Chapter 427: Interview with Lin Jie (Part I)
For this private visit, Lin Jie was actually a little disgusted. He returned home earlier than originally planned because he couldn't wait to share the music he had made during his travels. He didn't want to get involved in any activities, at least not until he finished the album.
As for what to do after the album is finished, he hasn't thought about it yet. He may not be running away again anytime soon, and he may start arranging a concert tour around the world, or he may consult some philosophers to make a deep summary of his travels, or he may go to that remote mountain village and fulfill his promise to see how much the children have grown......
Lin Jie felt that he had a lot of things to do, but he didn't have the time to plan for it.
But he also knows that if he really just makes an album, it may be difficult to release it smoothly when the album is completed.
Now the domestic music environment is more complicated, he is not an ordinary original musician, whether it is a new song or a new album, if you want to release it, you must have corresponding publicity, and you must warm up on major platforms in advance. Especially the new album, you can't release it all at once, you have to release a few title songs in stages.
Relatively comparatively, Lin Jie still likes the previous music environment, at that time, although the record company will also help promote in advance, but the release of the new album is not as complicated as it is now, as long as the MV of the title song is filmed, each song is recorded, and the relevant posters and lyrics are produced, it can be sold as a whole, which is nothing more than a follow-up national run around the country to do a few signing sessions.
But no matter how nostalgic you are, the times have changed, the old environment can not come back, and in the new era, you can only adapt to the new model as soon as possible and accept the silent changes.
This private interview is not a simple interview, but to go to the TV station to record, to put it bluntly, to record an interview program.
Lin Jie is no stranger to such activities, he has participated in many times before, and he has no feeling about it.
On the day of the interview recording, Lin Jie rushed to the recording hall of the local TV station under the leadership of his agent.
The poor agent has lost a lot of weight, he used to be a little fat, but now he doesn't even have a double chin, and the bags under his eyes are also very heavy, I don't know how he has spent most of the year.
"I'm sorry!" Lin Jie looked at the change in his agent, felt very upset, and took the initiative to apologize to the other party.
The agent was stunned when he heard this, and reluctantly squeezed out a smile and said, "It's okay, it's okay, as long as you're safe and sound." At first, I was looking for you everywhere, and I was going crazy, and then you told me that you went abroad, and I thought you were just going out for a walk, but I didn't expect you to go to those third world countries. You know, I'm a believer in Buddhism now, and I go to the temple every week to burn incense and pray for you. Thank you, Bodhisattva, for your safe return. If you have any ideas for the future, can you let me know in advance?"
Although he said that it was okay, Lin Jie still heard that the other party was resentful.
But this can be understood, empathy, if he is an agent and encounters his own artist so nonsense, he will probably be mad.
After arriving at the building of the local TV station, Lin Jie followed the agent through the exclusive channel and rushed all the way to the recording hall unimpeded.
He did a good job of keeping his itinerary secret this time, and there was no fan blocking.
Pushing open the door of the recording hall, Lin Jie walked into the backstage and entered the dressing room to sort out his makeup.
More than an hour later, the invited audience entered the venue one after another, and the host took the stage on the hour to open and invited Lin Jie to the stage under great expectations.
The two sat opposite each other on the stage and officially began this interview.
Host: "Lin Jie, long time no see." I've heard you've been out and about lately, haven't you?"
Lin Jie: "Yes. ”
Moderator: "Can you tell us which countries you have been to in the past six months?"
Lin Jie snapped his fingers to report the countries he had visited, and the audience heard the cries of surprise again and again.
Moderator: "Wait, forgive me for taking the liberty of interrupting. Lin Jie, these countries you went to are all third-world countries, and some of them are still at war. ”
Lin Jie nodded and said, "It's true, there have been a few times when I have brushed shoulders with death, and it's just a little bit close, and I can't come back." But before I decided to go out, I had already thought about these possibilities, so when something happened, I was nervous, but not scared. ”
The moderator looked surprised and asked, "May I ask you what your purpose is for going to these countries?" Let me put it another way. These countries are dangerous, what attracts you to them?"
Lin Jie had long thought that the other party would ask this question, and thought about how to answer it in advance, but he still made a frowning and contemplative expression, and was silent for a while before replying: "Because I want to write music that is different from my previous style." Before I decided to go out, it was actually very uncomfortable, and I found myself stuck in a strange circle, and the more I tried to write good music, the harder it was to write something that I was happy with. I thought about it for a long time, and then I realized that it was not that I had become stricter with myself, but that I had written down all my experiences, and looking back at the life path I had traveled, it seemed that there was nothing worth writing about. For a musician like me, it's a tough feeling, you know?"
The host nodded and said: "Maybe you understand a little, but I feel that I have reached a bottleneck, and I want to break through, but I can't find a direction." In fact, in my opinion, your achievements in the Chinese music scene are destined to take only one path that is completely yours. ”
Lin Jie said: "That's right! I've had insomnia for a long, long time, and I feel like I'm going crazy. Then after participating in the recording of the finals night of "Singing Loudly", I ran away without telling anyone. ”
"You use the word 'escape' very cleverly. The host smiled: "Then which country did you go to first?"
Lin Jie shook his head and said: "I didn't go abroad, I went on an adventure alone with a bag on my back, I wanted to get close to nature and find the origin of music." ”
"Did you find it?" asked the moderator.
Lin Jie smiled bitterly: "Of course not, the environment in the wild is even worse than I imagined, I got lost in the mountains, my mobile phone is out of battery, I can't find anyone if I want to ask for help, how can I still have the heart to study music, I just wanted to get out alive." ”
"And then?"
"On the third day of my loss, I came across an old man who had gone up the mountain to dig bamboo shoots, and he took me to his village. It was a very poor mountain village, with no road to the outside and very poor living conditions. But even so, I was deeply touched by the fact that there was still a school there. So I decided to work there as a teacher in a mountain village for a while, and live a different life for a while, just like ordinary people. ”