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Recently, NetEase Cloud Music's "Million Prize AI Music Creation Competition" is about to come to an end. In an interview, the judges of the competition and the most popular AI musician on the Internet "Roaming Conference Room" revealed how non-professionals use AI to perform "3A" creation (AI lyrics, AI composition, and AI arrangement). "Roaming Conference Room" is a man from science and engineering who calls himself "KTV Brutalist" and has settled in NetEase Cloud Music. He doesn’t understand music theory and doesn’t know how to arrange music, but he used the “3A” creation method to turn the characters from “Journey to the West” into singers and sing. After the songs went online, they repeatedly became “AI divine songs”.
In the work "Wandering the Conference Room", gods and monsters no longer fight, but enter the recording studio and open the mic with all their heart: Sun Wukong puts down the golden cudgel and roars at the top of his lungs about the indignation of being suppressed for 500 years. The black bear spirit escaped from Luojia Mountain, playing the guitar and singing about the regret of almost stealing the cassock. Princess Iron Fan stands alone in the Banana Cave, singing affectionately about the loneliness in the deep alleys of the old mansion. Tang Monk, Bajie, Silver Horn King, Bull Demon King, White Bone Demon... all appeared on stage and started singing. The audience deeply sympathized with the lyrics of his work, commenting that "it feels like it's singing to me."
NetEase Cloud Music will hold the "Million Prize AI Music Creation Competition" in December 2025 to encourage the creation of high-quality AI songs, and "Roaming Conference Room" will participate in the review as one of the judges. In the era of AI, "Roaming Conference Room" believes that AI should not be regarded as a competitor, but as a tool. AI will not make musicians unemployed. Even if he can use AI to write a song that satisfies him in half a day when he is very lucky, he also said that his lack of professional music knowledge is also his bottleneck. And many works require people and AI to polish them repeatedly, so the key to good works in the AI era is still "people".
Specifically, how can we use AI to write a good song? What is the most critical aspect of AI music creation? Let’s take a look at his answer:
NetEase Cloud Music: Please describe your personality or work style in three words?
Roaming the conference room: introverted, sincere and frank. I majored in computer science, and I have a typical male personality in science and engineering. I am usually boring and even a little socially anxious.
NetEase Cloud Music: Has music always been your hobby? Besides music, what other hobbies do you have?
Roaming Conference Room: I have always liked music, but I have never studied it systematically. I only stayed in KTV Brutalism. I have dreamed of creating music a long time ago, but I am a novice and don’t understand the ins and outs of it, so it was just a dream for a long time. It was not until the emergence of AI music that the dream became a reality.
My usual hobby is to read various AI-related news online to see what new technologies and new models have come out. If it is a better open source model, I will try to deploy it locally and run it myself, and then try the combination of various parameters myself. It feels quite interesting. Another hobby is playing games. I’m quite a homebody and don’t like to go out when I have nothing to do.
NetEase Cloud Music: What gave you the idea of using AI to make music?
Roaming Conference Room: It's a coincidence that I use AI to make music. I used to make meeting videos of various characters in "Journey to the West" on the short video platform. For example, King Yinjiao wanted to capture Tang Monk and held a work deployment meeting. As a team leader, Jinggui had to implement the implementation and also held a meeting for his subordinates, etc.
These contents are also very popular on short video platforms, but they are often restricted. I saw that my account was about to be exhausted, so I thought about making a song first to slow down, so I came up with the song "Almost". Unexpectedly, after it was released, the traffic was also good, and there were no problems such as restriction, so I simply changed the track and concentrated on making music. This is why my account is called "Roaming Conference Room".
NetEase Cloud Music: Can you share your complete process of creating an AI song?
Roaming the Conference Room: My creative process is usually to write lyrics first, then compose music, and finally create videos.
But before writing lyrics, you must first have an idea, that is, which role to choose and which angle to choose, that is, what is the core idea of the song.
Once you have an idea, you can tell AI your thoughts and let AI write lyrics. At the current stage, AI word writing can only write a rough first draft. It looks beautiful at first glance, but many details cannot withstand scrutiny, so a human needs to go through it and rewrite inappropriate sentences. When it comes to writing lyrics, the cooperation between AI and humans is very important. Humans are responsible for controlling the concept of the entire song and ensuring that all sentences can accurately express their thoughts, while AI is responsible for making the expression more beautiful and clever.
