The four seasons change, the music continues, life is beautiful because of the four seasons, life is rich because of music, different seasons are accompanied by different music, suitable concerts to add to each season, and bring more beauty to life. This year, there is a lot of rain in Guangdong, and the sky is clear in mid-to-late June, and I finally have a bit of a summer feeling. In addition to enjoying the sun and beach bikini, you can also eat an iced watermelon at home, and have some summer music, let the music comfort your adrenal pores, and make yourself "cool summer" in the hot July. In this issue, the author will introduce you to some music suitable for listening to in summer, and there must be a song that belongs to your "Summer Time".
Zhou Xun
"Seeing the Sea"
■ Zhou Xun
Although Zhou Xun is not a professional singer, the song "Look at the Sea" is still worth mentioning, it comes from Zhou Xun's first solo album "Summer" released in 2003. The name of this album is completely in line with our theme today, and the songs in the album are basically built around the concept of "summer", smooth, fresh and bright, the album was released in April 2003, but it evokes people's yearning for July, looking forward to the early arrival of summer.
The author first heard this song by watching CCTV's three sets of "China Music TV" program, the MV of "Watching the Sea" was filmed on the beach, the protagonists were Zhou Xun and Li Yapeng, who were still in love at the time, and the style was very fresh, sweet and cute. The prelude of the song uses effects to create a sound effect similar to ocean waves, which is very attractive to me who has never seen the sea at that time, as the lyrics sing - "Actually, the idea is very simple, it is to watch the sea with you".
Zhou Xun's voice is honestly not good, she had a great addiction to smoking when she was young, so much so that she later became the "male duck voice" in everyone's mouth. But this kind of personality sound, paired with the right music, is valid in the context of pop music, and it can be very brilliant. In this album, Zhou Xun did it. All the tracks of "Summer" were co-created by the producer "Mars Radio", which unified the style of the album through banding, electronic, and poetic lyrics, thus establishing Zhou Xun's fashionable and sensual image in the album. The award-winning album is undoubtedly a success story of pop production, turning an actor who doesn't have much musical talent and voice into a singer with a lot of personality.
In addition to the title song "Look at the Sea", other songs are also worth mentioning. "Garden of Happiness" is a song that Zhou Xun often sang live during that time, with laziness and agility, very good. The arrangement of the song "Vanishing Fields" is presented in the form of psychedelic electronic music, which is very special, and the song "Green" has always been surrounded by dense percussion, different arrangements of the same lyrics and songs, and different arrangements make the same melody present different feelings. The soundtrack of "Spring" is very simple, abandoning those dazzling electronic accompaniments, and the simple guitar accompaniment can set off her voice and melancholy temperament, with Zhou Xun's sincere voice, which is very appropriate. The success of this album is definitely due to the budding production team "Mars Radio" at the time, who took over most of the lyrics and arrangement, making Zhou Xun's voice feel comfortable under the cover of electronic music atmosphere, and each one has a special taste of summer.