The combination of "classical music" and "pop music"

Why would Chen Shanni want to cover Chopin's "Farewell"? And why was Hebe locked again later?

First let everyone listen to how Chen Shanni explains "Farewell Song".

Chen Shanni: In fact, many people may not know this very well, because I have been a singer before, and it was Tang Aixuan’s album. During that album, I actually played some classical music. I forgot It happened in the year 2000, that is, several years ago. But I did spend a lot of time studying classical music that year, because I was not that familiar with classical music, so I spent a very long time making Tang Aixuan’s album. At that time, everyone in my family They were all CDs of classical music and audiophile films released by Foremost. I bought a lot of CDs to listen to at home every day, so I began to have a very superficial understanding of those classical music works.

Because I am really not that expert in these classical music things. Usually before I make a piece of music, I have to spend a lot of time studying it. So I listened to a lot of classical music during that time.

At that time, I helped Tang Aixuan compose some classical music and some... How should I put it? A more classical and folk song cover. In fact, I am very satisfied with those works, because I think it sounds like pop music, but not so "classical" - it is actually a bit difficult to turn classical music into pop music. It just so happened that I made such an attempt at that time and had some experience, so a few years later, when I made the album "If One Thing Is Important", I started to want to cover classical music. .

Then, I thought about Chopin’s works. But I had doubts at the same time, and I thought about some other sketches, such as Schumann, etc., and then I started listening to a lot of music. Of course, the arranger this time was by Ronny, who majored in classical music, so of course I After discussing with her and referencing it, Shan basically just wanted to pick some difficult classical music and turn it into good-sounding pop music.

I think it is very challenging for us to combine "classical music" with "popular music". Later, after everyone discussed it, the final knowledge gained was to choose Chopin's work; and it is Chopin's "Farewell". Because I think Chopin's works are very interesting, and there is a section in "Farewell" that is difficult, so we picked a relatively simple part to cover.

Actually, when we were making this thing, Jay Chou was promoting "Chopin in November"!

So you think: "Hey~ It's quite interesting! Everyone likes Chopard, so let's give it a try!" You know you just love choking like this.

Of course this is just a fun idea, and when I first wanted to play this song, I wanted to make it something very comfortable and calm, but I had a setting from the beginning. Some themes: I hope to retain the concepts of "Chopin" and "Farewell Song". So I started to fill in this word with the theme of "Chopin" and "Farewell Song".

Usually I write lyrics and music very quickly. I always want to write it down very quickly after a while, but the lyrics of the song "Farewell Song" took me a lot of time. I had time to develop a work, and at that time I thought that I wanted to write something about youth and the passing of youth, because this is related to parting.

And I thought: In fact, Chopin's music was also popular music at that time, and you know that popular music has a sense of time, that is, for example, what popular music was there when you were a teenager? For example, when I think about my teenage years, I will think of Little Tigers and so on. Sometimes you will be attracted by a piece of pop music, or a certain pop group, and then you will think of your youth. Or your love story, the "memory of pop music" thing is very interesting, that is, in the process of recording your youth, there may be many things connected by pop music.

At that time, I felt that this was something that belonged to everyone, and I thought about the fact that "youth" and "pop music" are the same memory, but there must be Chopin, and there must be separation. When the song is played, it becomes a very complex one, so I have to accommodate all these things in it very smoothly. Later, I wrote a song with the theme of "the passing of youth", but in this song, "pop music" is a very important theme. Then, Chopin will appear very cleverly at the end. This is the concept of the song "Farewell".

When I finished writing this song, I hadn’t started recording the vocals yet, so I felt that because the whole song actually had some time and space jumps, for example, when the main song was when I was young, time, but the chorus will soon make you remember that youthful time, and there will soon be a mature atmosphere. I felt that given the sense of jumping in time and space, I should find someone with a youthful spirit to sing this part. Therefore, I wanted to find a singer at that time, because the chorus part was actually very difficult to have a high pitch, so I I wanted to find someone who could sing well, and she had to be a singer I liked - she had to be able to sing it very easily, so I thought of HEBE.

Actually, someone told me at the beginning: "HEBE likes Chen Shanni very much", so I started to notice her, and then I found that in S.H.E, she is a relatively...her voice is higher , I easily recognized her voice, and again, she has some great singing skills. Of course I will look for her, and there is another very important reason: because HEBE is the person who sings pop music - she has a very distinct image, because you may remember her in some people's middle school; or she In my youth memories, there is an image like S.H.E. It represents a girl of a certain era or a certain stage of life. This is S.H.E. For me, HEBE fits the situation of the "farewell song" so well, so I wanted to find HEBE to sing this song.

Actually, I was quite happy when I first found her. It was at an awards ceremony. Anyway, you know, I just opened the door and walked in. I just wanted to ask S.H.E to sing. . But you know, as soon as I open the door, the whole room becomes silent...I am often like this, I am the kind of person who often makes the place cold, and everyone is very scared, very gangster-like. atmosphere. At that time, as soon as the door was opened, there was... silence inside. In fact, I just felt that this situation was very scary, so I had to say: "HEBE, come out." Unexpectedly, I made HEBE even more scared. ! Then I pushed HEBE to the door. At that time, HEBE was scared to death, but in fact I was also scared. I just wanted to say that everyone was so quiet, how scary it was! I told HEBE that I wanted to sing with her. Anyway, we contacted her later and it was quite fun.

After arriving at the recording studio, the whole collaboration process was very easy because I had explained to HEBE what the entire "Farewell Song" was going to express. I think HEBE is a very smart and very skilled singer, so We were very happy throughout the entire communication and recording process, and it was in line with my expectations. Finally, we finished recording this "Farewell Song". I think it is a very good piece that expresses the passing of youth. I think it is a very beautiful experience.