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Yung Kai reveals inspiration behind hit song 'Blue'

Published Jan 26, 2025 03:55 pm

At A Glance

  • In a recent interview with onestowatch.com, Yung Kai shared the inspiration and process behind this love song released on April 26, 2024.
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Emerging Chinese singer Yung Kai is quickly gaining popularity with his enchanting song "Blue," which went viral on TikTok a few weeks ago. You might be one of the many who have fallen in love with his music.

In a recent interview with onestowatch.com, Yung Kai shared the inspiration and process behind this love song released on April 26, 2024.

Yung Kai said: "I could explain the process of “Blue,” which represents my main process for most of my songs. Making a song is really hard. I can't force myself to make a song. Like right now, if I just pulled up FL Studio. and just tried to make a song, it's going to be shut. 

"But for 'Blue,' I had a lot of emotion at that time. Like, I was watching this C-drama, Chinese drama with this cute girl that I liked, you know? I really liked the songs in the drama, too, and I really liked the drama itself. 

"So I put all that emotion together; it was so much built up inside me, and I put it into a song. And that's usually how making a song goes for me. Like if I try to force it, it doesn't really work. 

​"Also if we're talking about the process, I always start with the guitar. So I do chords. Then, I do a little drums and I put a lead on there. And then I usually come back to it after a few days or a few weeks, because I'm always not feeling it when I first make it. I never feel it. 

​"So I tend to wait a little bit. And then I come back to it, I rearrange it, and write lyrics. And that’s the process​," he said.

Yung Kai also revealed the C-drama that inspired him to write the song.

​"Yeah, it's called When I Fly Towards You. I think most people know about it because I posted on Instagram​; I said this song is literally inspired by WIFTY, which is When I Fly Towards You​," the musician said. "It's a really good one, you should check it out.​" 

​On future projects, Yung Kai answered: "I have a lot of demos, but not exactly a project. I've been thinking of just putting all these demos into an EP or album. Right now, it's just focusing on making songs and then making them sound good.​"

Yung Kai also shared his process of writing songs.

​" 'Blue​' I wrote completely myself. ​'Wildflower​' was completely myself, but I produced with someone. But I’ve realized, I think I just really enjoy writing by myself. I know, at this point, I can write by myself​, and I know I also can produce by myself​, and I can mix and engineer stuff. I'm not sure if it's just that I haven't met the right people to work with yet. But for now, when I’m alone, my thoughts just come to me better.​"

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