A new kind of platform

Zhang appeared in the first episode of the project, in which Beijing-based indie rock band, The Life Journey, performed its song, Shi Qu De Ge (A Song for Those Who Have Gone Away), at a hotpot restaurant in Beijing.

Speaking about venue choices, he says: "We let the singers and bands choose places where they want to perform, feel comfortable about, or where they often visit.

"When the songs are performed at those places, you feel something beyond them. The lyrics and melodies form a chemistry with the places and people there, which touch both the performers and the listeners.

"That's the magic of music. It can bring people together, and put everything in the right place."

In the second episode, Queen Sea Big Shark, one of Beijing's most popular indie rock bands, performs its song, Chao Neng Li (Superpower), while on a bus in Beijing at 5:30 am. And the audience are the commuters on their way to work, the bus conductor and the bus driver.