Music

酒蒙子

“酒蒙子” came from the impression several women I know from Northeast China left on me. I know perfectly well that no region can be reduced to one personality type, so the song is not trying to define “Northeastern women” as a category. It is simply my response to the people I actually met. They gave me a strong sense of openness, directness, generosity, the ability to drink, laugh loudly and say what they mean. When friends sit around the same table, that kind of personality can change the entire atmosphere very quickly. I liked the life force in that attitude—the lack of unnecessary hesitation or self-packaging—so “酒蒙子” became my way of showing respect to it. The drinking table, shouting, toasts, friends, blunt truths and slightly uncontrolled confidence are all there to recreate that live feeling. Musically, bar-band folk rock, blues grit and group shouts keep the track rough rather than polished. I wanted a little mess, a little smoke, a little sense of singing until morning. There is no complicated philosophy behind it. It is simply a salute to a bold and straightforward kind of female energy: if we are already sitting together tonight, raise the glass first.