Thanks for reaction and to Rosa. I love Hua more and more each day. Newer fan. He is captivating and magical, ethereal yet fierce. No one like him. Only listen to Dimash, Hua, and Forestella. All discovered via reactors like you.
If you are interested here is what Hua Chenyu wrote about this song: The content of this song is relatively complicated, so I started to sort out the long Weibo post a month ago, writing and deleting it in the middle, until I published this song today. It's a bit long, and interested friends can take a look. The whole song is switching back and forth between "illusion" and "reality", and the paragraphs are mainly divided into three parts: The first part’s lyrics start from the very beginning till "that tenderness is not pretended". This is written from the first-person perspective, and it talks about the self-contradictory state of understanding and not understanding the world through indoctrination during the growing-up process. Because when people are confused, they don’t know how to talk about their own life, or what appearance, expression, and language to use when facing different types of people, so it’s easy to start thinking about how to solve the conflicted feelings when they are alone. In terms of music, from the beginning of the first section, the bass and the harmonies appear and stop at the same time, and then the dry voice of a person stands out alone, just to highlight the effects of repeatedly switching between "illusion" and "reality". When the person sings, the harmonies come in suddenly. It's like when you are thinking about yourself, sometimes a lot of voices suddenly appear in your head to comfort you, but then they suddenly disappear. The second part is the rock chorus section in the middle. This section is more complicated. I may talk about its content while combining it with music. First of all, it’s narrated from the second-person perspective, that is, the perspective of others, the feeling that a bunch of people talking to you. From the word "pretended" at the end of the previous paragraph, the word "pretended" gradually changed from a normal human voice to a distorted human voice, and then to the appearance of an alarm-like sound that tells you that the "reality" is coming. But the distorted human voice is virtual, so it also highlights the question of whether is it reality or illusion. The whole paragraph roughly means that many people are using their moral standards to examine you and demand you, but in fact, they may not be able to meet these standards themselves. So the way the drums are played in the music part of this section has the feeling of a marching army. The chorus represents a group of people coming to tell you that the world is actually like this, it should be like this, and it must be like this. In fact, I struggled with how to record this chorus for a long time, because I wanted a feeling similar to marching. At first, I wanted to find a choir to record with bel canto, but then I felt that many old battle songs were not taught. People sing such songs to boost morale, so they don't sing battle songs with the standard vocal method, instead, they will sing them while mimicking the feeling of bel canto. So it sounds free and the momentum will feel stronger. It’s hard to control this kind of semi-bel canto-like singing style. After repeated discussions with my producer, I came to the conclusion that only I can record this chorus by myself because only I know which kind of voice is the best. I probably altered my vocals and recorded nearly a hundred tracks to sing out this kind of chorus-like momentum, so it could sound like justice is about to come. The third part returns to a quiet part at the end, and this part has changed back to the first-person perspective, which roughly means that in the face of all this, I start to absorb what’s going on with myself, start to try slowly to resolve conflicts and accept all the good and the bad, and then keep moving forward, even if I may still encounter occasional setbacks in the middle and start to get confused and want to be saved. But life is such a process of constant repetition. As long as you are willing to accept it positively in your heart, you can live well. So many times what you think is real, the reality will tell you it is illusory, and what you think is illusory, the reality will be disguised so well that people still can't find the answer. I am the same, I still do not know what the answer to life is, and I will struggle repeatedly, which may become my normal state in the future, but I still have to work hard to learn to accept the good and the bad. Many people like to use morality to restrain others, to teach you to do things from the highest ground of morality, and if they find out that you are wrong, they will rush to attack you and slander you as if they’ve grasped your lifeline. Can they represent justice? But those who attack you under the guise of justice may have made a mess in their own lives. So, sometimes you will fall into confusion, start to question life, and start to shrink back and escape. If everyone can truly lead a life by example while asking others, then this society may become more virtuous. We have learned to undo ignorance through higher education, but kindness can take a lifetime of life experience to gain. May each of us continue to learn to treat others with self-examination and kindness in our lives.
Yep, it reminded me of Muse's "Knights of Cydonia" when I first heard it. But the more I listen to "Illusion and Reality" the more I find it a piece on its own and I've no doubt he took some inspiration from Muse which is one of his favourite bands. He covered a lot of Muse's songs with his band when he was in university. Thank you for reacting to Hua Hua.
