An iconoclast's power

The photo titled Mysteries.[Photo by Zou Hong/China Daily]

The documentary follows the production of the album and latest tour, with stops in cities the band visited for the first time, including Urumqi, capital of the Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region, and Lhasa, capital of China's Tibet autonomous region.

"A young man drove for 500 kilometers to see us in Urumqi along with his mother and sister," recalls the guitarist Cao. "I had to take the oxygen during the performance in Lhasa for hight attitude sickness."

The new album, which combines jazz, hip-hop and indie music elements, took the band six years to finish.

After that, the band members spent three months traveling independently, without any contact.

"I went to a music festival in Texas (United States), the others went to Indonesia, the Philippines and the Grand Canyon," says Fu. "We did it intentionally because we wanted to have some time 'alone'."

"We have known each other for many years. We are so close like families. We agreed that it's good to separate for a while," adds Fu.

Their trips and separated days inspired them to write songs, including Bling Bling Bling, Beijing Surfers and Drifting on the Earth for the new album.

Timed with the screening, Fu launched her photography exhibition Playing on the Earth. 80 photos were taken by Fu and selected from over 3,000 photos from 2008 to 2016.