DATE
3/11/25
TIME
5:03AM
LOCATION
Oakland, CA
汉堡黄：《乌鸦》
Burger Pop: Crow
Part One
我好喜欢这首歌。它是汉堡黄的《乌鸦》，确实有在一个小的livehouse里面听现场的感觉，现在的乐队真不错，可以到处演出，感觉很好玩。她这首歌既很很现代，又有些欧美。女生的声音很南方，却又有些嘶哑，很有故事感。按照这个成熟的编曲，我本以为词也会很成熟性感，好像女生的声音。
看到歌词我有点失望，没有任何的逻辑，过于白话，不能被称为词。宋词到周杰伦隔了这么多年代，也没退化这么多，十年之内文字的退化，让我明白了之前某唐人街大纪元之流日报、周报上说的文字狱不是危言耸听。
有趣的是，曲和词是同一个人作的，汉堡黄。我找了找这个女生的信息，在网易2024年10月19日发布的文章《万字长文，专访汉堡黄：00后少女的天真迷恋与纵情燃烧》中，里面谈到她的封面选择、mv拍摄（还没找到该mv，无法评论）、对目标群众的看法，对坚持对自己的封面、编曲、造型、唱腔等其他创意方面的决定权的坚持、对整个专辑整体性的考虑，贯穿全碟的主题的一致性，但同时类型genre的多样性，非常展现了该年轻女歌手的多才多艺。我不知道该怎么形容找到她的欣喜，我已经太久没有听到这种组合的中国声音了，居然是湖南人。这是我喜欢的音乐吗？这叫什么？土帅土帅的。我喜欢这个电子吉他，电子吉他都这么好听吗？感觉是好有趣的女生。
啊，我刚看了，原来她是00后，比我小诶。原来我喜欢年纪小的女生吗，原来如此。
Part Two
我有点喜欢这首歌，说实话，我从没留意过多少中文歌手，只是最近好像确实有些优秀的歌手，spotify一直推送中文歌手给我，我就发现了这首歌，汉堡黄的《乌鸦》。我去找了下这里面这些风格都是哪些人，我一首都没听过，感觉有点奇怪，有点现代，但又有点千禧年的那种网络歌手的感觉（这是千禧年吗？我不太确定，就是很复古，但不知道是哪里复古），有点新旧结合的感觉，感觉很有意思。在中国，好像最近很流行新旧结合，确实结合的很好。
虽然我真的不喜欢她的歌词，但是也瑕不掩瑜。她的封面我也很喜欢，也是汉堡黄自己选的，都非常的体现她的个性、风格和喜好。我很喜欢她所有的选择，很风格化，很强烈的个人性格，真的让我耳目一新，我觉得这些女歌手真的未来可期。太厉害了。拍手。
说起湖南人， 最近居然莫名其妙在亚洲艺术博物馆看到齐白石的画，我真的觉得有点奇怪，我真的从来不去那个博物馆，这是我爸来了，我就上那个网站去看了一下，发现居然有齐白石？我真的觉得很奇怪，齐白石来这里做什么？但是因为那个周六居然不要门票，我们刚搜到就立刻去了。赚翻。我真的觉得齐白石的画就是很基础的山水画，但是为了装逼，还是猛发一顿ig，因为有的人总觉得我们没文化，我要炫耀。
说实话，我对这篇中文博客有点忐忑。我不知道对这门语言的掌握是不是还如我之前理解的那样，还是现在大家换了方式说话了？这听上去像是我说的话吗？你们知道我为什么把我的博客现发给你们吗？我想让你们监督我，我不能在这个博客上说假话，我要诚实。
original image by 汉堡黄, via Instagram
Part One
I really like this song. It’s “Crow” by Hamburger Huang. It really gives the feeling of listening live in a small livehouse. Today’s bands are truly great—they can perform all over the place, it seems really fun. This song of hers is both very modern and a bit Western. The girl’s voice sounds very southern, but also somewhat raspy, full of storytelling. Based on the mature arrangement, I thought the lyrics would also be mature and sexy, like the girl’s voice.
I was a bit disappointed when I saw the lyrics. They had no logic at all, too much in plain vernacular, not worthy of being called “lyrics.” From Song poetry to Jay Chou, so many generations apart, and even then lyrics didn’t degenerate this much. The regression of language in just ten years made me realize that what those Chinatown Epoch Times-style dailies and weeklies said about “literary persecution” wasn’t alarmist.
Interestingly, both the music and lyrics were done by the same person—Hamburger Huang. I looked up some information about this girl. In an article published on NetEase on October 19, 2024 titled “Ten-Thousand-Word Exclusive Interview with Hamburger Huang: The Naive Fascination and Wild Burn of a Post-00s Girl”, she talked about her choices of cover art, MV filming (I haven’t found the MV yet so can’t comment), her views on target audiences, her insistence on having creative control over her cover design, arrangement, styling, vocal tone, and other artistic decisions, her consideration for the album’s cohesiveness, the consistent themes running throughout the album, and at the same time the genre diversity. It really showcased the versatility of this young female singer. I don’t know how to describe the joy of discovering her. I haven’t heard this kind of combination in a Chinese voice for so long—and she’s from Hunan. Is this the kind of music I like? What is this called? Roughly cool in a “rustic” way. I like this electric guitar. Are electric guitars always this good? She seems like such an interesting girl.
Ah, I just checked—turns out she’s a post-00s kid, younger than me. So I like younger girls? I see.
Part Two
I kind of like this song. To be honest, I’ve never really paid much attention to Chinese singers, but recently it does seem like there are some excellent ones. Spotify keeps recommending Chinese artists to me, and I came across this song—Hamburger Huang’s “Crow.” I tried to look into what styles these are, and I hadn’t heard a single one of them. It feels kind of strange, a bit modern, but also a bit like those millennial-era internet singers (is this what people call millennial-era? I’m not quite sure, just very retro, though I can’t pinpoint what exactly feels retro), a sense of blending old and new, which feels really interesting. In China, this kind of old-meets-new fusion seems to be quite popular lately, and it’s done really well.
Even though I really don’t like her lyrics, it doesn’t overshadow the rest. I also really like her cover art, which was also chosen by Hamburger Huang herself. It really shows her personality, style, and preferences. I really like all her choices—they’re so stylized, with such a strong personal character. It’s truly refreshing. I feel like these female singers have a promising future. So impressive. Applause.
Speaking of Hunan people—recently, and quite randomly, I saw some of Qi Baishi’s paintings at the Asian Art Museum. I honestly found it a bit strange. I never go to that museum. It’s just that my dad was visiting, so I went on their website to check it out, and saw—Qi Baishi? I really found it strange—what’s Qi Baishi doing here? But because that Saturday just happened to be free admission, we saw it just in time and went immediately. Jackpot. Honestly, I think Qi Baishi’s paintings are just basic landscape art, but in order to show off, I still went all out posting on IG, because some people always think we’re uncultured—so I wanted to show off.
To be honest, I feel a little uneasy about this Chinese blog post. I’m not sure if my grasp of the language is still the same as I once thought, or if people now just speak differently? Does this sound like something I’d say? Do you know why I’m now sending my blog posts to you in real time? I want you to hold me accountable. I can’t lie in this blog. I have to be honest.