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2Song Writing & Composing/作词作曲：Cici & Rianna
Music Production/音乐制作：Cici & Rianna
Vocal/演唱：Cici
Artist Statement
Metamorphosis, a phase every teenager encounters in adolescence, is the inspiration that came from our visit to the Yantian harbor of Shenzhen. Everything there including the tower cranes, long cars, and trucks, all working mechanically, in a regular and orderly manner. From a distance, the containers there look like monotonous mosaics copied and pasted, arranged in rows by machines with no emotions at people's disposal, waiting to be loaded, unloaded, and for their upcoming destiny of being transported to various unknown places. They remind us of our adolescence of being lost and confused. During adolescence, we gradually transform from children who only listen and accept the arrangement of the outside world to young adults with unique ideas and richer worlds. Inevitably, we experience confusion and self-doubt. However, in the end, the port is facing outwards, and along with the unknown comes numerous windows for opportunities. We imagine ourselves as the containers waiting to be loaded, unaware of the challenges and excitements we’ll face. And as each ship slowly vanishes under faint moonlight, we’ll bid farewell to our former selves and embrace the (re)union between us and more possibilities.
Watching the last freighter disappear between the horizon, we think of the short story collection Nocturnes by Kazuo Ishiguro. In the collection, music is the stage that allows unique souls to meet. They stimulate each other, and together, with courage, they face the uncertainties and challenges of the future. Music plays the same role in our lives. Our group wants to emphasize the importance of science and technology to the development of music. We used Arduino Uno to code frequencies and harmonics, generate our song's intro, and Garageband to create the rest.
Through woozy eyes, the sound wave diagram on the whiteboard gradually assumes the shape and motion of ocean waves; the particles pushed back and forth become grains of wet sand. We can hear the splashes created by small tides hitting metal poles, the cries of seagulls circling the planet, and the horns of ships taking off. Our music is just like the melody that you unconsciously hum when watching the sea. Unlike the monotonous containers being arranged at Yantian port, we ambitious teenagers have the courage to take control of the initiative in our own hands and become the determinator of our own lives.
迷惘夜港
黑色被织成巨大的网
笼罩灯火阑珊的港湾
寂静夜晚的火苗与沙粒
沉落海底，被渔船捞起
灯塔照耀来往的船只
唯独照亮不了自己
它是否会曾想起
无数个夜晚的孤寂？
没有星星的夜晚
没有方向的海风
没有生命的脉搏
没有主见的人生
船只消逝在浑浊的海
对流星许愿从未成真
我却依然，举起双手
试图抓住，那明亮的星
灯塔照耀着来往的船只
唯独照亮不了自己
它是否会曾想起
无数个夜晚的孤寂？
不能回溯的记忆
不能倒叙的经历
不能反悔的决定
不能一探的究竟
