"The voice of the younger generation of art teams
launched a 'surprise attack' on Western public opinion,
caught them off guard."
Author: Yang Xueyi Sui Kun
How to introduce Tianfu Incident ?
To put it simply, this is a Chinese rap combination that is very popular overseas.
To put it more complicatedly, they are a body of contradictions - they describe "the Tianfu Incident in their own eyes" as a hip-hop singer wearing a big gold chain and combing his hair with dreadlocks, and describe "the Tianfu Incident in the eyes of his peers" as someone with his hands in his pockets. The "five-striped youths" who have strict eyes, and the "Tianfu Incident in the eyes of foreign media" were blackened into "gangsters hired by the Chinese government"...
Not long ago, a reporter from "Global People" went to Chengdu to have two long talks with them.
After the interview, they composed a song "Who am" specially for "Global People" "I?" ("Who am I?") to explain myself:
"Not for fame and fortune, I am a beast, a civilian spokesperson, not a general person, I am an international public opinion fighter."
twice "incident"
"CDREV" is the first song after the formation of Tianfu Incident, and it can be regarded as a set song.
sang in the song:
"I want to eradicate them all, so that my children will not come into contact with drugs because of rap."
"The waste who only knows how to spread money pretends to be a rap leader. In the eyes A loser who only has money and beautiful women will not last long. "
" Who will fire the first shot in this incident? "Luo Jinhui, a member of the
group, said that the song represented the completion of their first "event" in the rap circle, "We officially broke with harmful values and cut ties."
The origin and prosperity of rap music in the West was accompanied by negative phenomena such as verbal abuse, fighting, promiscuity, and drugs, which were once regarded as "cool" by some Western rappers.
Tianfu Incident did not agree with these values when it was founded. "We have listened to a lot of works by European and American rap masters. Although some are very decadent, the really best ones express profound thoughts and participate in discussions of social issues."
· Tianfu Incident opened fire on "international friends" who love to cheat.
Later, they had a second "incident".
In 2016, Taiwanese artist Zhou Tzuyu was suspected of "Taiwan independence". Unable to restrain his anger during the Tianfu Incident, he composed a song "Red Power" to slander Tsai Ing-wen and overseas anti-China forces.
"We chose to sing in English because the sentiments of the domestic people are the same, and we just want to express it to foreigners!"
In their impression , this was the earliest work to have an impact overseas. "Some netizens moved this song to overseas networks and even regarded this song as the theme song of ' goes to '."
Soon after, they launched "This is China" ("This is China").
Compared with "Red Power", the biggest difference between this song is that it introduces itself for a well-intentioned purpose. They brought together some of the topics that foreigners are most concerned about and elaborated them in the song -
"Big cities like Beijing and Tianjin are always shrouded in smog. Isn't this similar to London and Los Angeles in the 1950s? Look, rapid growth is always accompanied by pain.""
" Melamine milk has affected 40,000 babies, who are suffering from malnutrition. What is even more frightening is the vaccine incident. Illegal commercial transactions have been stopped, but it has also caused panic across the country. What happened to these businessmen? "
The lyrics continue the sharp and pungent style of the Tianfu Incident, directly responding to the sensitive issues that overseas netizens are most concerned about, and then telling them in the most candid manner that this is a problem that must be overcome in China's development process, and your country may have gone through such a road.
"This is China" caused a sensation, and many overseas media came to interview the Tianfu Incident.
"Looking back now, most of the Western media were mocking us in a weird way, although they did not show it in front of us. "Wang Zixin, a member of
, remembered that a senior reporter from BBC was polite during the interview, but later directly insulted them on Twitter: "Trying to package blind patriotism as cool, what kind of ×× (insulting word) thing. "
has been interviewed by Western media many times. Wang Zixin also summarized the Western interview routine: preset position. "They have already thought about what to write before the interview, and the interviewee is just a tool to be used. "
Once, the American "Time" magazine found Wang Zixin and asked him during the interview whether he was a member of the Communist Party. Wang Zixin said no, so the reporter had to give up. A few days later, the other party called again: "Are you a member of the Communist Youth League? "Wang Zixin said yes. As a result, this became the basis for Tianfu Incident to be defined as an "official singer" again.
"The frequent interviews by foreign media during that period made me suddenly realize: Although they were telling Westerners what China was in good faith and candidly, their media did not accept it at all. So..." Wang Zixin said halfway, Luo Jinhui took over: "Yes, we decided at that time to fight in a different direction. ”
Borrow your family’s affairs and talk about my family’s reasons
even more The conscious and focused "going abroad" has begun.
The Tianfu Incident no longer cares about the diss (criticism, ridicule) of others for their "red songs". "Patriotism is not a tool for making money, but the duty and belief from the heart of each of us. "After
completely jumped out of these grievances, they were like a frog jumping out of a dry well. "We did lose some subculture listeners, but we ushered in a wider world. Gradually, more and more netizens left messages about our music, and their profile photos were pictures of landscapes. They encouraged us: This guy is great! "
Netizens who care about current affairs at home and abroad, as well as foreign netizens who are interested in China, even if they don't understand rap music, may become their audience.
