Edison Chen Interview

In the initial, I was just a star and a manager told me what to do every day. And one night, i was actually sold - like I was sold to another company. It was very demeaning to me and I felt very helpless. I felt like I was not in control of anything.

One a very important thing is that when I started being an actor or an entertainer in Hong Kong. People would always be making fun of the way i dress. And people would always be making fun of the way that I spoke or the way I stood.

I think hip-pop wasn’t such a big thing in the late nineteenth, early two thousands in Asia.

So at that moment, I was wondering why they wouldn’t understand what it was that we were doing. At the same time, in the American market there is a huge gap of high-quality Chinese products or high-quality Chinese creativity.

So what we wanted to do was to bring the people that we loved and supported so dearly to China, and showcase these people.

But at the same time, being able to work with them and collaborate with them, and exchange creative ideas, so that we can be the same level. That’s the most important point, for us, it was to be recognized by people all around the world, that we are a Chinese band, but we’re fly too.

We are now actually working on some projects with Polo and with Ralph Lauren. I think it’s a sign of the times, you know.

So I really feel like the youths in China really need to open their eyes and realize that the world is within their grasp.

They just need to believe that they can get it.

Belif is something that is lacking with the youths of China.

They always like to watch and enjoy, but they need to work hard and persevere and excel.

I always tell this. In every place of the world, there are rules and regulations, not even in China, in America, in Europe- in everywhere. But in a creative world, there is no rule, there is no limit. The world is yours, your mind can expands anywhere.

So you need to use that freedom in your everyday struggles.

Now, when they watch these hip-pop videos and they see the street culture stuff, they’re kind of like, “Wow, this is so fresh now, i like it.”

Why do you like it? They might not even know why they like it.

It’s because it represents something that they lack, that is to be able to think openly and be like, i can do this, and i will do this.