Recently, Mao Buyi released a new song "Xiao Wang's Diary" on the Internet. It was originally an ordinary event of releasing a new song, but what people didn't expect was that his song lasted so long Up to 43 minutes. It caused quite a stir for a while.
Mao Buyi’s new song is 43 minutes
At 0:00 on February 20, Mao Buyi shared the new song on Weibo, saying: "A very special song. It takes 43 minutes to complete "Little "The whole album is connected together, uninterrupted, continuous and calmly presenting these works that have special meaning to me. Thank you to Teacher Wei Wei and all the hard-working team behind the scenes, thank you to every listener."
Many listeners who have listened to the song speak highly of the song, "I feel like my ears have been massaged. The soothing music makes people relax. Following the melody and lyrics, I can feel the emotion Mao Buyi wants to express, as if listening to When I read the story of Xiao Wang’s half-life journey, I found it pleasant and heart-warming. This kind of heart-to-heart telling” should be a very high praise.
There is also an accidental reason for such a breakthrough idea: in fact, at the beginning, I wanted to connect ten songs in a music diary, like an uninterrupted musical. Later, in order to let the audience have a sense of continuity and fully feel the emotions, instead of listening in a fast-selling style with selection and omission, I directly put the songs together to form a song. 43 minutes and 36 seconds.
The reason why the new title is called "Xiao Wang" and the title song is called "Xiao Wang's Diary" is actually derived from Mao Buyi's real name, Wang Weijia. Perhaps many new fans don't know that Mao Buyi is not his real name. It’s just a stage name that represents Maomao’s unwillingness to be ordinary. This time in the new album, Mao Buyi fully introduces his sustenance for life, music, and dreams, so that the audience can understand him from the song and feel the most authentic person. Mao Buyi is the most emotional person.
The entire album, including "Xiao Wang's Diary", has 11 songs, namely "Two Zero Three", "Water Village", "A Mountain Road", "Xiao Wang", "A Corner of the Night" and " Hutong", "Waiting", "Northeastern Folk Songs", "Babble", "Outro" and "Xiao Wang's Diary". From these song titles, I believe it is not difficult for everyone to see that this is a very simple album, without fancy gimmicks or fancy names. , some are just Mao Buyi’s passion for music.
In addition, I highly recommend everyone to listen to the song "Water Town". This is a Chinese-style work that is different from Jay Chou. The first time I heard it, I was really shocked. Four water towns in the south of the Yangtze River Zi Mao is not easy to sing and outline the picture.
The creative background of Mao Buyi's "Xiao Wang's Diary"
Mao Buyi's real name is Wang, but he believes that the name "Xiao Wang" is just a code name. Xiao Wang can be any young man like him, with sincerity and love in his heart. On the stage of creation, he is judged by others and determined by the market. But this time, Mao Buyi had to make the choice for himself. The arrangement and re-enactment in the recording studio is how Mao Buyi gave these songs that only have live versions a second life. For this ingenuity, producer Wei Wei invited Pu Shu’s drummer and Dada band’s Bass to produce the song together. At the same time, some musical easter eggs are also included in the album, making the overall atmosphere full of a sense of liveness and storytelling.
As the second solo album, the songs in it all come from the original compositions that Mao Buyi participated in variety shows from 2017 to 2019. The intention is to review those moments that are important to him through this album. , looking for new knowledge and understanding of music.
The song "Two Zero Three" was first sung by Mao Buyi on August 19, 2017. That was during his competition in "Tomorrow's Son Season 1" and when he first entered the public eye. This song was written for a small house where he once lived. The house number of this house is 203. There are traces of his life there, and many things that happened around him in that small town were recorded. Mao Buyi decided to restore the essence of the song, the sadness that can only become a passer-by. He also restored the original intention of the song through this ingenious reproduction. In 2013, Mao Buyi went to college in Hangzhou from Northeast China and spent four years in college.