After finishing the lyrics, you can throw the words to the AI to compose the music. The prompt words given during the composition should still be closely related to the idea, and you cannot use a cheerful music style to match the sad lyrics. The composition step is quite random. It usually takes several rounds of drawing cards to draw the right song. In order to match the rhythm and melody you want, you may have to go back and modify the lyrics again.
In the end, making the video was easy, using the simplest studio lip-syncing method.
NetEase Cloud Music: You use AI to do "lyrics, composition, and arrangement" by one person. How long does it take to complete a song?
Roaming Conference Room: If you focus on it full-time, you can actually compose a song that satisfies you in one day, or even half a day if you are lucky. The days when I updated quickly was because I felt that the response was pretty good, so I stayed up late at night, but then I couldn't stand it any longer.
The most time-consuming part is figuring out the lyrics. Sometimes I haven’t thought about it well, and I might not be satisfied after two or three days of revising it. But sometimes I have a clear idea in my mind, and I might be able to finish it in an hour.
NetEase Cloud Music: Why do you think people like your work?
Wandering Conference Room: I think luck plays a big part in my work being loved by the audience. Everyone has never seen gods and monsters singing before, and it’s very fresh. But after the novelty wears off, you have to have something that can retain people. I mainly put more thought into the lyrics, which should not only fit the plot of the character itself, but also have my own thinking.
NetEase Cloud Music: In AI music creation, how do “humans” and AI specifically divide their labor?
Roaming the conference room: In the creative process, people’s job is actually to write prompt words.
Writing prompt words is indeed a science. There is even a new profession called "prompt word engineer" who specializes in how to write prompt words to make AI work better. Therefore, before you start asking AI to write, you must first have a rough idea in your mind of what kind of song you want to make, and then tell the AI your thoughts clearly and clearly, so that the AI will not write randomly.
If you want a very satisfactory work, the first draft after the AI has written it cannot be used directly, and the details have to be revised. At this time, humans need to judge what is inappropriate and why it is inappropriate, find these inappropriate sentences, and then tell the inappropriate points to the AI again, and let the AI modify those inappropriate sentences alone. It may have to be revised many times before finally achieving a satisfactory effect.
Most of my creative themes are thought of before I create, but sometimes I don’t have a clue, so I let AI help me think of them. However, if I want to write a theme that is different from others, I still have to think of it myself, because the themes that AI helps me come up with are also common themes without much new ideas.
NetEase Cloud Music: We submitted more than 50,000 works to the "Million Prize AI Music Creation Competition" held in December last year. As a judge, which works impressed you the most?
Roaming Conference Room: I think it is a big trend for all walks of life to embrace AI, and high-prize competitions can promote the development of AI music. This is a virtuous cycle. In the final analysis, AI is still a tool. Only when people use it will it become more useful, and when it is more useful, more people will use it.
As a judge of the competition, I am not a professional after all, so my evaluation criteria mainly rely on subjective listening experience. There are quite a few entries this time that sound quite comfortable, such as "Want to Kiss You" by "Le Jiupei". The title of the song is the theme, which is a kind of casual and happy state in pop music. It can be adapted to many scenes and can be brainwashed; the description of many small body movements is silky smooth to the point of wanting to kiss you. The impulse and enthusiasm.
There is also a song called "Love You Zero Distance" written by "Xiaotang Acri". You can feel the sincere and firm love in the song. The chorus melody is very good. There are some flaws in the AI singing of some lyrics, but it does not hinder the meaning of this song to the lovers in the song.
NetEase Cloud Music: How do you view the impact of AI development on current life?
Roaming Conference Room: I use AI in my job, but it has nothing to do with music. I come into contact with various needs that need to be solved by AI on a daily basis. Nowadays, AI is needed for basically everything. AI is a very powerful productivity tool for me.
I think the current main battlefield of AI is still in work and production. The impact of AI on ordinary people's lives is not that big. Intelligent driving counts one, and daily information query counts one. Of course, there may be a lot of AI quietly playing a role in other aspects. For ordinary people, they may just feel that something is more convenient, but I think this is exactly a healthy development direction, and people can enjoy the convenience brought by AI without even realizing it.
NetEase Cloud Music: Have you encountered any bottlenecks in your creation? What do you think about some people’s concerns that AI will put musicians out of work?
