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the breeze rolled up the waves and gently lapped the beach of aranya in the afternoon, and the sun broke into the stage of xiami music festival with sweetness, laziness and relaxation. once a year, from august 30 to september 1, the 2024 aranya xiami music festival produced by xiami music entertainment and aranya arrived as scheduled.

entering its third year, warmth, companionship, and connection are still the spiritual themes of the aranya xiami music festival. just like this year's theme "life is about living a few moments", it comes from the feelings of a music fan last year. it is an identification with the music at that time and moment, and a retrospective reflection on past life. in 2024, it is also the opening preface of the aranya xiami music festival - whether it is zhao lei's brilliant stars at the party on the eve of the event, or hu defu's timeless echoes of the years at the sunrise special, or xu wei's magnificent finale... every scene is an unforgettable moment that the xiami music festival hopes to bring to music fans.

"if you want to achieve the ultimate in content, you must create a spiritual and emotional connection with people. the aranya xiami music festival has been a co-creation of a group of idealistic musicians and music fans since its inception. our vision is to become a world-class landmark music and art festival in 5 to 10 years." said li jie, co-founder of the aranya xiami music festival and president of alibaba pictures.

ma yin, co-founder of aranya xiami music festival and founder of aranya, said: "we gradually discovered that culture and art have become a rigid demand of this era. how to turn cultural and artistic content into a daily lifestyle is the direction we have always wanted to work towards. i also like music and look forward to having a good music festival that will last for a long time. it's like a seed planted here, and it will slowly grow in the future. i think this is something we are looking forward to."

from august 30th to september 1st, tens of thousands of music fans from all over the country flocked to aranya golden coast for a long-awaited music festival. with songs as their companions and the sea as their friend, everyone bid farewell to summer and started the journey of the next season.

diversity + internationalization, xiami music festival presents exquisite surprises

three days is the fixed format of the aranya xiami music festival, including the eve party, sunrise special and two days of full performances. although the organizational form remains unchanged, xiami music entertainment continues to inject ingenuity and innovation in content presentation every year. the 2024 aranya xiami music festival spares no effort in content arrangement, lineup polishing and artistic presentation.

on august 30, at the eve party, zhao lei brought "no signal" and the large orchestral electro-acoustic band to perform an ultra-long limited edition performance of over 110 minutes. it included the leisurely narration of "chengdu", the surging emotions of "our time", and the warm shouts of "young people from shuqian street". the whole performance was full of surging waves, loud orchestral sounds, and healing people's hearts.

on september 1, at the sunrise special, hu defu, the father of taiwanese folk songs who is over 70 years old, woke up the morning of anaya with a familiar melody. the drizzle danced on the piano keys, interweaving the beauty of "pacific wind" and the depth of "blowin' in the wind", and sprinkled on the long-awaited faces. for a moment, the music condensed time and the fans were intoxicated and couldn't extricate themselves.

in terms of lineup design, the 2024 aranya xiami music festival strives for diverse styles while paying attention to international perspectives. this year, xiami music festival invited a total of 28 groups of musicians, of which 8 are international musicians, including the norwegian national treasure electronic band röyksopp, grammy best r&b female singer-songwriter corinne bailey rae, belgian national treasure musician hooverphonic, american healing female singer rachael yamagata, british post-00s singer-songwriter griff, japanese british rock band dygl, swedish post-rock band pg.lost, and swedish indie band the royal concept. they are not only well-known in their own countries, but most of them have won various international awards such as the grammy awards and the brit awards. the styles cover electronic, folk, rock, r&b, indie, etc., and more than half of them are the first performances in china or the first performances at the chinese music festival, which gives music fans enough freshness.

at the scene, corinne bailey rae brought soul jazz "been to the moon" and "like a star", which were lingering, delicate and magnetic, and could be described as "every sound was deafening, every touch was melting." röyksopp performed dynamic electronic music, which was sometimes fast and bright, and sometimes psychedelic and deep, like an electric current shooting directly into the hearts and blood vessels of the audience; hooverphonic's opening had the texture of a movie scene, and the classical melody of "mad about you" combined with dong tian shi kai's still calm singing voice instantly overwhelmed a group of music fans.