"This is also the process of us breaking down barriers, losing sesame and picking up watermelon. "
· Tianfu Incident is performing.
Tianfu Incident begins to think: Compared with other art forms, rap music What are the advantages of music?
The most obvious point is that rap music is imported, and European and American audiences have relatively high awareness of it.
“I have learned their pronunciation and enunciation skills because of long-term listening to European and American classic rap music. "Luo Jinhui said, "We don't have the subjective consciousness of 'killing into the enemy's interior', but the pure pronunciation does objectively help us achieve this effect. "
In addition, the lyrics of rap music are dense and impactful. "The views it expresses and the stories it tells are complete."
Successful European and American rappers have also captured this essence and turned rap into a tool to participate in social construction and express attitudes."I often hear some African-American musicians fighting racial discrimination through rap, and I keep reflecting on: In addition to fighting, what changes do we need to make ourselves?" After listening to it a lot, Luo Jinhui knows that rap music can carry more missions.
After constant exploration, the Tianfu Incident also reached a consensus: it cannot be instilled in people from the perspective of preaching or giving lessons. The first priority of rap music is to please the body and mind, and thoughts are attached to the music.
"Our work must first be a good song to carry the mission of thought."
has clearly considered the technique and form, and the expression of thoughts is the "soul issue".
They have considered the main theme. Several well-disseminated works overseas have one thing in common: using your family's affairs to explain my family's reasons.
For example, "I can’t breathe" sings about the demonstrations triggered by the death of African American Floyd, but what it really criticizes is the support of American politicians to Hong Kong thugs. They sang in the song: "Stop being the world's policeman, take care of yourself first."
Another example is "Speaking of genocide, where does the BBC get its face?" "This song loudly accuses "Look at the indigenous people who are about to disappear. In Australia, the United States, and India, there is no grass growing wherever you go." What really fights back is the Western media's stigmatization of China's Xinjiang.
· music MV screenshot of Tianfu Incident Group.
"Although it is 'going overseas', the goal of every work is to rectify the name of one's motherland." Luo Jinhui said.
"Does a person need to show off his love for his mother?"
There is a creative experience in the Tianfu Incident: you must face the problems of your own country.
"Why don't overseas netizens like lavish praise? Because perfection is unreal."
Therefore, in "This is China", Tianfu Incident took the initiative to sing about the social issues such as melamine, smog, and corruption that overseas netizens are concerned about. "This is actually a good opportunity to explain yourself. If you don't explain it, others will explain it for you."
The purpose of talking about these social problems is of course not to expose shortcomings, but to create a true, three-dimensional and comprehensive China. They sang in the song:
"While this country does have to deal with some serious incidents, we have made great progress and we are doing our best to prevent these things from happening."
"A China like this is made of flesh and blood and is easily accepted by overseas netizens."
During the break between interviews, Tianfu Incident went to the recording studio to record a love song, which was a huge contrast.
"We don't want to take a narrow road. Small love, small love, big country and big love, we all want to touch, and these emotions are not contradictory."
Luo Jinhui said: "My love for the motherland is not only due to the big rivers, but also accumulated from the life around me. So. We don’t like it when some shows label us as a ‘patriotic group’. Does a person need to show off his love for his mother? Love that comes from the heart cannot be treated as a gimmick. "
· On May 22, 2022, the Tianfu Incident rap group recorded a new song in the recording studio. (Photo by Li Peilin)
"There are also many unhealthy contents in European and American rap music. As an audiophile, why are you not affected?" At the end of the interview, a reporter from "Global People" asked Luo Jinhui.
Luo Jinhui’s answer is: “They sit in high-rise buildings in New York and London, so they don’t want to discuss the sufferings of small counties with me, because they can’t wash my brain."
Luo Jinhui was born in Chengkou County, Chongqing, which was once a national-level poverty-stricken county.
"When I was a child, I had to take a day's drive from the county to Chongqing city. But now it only takes 4 hours. When the high-speed rail is completed in a few years, it will take less than two hours.
"My uncle is a local civil servant. In the past few years, I have personally seen him and his colleagues lead the villagers in the mountains out of poverty. In the past, villagers had to walk more than ten miles of mountain roads to sell their chickens. Now it has begun. Wood Turkey ’s e-commerce platform and catering supply chain, life has truly changed.
“These changes that the country has brought to people’s lives are what foreigners should really understand. "
In the view of Wu Fei, a professor at School of Journalism and Communication of Jinan University, Wu Fei, the successful "going abroad" of art groups such as the Tianfu Incident is an "excellent response" to spreading the voice of China.
"The voice of the younger generation of art groups is a 'surprise attack' on Western public opinion, catching them off guard. When the common artistic language of young people from all over the world, such as rap and CG comics, expresses the Chinese voice, the effect is like spreading branches and leaves, with scattered points and explosive points, with strength and future. "
This article is excerpted from the cover article of the 470th issue of "Global People" magazine
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