Roaming Conference Room: My personal bottleneck is that I have too little music expertise to effectively communicate with AI. Many times I have that feeling in my mind, but I don’t know how to express it to AI, and I don’t know what the professional terms are that correspond to the style I want.
I think AI will not make musicians unemployed, but will make them more comfortable when creating. The premise is that AI is not regarded as a competitor, but as a tool.
NetEase Cloud Music: What do you think of the development of AI music? What are your next creative plans?
Roaming conference room: I think AI music will be in a state of decline for a long time, and then AI songs with a "human touch" will stand out. The training direction of the AI music model will also change from "perfect" to "less perfect but more like a real person".
I plan to make more light-hearted and happy songs in the future. I am quite positive and optimistic. To be honest, I am not very good at the style of suffering, hatred and hatred.
NetEase Cloud Music: What advice do you have for creators who want to enter the field of AI music creation?
Roaming Conference Room: It is recommended not to try to win by quantity. AI can indeed make music very quickly, but with the influx of a large number of shoddy AI songs, the environment for AI music will become very bad. People will become more and more resistant to AI concerts. Only works that have been truly invested in and polished repeatedly can be accepted by everyone.
Although China and Brazil are separated by vast oceans, they are "good friends across mountains and seas." The relationship between countries lies in the friendship between people. As the two countries walk hand in hand, overseas Chinese living in Brazil play a unique role. Exchange activities, city interactions, and inheritance from generation to generation have promoted the friendship between the two countries to become increasingly deeper and sublimated.
Each generation has its own mission
"I believe that each generation has its own mission. My dad is from the first generation of overseas Chinese. He immigrated to Brazil and laid a solid foundation. I am considered the 1.5th generation. I have been educated in China and live and work in Brazil. My child was born and raised in Brazil. He is 15 years old this year and will be able to participate in elections in three years." Zhu Xuanchu, president of the Wenzhou Association of Brazil, was born in the 1980s. He arrived in Brazil in 1995. "My goal is to work hard to promote the integration of overseas Chinese groups into mainstream society."
In June this year, representatives from Sao Paulo City, the capital of Sao Paulo State, Brazil, and Wenzhou City, the hometown of Chinese overseas Chinese, signed an agreement in Sao Paulo, officially establishing friendly exchange relations between the two places. Paul City Councilor Sidney Cruz said that he is willing to take this opportunity to enhance the understanding and friendship between the people of Brazil and China, and to consolidate and develop various forms of exchanges and cooperation between the two places in economy, trade, culture, education, tourism and other aspects.
Zhu Xuanchu attended the signing ceremony. "Wenzhou and Sao Paulo are my first and second hometowns. Last year, after taking over as the president of the Wenzhou Association of Brazil, I particularly wanted to do something for these two cities." Zhu Xuanchu, who studied in Brazil, interned in the parliament when he was in college. After graduating from college, he worked in the Brazilian government and also served as the Asian chairman of the Brazilian Workers' Party. This experience gave him the will, ability and resources to work hard to promote the establishment of sister cities between Wenzhou and Sao Paulo. "We hope that the overseas Chinese community can help the two places seek mutual benefit and win-win cooperation in a wider range of fields, promote cultural and educational exchanges to achieve more cooperation, and benefit more young students from both countries," Zhu Xuanchu said.
"Let our group be seen." For this goal, Zhu Xuanchu spared no effort. He actively organized overseas Chinese groups to participate in election activities, allowing Brazilian politicians to see the capabilities of the overseas Chinese groups; he invited Brazilian politicians to participate in various activities of the overseas Chinese groups and bring them closer through communication; he organized the overseas Chinese groups to cooperate with local charities in Brazil and participate in various public welfare activities, allowing the Brazilian people to see the loving and charitable deeds of overseas Chinese in Brazil.
"Our generation has caught up with a good time. On the one hand, China is getting stronger and stronger, and we are more and more confident overseas; on the other hand, we received education in Brazil and entered society, with a language foundation and certain social resources. The right time, place and people." Zhu Xuanchu said, "In recent years, young overseas Chinese leaders have begun to emerge, and everyone is gearing up and eager to try. Recently, I have received many calls asking how to promote exchanges between sister cities. Everyone is moving towards a common goal."
Attracting young people is important
"It is important to attract young people to participate in overseas Chinese youth league activities. This is what Ye Wangyong, the founding president of the Brazilian Chinese Overseas Chinese Youth Federation, said to me at the time. I was deeply impressed." In December 2009, the Brazilian Chinese Overseas Chinese Youth Federation was officially established. Wei Wangu, born in the 1970s, served as the secretary-general. He has been doing this for 12 years. Now, he has been transferred to the position of chief supervisor.
