Chapter 161, Immature Thoughts [Please subscribe, please vote]
In 1998, the Hong Kong music scene had begun to decline. The pattern of superstars was very stable, and it was difficult for newcomers to stand out. Apart from Eason Chan and Kelly Chen, there were no other singers who could rival the superstars.
The focus of Chinese music has gradually shifted to the mainland and Taiwan.
Needless to say, in the mainland, Shen Lingyou is leading by a huge margin, and no one can match him in terms of album quality or sales.
In the hands of the media, the new song "Dong Feng Po" has become a perfect work that integrates lyrics, music, singing, arrangement and MV.
And his musical talent was taken to a new level.
At the same time, the competition for supremacy in the Chinese music scene in April has also begun.
Xu Huaiyu entered the Taiwan music scene in 1998 with the single "Fly Up". Luoshi's copywriter wrote that this song "beat Celine Dion and Namie Amuro on the first try and won the IFPI No. 100 spot!" Her first album, "I'm a Girl", sold million copies.
Fan Xiaoxuan became famous in 96 for singing cartoon songs with the image of a "little witch". She also appeared on CCTV Spring Festival Gala in 98 and sang "Health Song". However, a few months later, at the age of 21, she gave up her cute girl image and transformed herself into an independent musician, collaborating with Li Quan on "I Want Us to Be Together".
Liang Jingru's first album "Liang Jingru" was a big hit, and her title song "Courage" was a hit in the music scene of Taiwan Province. Warner Flying Disc also chose to launch her second album "Swallowtail Butterfly" this month. The title song was also produced by Shen Lingyou, and it immediately surpassed all female singers to win the sales champion of the Golden Melody Dragon and Tiger Chart.
As a bargaining chip to break into the Formosa Province market, Chen Xiaochun's first Mandarin album was exceptionally sophisticated, with huge investments in both production and promotion. He was stereotyped as a "miserable man" in Hong Kong, so the songs chosen for the album also reflected his previous style of "teasing grief", bringing a breath of fresh air to Formosa Province's usually stale music scene. "God, Save Me" was the most successful work among them.
"Love Me, Don't Leave" was written by Zhang Zhenyue and included in his fourth album "Secret Base". The theme of the entire album revolves around the mood of a twenty-year-old young man. It is fun, imaginative, and fully self-owned music, as natural as breathing.
"I've been feeling a bit annoyed lately" is the first collective creation by the three major singer-songwriters in Luoshi, Li Zongsheng, Zhou Huajian and Pin Guan. The last line of the song lyrics goes: "I don't mind, I don't mind, tomorrow's sun will still shine." However, in real life, many people are not very annoyed recently, but have been feeling annoyed all the time.
If 1998 is considered the peak of the Chinese music scene, it can also be considered the epitome and end of an era.
Masters always come in groups and leave in groups.
As witnesses of the times, the audience is happy.
And, this is just the beginning.
This year's battle is still brewing.
Firstly, although the Hong Kong music scene is declining, the influence of the Four Heavenly Kings still dominates this era, and their albums are waiting for countless fans.
Secondly, mainland singers are also gearing up for the event. Na Ying, who signed with EMI Records, found famous musicians such as Ding Xiaowen, Yuan Weiren, Li Sisong, and Li Weisong to write lyrics and compose music to create a big-budget album.
Finally, as the most active and successful singer in the Chinese music scene in 1997, Shen Lingyou’s first album this year has always been the most concerned, anticipated, and feared thing in and out of the industry.
"It's done!"
At this time, Shen Lingyou seemed to feel everyone's call and wrote 10 songs for the Chinese style album.
The first song is "Dongfeng Po", followed by "Fireworks are Easy to Cool", "Thousand Miles Away", "Hair Like Snow", "Mistakes in the Flower Field", "Romance of the Three Kingdoms", "Farewell Poem", "Qingming Rain", "Jiangnan", and "Susan Says". They are all classic works in Chinese style pop songs, and this time they are going to kill the Chinese music scene again.
