Walking and Singing: Chinese Pop Music: Chinese Pop Music

Author: Yu Aixiang
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Publish Date: 2004-02-01
Features: Chinese popular music is always a movement of the soul, a movement of emotions, and a movement of intentions. Popularity is like a cold—it won’t last long, but new trends are always being churned out. The cycle of popularity is getting shorter and shorter, which is a psychological issue. Some people have done statistics—passionate love also doesn’t last more than three months, but strangely, the passionate phase of pop music is similar. This might be a mysterious time constant. Pop is like a cold, spreading rapidly to every corner. Pop music often strikes the streets and alleys in a short time, and everyone’s minds are filled with the same song. The air is crowded with the same notes, as if a monarch had instantly conquered the entire populace—the scene is truly spectacular. Everyone is entangled by it in a short time and cannot escape. Is it human emotions that are fragile, or does pop music itself possess some irresistible magic? This magic lies hidden in everyone’s hearts, and without the right opportunity, it won’t be released outwardly. The creators of pop music are the guides who set the magic free, awakening the sleeping spirits deep within each person. This book, starting from personal experiences, uses a unique format of notes and thematic words to multi-facetedly recreate the starry shadows of the pop music scene, describing the 20-year development of contemporary Chinese pop music.