Black and White Artist (黑白艺术家)
First released at “Mars Concert 2021” on December 3rd-5th, 2021. Officially released on December 20, 2022.
Be included in Hua Chenyu’s 5th album “Hope Forget”.
1. About the song
Hua Chenyu sharing his creative inspiration at Mars Concert 2021, before releasing this song for the first time
This year, I have written my new album.
And today’s new songs…How should I put it?
Actually, I feel that when I just started my career, I would often express my attitude towards life and music.
So, when I first started, I wrote songs like “I Don’t Care” and “Aliens”.
Because when I saw some negative comments on the internet, I just felt that: “If you don’t like to listen to me, then just shut your ears.”
I don’t care what you feel. Who cares?
At the beginning, I felt that I needed to refute them a bit. Isn’t it so?
Then some time after I started my career, I found: “Ha! This is a profession.” Isn’t that right?
Professional slanderers.
They absolutely won’t reason with you.
They will simply slander you.
When facing this kind of people, I understand that you don’t have to reason with them.
Therefore, I mentioned that this year, all songs on the new album are related to everyday life.
My first song, “Flight Mode”.
As I’ve introduced it, sometimes as I would chat with my friends.
Talk to strangers.
Sometimes, I would listen to their stories.
It seems that everybody is under high pressure.
So, I wrote “Flight Mode”.
It’s related to people around me.
“Flowers in a Small Town”, It’s about a friend of mine.
It’s about the guidance she has given to me, Which has allowed me to gain many understandings and insights.
And the third song is written for the anti-fans.
Now when I see those people who slander me on the internet, I won’t face them with the same attitude as in “I Don’t Care” and “Aliens”.
It’s because I have grown up.
When I see them like this, I will only say …
I won’t reason with them with an attitude.
I may even forgive your ignorance.
But I will laugh at you ten thousand times in my heart.
So, after I sing this song today, when you encounter those so-called “professional anti-fans” on the internet again,
Who purposefully incite fights online,
Who intentionally make people argue,
Please don’t argue with them on the internet.
You also don’t have to reason with them.
Just send this song to them and say: “Madam Old invites you to listen to a new song.” (Madam Old: Addresses oneself as a senior lady who is authoritative)
This song is called “Black and White Artist”.
Hua Chenyu Writing About His Creation of “Black and White Artist” on Weibo
This song is written for the anti-fans. My simple introduction to it is that when you meet keyboard knights or similar unreasonable people around you who like to babble, you just need to say to him “Ah yes yes yes yes yes, you are right. If you say the earth is shaped like a square, then it is a square. Come on baby, keep working hard! 😊”. That’s pretty much what it means. You just have to savor it yourself. I won’t introduce much more about the creation. After all, the anti-fans think they are the most professional in any field, you just need to listen to their bragging.
