[Concert Hall Zero] Actually, this is a love song written for Guangdong.

(Image from left: Xiong Liang, Zhang Weina, Wang Hao)

We songwriters rooted in Guangdong can be closer to life, feel life, write more songs that can praise our Guangdong and our new life, be close to the people and make our own contribution to the prosperity and development of original music in Guangdong.

-Wang Hao

Interview video

The creative team accepted a joint interview with Yangcheng Evening News and Guangdong Radio and Television Station’s Sound of Music, with host Zhang Weina (anchor of Sound of Music).

Interview content

Moderator: Who said that pop music works can only be easy to understand and can’t be tall? Perhaps this is what people thought of pop music in the past, and one of the 40 works that won the prize at the end of this song-soliciting activity is called "Stay for You".

Moderator: It makes this popular song equally special through the arrangement of teacher Xiong Liang, and the songwriter of this work, teacher Wang Hao. I am very happy to have two teachers here today, and welcome them to our site.

Moderator: Mr. Wang Hao, our song stood out from 635 works and finally entered the top 40. What do you think is the highlight of this song?

Wang Hao: Actually, the highlight should be what the judges and teachers said, so I’ll just talk about my creative feelings about this song. Because this song was specially written for this solicitation activity, I first wrote about our Guangdong, and then I wrote about the spirit and beauty of Guangdong.

Wang Hao: Then, for the construction of Guangdong, many foreigners from all over the country came to Guangdong to struggle, worked hard for this land, and then stayed here to settle down. So I also wrote my own personal experience, and I feel grounded.

Moderator: It’s a relatively real and life-oriented work.

Wang Hao: Right, right, just writing about my own experience.

Compere: Do you have a special fate with Guangdong?

Wang Hao: Yes, I came to Guangdong in 1993 when I was 18 years old. It has been 25 years. I spent most of my time in Guangdong for 25 years and in my hometown for 18 years, so Guangdong is my second hometown, and I spend more time than in my hometown.

Compere: That’s right. Can you share with us the development of your artistic career since you came to Guangdong?

Wang Hao: After I came to Guangdong, I started doing other jobs, such as sales and business. Then I liked playing guitar very much when I was at school. After I arrived, I met some music lovers, all of whom were in bands. Some played drums, bass and keyboard, so I formed a band with them.

Wang Hao: So we can communicate and learn with them slowly, and then we will embark on the road of band performance. I became a monk halfway, and I didn’t study this major.

Moderator: So you mainly play at the beginning of the band?

Wang Hao: At the earliest, I started playing in bands in 1997, that is, I have been performing in bars.

Moderator: Then this experience has laid a certain foundation for your future music creation.

Wang Hao: Right, right, because I have accumulated a lot of music knowledge by accompanying many singers, so I feel a lot of material and inspiration when I want to write songs in the future.

Moderator: That’s right. What do you think is the biggest impact and gain for you personally when you participate in our song-soliciting activities this time?

Wang Hao: I seldom write songs under this theme. It should be said that I usually write love songs and those pop songs.

Wang Hao: This is the first time I tried to write such a song praising Guangdong. I am also very proud and happy, because our Music Association hosted this activity, and I am also a member of the Music Association. When I heard the news, I thought I must attend.

Compere: We must create such a good work.

Wang Hao: Right, right, right. Actually, I had this idea a long time ago, but I never did it. So I can harvest a song that I am satisfied with this time.

Wang Hao: Then another advantage of this activity is that it is very fortunate and very happy to be able to produce this song, find a very good professional singer, and invite Xiong Liang, an excellent music producer in Guangdong Province, to arrange the music.

Moderator: Then, as a younger generation of music creators, what expectations do you have for the future development of our original music in Guangdong?

Wang Hao: What I want to say is that we songwriters rooted in Guangdong can be closer to life, feel life, write more songs that can praise our Guangdong and our new life, be close to the people and make our own contribution to the prosperity and development of original music in Guangdong.

Moderator: It is also a very proud thing.

Wang Hao: Yes.

Moderator: Hello, Mr. Xiong Liang.

