In his important speech at the opening ceremony of the 11th National Congress of the China Federation of Literary and Art Circles and the 10th National Congress of the Chinese Writers Association, General Secretary Xi Jinping emphasized: "The majority of literary and art workers must adhere to the people-centered creative orientation, put the people in the highest position in their hearts, and put the people's satisfaction or dissatisfaction. Satisfaction is the highest standard for testing art, creating more excellent works that meet the cultural needs of the people and enhance the spiritual strength of the people, so that the hundred gardens of literature and art will always bloom for the people." As a term author, I am deeply touched by this. For musical works to have vitality, they must sing real emotions and real life, so that they can resonate with the people of this land.
Not long ago, the TV series "The World" was loved by the audience for its thick and warm artistic background, and its theme song also became a popular single. This is a period drama with social change as the background, and it is also a life history of contemporary people. The rich connotation enables the theme song to be written from different cuts. I agree with director Li Lu and singer Lei Jia that the lyrics should start from "world fireworks". No matter how the years change, Chinese people have deep feelings for home and family, so there is a "I wish you to ride a thousand waves and stay by your lover's side. When your mother is old, listen to her take your childhood slowly. speak". Later, I saw many viewers leave comments on the song comment page. They told touching stories of their parents and even grandparents. These stories also took root in my heart and became the fresh material for subsequent creations. Only when creation comes from life and from the people can it enter life and reach the public.
Knowing because of experience. I try to talk to the audience, describe ordinary people with lyrics, and warm people with words. "Love you, I've been in despair, and I won't cry." Someone joked that the song "The Lonely Brave" I wrote has become a "children's song", and I didn't expect many children to sing it. A primary school in Wuhan conducted a written call for why they liked this song, and the children's answers made me understand the reason. Some students think that the song depicts a brave and fearless firefighter - "a man who fights against time in the fire"; it is a doctor who fights against the disease - "do his best to protect us"; it is an obscure anti-drug policeman - " They are in the dark, but they are doing bright things"; it's their mother - "I used to be too busy to get sick and faint, but still stand up and welcome a new life"; it's a takeaway brother who works hard every day - " They are inconspicuous on the road, but they are all people who are fighting for their dreams and life"... From these answers, we can see that children like this song because they feel a sense of struggle and struggle. the power of. I think it is for this reason that this song has been adapted into multiple versions of aerospace researchers, PLA commanders and fighters, public security officers, fire rescue personnel, etc. Every person who makes solid progress, shoulders responsibilities, and chases dreams may not be known to the public, but they are heroes in ordinary life.
The main audience of pop music is young people. How to make them find resonance in the songs is the direction of the musicians. When the movie "Me and My Fathers" approached me to write the theme song, both I and the songwriter hoped that young people could gain strength from the song, and then go to the theater to learn about the stories of their fathers. We quickly settled on the key word for the lyrics - tribute. In my opinion and the songwriter, the best tribute is heritage. So in the last chorus of the song "As Wish", the composer designed a more high-spirited melody, and my lyrics, from the thoughts and gratitude in the first half, sublimated to "walk the long road you have walked" and "see you" Unseen World" and "Write poems you haven't written yet". When composing the theme song "Have Me" to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the founding of the Communist Youth League of China, I wrote the lyrics "How to describe tomorrow, like me" and "How will the future appear? I will be responsible for it". I was encouraged by the fact that many young viewers said they liked the lyrics. The beauty of music is that what the creator wants to express is received by the audience, and it can transcend time and space, from history to the future, and sing for the predecessors as well as for the younger generation.
"Life is like a traveller." I hope to use simple and simple words to show the real life in ordinary corners, and to bring hope and strength to people - to be a street lamp in the middle of the night, a bowl of warm soup in winter, and to be able to use it when people are confused and lonely. Music tells them "I know what you've been through". In the future, I will work hard to write more moving songs to warm more strugglers on the way.
