China Youth Daily client news (China Youth Daily·China Youth Daily reporter Lin Jie) From seasonal scenery to market fireworks, from individual memories to humanistic feelings, "Lingnan New Folk Songs (2023 Second Series)" presents the myriad aspects of Lingnan . Recently, 10 original songs created by musicians have been launched on qq music.
Poster of "Tao Sheng Cherishes". Photo provided by the interviewee
For this "Lingnan New Folk Singing Project", at the invitation of Li Yihan, the lead singer of Toy Captain, the lead singers of 11 Guangdong bands completed the song "Tao Sheng Cherish". These 11 bands include Toy Captain, NAND +, Secret Backyard, Caravan, Monster A'ka, Hyper Slash, Tai Chi Girl, 3-way Switch, Kata, Super Charlie and Mover Band. They have different qualifications, styles and personalities. , but they are a representative band in the Lingnan area.
Previously, the Toy Captain Band insisted on writing and singing in Chaoshan Nan'ao Island dialect. Lead singer Li Yihan has been thinking about what kind of music is the new Lingnan folk song? What kind of sound does this city want to hear? There is no challenge in making a song in Chaoshan dialect, because he is deeply nourished by Lingnan culture. What he is good at is telling the story between the South Australian islanders and the sea, and exploring the possibility of integrating Lingnan root culture into world music. So he decided to invite a Guangdong band who was traveling with him to perform the song together.
"Tao Sheng Cherish" was created at the end of 2023 and released at the beginning of 2024, at the same time as the "end" of the Year of the Rabbit in the lunar calendar. "Cherishing each other is a sincere blessing and a kind of prayer." Li Yihan said that in daily work and life, everyone will meet all kinds of people. Some things can be accompanied by each other, and some things need to be faced alone. There is the sound of waves at the beginning and end of this song. The relationship between people, as well as between people and the sea, the city, and hometown, is the most complex and simple relationship. The way everyone sings a chorus is to provide a kind of gaze and summary to these relationships.
At the end of the song, the author unexpectedly added a group of people shouting, creating an atmosphere of everyone being at the beach together. In Li Yihan's view, there are Chaoshan dialect, Hakka dialect, and Cantonese dialect, and the lead singers of the participating bands shouting together is a kind of energy.
are both Chaoshan people. Shen Danyang, the lyricist of "Tao Sheng Cherishing" said that Lingnan is rich and diverse, with fertile cultural soil, including Cantonese culture, Hakka culture, Chaoshan culture and the derived overseas Chinese culture. Lingnan new folk songs can be more diversified and innovative because they have a rich heritage and a sense of intimacy without losing contemporary aesthetic taste. I very much hope that local music can be integrated into the characteristics of the times and be accepted and absorbed by contemporary young people, making it more popular. develop and pass on.
Source: China Youth Daily client
