An Intense New Single from YIFY ZHANG
A breathtaking new release from YIFY ZHANG delivers a powerful sound and story that comes through theatrical, impactful, lush, with rising levels of intensity as the song unfolds, and a story that you get sucked right into because of how descriptive it is.
This is a beautifully constructed piece of work that feels semi-orchestrated and has a brilliant build. The whole thing has an eeriness to it, but it doesn't bow away from that hugely intense performance and how the song comes to such an in-depth and climactic end.
"Forest Opening" is a track about betrayal. It's a song that bases itself around the story of someone who fell in love and was betrayed by that person, but not in the way that he may think.
It's about a tribe that was destroyed by soldiers. The story gets so detailed that she goes on to describe the blood-soaked violence, families ripped apart, and so much more.
In the end, she's still trying to figure it all out. How this came to be. How it all happened.
The way it is constructed is so amazing. Again, it's heavily theatrical, and the way she performs the vocals gets more and more robust as the song plays on.
It's got such a beautiful backbone to it, and there's a certain gracefulness as well. It is kind of dream-pop, but again, the cinematic pop aspect really sort of takes over, and her vocal performance is just through the roof.
She's really able to put loads of emotion into the song and base it around that storyline.
Her voice is almost angelic. It also haunts at the same time. It haunts mostly because of the song's premise and how violent and sad it is. She uses her voice as an instrument and gives these reeling melodies that float through the song's ether and give it even more depth and emotional backbone.
It's got a lot of catchiness in terms of the melody she uses, and it all sort of gets embedded in your brain.
I love a song that sort of surrounds you and swallows you up the way this one does. It's very engulfing, boisterously cinematic, and intense.
With this beautifully woven single comes a music video that describes everything perfectly. The visuals are as intense as the song. The cinematography winds and shakes, and really helps create the right kind of aesthetic for the music.
It's amazing how this song builds such a unique atmosphere and mood for those lyrics. After watching the video, I felt like I had just watched the scene of a film.
The single is performed with Chinese lyrics. When you watch the video you'll see the English lyrics there so you can follow along amazingly.
This is such a deepening track that delivers meth, mystery, and lavishly descriptive approaches that stay with you long after the song has ended.
You can tell this is a song that a lot went into. There was a lot of thought that went into how it would unfold, how the lyrics would be phrased and articulated, falling into place perfectly with the intensities of the music and how they come in waves.
It's a brilliant story, told beautifully, and you don't really want to miss this one.
Watching the music video is the best way to go, so of course, we've embedded that below for your viewing and listening pleasure.
Check this one out right now so you can see exactly where I'm coming from.
