A song from Chengdu revived a closed-down pub.

The song continues.

Cui Zhan's voice wasn't deliberately raised, but it was a little deeper than before.

"The corner of the plaid shirt of the boy who was no longer seen fluttering in the wind"

The White Pagoda, now desolate, is quietly shrouded in rain tonight.

The Yellow River, which had not yet flowed eastward, was rippled for a fleeting moment.

You stayed up all night in a tall building a thousand miles away.

……

Upon arriving here, Lanzhou finally began to reveal its true form from among the scattered pieces of luggage.

White Pagoda, Back Mountain, Yellow River.

For audiences from other places, these may just be a few names with local flavor.

But for the people of Lanzhou, those are roads they once walked, and scenery they can see whenever they look up.

It's also a place that occasionally appears in my dreams after I left.

Especially those Lanzhou natives living elsewhere, upon hearing these words, their initially nonchalant expressions gradually turned serious.

Someone took off one earphone and then put it back on.

Someone put their still-playing phone on the table and stopped what they were doing.

Some people stared at the Yellow River in the picture, and suddenly didn't blink for a long time.

The boy in the song is wearing a plaid shirt, the corner of which is being blown up by the wind.

At that time, he probably only thought about going to farther places and seeing the outside world.

Later, he actually went out.

I moved into a high-rise building thousands of miles away and saw more bustling streets.

But one night, as I tossed and turned, I remembered a rain in my hometown.

The lyrics don't explain why the boy left.

It didn't say whether he was doing well or not afterward.

But it is precisely this unspoken ambiguity that makes many people unconsciously put themselves into it.

On stage, Cui Zhan closed his eyes slightly.

Over the years, the band Late Night has traveled to many places.

They once thought that as long as they left their original place and took just one more step forward, they could live the life they wanted.

But when you actually stand on the streets of a foreign land, you realize that the loneliness doesn't disappear just because the surroundings become lively.

His voice had a slightly rough quality.

When he sang the last line, the rawness of his voice was not concealed.

Instead, it added a touch of authenticity to the singing, a feeling of weariness.

In the live stream, comments that were different from before gradually appeared.

"I'm out of town, and just hearing the words 'White Pagoda' suddenly made me not want to talk!"

"That boy in the plaid shirt later started wearing shirts to work too!"

"When I left Lanzhou, I thought everything was great outside, but now that I've gone back for the Spring Festival, I'm actually reluctant to leave!"

"I'm not from Lanzhou, but that last line really touched my heart!"

……

The people in front of the screen come from different cities.

But at this moment, all they could think of was the place they had left.

The drumbeats gradually became clearer, and the sound of the guitar spread out as well.

Cui Zhan gripped the microphone, sending his singing even further.

Lanzhou always leaves at dawn

Warm intoxication in the night of Lanzhou

The Yellow River, flowing endlessly eastward from Lanzhou

"The end of the Lanzhou dream is the entrance to the sea."

……

The cry of "Lanzhou" echoed repeatedly with the melody.

It doesn't feel like an introduction to a city.

It's more like calling out to an old friend you haven't seen in a long time.

He leaves home in the early morning and gets drunk at night.

A few simple lyrics juxtapose the haste of leaving with the warmth of staying.

Some people set off from here, carrying their bags and heading to distant places.

Some people stay here, and after a busy day, they meet up with a few familiar friends, drink, chat, and talk about plans that may not come to fruition.

The Yellow River flows right beside it.

It passes through the lives of countless people, yet it never stops for anyone.

The camera slowly pans towards the river.

As night falls, the lights on the shore are reflected in the water, their reflections shimmering and fragmented by the ripples.

The visuals and the singing overlapped, and many audience members subconsciously looked towards the Yellow River behind them.

This river, which I've seen so often, suddenly makes me reluctant to look away.

When he sang the last line, Cui Zhan's voice relaxed a little.

All those emotions about parting and sleepless nights finally have a place to flow.

The song doesn't urge people to stay, nor does it urge them to leave.

It simply makes you feel that even if you don't know where the road ends, you can still keep moving forward like a river.

The song "Lanzhou Lanzhou" belongs to the folk rock genre.

Works of this style are rare in this world.

After all, in the creative habits of many musicians, folk and rock seem to be two different paths.

The former focuses on narrative, using simple melodies to sing about the trivialities and regrets of life.

The latter emphasizes the power of the band, releasing emotions through a distinct rhythm.

Of course, this is not an insurmountable boundary between the two types of music.

Few people seriously try to make them retain their original flavor in the same song, while complementing each other.

"Lanzhou Lanzhou" did just that.

It didn't turn all its emotions into a desperate scream just because it incorporated rock instruments.

There was no attempt to preserve the narrative feel of folk songs by keeping the entire song in a gentle, low murmur.

In the verses, Cui Zhan seems to be recounting an old story.

As the chorus begins, the drums, bass, and guitar gradually lift up the vocals.

The emotions that were originally hidden in the story finally gained weight.

The song that came before was about a person leaving their hometown.

What followed sounded like the common cry of many people who had left their hometowns.

This is precisely what surprised many musicians about this song.

Its power does not come from how loud the volume is, nor from how intense the singing is.

Instead, the story is told first, and then the accumulated emotions are slowly released with each "Lanzhou".

In the entertainment industry, many people couldn't help but click their tongues after listening to this song.

"How come he always manages to come up with something new!"

The shockwaves from "Reincarnation" have not yet subsided, and many musicians are still exploring how to blend grassland music with rock.

Turning around, Su Fan took out another song, "Lanzhou, Lanzhou".

Although both songs contain rock elements, they present completely different moods.

"Reincarnation" is vast and profound, with the sound unfolding layer by layer, as if the entire world is contained within the music.

Lanzhou Lanzhou, however, focuses on a person who travels far away.

Accumulate emotions through fragmented images of daily life, and then unleash them with the help of the band.

Many producers realized upon hearing this that the method they had just devised could not be copied.

What upset them even more was that neither of these songs was sung by Su Fan himself.

A song launched the newly formed Hanggai Band.

The other song allowed the band to find a way of expression that was perfect for them.

He not only writes songs, but he also knows what kind of works should be given to what kind of people.

After listening to the song several times, a producer finally took off his headphones and said with a helpless expression, "Others find a style and then try to write more songs, but he just finished writing the song and conveniently found a new path for others."