Hua's smooth transitions into different levels of styles is really intriguing. His Hua style is just on another level of composition. Do listen to the his audio version of this song and you can clearly appreciate his vocals and mood of the song. As always Rosa never fails to introduce reactioners to Hua. He deserves more publicity on utube.
I recommend that you read Vijandra's comment that transcribes our beloved Marciano's speech about music. All the choir voices are HuaHua's voice pre-recorded in different layers. He does this in many of his songs, he uses his voice as an instrument, in fact HuaHua has already said that his voice is just another instrument. Thank you very much 🌺🌺
Thank you so much for reacting to this song. My understanding of this song is（from the lyrics and what he said during some concerts),as victim of sober bullies, Hushua has suffered the pain and he understood Martians are suffering too. He’s trying to tell martians what they hear a lot from someone they never met are not the reality. We need to think independently, and understand what the reality is in our life, caring the people around us, and do the things you think are right to do.
Yes, an intriguing and mysterious artist. All the voices behind it are his own voices (+100 tracks recorded) Another work of art it's like a mini rock opera. His Western influences: Muse Linkinpark and Radiohead. He also likes some Chinese artists such as Jay Chou, Eason Chan and others. His favorite classical composer is Bach. Thanks and suscribed . Thank also to Rosa .❤
Hua Hua has said that he listened to Radiohead, Linkin Park and... Muse when he was growing up. This one is the closest to Muse, but still different enough. But, Matt Bellamy IS a musical genius too.
Hua Chenyu is one of the most versatile artists I know. He always comes up with something new. @vijandrav.6095 just posted the meaning of the song. It's complex and wonderfully arranged.
Hua Hua, fenomenaaaal!
He is great!
Muse was one of Hua's favorite bands in his younger years...
love this song and like you i don't understand whole meaning of the song, but i love listening to it over and over again 🤩
Thanks for reaction and to Rosa. I love Hua more and more each day. Newer fan. He is captivating and magical, ethereal yet fierce. No one like him. Only listen to Dimash, Hua, and Forestella. All discovered via reactors like you.
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If you are interested here is what Hua Chenyu wrote about this song:
The content of this song is relatively complicated, so I started to sort out the long Weibo post a month ago, writing and deleting it in the middle, until I published this song today. It's a bit long, and interested friends can take a look.
The whole song is switching back and forth between "illusion" and "reality", and the paragraphs are mainly divided into three parts:
The first part’s lyrics start from the very beginning till "that tenderness is not pretended". This is written from the first-person perspective, and it talks about the self-contradictory state of understanding and not understanding the world through indoctrination during the growing-up process. Because when people are confused, they don’t know how to talk about their own life, or what appearance, expression, and language to use when facing different types of people, so it’s easy to start thinking about how to solve the conflicted feelings when they are alone.
In terms of music, from the beginning of the first section, the bass and the harmonies appear and stop at the same time, and then the dry voice of a person stands out alone, just to highlight the effects of repeatedly switching between "illusion" and "reality". When the person sings, the harmonies come in suddenly. It's like when you are thinking about yourself, sometimes a lot of voices suddenly appear in your head to comfort you, but then they suddenly disappear.
The second part is the rock chorus section in the middle. This section is more complicated. I may talk about its content while combining it with music. First of all, it’s narrated from the second-person perspective, that is, the perspective of others, the feeling that a bunch of people talking to you. From the word "pretended" at the end of the previous paragraph, the word "pretended" gradually changed from a normal human voice to a distorted human voice, and then to the appearance of an alarm-like sound that tells you that the "reality" is coming. But the distorted human voice is virtual, so it also highlights the question of whether is it reality or illusion. The whole paragraph roughly means that many people are using their moral standards to examine you and demand you, but in fact, they may not be able to meet these standards themselves. So the way the drums are played in the music part of this section has the feeling of a marching army. The chorus represents a group of people coming to tell you that the world is actually like this, it should be like this, and it must be like this. In fact, I struggled with how to record this chorus for a long time, because I wanted a feeling similar to marching. At first, I wanted to find a choir to record with bel canto, but then I felt that many old battle songs were not taught. People sing such songs to boost morale, so they don't sing battle songs with the standard vocal method, instead, they will sing them while mimicking the feeling of bel canto. So it sounds free and the momentum will feel stronger. It’s hard to control this kind of semi-bel canto-like singing style. After repeated discussions with my producer, I came to the conclusion that only I can record this chorus by myself because only I know which kind of voice is the best. I probably altered my vocals and recorded nearly a hundred tracks to sing out this kind of chorus-like momentum, so it could sound like justice is about to come.