(This article was published in the 20th edition of People’s Daily on May 26, 2022.)
Not long ago, the TV series "The World" was loved by the audience for its thick and warm artistic background, and its theme song also became a popular single. This is a period drama with social change as the background, and it is also a life history of contemporary people. The rich connotation enables the theme song to be written from different cuts. I agree with director Li Lu and singer Lei Jia that the lyrics should start from "world fireworks". No matter how the years change, Chinese people have deep feelings for home and family, so there is a "I wish you to ride a thousand waves and stay by your lover's side. When your mother is old, listen to her take your childhood slowly. speak". Later, I saw many viewers leave comments on the song comment page. They told touching stories of their parents and even grandparents. These stories also took root in my heart and became the fresh material for subsequent creations. Only when creation comes from life and from the people can it enter life and reach the public.
Tang Tian is the lyricist of the theme song of the same name in "The World".
The Russian writer Tolstoy said: "Art is not a skill, it is the conveyance of the feelings experienced by the artist." During the 17 years I have been engaged in creation, I have also suffered from cancer pains. Therefore, I cherish the light and warmth, hope and beauty in ordinary life, so I take "someone in the song" as my creative concept. Now the lyrics I write are no longer limited to my own joys and sorrows, but let the protagonist in the lyrics change from "me" to "we".Knowing because of experience. I try to talk to the audience, describe ordinary people with lyrics, and warm people with words. "Love you, I've been in despair, and I won't cry." Someone joked that the song "The Lonely Brave" I wrote has become a "children's song", and I didn't expect many children to sing it. A primary school in Wuhan conducted a written call for why they liked this song, and the children's answers made me understand the reason. Some students think that the song depicts a brave and fearless firefighter - "a man who fights against time in the fire"; it is a doctor who fights against the disease - "do his best to protect us"; it is an obscure anti-drug policeman - " They are in the dark, but they are doing bright things"; it's their mother - "I used to be too busy to get sick and faint, but still stand up and welcome a new life"; it's a takeaway brother who works hard every day - " They are inconspicuous on the road, but they are all people who are fighting for their dreams and life"... From these answers, we can see that children like this song because they feel a sense of struggle and struggle. the power of. I think it is for this reason that this song has been adapted into multiple versions of aerospace researchers, PLA commanders and fighters, public security officers, fire rescue personnel, etc. Every person who makes solid progress, shoulders responsibilities, and chases dreams may not be known to the public, but they are heroes in ordinary life.
The main audience of pop music is young people. How to make them find resonance in the songs is the direction of the musicians. When the movie "Me and My Fathers" approached me to write the theme song, both I and the songwriter hoped that young people could gain strength from the song, and then go to the theater to learn about the stories of their fathers. We quickly settled on the key word for the lyrics - tribute. In my opinion and the songwriter, the best tribute is heritage. So in the last chorus of the song "As Wish", the composer designed a more high-spirited melody, and my lyrics, from the thoughts and gratitude in the first half, sublimated to "walk the long road you have walked" and "see you" Unseen World" and "Write poems you haven't written yet". When composing the theme song "Have Me" to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the founding of the Communist Youth League of China, I wrote the lyrics "How to describe tomorrow, like me" and "How will the future appear? I will be responsible for it". I was encouraged by the fact that many young viewers said they liked the lyrics. The beauty of music is that what the creator wants to express is received by the audience, and it can transcend time and space, from history to the future, and sing for the predecessors as well as for the younger generation.
"Life is like a traveller." I hope to use simple and simple words to show the real life in ordinary corners, and to bring hope and strength to people - to be a street lamp in the middle of the night, a bowl of warm soup in winter, and to be able to use it when people are confused and lonely. Music tells them "I know what you've been through". In the future, I will work hard to write more moving songs to warm more strugglers on the way.
(This article was published in the 20th edition of People’s Daily on May 26, 2022.)
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