The new Black Panthers' debut EP "Smokescreen" will be officially launched at the beginning of 2024, this EP includes two new singles, "The Shining" and "Scattered, Be a Bird and Beast", and it is also the first time that the new lead singer Xiang Yahong participated in and mainly composed two works.
Recently, the Black Panther Band accepted an exclusive interview with a reporter from Beijing Youth Daily, and the lead singer Xiang Yahong joined less than a year, transforming the pressure and doubts given to him by the outside world into the driving force to lead the Black Panther to continue to move forward and innovate.
At present, the tour of the Black Panthers has begun to be planned, and the new ** is about to meet everyone, but the Black Panthers said that they will spend a year to polish the ** works, in order to hand over the report card and not disappoint everyone.
New Black Panther, new look, new lead singer, new beginning.
In April 2023, the Black Panther Band officially ushered in a new lead singer Xiang Yafeng. Xiang Yahong is a powerful rock singer who has participated in programs such as "Good Chinese Songs" and "I Love Voice", and is also an all-round ** person who has been firmly creating for many years, and his live singing strength should not be underestimated.
Talking about the relationship with Xiang Yahong, the members of the Black Panther Band told a reporter from Beijing Youth Daily that in March 2023, when the band recruited lead singers from all over the country, many people recommended Xiang Yahong to them, "In fact, at that time, there were also professional record company owners and friends around us who recommended many candidates to us, but we always felt that Mr. Xiang was very suitable, after rounds of interviews, we gradually determined our own ideas, he is the most suitable for Black Panthers, jokingly speaking, he not only looks like the Black Panthers, His ** style is also very compatible with the Black Panther. Zhao Mingyi, the band's manager, said.
Xiang Yahong said that after he joined the Black Panthers, he didn't feel the pressure, or the pressure had already been transformed into motivation, but he didn't know it, "I didn't pay much attention to the various evaluations of the outside world, because I didn't have too much utilitarianism to do it, and I didn't think about how many people could accept it, I just wanted to express myself truthfully, and better integrate myself into the future career of the Black Panther." ”
After joining the Black Panther Band, Xiang Yahong quickly integrated into it, although he was a new member in the band, but the ** of the Black Panther Band has accompanied him for decades, and he is most familiar with the core and spirit of the Black Panther. Therefore, the creative process with him as the main force this time is even more comfortable and natural, and for Xiang Yahong, the new work is not only himself, but also a new beginning for the Black Panther Band.
Although I haven't been here for a long time, I can feel the tenacious core of the Black Panthers in the past few decades, and at the same time, they have been making broader breakthroughs in style. Both of these new singles are rock music in the new school style, sonorous guitar strumming, unhurried singing, dense drums, tight strings, and roaring vocals, all designed to echo the theme expressed in the songs, and end with intense electric guitar strumming, synthesizer and electric guitar intertwined solo playing, which is also carefully designed to fit the lyrics. ”
Responding to controversy with creation Attitudes are all in **.
The lyrics and themes of the two new singles are focused on the current Internet era, "For example, the song "Scattered, Birds and Beasts" describes an impetuous state on the Internet now, we don't know what the person communicating with us on the other side is like, such a blind output of Internet speech will also lead to some tragedies frequently staged, we hope that this ** can play a positive role in the audience. ”
After Xiang Yahong finished writing the song, the other members were deeply moved when they heard the melody of the two singles, and everyone agreed that both the lyrics and the melody fully expressed what all the members of the band wanted to say. And the song has also been unanimously affirmed and praised by the industry, which makes them feel gratified, "Everyone feels that the lyrics of this song completely capture the hot issues on the Internet now, and it also reflects a positive attitude of rock music towards these things." Xiang Yahong said.
The theme of the song also responds to the difficulties and challenges faced by the Black Panthers throughout 2023. At the beginning, the Black Panthers' open recruitment of new lead singers caused a series of controversies, including the final selection of Xiang Yahong, which attracted various doubts from the outside world, which made the Black Panthers feel too much trouble, "The recruitment of new lead singers has caused a lot of controversy on the Internet, and it has indeed brought a lot of trouble to the band, but we don't want to respond to these controversies anything, speaking is not our strong point, and now this new cooperation has also made us more determined to speak with our works, respond with our works, and our attitudes are all in **." Xiang Yahong said.
Creation comes from life, and still keeps oneself.
Talking about the creative status of the members, the band's manager Zhao Mingyi said that everyone in the band participated in the creation and had works. Everyone has a subconscious move, that is, no matter when and where, as long as there is inspiration, they will immediately record it, and then organize it.
The band said that the creation of each song of the Black Panthers before was inseparable from the experience and sudden inspiration during the live performance, "The stage is our life, and it is also the nutrient of our creation, every time we create, there will be a picture of the performance in our minds, and the interaction with the audience and the control of the rhythm during the performance will also affect the details of our creation." ”
With the boom in the development of rock music in 2023, many rock bands have made new changes in their performances and **. As a veteran rock band, the Black Panthers said that they will still keep themselves in their creations and go with the flow.
We will not deliberately change our creative ideas because of festivals or variety shows, because our creations are all about life, and at the same time, we can express the most real emotions through our eyes on society. ”
Regarding the popularity of the performance market in 2023, the Black Panthers believe that a more professional team can better withstand the test of the market. "We will also seriously choose to participate in the ** festival performances and variety show stages that are more in line with the nature of the Black Panther Band in the future, and we want to choose the stage that is in line with our work as much as possible. On the one hand, we want to show our true strength and attitude through our own original works, and on the other hand, we want to choose some works that we like and are suitable for us to adapt on stage, which is the meaningful stage of the Black Panthers. ”
The band revealed that it is currently planning a tour, and the new ** is also in preparation. "The band is now in a state of creating while moving, and each member's work is being perfected, and an EP will be released in about two or three months, but we are not in a hurry to release **, and will spend a year refining it. ”
Text: Wang Jiayi, intern of Beijing Youth Daily.
Text: Beijing Youth Daily reporter Shou Penghuan.