The third part returns to a quiet part at the end, and this part has changed back to the first-person perspective, which roughly means that in the face of all this, I start to absorb what’s going on with myself, start to try slowly to resolve conflicts and accept all the good and the bad, and then keep moving forward, even if I may still encounter occasional setbacks in the middle and start to get confused and want to be saved. But life is such a process of constant repetition. As long as you are willing to accept it positively in your heart, you can live well.
So many times what you think is real, the reality will tell you it is illusory, and what you think is illusory, the reality will be disguised so well that people still can't find the answer. I am the same, I still do not know what the answer to life is, and I will struggle repeatedly, which may become my normal state in the future, but I still have to work hard to learn to accept the good and the bad.
Many people like to use morality to restrain others, to teach you to do things from the highest ground of morality, and if they find out that you are wrong, they will rush to attack you and slander you as if they’ve grasped your lifeline. Can they represent justice? But those who attack you under the guise of justice may have made a mess in their own lives. So, sometimes you will fall into confusion, start to question life, and start to shrink back and escape. If everyone can truly lead a life by example while asking others, then this society may become more virtuous.
We have learned to undo ignorance through higher education, but kindness can take a lifetime of life experience to gain. May each of us continue to learn to treat others with self-examination and kindness in our lives.
Thank you dear Martian 💞💞
❤❤❤ This song is also one of my favourites.
Yep, it reminded me of Muse's "Knights of Cydonia" when I first heard it. But the more I listen to "Illusion and Reality" the more I find it a piece on its own and I've no doubt he took some inspiration from Muse which is one of his favourite bands. He covered a lot of Muse's songs with his band when he was in university. Thank you for reacting to Hua Hua.
Hua's smooth transitions into different levels of styles is really intriguing. His Hua style is just on another level of composition.
Do listen to the his audio version of this song and you can clearly appreciate his vocals and mood of the song.
As always Rosa never fails to introduce reactioners to Hua. He deserves more publicity on utube.
I love this song so much ❤❤❤
I recommend that you read Vijandra's comment that transcribes our beloved Marciano's speech about music. All the choir voices are HuaHua's voice pre-recorded in different layers. He does this in many of his songs, he uses his voice as an instrument, in fact HuaHua has already said that his voice is just another instrument. Thank you very much 🌺🌺
Thank you so much for reacting to this song. My understanding of this song is（from the lyrics and what he said during some concerts),as victim of sober bullies, Hushua has suffered the pain and he understood Martians are suffering too. He’s trying to tell martians what they hear a lot from someone they never met are not the reality. We need to think independently, and understand what the reality is in our life, caring the people around us, and do the things you think are right to do.
Thank you for your reaction! You like Hua Hua ❤, I immediately subscribe to your channel. He is a musical genius. Welcome to our Martian world 🎉🎉🎉
Yes, an intriguing and mysterious artist. All the voices behind it are his own voices (+100 tracks recorded) Another work of art it's like a mini rock opera. His Western influences: Muse Linkinpark and Radiohead. He also likes some Chinese artists such as Jay Chou, Eason Chan and others. His favorite classical composer is Bach. Thanks and suscribed . Thank also to Rosa .❤
you're welcome 💞💞
thank you, glad that you discover HuaHua. Will wait for more reactions :)
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Hua Chenyu 😍😍😍
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Love Hua Hua ❤
Hua Hua has said that he listened to Radiohead, Linkin Park and... Muse when he was growing up. This one is the closest to Muse, but still different enough. But, Matt Bellamy IS a musical genius too.
Hua Chenyu is one of the most versatile artists I know. He always comes up with something new. @vijandrav.6095 just posted the meaning of the song. It's complex and wonderfully arranged.