(Don’t look yet, an hour and a half to revise.)
(Maybe it’s better to just write about the live scene directly...)
"Star Lighting" is a classic song by Zheng Zhihua. When it was first sung in the 1990s on Earth in a previous life, with its catchy lyrics and melody, and themes resonating with everyone, it became incredibly popular throughout the country. It was a generation’s timeless classic.
Though it’s an old song, neither its arrangement nor its lyrics feel outdated in the 2020s; its emotional power still holds strong.
Bringing it to Blue Star and this current occasion makes it even more fitting.
Under the night skies of the southern harbor, besides the brightly lit square, there weren’t many high-rise neon buildings.
People rarely paid attention to the stars above, but once mentioned, everyone looked up to see the twinkling night sky.
"Irresponsible vows, my youthful arrogance, lost in the dark realizing my own vulnerability."
"Looking at your tear-stained eyes, thinking of the distant home, stars in the sky, please light a hopeful lantern for me."
"Star Lighting, brighten my home."
"Let lost children find their way home."
With a few strums of his guitar, Wu Mu sometimes felt it was good to sing and play the guitar in this life; he could pour his usual unexpressed emotions into the music.
If death, pain, despair, guilt, and mothers were his forte in his previous life, then his past in this life fit these themes too well.
Each time he used his skills, he maximized the impact of these emotions.
In the past life, his forte was the various flavors of an ordinary person’s experiences. The joys of childhood, the unspoken pride of youth, the highs and lows of adulthood, the joys, sorrows, and confusions of life’s struggles, and the calm maturity with age.
He excelled at expressing these common human insights.
Not sensational, yet always fresh.
These are emotions everyone has felt.
"Today’s sky is a filthy sky, stars are no longer visible in the sky of civilization."
"The sky isn’t that high, the sea isn’t that far, human hearts are higher than the sky, farther than the sea."
"Learning to lie and chase fame, lost in reality finding my own vulnerability."
"Watching you leave with tears, thinking of the vast future."
"Stars in the distance, please light a hopeful lantern for me."
The audience was immersed in the song, lost in their own pasts.
Even the city secretary monitoring the scene from the shadows, usually focused on the tourists, was now a bit dazed, thinking about how he had come from a hungry child in the countryside to his current position.
Had he forgotten the confusions and aspirations of his youth over the years? Had he lost himself in pursuit of fame and fortune?
He looked at the stars over the southern harbor and glanced at the tourists who had been received smoothly despite some hiccups.
Perhaps a bit lost, but still retaining some of his original aspirations. Official source is novel-fire.net
"Did he write this song himself?" He turned to ask Huang Yunxia beside him.
Huang Yunxia shook her head, "We’re not sure, we didn’t contact him in advance, but all the songs he’s sung previously were self-written, especially the new ones, he handled them all by himself."
The city secretary sighed, "This young man is impressive, I think I understand why he’s so popular."
All the others present, discerning people, could see the secretary’s preferences from his attitude.
They all began to voice their thoughts, "My daughter at home has always liked his songs too, I didn’t understand before, but hearing him sing live now, I immediately get it."
"He sings so well, the emotions in this song clearly show he’s a good kid."
"Yes, such heartfelt lyrics couldn’t be written without personal experience."
Everyone seemed genuinely moved.
Whether they were truly moved or just pretending to be, that was unclear.
Han Yan was also immersed, and even amidst her immersion, she whispered to her best friend, "This song fits so well, did he plan to sing it tonight in advance?"
These lyrics are just too fitting!
Zhang Li glanced at her best friend and softly reminded, "If you badmouth him, you’ll have bad luck for a year."
Han Yan felt a pang of guilt, "I was just saying, it really fits so well, besides, the festival’s over now!"
Zhang Li, more thoughtful, said, "He didn’t seem like he had planned to perform tonight, we were all out for dinner earlier, remember?"
Han Yan responded with an "Oh," but her attention had already drifted away.
After the song, could they still grab a meal together?
"Years later, a heavy rain woke me from my slumber, and suddenly the city’s neon lights no longer glowed."
"A blurred starlight peeked through the sky."
"It was your gaze, still waiting for me in the distance."
"Star Lighting, brighten my home, let lost children find their way home."
"Star Lighting, brighten my future."
"With a soft light, warm a child’s heart."
"Star Lighting, brighten my home..."
Wu Mu closed the song as if whispering the last few lines softly.
The audience below was clearly still lost in the song, without much reaction.
Until Wu Mu stood up and spoke directly, "Alright, that’s it for tonight. We’ve walked a long way, everyone should go back and rest early."
Only then did the tourists in the square awaken suddenly.
A thunderous applause ensued.