2. Videos
Mars Concert 2021
3. Lyrics Translation
Lyricist: Lyu Yiqiu |
| 黑白艺术家 | Black and White Artist |
|---|---|
| 他们说 我是小丑 | They said that I’m a clown |
| 严肃都滑稽 | I’m funny even when I’m serious |
| SO I HAHAHAHA | |
| 他们说 天赋异禀 | They said that a gifted one |
| 是进化公敌 | is evolution’s public enemy |
| SO I HAHAHAHA | |
| 他们十八般武艺 | They know 18 styles of martial art |
| 我只打打太极 | and I can only make Taichi moves |
| SO I HAHAHAHA | |
| 他们有无缝的天衣 | They have the seamless god-sent cloak |
| 我自作聪明 | I’m a smart-ass |
| SO I HAHAHAHA | |
| 每天有 一万个 纷争 | Every day, there are thousands of fights |
| 何必非要 出窍灵魂 你死我活的掰头 |
Why battle like they will die losing their souls? |
| 那模样 像极了 标本 | They look so much like taxidermy specimens |
| 张牙舞爪 却没戏份 | Baring fangs and brandishing claws yet they have no roles |
| 少根针都没劲头 | Missing one pin, they’ll become lifeless |
| 我笑对 这些狼狈 | I laugh at such awkwardness |
| 别唠唠叨叨没尽头 | Stop babbling endlessly |
| 随你开心 别挑肥拣瘦 | Do what pleases you, don’t be picky |
| 还有好多事情 | I still have so much to do |
| 没空陪你文斗或武斗 | I don’t have time to fight or argue with you |
| 没人非要妄想 | No one has to fantasize |
| 看这世界多温柔 | Look, how gentle this world is |
| 泥土里的蚂蚁 | The ants in the mud |
| 哪能搞懂天边的海鸥 | How can they understand the sea-gulls in the distant sky? |
| 这道理 不需要嘶吼 | I don’t have to scream to make this point |
| 他们说 艺术神圣 | They say that art is holy |
| 外星人不懂 | and an alien doesn’t understand it |
| SO I HAHAHAHA | So I hahahahaha |
| 他们的 造诣天生 | Their crafts are god-sent |
| 有高贵血统 | they are blue-blooded |
| SO I HAHAHAHA | So I hahahahaha |
| 他们说人类 进步全靠他们论证 | They said that it’s all up to them to prove human progression |
| SO I HAHAHAHA | So I hahahahaha |
| 他们有赤子的天真 | They have child-like innocence |
| 我故作高深 | I’m pretending to be profound |
| SO I HAHAHAHA | So I hahahahaha |
| 每天有 一万个 纷争 | Every day, there are thousands of fights |
| 何必非要 出窍灵魂 你死我活的掰头 |
Why battle like they will die losing their souls? |
| 那模样 像极了 标本 | They look so much like taxidermy specimens |
| 张牙舞爪 却没戏份 | Baring fangs and brandishing claws yet they have no roles |
| 少根针都没劲头 | Missing one pin, they’ll become lifeless |
| 我笑对 这些狼狈 | I laugh at such scheming wolves |
| 别唠唠叨叨没尽头 | Stop babbling endlessly |
| 随你开心 别挑肥拣瘦 | Do what pleases you, don’t be picky |
| 还有好多事情 | I still have so much to do |
| 没空陪你文斗或武斗 | I don’t have time to fight or argue with you |
| 没人非要妄想 | No one has to fantasize |
| 看这世界多温柔 | Look, how gentle this world is |
| 泥土里的蚂蚁 | The ants in the mud |
| 哪能搞懂天边的海鸥 | How can they understand the sea-gulls in the distant sky? |
| 这道理 不需要嘶吼 | I don’t have to scream to make this point |
| 早不是 棱角分明 不知低头 | I’ve pulled in my horns learned to yield for a long time |
| 所有的 言之有理 我都接受 | Reasonable arguments- I accept them all |
| 要拯救 世界我为 你加油 | If you want to save the world, I’ll cheer you on |
| 随便你 上天入地 没问题 | Do as you wish, up in the sky or down to the earth there is no problem |
| 别唠唠叨叨没尽头 | Stop babbling endlessly |
| 随你开心 别挑肥拣瘦 | Do what pleases you, don’t be picky |
| 还有好多事情 | I still have so much to do |
| 没空陪你文斗或武斗 | I don’t have time to fight or argue with you |
| 没人非要妄想 | No one has to fantasize |
| 看这世界多温柔 | Look, how gentle this world is |
| 泥土里的蚂蚁 | The ants in the mud |
| 哪能搞懂天边的海鸥 | How can they understand the sea-gulls in the distant sky? |
| 这道理 不需要嘶吼 | I don’t have to scream to make this point |
| 我懒得 对他们嘶吼 | I don’t care to scream at them |
| NANANA NANANANANA | Nananananananana |
| WHOO WOO WHOO WOO | Whoo woo, whoo woo |