"You are still young, how wonderful!" Last night, the live broadcast of "Forever 22! 2024bilibili Graduation Song Concert" was launched. In Pu Shu's song "forever young", Bilibili (station b) held the annual graduation song Refresh the screen again.
Jiangwan Stadium was brightly lit in the summer night breeze. On the stage, well-known singers and bands such as Tao Zhe, Angela Chang, Zhou Shen, Su Yunying, and the Huichundan Band took turns to appear; under the stage, thousands of graduates from all over the country gathered together. , fluorescent sticks illuminate their young faces.
This is the fifth consecutive year that station b has held a graduation song for graduates. Data shows that the number of college graduates in the class of 2024 is expected to reach 11.79 million, an increase of 210,000 year-on-year. The graduation song will connect their common memories of campus and youth, and also accompany them to bid farewell to the past and move forward bravely in a new journey. After singing "Flowers", Simon Liu, the lead singer of Huichundan Band, said to the graduates: "No matter where you come from, no matter where you go, you are destined to become the pride of this era."
Give graduates the power to move forward
"22-year-olds, please raise your hands!" singer Tao Zhe shouted on the stage, and everyone in the audience raised their hands. Tao Zhe sang "Twenty-Two" at the graduation concert, singing the worries and longings of a 22-year-old girl. He also blew out the 22nd birthday candles with thousands of graduates present, wishing everyone to find the direction of their hearts.
singer Zhou Shen sang the 2024 graduation song "Go to Tomorrow" for the first time at the scene, encouraging everyone to take action and embrace a broader tomorrow. Angela Zhang joined a large band composed of thousands of students to sing "The Wind Rises", and Su Yunying Songs such as "I'm Expecting" by Neon Garden and "Answer to the Future" by Neon Garden all give the graduates who are about to enter a new stage in life the strength to move forward.
Year after year, the graduation song party at Station B comes as scheduled. This year, the graduation song will be based on the theme of "The Last Day of Graduation". The entire performance simulates the "last day" in the form of a countdown, singing from sunrise to sunset.
On the stage of the graduation concert, Pu Shu once said: "I hope you will be tenacious and have a bottom line." Luo Xiang once said: "True bravery is to persist in kindness." Wu Qingfeng once said: "I hope you believe that there is no standard answer in life. , find for yourself the ocean that should belong to you." Their songs and their words have dispelled confusion and strengthened their beliefs for many graduates.
One of the most touching moments of this year’s graduation song was when the microphone was handed over to the graduates present and asked them to express their graduation wishes. Some people say to everyone, "I hope we won't be boring adults"; some people say to their parents, "I don't want to go on blind dates anymore"; some people say to themselves, "You will definitely become a rock singer." When the microphone was handed to Xiaoxue, a graduate of Nanjing Institute of Technology, she said: "I want to say to the stars, please convey it to my mother in heaven and tell her that I have grown up and I will live the life I want. Life."
After the graduation song recording, the reporter contacted this "star girl" Xiaoxue. She grew up in Wuxi and studied in Nanjing. The first time she came to Shanghai was to participate in the recording of Station B's graduation song. She said: "My mother passed away due to illness when I was 5 years old, but she has never been missing in my heart for so many years. I am very happy to be able to speak my heart on the spot and face my pain bravely. I feel very happy. Great! "Xiaoxue's graduation wish is to become independent as soon as possible and create a better life for her father and herself with her own hands. "Without my mother, I want to give double filial piety to my father."
is about to move from campus to society. Xiaoxue knows that the road ahead will be full of challenges, but she is not afraid: "Many people say that the '00s generation' likes to lie flat, but I see that the classmates and friends around me are moving forward in a down-to-earth manner. We have many plans and expectations for the future, and we will persevere and persevere towards our goals.”
In the past five years, the graduation song has been full of power through songs. The song is a true and touching declaration of youth, which arouses strong emotional resonance among young people and gives them the courage and strength to move towards the future.
A stage for young people to pursue their dreams
Every year, the graduation concert at Station B will give college students a stage to express themselves. They are not only the audience, but also the protagonists of the entire concert.This year, students from 36 universities across the country formed a band of 1,000 people to face the sunrise and convey their expectations for the future with the song "Our Tomorrow"; campus bands, hip-hop clubs, string players, etc. selected by 10 universities and Singers and guests completed 24 programs together; students from 15 colleges and universities formed a parade to show the personality and style of contemporary young people.
Students from Shanghai, Taiwan, Gansu, and Liaoning brought a hearty rap college competition and co-starred in a passionate rap duel with Xinjiang rapper Nawu Kere. The random dance challenge between the song performances allowed students from dance clubs from different schools to dance to their heart's content and show off their youth.
The student band "Made in Heaven", which was born in Shanghai, appeared on the stage of the graduation concert for the first time this year and participated in two songs, "No Music" and "Exhausting My Everything to Run to You". This young rock band was born in a basement on Jiashan Road last year.
Xiao Hai, the lead singer of "Made in Heaven" and a graduate of the University of Edinburgh in the UK, told reporters, "We often rehearse from 9 pm to 3 am. During the six months of rehearsal there, we were very happy and regarded it as 'paradise'. That’s where the name of our band comes from. Our earliest songs were all written in that basement.”
Long Siqi, who is a sophomore at Shanghai Theater Academy, is the bassist and the youngest member of the band. Last year, she and guitarist Wang Zhongyi participated in a thousand-member band at Station B's graduation concert. At that time, they had no name and no footage. This year, they appeared as a group and had a solo show, which was a leap for her. "I have wanted to be a musician since I was a child. My biggest dream is to support myself through music."
saw the rejuvenation pill at the graduation concert , Neon Garden and other bands inspired the dreams in the hearts of the five members of Made in Paradise. Xiaohai said: "I hope that one day, I can stand on the stage of the graduation concert and sing our own songs for everyone."
text/Wu Tong
editor/Ni Jianing
