"May you be as cool as the wind, wild as a dog, and plunge into the ...... of the lights" A singer named Xu Jun used a literary and rock song "29" to successfully unveil the list on the stage of Hunan Satellite TV's Mango TV's "Singer 2024" last week, attracting everyone's attention. Recently, Xu Jun accepted a group interview with the national media, and introduced himself neatly as soon as he came up: "Hello everyone, I am Xu Jun." If you have any questions, ask me directly, and I know everything. "People are like songs, simple and have attitudes.
Peace of mind: Participating in "Singer 2024" is to exchange music
Compared with the thunderous king and queen on the stage of "Singer 2024", the name Xu Jun is indeed a little "niche", but he is a treasure singer in the hearts of many people. Those who know him will say that it is not surprising that Xu Jun can successfully unveil the list of "Singer". When the reporter threw him the question of "how did you feel when you learned that you were successful in unveiling the list", his answer was very indifferent: "When I knew that I was going to come to "Singer" to unveil the list, my mentality was actually quite peaceful. I thought I was here to exchange music, and as for whether the announcement was successful, I didn't even think about it at the time. After the success of the first match, Xu Jun said that his mood was happy and complicated: "Don't say anything that I successfully unveiled, because I like Tia (Yuan Yawei) very much, and then she left, I was very sorry at that time." ”
Xu Jun has not been on a variety show for many years after participating in "Good Songs of China", and now he is participating in "Singer 2024", he said that the biggest change in his mentality is "I know what the essence of life is like", he said bluntly: "Now my feeling about "Singer" is that I am grateful to have this stage, but more importantly, I want to communicate music with everyone and show my understanding of music, I don't regard it as a special competitive competition." ”
The selection of songs is simple: more attention is paid to the fit between the content and its own expression
Xu Jun's relationship with the show "Singer 20024" was long before the unveiling of the list. In 2017, Zhang Jie sang Xu Jun's song "Myself" when he participated in "Singer". Na Ying and Tan Weiwei, who participated in "Singer 2024" this year, have also said many times that they would like to choose Xu Jun's songs as the repertoire, which shows that their strength is recognized.
In this way, it makes people very curious, Xu Jun, as a singer-songwriter and an original musician who is good at songwriting and arrangement, in such a program where "song selection" has attracted much attention, what insight does he have on "what kind of songs the public likes to listen to"? Xu Jun's answer to this question is frank and simple: "As a songwriter, when I choose songs, I pay more attention to the expression of content. The songs I choose have some points that are in line with my own expression, which is one of the most important criteria for me to consider songs. ”
"29" performed on the stage of "Singer 2024", this song is a song created by the 29-year-old when he was about to usher in "standing at thirty", and suddenly felt confused. He sang: There are no answers, no smoke of gunpowder. This song was heard by more people on the stage of "Singer 2024", and was widely praised among young audiences, and the lyrics of "May you be as cool as the wind, wild as a dog, and plunge into the lights" is quite impressive, Xu Jun said frankly: "This lyric is more like the state of my life, because I am a person who is not very obedient, and I like to find myself in a comfortable state." ”
As a singer-songwriter who played in a band, Xu Jun was once labeled as "not smiling", but this time he appeared in a show with a family atmosphere like "Singer", and it was found that he was a person who loves to laugh, Xu Jun also opened his heart in an interview: "I was a little serious before, because when I was in my 20s, I was more twisted, and I always felt that life was like a tough battle, and then I grew up slowly, and I felt that life itself is life, I have to make myself more comfortable and comfortable, and my mentality changes with life. It's reflected on the stage. ”
I don't like to show off my skills: the output of music is expression
Unlike many musicians who have come to the front of the stage from behind the scenes, Xu Jun, who made his debut as a singer, once focused on music production behind the scenes for a period of time, and he admitted frankly that "for life". Because he did not perform, he studied music production at the recommendation of the famous music producer Arai Eleven, and established himself as a "music all-rounder".
Many people think that in a competitive music program like "Singer 2024", singers can get more recognition by performing songs in a way that shows off their skills, but Xu Jun insists on his own style and still achieves good results. I used to make music, and I also liked to show off my skills for a while. Now I slowly feel that music is music, in fact, music is a way of expression, just like some people choose to paint, some people choose to write words, our final output is expression. ”
At the age of 17, he wandered alone in Hangzhou, sang in a bar, wrote songs, and formed a band, and only at the age of 27 did he stand on a relatively large stage and sing "Himself" to be seen by more people...... Xu Jun's music road has come a long way, and it is inevitable to sigh when he says this period of mental journey: "I think the changes from the age of 27, 17, to the current age of 36 have a lot to do with the people around me." My friends have always been there to help me, including my lover now, who often gives me energy, and these are a very important part of my change. ”
Delivering Authenticity: Maintaining Physical and Mental Health
When Xu Jun introduced himself on the show, he once said: "I am not Zheng Jun or Xu Song, I am Xu Jun." His name "Jun" is an iron spoon, and in the Northwest dialect, "spoon" means fool. "Are you a persistent fool in your musical life?" Hearing the reporter's question, Xu Jun smiled: "Yes, the earliest time I dismantled the word 'Jun', I called myself 'Iron Spoon', which means fool in Northwest dialect." The iron spoon gives me the impression that it is a little harder and more silly than a normal spoon. Because when I was a child, my family said that 'stupid people are stupid', so I wanted to be more upright and simpler. ”
"The singing voice can penetrate the heart, which shows its sincerity. Xu Jun, you must be singing with your soul, and your ambition and pride can be so moving. "Although I don't know Xu Jun, he sings so well that people empathize." In the face of the overwhelming praise from netizens, Xu Jun was very calm, he said that the state he wanted to convey in the "Singer 2024" program was a more authentic self: "I am what I am in private, and I don't need to be too embellished." What is my understanding of music, what I am like as a person, what I wear in clothes, what I am like in the show. ”
As a person who has come over, Xu Jun wants to say to the younger generation: "Maintaining physical and mental health is the best way to live." His advice to young musicians is: "Keep creating!" Because the energy that music creation brings to people is infinite, it may not be possible to bring this thing by AI or some new technological means. I feel that the communication between people, the scorching heat and the hot temperature are above all else. ”