Dialogue "Listen to Me and Say Thank You" Author: The song was originally intended to thank the teacher, but I was hurt by the spoof

"Listen to me, thank you, because of you, the four seasons have been warmed up..." The song "Listen to me, thank you" appeared on the nucleic acid test site many times. Cute kids or students sang thanks to the medical staff with the "gratitude" gesture dance. This move was initially heartwarming, but later triggered a lot of imitations, and "following the trend to express gratitude" caused controversy. Recently, the original family of the song publicly released a video of the statement.

The widely sung "Listen to Me Say Thank You" was released in 2019. The original singer Li Xinrong is a 12-year-old girl. His mother Fan Tongzhou was once a member of the "Black Duck" singing group, and his father Li Kaicho is a well-known music producer and once composed the song. Previously, the father and daughter also collaborated to launch the hit song "You're So Good to Smile". Since March this year, the controversy caused by the use of "Listen to Me and Say Thank You" has also affected the original family and has been left with netizens as "the source of all evil".

On April 20, Li Kaichou and Fan Tongzhou said in an interview with reporters from Nandu and N Video that they wanted to create the children's voice version of "Gratitude Heart" and write a song for the children to thank the teacher for their kindness. "We are sorry for the troubles caused to everyone, but in fact we ask everyone to let go of this song." "Reasonably use this song to express gratitude on the Internet", and posting a "apology" video is a helpless move, "there is no need to ride on the popularity."

On April 16, the short video platform account "@Li Xinrong Family" released a video calling for rational use of songs.

Talking about controversy: being called "the source of all evil", calling for rational use of songs

Nandu: After the use of "Listen to Me and Say Thank You" caused controversy, will it have any impact on your family?

Fan Tongzhou: It has a great impact on us. This song is very popular on the Internet and has been used a lot. A month or two ago, the direction of use has undergone a very big change, which we could not have expected. I didn't feel it at first, and some people reminded us to watch it, and some comments said - "This song is the most ugly", "It immediately slips away when I see it", "It's so disgusting". Later, someone left a message on our account "The Source of Evil", and there were many private messages to us, which were particularly unpleasant insults. For music creators, every song is hard work. This song was originally something Xinrong wanted to give to her teacher, which was of great significance to her. In the end, we felt very distressed.

Many "cute kids" orStudents sing and danced at the nucleic acid test site to express gratitude to medical staff or volunteers, which caused a lot of imitation and controversy.

Li Kaichou: We also know that everything in the Internet age has two sides. This song can convey positive energy with gesture dance. For example, many parents take their children to dance gratitude, out of sincere gratitude to the medical staff. But it is not ruled out that a very small number of people follow the example for traffic and popularity. For example, they are ignoring that "Dabai" is very tiring and the subsequent work has not been completed. They stop them at inappropriate time and go to "show" to make a show, which makes everyone disgusted. This is something we cannot control. Later, some netizens became disgusted with songs, and went to our account to leave messages and send out excessive private messages. We were indeed very hurt.

Nandu: How did Xinrong feel about this phenomenon?

Fan Tongzhou: She is very sad and always asks me, mom, have I done something wrong? Why do I say that I am the "source of all evil"? I didn't dare to show some private messages to her, so I didn't show them. As a creator, she is innocent, but she doesn't understand a lot of these. We slowly enlightened and told her that it was like there were characters in TV series that were not popular, and some people were also disgusted with the actors of this role. In fact, they were not directed at you, but they just felt that this behavior was not good and indirectly affected you.

Li Kaichou: We are already middle-aged and have seen things in the Internet age. We should look at this with a normal mind. But I am worried that my daughter is only 12 years old and she just sang a song, but she will be questioned or even abused.

Nandu: Why choose to publish a public video response at this time?

Fan Tongzhou: I said what can we do? Finally, we discussed whether to speak out to the public. First of all, we apologize for the troubles caused to everyone, but in fact, we even asked everyone to let go of this song, open it in the right way, and no longer interpret it in the wrong way. I didn't pay attention to recording the video that day, and later I found out that Xinrong kept pursing her lips in the video, and I didn't know. I asked her why, and she said to her mother, "I'm nervous, I'm scared." Xinrong has been on many big stages, but she has never been nervous. This incident has had a great impact on her, she cares a lot, and we, as parents, are also helpless.

