Christian singer Xiang Hai released his third hymn album "Through the Dark Light".
On December 22, 2021, the virtual press conference for Xiang Hai's third hymn album "Through the Dark Light" was hosted by MeiXun Music, a Christian music ministry.
"For me, this album is a new beginning of life," said the Christian singer when sharing testimony about his first album "Jesus Who Am I" at the press meeting.
Xiang’s real commercial album "Saying Goodbye to People Who Don't Love Me" was released in 2006. The reception of the album was far less than others had expected. Since then, he had experienced down periods for a long time.
When he released his first hymn album "Jesus Who Am I" in 2015, he admitted, “If my commercial album was popular in 2006, I would be like many people. I would lose myself, become proud, and even degenerate. The bad, evil, and addictive things you imagine would happen to me... When I have an album written to my God, I know that God has been protecting me. He knows what I want and what to give me. If I got what I wanted, I would lose eternity and life. "
As David said in Psalm, "God, I will sing a new song to you." He said, "This is my greatest value and mission at present."
At the press conference, he also shared the creative background and story of his three hymn albums. Among them, the production of the third album "Through the Dark Light” was started during the outbreak of COVID-19, and he had experienced all sorts of difficulties until now. Due to the restrictions of COVID-19, this album was basically made by Xianghai alone, and the works of the album were basically written around the special environment of the situation of COVID-19.
The hymn "Priase Be to the Lord" in the third album was created during the Spring Festival in the year of COVID-19. Xianghai shared: "Disturbed that year, at the same time, I also knew that everything was in the hands of God. What can people do in the face of disasters and pandemics? Can we predict the future or stop anything? In fact, we are really so insignificant that we can't do anything but rely on God. Praise be to the Lord who loves us and created us."
A brief introduction of Xiang Hai:
Xianghai, a creative singer in mainland China, is a Christian. After knowing God, he found it wonderful to create hymns in the Lord. Before Christmas 2015, the Palm Spring Chorus released the first Gospel Album "Jesus who am I", in which the lyrics and songs of the hymns were almost written by Xianghai, and the single video of the "Today is Sunday” was broadcast more than 20 million times. The second hymn album "Follow You" was released in 2018.
-Translated by Tracy Ye
2021年12月22日，基督徒歌手湘海的第三张赞美诗专辑《穿过黑暗的光》的发布会在线上举行。本次发布会由美浔音乐主办，并邀请凡口草老师为主持嘉宾。
“对我来说，这张专辑是生命崭新的开始。”发布会上湘海老师见证其第一张专辑《Jesus Who Am I》时这样说。
湘海老师真正意义上发行的商业专辑是2006年发布的《和不爱我的人说再见》。专辑所获得的反响远远不如大家的预期。从那时起湘海老师就经历了漫长的低谷期。
而2015年湘海老师发行了第一张诗歌专辑《Jesus Who Am I》时，则自己告白：“06年我的商业专辑如果火了，我会像很多的人一样，我会迷失自己，变得骄傲，甚至堕落。大家所想象的不好的、恶的、成瘾的都会在我身上发生……当我拥有一张写给我的神的专辑的时候，我才知道神一直在保护我。祂知道我要的是什么，应该要给我什么。我如果要我想要的东西，我将会失去永恒，失去生命。”
大卫在诗篇中曾说“神啊，我要向你唱新歌”。而湘海老师说道：“这就是我目前最大的价值和使命。”。
发布会上，湘海老师也分享了自己三张赞美诗专辑的创作背景和故事。其中，第三张专辑《穿过黑暗的光》的制作是从疫情开始制作的，一直到现在，并经历所有的困难。由于疫情的限制，这张专辑基本都是湘海弟兄一个人制作完成的，专辑的作品也基本都是围绕疫情这一特殊环境来写的。
第三张专辑中《神是应当称颂的》这首诗歌是在疫情的那一年春节创作的。湘海老师分享道：“那一年很慌，同时也知道一切都在神的手中。人在灾难、疫情面前能怎么样？我们又能预知未来或阻挡些什么吗？其实，我们真的那么渺小，什么都不能，只能依靠神。因为爱我们、创造我们的神是应当称颂的。”
湘海简介：
湘海，中国内地创作型歌手，基督徒。认识上帝以后的他发现创作主内的赞美诗是美好的一件事情，2015年圣诞节前棕树泉圣乐团推出的首张福音大碟《JESUE WHO I AM》中诗歌的词曲几乎出自他手，其中诗歌《今天是礼拜天》单条视频播放量超2000万次。2018年发行第二张赞美诗专辑《跟随你》。
“神是应当称颂的”——基督徒歌手湘海发布第三张诗歌专辑《穿过黑暗的光》
Christian singer Xiang Hai released his third hymn album "Through the Dark Light".
On December 22, 2021, the virtual press conference for Xiang Hai's third hymn album "Through the Dark Light" was hosted by MeiXun Music, a Christian music ministry.
"For me, this album is a new beginning of life," said the Christian singer when sharing testimony about his first album "Jesus Who Am I" at the press meeting.
Xiang’s real commercial album "Saying Goodbye to People Who Don't Love Me" was released in 2006. The reception of the album was far less than others had expected. Since then, he had experienced down periods for a long time.
When he released his first hymn album "Jesus Who Am I" in 2015, he admitted, “If my commercial album was popular in 2006, I would be like many people. I would lose myself, become proud, and even degenerate. The bad, evil, and addictive things you imagine would happen to me... When I have an album written to my God, I know that God has been protecting me. He knows what I want and what to give me. If I got what I wanted, I would lose eternity and life. "
As David said in Psalm, "God, I will sing a new song to you." He said, "This is my greatest value and mission at present."
At the press conference, he also shared the creative background and story of his three hymn albums. Among them, the production of the third album "Through the Dark Light” was started during the outbreak of COVID-19, and he had experienced all sorts of difficulties until now. Due to the restrictions of COVID-19, this album was basically made by Xianghai alone, and the works of the album were basically written around the special environment of the situation of COVID-19.
The hymn "Priase Be to the Lord" in the third album was created during the Spring Festival in the year of COVID-19. Xianghai shared: "Disturbed that year, at the same time, I also knew that everything was in the hands of God. What can people do in the face of disasters and pandemics? Can we predict the future or stop anything? In fact, we are really so insignificant that we can't do anything but rely on God. Praise be to the Lord who loves us and created us."
A brief introduction of Xiang Hai:
Xianghai, a creative singer in mainland China, is a Christian. After knowing God, he found it wonderful to create hymns in the Lord. Before Christmas 2015, the Palm Spring Chorus released the first Gospel Album "Jesus who am I", in which the lyrics and songs of the hymns were almost written by Xianghai, and the single video of the "Today is Sunday” was broadcast more than 20 million times. The second hymn album "Follow You" was released in 2018.
-Translated by Tracy Ye
Christian Singer Xiang Hai Releases Third Album 'Through the Dark Light'
