Zhang Yuxuan produces music on Bilibili for her more than a million followers. PROVIDED TO TEENS
“She got a beautiful eye, walk in a line, smile with her type; She knows all about life, never ask why, driving everyone crazy, crazy …” Everyone is surprised that this English song, She, which has so far topped the charts with more than 10 million views on popular video platform Bilibili, was produced by a 15-year-old girl, Zhang Yuxuan, in only 30 minutes.
“她目若秋水，举步生辉，春风满面；她稳操胜券，从不问为什么，所有人为她疯狂……”所有人都惊讶这首英文歌《She》，已登顶视频平台哔哩哔哩，如今播放量破千万。其创作者是15岁女孩张宇宣，而她创作这首歌仅用了30分钟。
“A melody suddenly popped into my head when I was having math class,” Zhang, a student at the Shenzhen Arts School, majoring in violin, said in her video titled How to Turn a Melody into a Song. “I quickly wrote down four lines of lyrics and the melody in my notebook, and after class, I rushed home and took less than half an hour to finish the song.”
“当时我正在学校上数学课，然后脑子里突然蹦出一段旋律，”就读于深圳艺术学校，学习专业小提琴的张宇宣在她的视频中说道，视频的主题叫做“如何把一段旋律变成一首歌”。“我飞快地在笔记本上写下四句歌词和旋律，下课后立马冲回家，用了不到半个小时就完成了这首歌。”
With her crisp voice and humorous expression, the video of the song She topped Bilibili’s recommended list. She has become one of the most popular music vlogger on the platform. Dubbed a “young Chinese Taylor Swift”, this teenage vlogger now has 1.28 million followers.
凭借着清脆的嗓音和幽默的表达，《She》很快冲上了哔哩哔哩的推荐列表。张宇宣也成了B站上最受欢迎的流行音乐视频博主之一。她被称为“中国的霉霉”，目前已拥有128万粉丝。
Zhang told Xinhua News that the song was inspired by US actress Anne Hathaway, who played Andrea “Andy” Sachs in the Hollywood blockbuster The Devil Wears Prada. “I like Hathaway’s personality, so I wanted to write a song for her,” Zhang said. “I want to send out a message about girl power – that girls can be strong and independent but also cute.”
张宇宣告诉新华社，她的灵感来自美国著名的女演员安妮·海瑟薇，她曾在好莱坞大片《穿普拉达的女王》中饰演安迪一角。“我喜欢海瑟薇的个性，所以我想为她写一首歌，”她说道。“我想通过这首歌表达女性的力量，她们可以强大独立，也可以很可爱。”
Zhang fell in love with English songs when she was a primary school student. She registered on Bilibili when she was 13 years old, and in 2019, posted her first original song December Composer and quickly won many followers. In her videos, everything from bottles to pieces of candy can become musical instruments. A video titled How to Make Music at School without Instruments has been watched over 1.9 million times. In the video, she makes musical loops with a pencil bag and a desk.
张宇宣上小学时就爱上了英文歌，13岁时注册了B站账号，2019年，她上传了第一首原创歌曲《December Composer》,迅速圈粉。在她的视频中，不论是瓶子还是糖果，任何东西都能成为乐器。一个名为“学生党在学校不用乐器也可以做歌”的视频播放量超190万，视频中，她仅用笔袋和课桌就制造出循环伴奏的音效。
“I often come up with whimsical ideas about what I’ve seen and heard and then put them into my songs,” Zhang said. “It’s a great outlet for me to express myself, and in this way I won’t be too sad about negative things in life.”
“我看到的听到的东西经常会让我脑子里有奇奇怪怪的想法，我把这些想法融入到我的音乐中，”张宇宣说，“它（音乐）是我表达自我的一个非常好的途径，通过这种方式，我不会因为生活中一些负面的事而太过伤心。”
Zhang told Xinhua that she wants to study at a top music school, such as the Berklee College of Music in the US and become a singer-songwriter in the future. “Everything in life can be written into song,” she said. “But I still have a lot to learn including my main subjects like English skills and composition. I hope I can become a songwriter and work with the musicians I like.”
张宇宣还告诉新华社，她想要去像美国伯克利音乐学院这样的顶尖音乐学府学习，将来想成为一名创作型歌手。“生活中的所有都可以写进歌里，”她说，“但我还有很多东西要学习，像英语、作曲等一些主要科目。我希望我能成为一名歌曲作者，并和我喜欢的音乐人合作。”
