In "The Voice of China 2021" premiered last Friday, a R&B ( rhythm and blues ) singer Yijia (step.jad) from Urumqi, Xinjiang attracted the attention of tutors and audiences. His original work "I Don't Understand" finally won the turn of eight mentors. On the 5th, Yi Jia also accepted an interview with reporters and told more of his own stories.
For senior music fans, especially fans of R&B, the name step.jad Yijia should not be unfamiliar. In last year's music reality show "The New Generation of Rap", his original work "We We" as a member of the Gasoline Team is believed to remain in the playlists of many people today.
But in Yi Jia's opinion, standing on this stage at the special node of the 10th anniversary of "The Voice of China", his heart is still full of tension. According to Yijia, as early as when he was preparing to participate in the show, he decided to sing the song "I Don't Understand" during the blind selection. In his opinion, this song can better reflect his own personal style, and is more important to himself. When singing, he will express it more carefully and it is easier to impress the instructor.
In the show, the tutor Wang Feng spoke highly of his superb singing: "He is very good at singing. The big taboo of R&B is that there are too many twists and turns, and the music does not turn. The more the better, but he is the place where he should go, and he sees his foundation.” Perhaps it is this unique way of singing and expression, as well as his sincerity and dedication to the music, that moved the tutors, and made the tutors launch “grabbing” People" offensive. In the end, mentor Wang Feng succeeded in "breakthrough" in the "grabbing battle": Yijia chose to join Wang Feng and Huang Xiaoyun team.
"It's been a long time since I heard such a comfortable R&B in the Chinese music world." As the show was broadcast, netizens' discussions naturally followed. Yijia is currently an artist under the new HIPPOP label RollDice Records and a member of Inblood. With a natural soul voice, he is one of the rare R&B musicians in China who can control Soul, Reggae, and RAP.
Yijia is extremely talented in music, and this unique talent made him embark on the path of music. Yijia said that he loved music since he was a child, and he really fell in love with music when he was nine years old. "At that time, my sister gave me a Blu Cantrell album "Bittersweet", I completely fell in love with R&B, and then slowly started to contact Jazz , Soul, Hip-Hop..."
After graduating from university, He gradually discovered his talent in singing and wanted to try to make the music he wanted to make. The motivation to support his persistence on the road of music is that he feels the sense of accomplishment that music brings him. When he made the music by himself, not only did he feel that the music was good, but the attitude of the people around him also changed. After seeing his talent and hard work in music, his family members who did not support him in making music began to become his most loyal fans.
"It is a very happy thing for a person to regard what he likes as a career." In the interview, Yijia also expressed his gratitude to the fans who supported him and liked him all the way.
Upstream journalist Qiu Jinyi
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