Engage young people with activities. The "Cultural China·Water Cube Cup" Chinese Song Contest and the "Yawen Youth Federation Cup" Basketball Competition are currently the two most eye-catching activities organized by the Brazilian Chinese Overseas Chinese Youth Federation.
"Since last year, we have added a children's group to the Brazilian division of the 'Water Cube Cup' Chinese Song Contest. This year, there are also foreign contestants participating in the Brazilian division. This event has become even more popular in Brazil. Whether they are foreign contestants or overseas Chinese children, they go to China to participate in the competition and experience China's customs firsthand. After returning to Brazil, they have become enthusiastic tellers of Chinese stories." Wei Wangu said.
Although they live in the kingdom of football, the children of the Brazilian overseas community are particularly fond of basketball. The "Yawen Youth League Cup" basketball competition is in its seventh session this year. "The competition is divided into youth groups, children's groups, adult groups and women's groups. There are about 30 teams participating this year. Everyone forms a team and trains together, and the basketball game becomes a very good communication platform." Wei Wangu said.
"The number of participants in this year's game has reached the highest level in history, and the scale is unprecedented; moreover, the team members responded to the call for charity donations and actively donated money and materials." Zhou Wei, president of the Brazilian Overseas Chinese Youth Federation, said, "In Sao Paulo, basketball is not only a sport, but also a cultural and spiritual inheritance."
"In addition to cultural and sports activities, the Brazilian Overseas Chinese Youth Federation also attaches great importance to charity activities. Basically every month, it takes a group of children to slums to participate in charity activities." Zhou Wei said, "We pay great attention to cultivating young people. At present, basketball games are basically left to young people."
The Brazilian Tang Yun Art Troupe, founded in 1999, also pays attention to attracting young people.
"The first group of members of the art troupe are already over 50 years old, the second group are probably born in the 80s, and now there are many born in the 90s and 00s. These young people were born and raised in Brazil, and are influenced by traditional Chinese culture and have some understanding of Brazilian culture. At present, the art troupe One-third of the more than 20 teachers in the art troupe are young people in their 20s. They know the second and third generations of overseas Chinese in Brazil, so when arranging the program, they will consciously consider the preferences of young people and attract their participation," said Lin Yun, director of the Brazilian Tang Yun Art Troupe.
Give full play to the role of the new generation of overseas Chinese community
"Among the overseas Chinese in Brazil, the majority are new ones. At present, the majority of parents are born in the 60s and 70s. Most of them have studied in China and have a strong sense of identity with China and Chinese culture. The education for the next generation is also relatively timely and comprehensive. For example, there are many Chinese schools in Brazil, and everyone attaches great importance to the Chinese education of their children." Brazil China Peace Reunification Zhang Xiaochun, the president of the First Promotion Association, was born in the 1970s. His two children were both born in Brazil. “We all speak Chinese at home, so my two children, one 18 and one 19 years old, both speak Chinese. This will help enhance their sense of identity with China and Chinese culture, so that they can play their own role in the exchanges between China and Brazil.”
"When we first arrived in Brazil, we, the first-generation overseas Chinese, experienced barriers due to language barriers and different cultures. We also received help through the work of the overseas Chinese group, so we have deep feelings for the overseas Chinese group. The second and third generations of overseas Chinese grew up abroad and adapted well to the local society, so they cannot fully understand our feelings for the overseas Chinese group. Their enthusiasm and sense of responsibility in participating in the work of the overseas Chinese group need to be strengthened, so our usual overseas Chinese group work will consciously provide more training opportunities for young people." Zhou Wei said.
In 2026, the theme event of "March 15 International Consumer Rights Day" will be held. Photo by People.com reporter Ren Fengtao
Where will the new increase in consumption be in 2026?
"Currently, consumer demand is accelerating from 'material satisfaction' to 'quality experience'. The National Consumption Promotion Month has been launched in an all-round way, and policies such as replacing old ones with new ones have taken effect. Promoting consumption, benefiting people's livelihood, and stabilizing growth are working at the same frequency. Investment in things and investment in people are synergistic." Today, the 2026 "March 15 International Consumer Rights Day" theme event hosted by the China Consumers Association (hereinafter referred to as the "China Consumers Association") was held at the People's Daily. Focusing on the activity theme of "improving consumer quality", guests attending the meeting said that by improving the protection of consumer rights and interests, people should be willing to pay for quality while also being able to consume with peace of mind.
