During the promotion, Edison Chen shaved his head and left a small tuft of tail-like hair at the back of his head, which was dyed bright pink. Beijing News reporter, Guo Yanbing, photo
In addition to the title and name of the album cover, there is a little doll with a gold hoop and a long tail – this is Edison Chen’s childhood photo.
After seven years, Edison Chen returned on September 3 with his new Mandarin album "A Monkey, Part 3". The "A Monkey" series is strongly branded as "biographical", and the trilogy will be released in flashbacks of "three, two, one". The first release of "A Monkey, Part 3" is Chen Edison’s first album since signing with Modern Sky, and it is also his first attempt to release records in mainland China through digital payment.
Asked what his daughter had changed him, Edison Chen responded, happy and hoping to be a good father. At the end of the press conference, Edison Chen expressed his gratitude to fans: "So many things have happened over the years, thank you for always supporting me." And told the media, "Many people think that my attitude towards the media is not very good. If you respect me, I will respect you, and you will find that I am not that bad."
Concept "I am the Monkey King"
Edison Chen, who is seen by the public as straightforward and unrestrained, has repeatedly become a controversial figure, and has a sense of music that is ahead of its time. Edison Chen named his new album "A Monkey", which undoubtedly sees himself in the "Monkey King".
At the press conference, Edison Chen explained that the creative inspiration for the album came from the movie "Romeo and Juliet" (1996 version, starring Leonardo DiCaprio), and the Australian director Baz Luhrmann refurbished Shakespeare’s classic plays in a postmodern way. It "gave me inspiration, [put my song] in the story of Sun Wukong, there are naughty bad [stages], guilt when lost, [also found] re-me part. Because I am a monkey born in 1980, I am the monkey king. This is not just an album, it is a story."
Produce and create all Mandarin lyrics
In terms of album production, Chen Edison arranged all the lyrics of the entire album, the album creative and the supervision of the music of the entire album. He said: "I haven’t recorded songs and released albums for several years, I have a lot to talk about, a lot has happened in seven years, and I want to tell everyone what I am thinking recently through my music. The most important reason is that I want to try to write my own Mandarin lyrics. It is easy to write flow in English, and it is also easy in Japanese, but it is difficult in Mandarin and Cantonese. In the past, MC Hot Dog and MC Ren helped me translate the lyrics, and I just put the sound in, but this time it is all my own creation."
As for composition, arrangement, and post productin, the lineup for the "A Monkey" series is also luxurious, including Grammy Award-winning James Fauntleroy, DJ White Shadow, producer of Lady Gaga’s album "Born This Way", and French musician DJ Snake, who has worked with Justin Bieber.
Create a story
In the first release of "A Monkey, Part 3", Edison Chen, who was "arrogant" in the eyes of the public, unexpectedly became warm. The 8-minute single "God" is his dramatic inner monologue. In "Tears in Melody", he helplessly sings "Play and play, and in the end, there are so few brothers left." In "Ingredients of True Love", he repeatedly reads "Only you are in my eyes, only you are in my heart." In addition to his sincere confession as a new father, he also encourages girls to be brave and be themselves in the song "Clothing".
Li Tong, Beijing News reporter, Chengdu
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