For Your Grammy® Consideration: "The Bloom Project" for Best Global Music Album

The Bloom Project is a feminist reinterpretation of Chinese “shidaiqu”—an early 20th-century fusion of Chinese folk and Western jazz that emerged in 1920s Shanghai. The artist, Adai Song, reimagined these classic melodies with contemporary lyrics and bold arrangements that weave EDM, traditional Chinese instruments, and rap.

This album beautifully blends nostalgia with a modern edge, uniting Western and Eastern influences with bold reinterpretations of well-known Chinese, jazz, and classical songs. Guided by a strong female perspective and a cohesive sonic vision, it stands out as a truly extraordinary body of work.

Led by Adai Song herself, produced and mixed with a team of Berklee Alumni—from the MPE Department, BerkleeNYC Master's Program, and Berklee Online—and mastered by Berklee Alumni & Faculty Member Rachel Alina, engineered by Grammy-winning producers Zach Cooper and Grammy-nominated producer Ian Kimmel, this album is a true international collaboration of talents from the US, Asia, Europe and South America.

Listen to the full album here

Album Credits 专辑制作名单

Album Producer: Adai Song 宋黛霆

Arrangers: Adai Song, Electron, SHI, Jack Choi, Yuanming Zhang, Siyi Chen

Mastering Engineer: Rachel Alina

Engineers: Rachel Alina, Zach Cooper, Ian Kimmel, Skyler Bennett, Yuanming Zhang

Dolby Atmos Mixing Engineer: Yuanming Zhang 张原铭

Mixing Engineers: David Taylor, David Linz, Huang Shao Yong 黄少雍, JT Nagy, Sarah Long, Sebastian Hadl, Malcolm Welles at The Lab (also Mastering Engineer), Richard Newman

Assistant Engineer: Annamarie Rosanio

Instrumentalists: Nathan Han (Keys, Bass), Yili Cow (Erhu), SHI (Gu Zheng), Siyi Chen (Gu Zheng, Keys), Lucas Seoane (Drums), Da Ning (Sax)

Vocalists: Adai Song, Lionzed, John Clark, Junyu Lu, Ziyi Wang

Mix Assistants: Tim G Benton, Confluence Audio, Daniel Ernstmann, Patrick O’Neill, Sierra West, Clayton Whitehead, Norm Probst, Heitor Andrade, David Taylor, Kauê de Almeida e Silva, Kai Nakamura, William Gunn, Richard Newman