjing was still a student at Tongji Medical College of Huazhong University of Science and Technology.
She recorded "Grand Ear" in her dormitory while her roommates went out to eat. In the absence of a professional recording environment, Zhao Fangjing used simple equipment to record over and over again, and discussed how to sing the song with producer Shang Xiaojin remotely.