As the top music award in the industry, Grammys
represent the best qualities of pop music
2018 60th Grammy Awards
17-year-old Jackson Yee
is the only Chinese musician invited by the CMV
Question 1: What are you looking forward to at the Grammys? I was invited by SMG to come here and participate in Grammys 2018,
and see the live performances of top artists
Question 2: How does it feel to be in NYC? I feel very good and very honored to be here
To me, NYC is very bustling,
and people here are very hospitable
Question 3: What is the mission of a musician? To present better music,
and transmit more diverse music
and share with you guys
Question 4: How do you promote Chinese culture through music? I sang the OST The Lament of the TV show Song of Phoenix
The lyrics included parts of the original words of Qu Yuan’s Li Sao
This song can be used to promote Chinese culture
Question 5: How do you promote the image of Chinese youth to the world? I visited foreign countries as event ambassadors,
and participated in some foreign events,
and prepared short speeches in English by myself
Through my own ways, I actually want to,
through my own action,
let the foreigners,
get to know the attitudes and characteristics of Chinese youth
Question 6: What is your favorite music style? I really like trap music
and Chinese ballads as well
If I were to produce my own album,
I would want to combine all my previous songs,
and put them into one album
And about new releases, probably more emotional songs
Question 7: What kind of music do you want to produce? I really want my songs to be of my unique style
I hope that in the future, once you hear the song, you can immediately recognize it’s my song
Question 8: What do you want to say to the Cranes? Chinese New Year is coming up.
Hope you guys can go back home,
and spend time with your parents