Xiong Liang: Hello again.

Compere: It seems that among these 40 works, you have a lot of them. How many works are there?

Xiong Liang: I participated in four songs.

Compere: That means two songs have seen you before. Is this the third song?

Xiong Liang: Yes.

Moderator: There will be another song in the future, right?

Xiong Liang: I should say that I am very grateful to the Provincial Music Association for trusting me, so I am also very happy to assign this task. Of course, I hope that the composers will be satisfied with my arrangement, and I am also very happy.

Moderator: Just now, Mr. Wang said that he was very satisfied with your arrangement.

Xiong Liang: Thank you.

Moderator: So the arrangement method this time is different from the two songs we interviewed before, right?

Xiong Liang: It’s not quite the same, because the last song should be Happy Years, which is a folk song, so relatively speaking, I used the traditional orchestral music and national percussion music, which is a folk song singing method.

Xiong Liang: Then, as soon as I got this song by Teacher Wang, I personally hummed the melody, including making it. I just made it as a love song, because I think that love songs are not only love, but also the love for Guangdong in this song written by Teacher Wang, so I just did it in this way.

Xiong Liang: I just said that because I think pop songs should be more integrated with modern pop elements, I might add some pop elements that young people like relatively.

Xiong Liang: For example, if I add some British rock or Pop styles to it, the pop music network must keep up with this era, and try to blend together as much as possible, so that everyone can feel that this is quite new.

Wang Hao: By the way, what Mr. Xiong Liang said just now was very good, because I thought at the beginning that although it was a theme song, I just wanted to write it as a love song.

Wang Hao: Because we know that love songs have the largest audience. That is to say, if others see this song title, the first thing that comes to mind may not be a song with the main theme, and it may be accepted by more people. So I imagined Guangdong as my own mother, and wrote this emotion in it.

Moderator: Yes, love songs don’t necessarily refer to love, but can be friendship and affection, and love is always the main theme of our music creation, so close to this main theme will lead to the birth of good works.

Wang Hao: Yes.

Moderator: As an outstanding musician representative of the younger generation, Mr. Xiong Liang, what experience do you have to share with you on the road of our original music?

Xiong Liang: Actually, personally, I don’t think there is any shortcut to making music. The first is to make music in a down-to-earth way, and the second is to make music with your own true feelings, because I always think that your work will definitely not be very good, whether it is creation or music, if you don’t love it from your heart or show your true feelings.

Xiong Liang: So this is what I always insist on, making music in a down-to-earth manner.

Moderator: Today, I am very grateful to the two teachers for coming to our program and sharing some stories behind your creation with us. Thank you.

Main creation introduction

[Lyrics] [Composition]

Wang Hao, a young lyricist and composer, is a member of Guangdong Musicians Association.

[arrangement]

Xiong Liang, a music producer, was a young composer of Guangzhou Warrior Art Troupe, a director of Guangdong Musicians Association, one of the top ten young artists recommended by famous Guangdong musicians, and an outstanding musician in Guangdong Province.

[Singing]

Vivi is a national second-class actor, a young singer in Guangdong Song and Dance Theatre, a member of China Musicians Association, a member of Guangdong Musicians Association and an outstanding musician in Guangdong Province.

Interview photos

Down-to-earth musician Xiong Liang　

The lyrics and songs are all from Wang Hao, which is close to the lives of ordinary people.　

Music score and lyrics

　

Stay for you

Lyrics: Wang Hao

Composer: Wang Hao

Arranged by Xiong Liang

Singing: Yi Wei

The blooming color of red cotton

It’s an affectionate confession

The story brought by spring

Is the most beautiful expectation

I have climbed your mountain.

Cross your sea

How much wind and rain have you crossed?

True feelings do not change

The glory of Lingnan

Is a gesture of tolerance.

The surge of the Pearl River

It’s the first beat

I listen to your heart.

Attachment to your love

The pace is so light.

at liberty

Stay for you

Irrigation of dreams

Song in struggle

Sounds like nature.

Stay for you

Let happiness bloom

Years of wine

Drunk, my heart

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