in terms of the chinese line-up, xiami music festival still maintains a unique narrative style, without convergence or stacking. xu wei and chen qizhen were the last acts on both days, one with a broad mind and the other with a fresh and bright light. the "rock boy" and "literary goddess" sang many popular hits such as "free as the wind", "blue lotus", "the meaning of travel", "a box of rainwater", etc., which gave music fans a feast for the ears; default, guifei, fayzz and other unique and new youth voices were the opening guests. the freedom, sadness and strangeness in their music injected a different kind of novelty into the scene.

in addition, musicians such as yang naiwen, the right to reshape statues, secret operation, xu jun, zhang weiwei, li xiaoyun lxy, pk14, fazi, deca joins, meixiu group, and heartbroken also contributed their own repertoires. a variety of musical styles were gathered and intertwined, with various forms, richness and unique style.

"the fundamental logic of a music festival is to customize, plan and develop it according to the different characteristics of each place. if a music festival looks the same in different places, it can only be called a product, not a work of art. the anaya xiami music festival is built according to a work of art, and there are basically no repeats in the lineups over the past three years. although you may not be able to name the bands, if music fans are interested in a certain lineup, there will be at least five groups at the xiami music festival that meet everyone's aesthetic requirements." yin liang, head of the xiami music entertainment label and general producer of the xiami music festival, believes that music festivals are not afraid of unfamiliar faces, but are afraid of being the same. beauty must not be stereotyped, but each has its own unique posture.

after the music festival, an industry insider commented that it was a worthwhile trip, dancing to electronic music, roaming to folk songs, shouting to rock, getting caught in the rain at sunrise, and rapidly switching between three sets of music styles within two hours... the 2024 anaya xiami music festival was so exquisite, meticulous and full of surprises that it was beyond words!

environmental protection action + art and culture, xiami music festival creates a rich lifestyle

in addition to creating a rich musical performance, this year's anaya xiami music festival also designed "art unit" and "community unit", and launched an environmental protection initiative, striving to bring users a diverse lifestyle experience such as art, environmental protection, and community culture in addition to music.

first of all, the stage design of xiami music festival is of great artistic value. xiami stage and xunguang stage adopt the design concept of "round sky and square earth", located on both sides of the beach, echoing each other, strong and warm. r10 halo is the third perspective of the stage, standing like a red sun in the middle of the two stages. in the early morning, it is as calm as water to attract music fans to stop and check in; at night, it is surging and shining to record the spark of the stage.

next to the r10 halo is the 200m² art snow house created by the aranya xiami music festival and the art exhibition hongtu. the white space is surrounded by snowdrifts, and the 8-meter-tall ip snowman rick stands quietly on the roof, giving the audience a strong visual impact. at the scene, an endless stream of audiences entered the snow house to appreciate more than 100 pieces of art works by more than 30 young artists from major art academies and multiple art fields across the country. after appreciating the charm of art, they did not forget to take photos with the snowman.

after experiencing a whole day of the festival, at midnight, young people can go to hu lan or li mengjie's talk show to continue laughing, or go to aranya ddc or aranya art center north shore for a midnight performance. these are all wonderful community units jointly created by this year's aranya xiami music festival, mailive, ddc livehouse, caotai echo, and improvisational cooperative. they are rich and attractive.

in addition, cleanliness and orderliness are also the focus of this year's service at the aranya xiami music festival. during the performance, the aranya xiami music festival, alibaba public welfare and nolu environmental protection launched the "environmental protection music festival" initiative, encouraging and guiding the audience to throw garbage at fixed points, actively participate in garbage sorting, keep the festival site clean and orderly, and avoid polluting the ocean.

it is reported that during the aranya xiami music festival, a total of 150 garbage sorting points were set up on site, hundreds of thousands of plastic bottles were recycled in three days, and a total of about 140,000 people responded to the initiative. the environmental protection initiative has become a personal action of music fans and has taken root in the aranya xiami music festival.

in addition, the aranya xiami music festival has also launched an initiative with its charity partner "related" to protect the ocean and save water, calling on music fans to practice sustainable concepts and create a better life together.

"three days passed in a hurry. but the wonderful, warm and moving moments of the 2024 aranya xiami music festival are still vivid in my mind and make people have endless aftertaste." after xu wei's song "endless light", the 2024 aranya xiami music festival came to a successful conclusion. before leaving the venue, music fans have begun to look forward to seeing it next year.