's "Singer 2024" was broadcast, the high-profile foreign singers won the top two places with their super strength, triggering heated discussions on the Internet. The singers were either impassioned or eloquent, and the audience reciprocated and discussed the current situation of Chinese pop music. This kind of scene where everyone can express their opinions using music as a medium is really gratifying.
However, it cannot be ignored that as the discussion continues to heat up, there are also wild and unreasonable waves that obscure the light of reason. Some viewers equated the singing competition with the Eight-Nation Allied Forces' invasion of China, chanting phrases such as "Na Ying vs. the Eight-Nation Allied Forces," and even called, "I want foreigners to die." Such wanton dismissal of historical suffering and reckless use of war victims as material for ridicule is a blatant desecration of the tragic humiliation of human beings at that time, and is definitely not a civilized act.
Music and art should become a bridge for ethnic exchanges. The organizing committee of "Singer 2024" sincerely invites foreign singers in the hope that in this concert venue, they can learn from foreign artistic styles, inspire subject creation, and make Chinese and foreign music complement each other. Unexpectedly, some netizens are trapped in anger, obsessed with the narrow-minded thinking of "cultural confrontation", and regard guests and friends as enemies. Isn't this completely contrary to the purpose of the organizer?
In recent years, as the country's power has become stronger and stronger, people's calls for national dignity have become increasingly louder. Safeguarding the honor of the motherland is the righteousness that every Chinese son and daughter should abide by. However, if one's own selfish interests are promoted wantonly, it will easily lead to the proliferation of "populist pleasure". We should be tolerant, treat guests with courtesy, and understand differences and similarities, but we must not be led astray by temporary personal feelings and stray into other ways.
In fact, my country's pop music is indeed facing many development bottlenecks. Faced with the gap, we should adopt an attitude of introspection and learning, rather than a retrograde move of being complacent and self-isolating. Only by actively learning from international experience with an open mind and establishing a unique cultural system can national music become famous in the world and compete with the cultures of other countries.
Netizens initially expressed their dissatisfaction with the current situation of the Chinese music scene through ridicule and jokes, but later evolved into a nationalistic sentiment of "defending the homeland and the country." This shift reflects the maintenance of national dignity, but it also exposes a narrow national sentiment. The whole incident shows the process of "common people's humor being robbed by grand narratives". The initial ridicule was just unintentional entertainment, but it was given the meaning of defending the home and country, thus triggering an endless war of words and an atmosphere of confrontation.
Reasonable and orderly public opinion comes from rational people. Relevant parties should speak out in time to correct the fallacy so that the venue for music exchanges is not polluted by heretical words and deeds. Only in this way can we guide emotions and public opinion in the process of promoting cultural exchanges, break down narrow prejudices, build national confidence, and ultimately continue to write new glories for Chinese civilization on the big stage of the new era. (Dahe.com Hesheng commentator Liu Jinbo)