Li Kaichou: We are also hesitant and entangled, but we still have to stand up. First, it has a psychological blow to our family and children. Second, there are even some spoofs now, and we are also worried that it will have a bad impact on society and teenagers. I sincerely call on everyone to use this song rationally to express gratitude on the Internet.

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Nandu: After the video is released, will it be any effect?

Fan Tongzhou: Most of the voices on the Internet support and agree. I hope everyone can use this song in the right way, and we are also very happy.

Li Kaichou: After the video was released, everyone was very popular. Most netizens’ messages were to protect and comfort us. For example, the responsibility was not on the original family, and it was not you who should apologize. However, there will be a few netizens who do not look at the problem in a very comprehensive way. They may not fully understand why the development direction of the work has changed from beginning to end, so we also understand and do not blame them. When such negative comments appear under our account, more netizens will support us and even defend us, and are still very pleased.

Nandu: Some netizens also saw the video "Apology" and "Apologize" and "Awkward".

Li Kaichou: I don’t think it’s necessary to ride on the popularity. We are not just popular. For me personally, there are not only one or two works that are recognized by everyone. When the epidemic broke out in Wuhan, the works were very popular, and we did not stand up to catch the popularity. Why should we stand up to catch the popularity when there is controversy? I'm not worried at all, such comments can be ignored. I hope this song has a healthy development direction. My child likes singing so much, and he still wants to become a professional singer-songwriter when he grows up. I don't want this to affect her psychology, or even dispel her enthusiasm for singing.

Nandu: Why did you open a family account on social platforms at the beginning? What kind of relationship do you hope to form with netizens?

Fan Tongzhou: We actually want to follow the big oneHome shares music and life. Music is life for our family and is the best friend in life. In addition, many of Xinrong's songs are sung by children in kindergartens, and our fan group is basically children and mothers. Including the growth process of children, we also want to share with you. I often tell Xinrong that your words and deeds will affect the children who pay attention to you.

In fact, "network violence" has caused us a lot, and we adults are mentally prepared to accept it, but this is also a very bad social phenomenon. These are things that should not happen. We especially look forward to everyone working together to resist and let the Internet develop in a healthy direction.

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Nandu: How was "Listen to Me and Say Thank You" originally created?

Li Kaichou: This song was released before Teacher's Day in 2019. In fact, my original intention was to write the children's version of "Gratitude Heart" so that children can have a song to express gratitude. Of course, it is not only to express gratitude to teachers, but also to parents or those who help them care about themselves. The creation is actually in the car. I hummed while driving, and I had this sentence - "Listen to me to say thank you, because of you, I have warmed up the four seasons." Later, I sang it quickly. My melody has come, every sentence and a few words have come. Finally, I found my friend Zhou Bing to fill in the lyrics and the song was completed.

Nandu: The "gestic dance" in the song MV is also a special design?

Li Kaichou: Xinrong had also performed gesture dance before, but now the final version is performed by netizens.

Nandu: How did this song gradually become popular?

Li Kaichou: In fact, shortly after the release, we can see a lot of use on the Internet. At the beginning, children danced gratitude to their parents or adults, which reached everyone's ears in this way. Later, during the Spring Festival in 2020, the epidemic broke out in Wuhan, and medical staff across the country rushed to help. Later, Wuhan was gradually unblocked, and it was widely used to treat medical care in this process.People and other anti-epidemic heroes pay tribute. We never expected it. In fact, we were very happy and surprised. Xinrong's songs can be liked by so many people and resonated with so many people. Until now, it has become a bit deteriorating, and some "shows" or negative emotions have begun to appear, and we feel that our mentality is not so good.

Nandu: The "You Look So Good when You Smile" for Xinrong is also very popular. Why can all these songs become popular?

Li Kaichou: Every musician hopes that his works can be widely recognized by everyone. It is a very happy thing that I have done. The purpose of writing songs for Xinrong at first was that I was just saying that I was making music and wanted to record the growth of children and the sounds of different periods by recording songs. The voice she sang "Baby" at the age of three, and now she can't find it again. Her voice at this stage may be different again in half a year. Our company is a music copyright, and we also have related platform channels, so we uploaded the songs to the Internet. As for why it became popular, I really can't grasp it. I think these works may be because they are simple and catchy, and they are expressed in the most straightforward language of children, which is easier for everyone to accept. In addition, because it is a nursery rhyme, the range span is not large and the rhythm and melody are not complicated. You can basically learn it by listening to it once or twice.