At the theme event, the China Consumers Association and the Supreme People's Procuratorate jointly released typical cases of public interest litigation for consumer rights protection; the China Consumers Association released the top ten typical judicial cases of consumer rights protection nationwide in 2025; the China Consumers Association and the Market Supervision Society jointly released the top ten typical cases of complaint mediation organized by the National Consumers Association from 2023 to 2025.
Through the release of a series of typical cases, the event conveyed the concept of using the power of the rule of law to promote systematic rectification of the industry. By promoting operators' honest and law-abiding operations, consumers' awareness of legal rights protection was enhanced, social governance of legal consumption rights protection was strengthened, and the continuous optimization of the consumption environment was promoted.
In addition, the China Consumers Association released the top ten typical comparative test projects organized by the National Consumers Association in 2025. Promote the application of the results of the "Consumption Check" platform to further help consumers make scientific and rational choices, and continue to meet the high-quality consumption needs of consumers in the new era. At the same time, enterprises are encouraged to pay attention to the quality improvement and upgrading of products and services, improve the people's consumption willingness and confidence, and improve the quality of consumption.
The results of the "2025 Promotion of the Deeds and Experiences of Consumer Rights Activists" event were officially announced. The China Consumers Association stated that it hopes that all sectors of society and consumers will take the advanced as a mirror, follow the example, actively integrate into the ranks of legal consumer rights protection, and contribute to continuously lighting up the cause of consumer protection, optimizing the consumption environment, and improving consumer quality.
Participating companies launched the initiative of “Focus on Quality Improvement and Enjoy a Better Life”.
At the themed event, representatives from companies such as Bosideng, Shell, Kayou, Lalamove, Fat Brothers, Seewo, Suzhou Xiehe, Zhongke Health, Perfect, and Longjiu Group Purchase launched the initiative of “Focus on Quality Improvement and Enjoy a Better Life.” The event also played the AI-generated video report "2025 Consumption Memory" released by the People's Daily Online Public Opinion Data Center.
IT House News on February 25, according to Bloomberg, Aneel Bhusri, CEO of Workday, an American financial management and human capital management software company, said that leading artificial intelligence companies such as Anthropic, which investors fear will disrupt the software industry, are actually using his company's products.
"To be honest, Anthropic, Google and OpenAI are all using Workday's systems," Bhusri said in a conference call with analysts on Tuesday local time.
According to IT House, Workday mainly develops office software such as payroll accounting and employee management. Investors are increasingly concerned that artificial intelligence tools will simplify such tasks, thereby eliminating demand for related products. Workday's stock price has plummeted by about 40% this year, and the stock prices of peer companies such as Salesforce have also experienced similar declines.
Workday co-founder Bhusri returned as CEO earlier this month. He stepped down as co-CEO in 2024 but continues to serve as chairman. In a conference call after the company released its earnings report on Tuesday, Bhusri spent a lot of time explaining why Workday's software still has irreplaceable value in the era of artificial intelligence.
"These are truly core systems of record that must process transactions with absolute precision and speed, enforce complex security models, and comply with laws and regulations around the world," he said. "No amount of atmospheric coding can produce a human resource management system or an enterprise resource planning (ERP) system." ERP refers to enterprise resource planning software that consolidates multiple underlying business processes into a single system.
Still, Workday shares fell 9% in after-hours trading.
In the past, those who wanted to renounce their U.S. citizenship had to pay a $2,350 application fee. The U.S. State Department recently announced that it will significantly reduce the application fee for abandonment of citizenship to US$450, a decrease of approximately 80%. The new regulations officially came into effect on the 14th local time. The fee adjustment stems from years of legal action by groups of Americans abroad, who argue that excessive fees limit the right of citizens to renounce their citizenship.
According to the Associated Press, the U.S. State Department has published the final rule in the Federal Register. The adjusted fees return to levels last seen in 2010, when the United States first imposed abandonment fees. The change is seen as an important development for people who have long lived abroad but have been forced to consider giving up their U.S. citizenship due to heavy tax burdens.
