Six Hundred and Three Connecting Bridges

How should this be explained?

Ronan slowed down his speech a little, reorganized his thoughts, and then continued to speak.

"It was like last year in New Orleans. We were all about signing with the record company, and all about Trastan's betrayal. It was like a goal, a goal that had to be achieved, and if we didn't achieve it, the whole world would collapse. The goal."

"Because it is too urgent and too eager to become an obsession, completely ignoring other possibilities, as if this is the only meaning of life."

Ronan's words possessed a kind of magical power, unhurried, unhurried, bathed in the sunshine of early summer in California, lazily relaxing, but also contained a burst of vitality, followed him involuntarily The voice entered the depths of those words and slowly settled down.

"But calm down and think about it, even if the goal is achieved, it is not the end, even if the album is released and the Grammy is won, the life changes because of the goal, but it is still not the whole life. We But because of these goals, the essence of life is ignored, and the essence of dreams is also ignored."

"Let's say now. We have everything we ever dreamed of, but it's still not the end. Maybe, we can expect more phonograph trophies, more tours, more revenue, $100 million, billion, ten billion, but If we don’t realize that it’s important to have purpose in life, but there shouldn’t be only purpose, we can quickly fall into another obsession.”

"The essence of life, what should it be? Remember our original dream?"

Standing at the current node and looking back at New Orleans last year, many things have become clear——

They used to think that if they missed Trastan, they missed everything; they once thought that if they missed Scooter, they missed everything.

It turns out not to be.

They used to think that releasing an album was all their dreams; they once thought that Grammys or concerts were all their dreams.

It turns out not to be.

Life is not that simple, and the goal achieved is only a part of it; dreams are not that complicated, and the goal is just a shackle under the halo of success.

After the brilliance of the Grammy Awards, and the madness of Coachella, looking back at those pasts now, the perspective is different.

It's just that they were all trapped in their own shackles at that time, and they couldn't see this at all.

Life,

In fact, they can have many more, but many times, they are blinded by their own great ideals and goals.

"Music." A flash of inspiration flashed in Ollie's mind, and he uttered a key word to answer Ronan's last question——

For One Day Kings, the meaning of life and the essence of dreams should be music, if they forget this because they chase goals and chase success, then the band will fall apart and cease to exist.

At that time in New Orleans, it was Ronan who reawakened their inner sobriety, returned to music again, returned to purity and simplicity, and found the reason to continue running wildly in the melody of "Inborn" and "Chasing the Light". courage.

Now, too.

Ronan showed a big smile at Ollie, and nodded slightly in affirmation.

"Ronan, so what?" Cliff felt that the circle was too big, so that he couldn't remember what was discussed just now.

Ronan couldn't help laughing happily, and pressed down lightly with his right hand, signaling Cliff not to worry.

"The problem now is that we in New Orleans are in the darkest moment, because there is darkness all around us, but we can see the light at a glance, as if standing in the abyss of despair and catching a ray of hope, and then Just grab it firmly and run all the way. It looks more difficult, but in fact, you don’t need to think or have any distracting thoughts, and things become simpler.”

"And then we came here."

"But what about ordinary, everyday life?"

Everyone, looking at each other in blank dismay, truly entered the world that Ronan conceived.

Ollie hesitated for a moment, and after feeling Ronan's encouraging eyes, he said intermittently, "Daily life is not completely dark but gray, repeating the same life day after day, and then life is only gray Chaos is neither darkness nor light."

"Snapped!"

Ronan snapped his fingers and showed a big smile, "Exactly."

Ollie laughed too.

"The gray in daily life is more difficult to find the light, and it is also more difficult to break the shackles of the status quo, because it is too stable and peaceful."

"When we stand in the abyss of despair, it is easier to fight a bloody way when there is no way to retreat; but when we are in the tranquility and mediocrity of the waves, but It doesn’t necessarily have the courage to break the stability we have now.”

The rambling words finally opened up his mind completely. Following Ronan, Cliff finally had inspiration, and even directly cut off Ronan's words.

"So, they need to find a breakthrough in ordinary daily life, for example, our concert, find a little comfort through music, it is not an adventure or subversive, just open a window, breathe fresh air, appreciate different The scenery, and then discover the light around you."

"Snapped!"

Ronan snapped his fingers again, nodding to Cliff in agreement.

Cliff immediately showed a satisfied expression.

Ollie nodded again and again, "I understand, I completely understand."

Johnny pursed his lips, "I think this kind of theme is good-ordinary can be great, boring can be interesting, and everyday can also shine, but we need to discover the colors of life, such as music, and be more specific, such as a King of Japan."

In this way, the theme of the concert came out:

Come to enjoy the concert and find a ray of light that belongs to you in the boring and stagnant daily life.

Cliff understood Ronan's thoughts, but the amount of information was too large, and the processing speed of his brain was a little slow. He still couldn't understand Johnny's intentions for a while, "What about after this?"

It was still Ronan who answered.

"Then we create a few songs based on such themes and release them at the concert; then we create the entire second album and wait for the end of the tour to record the album."

"The songs announced in advance can be released as pre-release singles, just like Bruno did last year." Ollie took the initiative to explain, and after the explanation, he looked at Ronan, and his smile became more relaxed after receiving an affirmative answer.

Ronan looked at Cliff who seemed to understand, and chuckled, "There is no need to think too complicatedly, we are not taking the entrance exam for the Mensa club now."

Cliff stared at Ronan speechlessly, "I have every reason to suspect that you did it on purpose."