Nandu: These songs are widely spread on short video platforms, and they seem to be very suitable for the current communication environment?

Li Kaichou: Yes. Now that short video platforms are emerging, people are in demand for information. It is difficult for someone to have the patience to see or hear from the beginning or from the beginning to the end for a video or music for several minutes. You need to convey your information to them in just 30 seconds or even 15 seconds. For example, in "You're So Good at Smile", we will push the melody that is most conducive to dissemination on the short video platform, about 15 seconds, without pushing the entire song. After listening to the four lines of the chorus, if you like it very much, you will naturally look for this song.

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Nandu: The above three songs are all nursery rhymes, but now men, women, young and old are singing them. How do you think about nursery rhymes "becoming the circle"?

Li Kaichou: For example, "You Look So Good when You Smile" expresses a simple and face-to-face compliment. "You look so good when you smile." No matter how young and old you hear this, your mouth will be in the corner of your mouth.I feel that it conveys positive energy, and a smile is the most beautiful language of human beings. So this is the spread of smiles, the spread of one sentence makes everyone feel happy, happy and happy. This is the reason why it can "become the circle".

In addition, I found that it was related to the lack of children's songs. Especially in the past few years, few musicians were willing to get involved in children's song creation, because it is more difficult to monetize and become famous than to write popular songs. First of all, these songs can be spread, or among children in kindergartens and primary schools, which is also a considerable group. At the same time, the adults have no new nursery rhymes to listen to. Suddenly, there are a few nice nursery rhymes that come to their ears, and they will be cured.

So, I feel that musicians nowadays have a responsibility to create new children's songs for children, rather than singing adult songs or singing children's songs from middle-aged people when we were young. Of course, old songs that have been circulated for decades also need to be passed down, but our children also have their own songs.

Nandu: Xinrong sang "Baby" at the age of three. How did she feel about music since she was a child? Her family is also writing songs to cultivate her?

Li Kaichou: Yes. The child may also have certain genetic genes. I write songs and her mother sings. There is a corner in our house, which is my own work area where I can make music. When she just learned to walk, when I made a more soothing music, she would dance with her. When I make music that has a more rhythmic and exciting feeling, she will jump up. I found that this child has feelings for music, so I discussed with her mother and trained her. We are in this industry and can give her more guidance. Now she also said that when she grows up, she should be able to sing like her mother, write songs like her father, and be a musician who can write and sing, which is also her ideal.

Nandu: During her growth, music may have brought a lot of gifts.

Li Kaichou: Because her songs have been widely circulated since childhood, now that she is older, she is singing songs like "You are so good at laughing" and "Listen to me, thank you" and so she has received a lot of flowers and applause, and everyone pays special attention to her in school. However, her mother and I were particularly worried that she would be proud. For a while, she had become lazy and became unwilling to practice piano and sound, and practice physical dance, so we kept spurring her.

I said Xinrong, because your father makes music, your father can write and sing for you. These songs can be circulated not because of how strong you are, but because these songs themselves have this characteristic. If these songs were not written by your father, but by another father, maybe the hot little girl is not you. You must maintain a humble attitude. As a father, I don’t want your peak in life to stay at the age of eleven or twelve.You have decades left in the future, and you have a lot of ways to go, and you can't live on this or two songs forever. So slowly instilling, we see that she is now keeping a normal mind and can understand these principles.

Music can indeed heal the soul. Xinrong has been devoted to music, and she has now begun to try to write songs. For example, on weekend afternoons, she was at home and kept writing songs on the piano, and she could also write lyrics. Although she does not have enough social experience, does not have enough knowledge, and writes in a very young way, I can feel that she also wants to express her age through her music, and the happiness that music can bring to her.

Nandu: What plans do you have in the future when it comes to music creation?

Li Kaichou: Xinrong's songs will continue to be performed, but now she has begun to develop, and her voice is different every six months. I don’t know how long I can write children’s songs for her. Once she changes her voice, she may not be able to sing children’s songs. She is getting older and older, and sometimes she wonders, Dad, can you write a slightly deeper song for me? When my daughter grows up, she may create songs suitable for girls to sing for her, or when she becomes an adult, she can sing love songs and songs that have a sense of life, and these will continue to be done.

Children's songs will continue to be written. It is possible that Li Xinrong will not come to sing them in the future. I will look for some talented children to continue to write children's songs. As mentioned earlier, as a musician and an art worker, we have the obligation to create new children's songs for our children. This is our mission.