However, renouncing U.S. citizenship does not just require paying a fee, the entire process is very strict. Applicants must confirm multiple times in writing and orally to U.S. consular officials that they fully understand the legal consequences of renouncing citizenship. Relevant applications must be reviewed by the State Council and will not take effect until they are formally sworn in.
The United States is one of the few countries in the world that imposes taxes on overseas citizens. In the mid-2010s, after strict reporting systems such as the Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (FATCA) were implemented, many Americans who had lived overseas for a long time began to choose to give up their US citizenship because they were unable to bear the complex tax reporting obligations and potential tax burdens.
In 2015, citing rising administrative costs, the U.S. government significantly increased the abandonment fee from US$450 to US$2,350, triggering strong dissatisfaction among overseas Americans. The France-based Association of Accidental Americans subsequently filed a lawsuit, arguing that renunciation is a fundamental right and should not be a "revenue-generating tool" for the government.
On January 28, the nomination list for the NetEase Cloud Music 2025 Hard Original Music Awards was officially released. Musicians such as Ai Zhiheng Asen, Chace, Chen Wenjing, Fan Xiaoxuan & 100% Band, Gareth. Emerging musicians such as Silent Orange, RingAgain, and Huang Yeyuan were shortlisted for the New Voice of the Year with their outstanding performances. Music fans can search for "Hard Music Awards" on the NetEase Cloud Music APP to view the complete list and listen to the selected playlist. The official list of winners will be announced in March.
The 2025 Hard Original Music Awards comprehensively take stock of this year's high-quality original music works, and set up a total of 15 awards in comprehensive categories, style categories, and industry categories. While ensuring the professional judgment of the judges, the award selection fully incorporates multiple perspectives and industry consensus.
The "Comprehensive Awards" take works as the core and pay attention to their overall performance in the original music ecosystem of the year. They are set around the five dimensions of album of the year, song of the year, EP of the year, collaborative song of the year, and planning of the year, and fully cover high-quality works throughout the year.
Chace's "Anti-People Pleaser", Yufu's "Heal Me Good", Zhang Zhenyue's "Follow the Feeling", Fan Xiaoxuan & 100% Band's "Passenger", Jude's "Leaving the Silver Wasteland", Qi Zitan's "The World and the Queen of Loneliness", Ai Zhiheng Asen's "Wake Up After the Rain" and other high-quality works were shortlisted for the album of the year. The selected albums have different themes and distinct focuses, and conduct in-depth exploration of musical expression from multiple dimensions. "Passenger" is a sincere work by Fan Xiaoxuan and the 100% Band. It is not only her first attempt to create with a guitar, but also cleverly echoes the avant-garde temperament of the band's debut work "Breakthrough", achieving a new breakthrough in the personal creative dimension; Jude uses music narrative to write a romantic, poignant and dialectical story; Qi Zitan boldly integrates classical, electronic, folk, and rock, insisting on exploring the relationship between the individual and the world.
The annual song track gathers a number of outstanding works, such as Chen Li's "Fruit", Gareth. Tao Zhe's "Stupid Pop Song" expresses his thoughts on himself and music creation. NetEase Cloud Music's song has received more than 10,000 comments and has won unanimous praise from music fans.
Huang Haoting/YELLOW Huang Xuan's "Do it", Dou Jingtong/Black Skirt's "Fruit Fly", Jude/Wu Qingfeng's "Chameleon", The Crane/Wei Ruxuan's "Right Side of My Heart", DEN/Yuan Yawei TIA RAY's "Blue in the Eyes" and other works were shortlisted for the annual collaborative song. Dou Jingtong teamed up with the Korean musician Black Skirt Band to release "Fruit Fly", which deeply integrated the other's iconic independent music texture with his own lazy and free singing voice, creating a lazy, private and psychedelic auditory atmosphere; Jude invited Wu Qingfeng, who is also good at dramatic music narrative, to collaborate. One person wrote the lyrics and the other composed the music, creating a unique chemical reaction.
The competition for the annual EP award is also exciting, with Zhang Xingchan’s “No, now!” ", Lexie Liu's "TEENAGE RAMBLE", Silent Orange's "Guru Orange" and other works were shortlisted. "No, now!" "As Zhang Xingchan's first album "No, no! "TEENAGE RAMBLE" is the first all-English EP released by Lexie Liu. It invites outstanding domestic and foreign producers to co-create. It is a sincere work with great experimentalism and communication power under the retro resurgence.
