Video Interview: Anson Hu chats live with fans and friends on KanKan News

November 7, 2011 (Aired date: Nov 3, 2011) - This Kan Kan News' live video chat where Anson's fans and friends have an opportunity to call in the show to chat with him. This live video chat is called [Who Cares? Hu Cares!]

I will not be providing a word-to-word translation, but rather a summary of the important points that Anson and guests has made on the show. This is a 60 minute long video interview!


Summary of Important Events in Video Interview:


Anson talks about his feelings after returing from New York
Anson: Upon return, I felt more relaxed. It's been 10 years in the industry, and after a while, I felt lost. I wanted travel to an unfamiliar place to gain some new inspiration. During the time I was in New York, I was like any other person. No one recognizes me and I could once again feel like a student. This type of feeling is important to me. I felt that I needed to fix my attitude because after a while, my inspirations and feelings stay the same. I haven't stepped up or moved forward. I have been stuck in the same place by doing similar things. Since I am still young, I wanted to challenge myself, and to go somewhere else.

The interest of learning about a movie director was always there. I wanted to see another perspective. I realized that I cannot drop my life, nor my work. When I was younger, I was like any other teenager who always wanted to do the best, and just wanted to move forward. Now, I realize that moving straight ahead would leave out many important things along the way.


Anson felt that getting a lot of acheievements isn't all that great.
Anson: A person should live and understand why they have become who they are. Like my new album, every song has a story behind it, and before, my music was written for the purpose of making an album. With that, you would then realize that you can only see surface of the song, and you won't be able to relate it to life. There isn't a story behind my old music.


Lyricist Ning Cai-Shen Calls In
Anson: In my new album, I wanted some kind of change. Through talking with Ning Cai-Shen, I realized that he has a lot that people and I can learn from. He has never written lyrics for anyone because he claims it to be troublesome. Finally one day, he surprised me with 3 songs!

Ning Cai-Shen: Usually people would write a song then lyrics; however, Anson is great since he allowed me room to write whatever I want, then he would compose the song to fit my lyrics. When i wrote <One Night in Shanghai>, it was based on the experiences and adventure of my friend who came to Shanghai. In general, I felt that the style in Beijing is very tough compared to Shanghai, which is more soft and flexible.

Anson: I took it as a challenge because his lyrics aren't written purposely for a song. He is also a famous script editior, when you read his lyrics, you can see the actual illustration. He is very strong, influential, and inspirational. What you see what he has to offer, you will feel like you want to pay him.



A fan asks: What do you feel is the difference between Shanghai and Beijing?
Anson: Beijing isn't the place where I grew up, but it is where I work, and it is the bluace where I built up my circle of friends. In Shanghai, I feel like it's home, I know everything that is there, and I am highly familiar with the place there.


A fan named Jin Jin Calls In
Jin Jin asks: How many points would you give yourself for your concert, and do you feel like you need to change for your upcoming concerts?

Anson: I would give myself 80 points, even though the seats were all filled. I felt that for the second half of the concert, I shouldn't have talked too much. There is talking after each song. I felt that if I talk too much, there isn't enough time for my audience to be caught in the mood. During recording, I didn't feel like I had that many high notes, but during my live concert, I finally felt it, and it's tiring! Most people would lower their key for concerts, but I would never want to.


Anson talks about his future love prospects.
Anson: In this new album, the songs are my real stories. I am more open and honest. To be honest, I am single. I like girls who are very generous, show filial obedience to their parents. I feel that it's important for girls to care about their family. About my interest in a girl's appearance: I like to look at thier legs first, then butt, their face, and finally their hair. Actually, we really have to talk about fate. Sometimes when we talk about first impressions, sometimes I would give someone 90 percent, but another person I might give then 150 percent. It really depends on who it is. I am someone more traditional, so I would like my future partner to be someone who is Chinese.


Shanghai's TV show host: Juliet, Calls In
Anson: We had the same teacher. I think she's very pretty.

Juliet: Anson is someone very talented, and he's very good as a host too! During the wedding that we both attended, he was the host. If you're talking about music, during the time period when he sang songs for [Wo Wei Ge Kuang 我為歌狂], he was always someone who is sensitive about music, and he is very talented and creative.


Anson talks about [Wo Wei Ge Kuang 我為歌狂]
Anson: During that time period, Wo Wei Ge Kuang is an anime that was written and produced by China, and it was very successful. Even right now, I don't think there are any other anime that has suprassed it. There might be, but they aren't the same nature. Since during that time, someone had recommended me to sing because I had recently signed a contract. It was through this anime that many fans had recognized me.


Anson's Pan teacher Calls In
Pan teacher: Anson is very smart and he is someone that has a lot of spirit. He learned Heitou, which is a special singing technique that I taught, and he learned it really well. I tried to look for him, but he kept changing his phone number. Now I finally have the chance to speak to you, I will contact you soon again to talk about a new years concert!


A fan asks: Why is <Little Wish 小小的心願> so different from your other songs?
Anson: I don't need to write a song that is very grande. I believe that teenagers always have a wish and maybe there will be a chance for it to grow even bigger. So with this song, I want to encourage teenagers to go for their wish.


Anson talks about how his first movie came about.
Anson: The director and editor are my good friends. I dont know too much about my role in the movie, and I simply just agreed. I was very interested in participating because since I studied movie director, I wanted to compare the difference between the film directing in New York and in China. There are large differences between acting and movie directing.


A fan named Bingaen Calls In
Bingaen asks: Are you going to be doing a Shanghai concert? Will you be releasing a DVD?

Anson: Shanghai is going to be the last concert. Then we will probably release a DVD because it's going to be my best one. With the DVD, you should be able to buy the DVD anywhere. If I ever open a concert in the US, it would probably be in Chinatown!




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