On April 26, 2019, on the stage of "I Am a Singer-Songwriter", Mao Buyi sang his college years into "Water Village". In order to allow the music to convey this sense of blending of scenes, the production team added a certain amount of reverberation to the vocal processing during the production process, allowing the listener to be immersed in this beautiful scenery. Throughout the arrangement, many highly spatial instruments are used, such as strings and pads, and a lot of special processing is done on the sound of drums, creating a dream-like effect. The song "A Journey to the Mountains" was the first song sung by Mao Buyi in the ninth issue of "Tomorrow's Son". When writing the song, Mao Buyi was interning in Hangzhou, so there are many images of "Misty Jiangnan" in the lyrics, such as bluestone slabs, falling flowers, flowing water, etc. In terms of music production, the producer used a dialogue between the Western harp and the Eastern pipa, which is also a dialogue between Western psychedelia and Eastern Buddhism. It is the expression of young people living in modern cities, and at the same time shows that the song contains Zen thinking: Clouds and mountains are shrouded in mist, you can’t get out, you can’t see through it. The album's title track "Little King" was first sung in the second issue of "I Am a Singer-Songwriter". This song was written by Mao Buyi to himself at a certain moment, and to all the "little kings" who were or still are. When producing this song, the producer followed the intro and delicate and gentle feel of the original version, and then specially designed a chorus to emphasize the emotion of the entire song.
"A Corner of the Night" is Mao Buyi's work in the fourteenth issue of "Tomorrow's Son Season 1". As a very special one among his many minor key creations, the arrangement uses a simple combination of guitar and piano to restore the message that the original song wants to convey.
"Hutong" is the original name of "Nanda Street" on the stage of "Tomorrow's Son Season 1" in 2017. It describes the streets and alleys where Mao Buyi lived when he was a child. That was Mao Buyi's life. Memory is what everyone dreams about at midnight, the place called hometown. Mao Buyi felt that when heading towards a new year and a new life, it is even more important to review the original intention and starting point of the dream.
"Waiting" was first sung in the 12th issue of "Tomorrow's Son Season 1". When it was broadcast, it was not a particularly outstanding piece, but it has always been Mao Buyi's selfish collection. In this album production, this song is the boldest re-creation. The entire production brings the song back to the feeling of an old record from the 1980s, and a strong reverberation process is used to give the song a strong old feeling.
"Northeast Folk Song" was first sung by Mao Buyi during "I Am a Singer and Composer" in April 2019. Although it has a festive Spring Festival atmosphere on the surface, the core is a sad one. love story. "Northeast Folk Song" tells a slightly sad love story in the Northeastern countryside. The boy goes out to work hard, and the girl waits at home. In the end, she waits her whole life but does not wait for the boy to come back. This song was composed by Mao Buyi during his internship, and Li Jian asked Liu Zhuo to help produce it. It was originally scheduled to be included in the album "An Ordinary Day", but in the end it was unfortunately dropped because it did not fit the album's style. Mao Buyi said that this song is a work for which he is relatively confident, so he chose to display it in the first issue of "I Am a Singer and Composer". In terms of the single visual of the song, the production team specially created an "ice and snow", allowing Mao Buyi to walk alone in the vast white space, making people think that maybe in the end, one has to walk the road of life alone. But are people the wanderers who never look back and forget to look back at the land and people who love us so much? It’s time to go home and take a look.
"Babble" is an unexpected song composed by Mao Buyi. It was first sung in the fourth issue of "I Am a Singer-Songwriter". The producer specially invited the independent band "Fu Lu Shou" to collaborate. Arranging and producing, we work together to find a special sound that fits the dreamlike atmosphere of this song, so that the whole thing is closer to the artistic conception of the song.
"Outro" uses the chorus melody of "Little King" to make a special vocal chorus version, which serves as the highlight of the ending part of the entire album, trying to let the audience relive this song. This is a song that encourages Mao Buyi himself. Although it is a sad song on the surface, it actually contains very strong energy. I hope that this melody and lyrics can touch the audience again at the end of the album and be deeply engraved in everyone's heart.
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