This year's Hard Original Music Award has launched an annual planning award, paying attention to those works that combine creative planning with music concepts and use a clear and complete aesthetic system to construct dazzling and vivid works. "Life BGM Planning-Polyphony of Love & Self-Improvisation", G-BLOCK "G-BLOCK Mixtape", Jiang Sida's "Family Story", etc. are shortlisted.
The "Style Awards" focus on the creative expression and completion of different music styles in that year, and combine the maturity, innovation and overall presentation of the works in their genres to select the representative works of the year, covering seven categories: contemporary pop, rap, urban rhythm, rock, electronic/dance music, instrumental music/fusion, and folk songs.
Whle's "Bionic Flower", Shi Xiwenyue's "Gray Sun", Burger Yellow's "Girl, Fly", etc. were shortlisted for the best contemporary pop album; Xiaohu's "ADHD Snake", Xia Zhiyu/Gemagica's "Everybody Loves Hip-Hop", Chen Yihao Clear's "Ashamed" were shortlisted for the best rap album.
In terms of best urban rhythm album, works such as Li Yinghong's "Oriental Beauty", Sunset Speed "QUIT QUIETLY", Huang Haoting's "SAX TAPE" and other works are shortlisted; red-haired boy murder case "BRUTAL GIRL DELUSION", VOOID's "Vooid" (2025)", Homecoming RiotInSchool's "//Profane Punk Rock" and other nominees for Best Rock Album; for Best Electronic/Dance Album, 2z2's "ERA*", Zhang Tongxi Selina's "Oh. ", Shii's "Tears of Acquaintance" and other albums were shortlisted.
Kuljelje Ljamcun's "Atavism", Tao Yun's TAOTAO's "I Am Here", Wild Child's "Burning Stone", etc. were shortlisted for the best instrumental/fusion album; Lu Jiangbo's "Ang Zhifan", Cook and Actor's "Hoo!" ", Mu JingMU's "Flowers of the Field" and other works were shortlisted for the best folk album.
The "Industry Awards" focus on the development and breakthroughs of musicians and original music ecology, and set up three major awards: New Voice of the Year, Breakthrough Musician of the Year, and Scenario Contribution of the Year. Comprehensive selections are made from the dimensions of creative development potential, impact breakthrough, and positive promotion of the music ecology.
The New Voice of the Year is about original musicians who have entered the public and industry’s horizons for the first time with distinctive creative expressions this year, and who have demonstrated clear aesthetic orientation and sustainable development potential in their works. Excellent musicians such as Silent Orange, Sarah Chen, Haiwei, Huang Yeyuan, JOYCE, and rubenmccarter are shortlisted.
Musicians such as DOUDOU, Huayunlong KLE, and Lanlao SKAI ISYOURGOD have completed a new leap in their careers this year with the evolution of their artistry and increased influence, and have been shortlisted for the Breakthrough Musician of the Year Award. Organizations and media such as BIE Box, Unknown, HOPICO, and howhowmusic have promoted the development of Chinese original music with their outstanding professionalism and continuous love and have been shortlisted for the Annual Scene Contribution Award.
The selection scope of NetEase Cloud Music's 2025 Hard Original Music Award is new works released on NetEase Cloud Music from January 1 to December 31, 2025. In the early stage of shortlist recommendation, the award organizing committee invites the jury to recommend and vote based on the year's original music works and musician candidate pool, and specially opens the "registration channel" to invite musicians and copyright holders to independently submit works; it also launches a "music fan nomination activity" to participate in the topic recommendation of the year's original selection. This year's jury is composed of music creators and producers such as Bai Tian Buliang and Li Yuan, media such as Freshmusic and STD Sonic Communication, well-known music critics and self-media such as Aidiren and Duruomuyi, and senior music fans such as Laiwu Kitchen and Qipu.
As China's largest original music platform, NetEase Cloud Music continues to focus on the ecological development of original music creation, and currently has more than 819,000 original musicians. NetEase Cloud Music has successively launched China's first plan to systematically support original musicians, the "Stone Plan" and the diversified support plan "Yunladder Plan" to provide musicians with income, traffic and functional services. In addition, NetEase Cloud Music launched the "Hard Floor" series of projects in 2018 and held the country's first original musician festival "Hard Floor Fireplace Night". Since then, it has continued to promote Chinese original music in the form of charts every month, gaining wide recognition from music fans and musician groups.
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