第一次是先有了专辑名字才开始的歌曲创作，然而这也没有帮我们确定内容的框架和边界，大家一如既往的天马行空起来。唯一不同的是在《十万个为什么》创作的两年里，我不像以往那样在意专辑的时间计划和工作的节奏，开始喜欢上了这个过程本身。结果就是更多的时间在不断的试来试去，大部分时间里歌曲本身并没有太多进展，但这帮我解开了很多的「为什么」。就好似「十万个为什么」本来的源头 「One million Hows, two million Wheres，and seven million Whys!」总是有那么多需要弄明白的事情，也只有浸入在这个过程里才能逐渐理清自己的思路吧。 　　我们一直喜欢做「专辑」而不是「单曲」，因为这需要一段相对长的过程，正是这一相对长的过程赋予了专辑「时间」的烙印。一首歌并不能记录某个阶段相对完整的思考，但一张专辑可以。而对于这张专辑里每一首歌，讲述的又是各自独立的故事，它可以是关于无数的「？」，也可以是关于遥远处依旧需要去探寻的光亮。 　　2020年9月22日 谢玉岗 　　专辑发行：Space Circle 　　封面艺术：Manolo Gamboa Naon 　　专辑录音：安基国 　　混音/母带：Wouter Vlaeminck 　　录音棚：GT Studio/M3城市音乐馆 　　Composed and recorded during pre-pandemic time, ‘100,000 WHYS’  Wang Wen’s 11th album, heaves with beauty and intelligence. Lush, inviting, drawing on new textures and dynamics for the band, the album conjures rejuvenation and hope while holding fast to the sense of awe that suffuses their work. Each track is a new, supple equation written out with a steady hand, exact but also exacting in details that variously emerge or erupt from the core to shift the listeners perspective. This is a work born of clear thoughts stirring in busy minds. It’s also the most accessible album Wang Wen have produced so far, reaching out far to gather us all in close. 　　The name ‘100,000 WHYS ’comes from the English poet Kipling’s verse ‘One million Hows, two million Wheres, and seven million Whys!’. 　　‘Under the circumstance of 2020, nothing proves better than ‘100,000 WHYS’ .  Though we are living with confusion, with no sense of settlement for the unknown future, we still hope to stay curious and inquisitive.’