"There are many media outlets out there that have published articles saying that you entered the entertainment industry because you ran out of ideas, and that you use acting to cover up your lack of musical creativity. I really want to break the hands of these people. For the sake of sales and attention, they will use any means necessary." Huo Wenxi was so angry that his teeth were itching.
"Why bother with them? These media outlets are just trying to attract attention with their unique viewpoints." Shen Lingyou didn't care.
"I have an immature idea about your album," Huo Wenxi said again.
"Sister Xi, when did you become so humble? None of your ideas are immature. They are either unique or original." Shen Lingyou said with a smile.
"I'm talking to you seriously." Huo Wenxi rolled his eyes at him.
"Am I not serious?" Shen Lingyou spread his hands.
"Seriously..." Huo Wenxi shook his head and smiled, and stopped bickering with him. Instead, he said seriously, "My idea is that you can try to find a Korean actress to be the heroine in the MV for your album."
"Use this as a gimmick to attract Korean people to buy it?" Shen Lingyou understood what she meant. He folded his hands and pondered, "It's a good method. We can even find a Korean singer to sing with us."
For the song "Thousand Miles Away", his plan is to find Fei Yuqing to collaborate with him. In fact, he can also release a customized Korean version and find a popular Korean singer to collaborate with him.
Anyway, since the heroine of the MV is a Korean actress, it will not affect the album's sales in China.
If we can hype up the marketing, we can earn a lot more Korean won.
Huo Wenxi not only has an idea, but has also taken action. He said, "I did a survey and found out the top ten most popular actresses in Korea. Three of them meet your MV requirements. They are Kim Hee Sun, Lee Young Ae and Choi Ji Woo. They are both good-looking and young."
Shen Lingyou heard this and said with a smile: "What did I say? Your idea cannot be immature. The people have been found."
Huo Wenxi said: "However, the role of the MV is not very big after all, in the end it still depends on the song."
Shen Lingyou nodded in agreement, and then analyzed: "Judging from the sales of the previous albums in Korea, the acceptance is still good, but if you want to sell well, obviously songs with a European and American style are better."
Modern music education in South Korea is mainly divided into two categories: "national music education" and "Western music education". Since the development of music in Europe and the United States is ahead of Asia, various art schools in South Korea began to introduce European and American music teaching systems and foreign music experts in the 1960s and 1970s.
To put it bluntly, Europe and the United States created the foundation of pop music, and China, Japan and South Korea are all imitating and learning. If Japanese music is known for its melody, then Korean music is dominated by rhythm.
This can be seen from the fact that the Korean music scene is dominated by boy bands and girl bands.
Shen Lingyou was wondering whether he should directly bring out "Gangnam Style", "Azalea", or "Little Apple".
The first two are the few Korean songs whose melodies and partial lyrics he remembers, and the latter is a Mandarin song with a strong sense of rhythm that was popular in Korea.
(End of this chapter)
In 1998, the Hong Kong music scene had begun to decline. The pattern of superstars was very stable, and it was difficult for newcomers to stand out. Apart from Eason Chan and Kelly Chen, there were no other singers who could rival the superstars.
The focus of Chinese music has gradually shifted to the mainland and Taiwan.
Needless to say, in the mainland, Shen Lingyou is leading by a huge margin, and no one can match him in terms of album quality or sales.
In the hands of the media, the new song "Dong Feng Po" has become a perfect work that integrates lyrics, music, singing, arrangement and MV.
And his musical talent was taken to a new level.
At the same time, the competition for supremacy in the Chinese music scene in April has also begun.
Xu Huaiyu entered the Taiwan music scene in 1998 with the single "Fly Up". Luoshi's copywriter wrote that this song "beat Celine Dion and Namie Amuro on the first try and won the IFPI No. 100 spot!" Her first album, "I'm a Girl", sold million copies.
Fan Xiaoxuan became famous in 96 for singing cartoon songs with the image of a "little witch". She also appeared on CCTV Spring Festival Gala in 98 and sang "Health Song". However, a few months later, at the age of 21, she gave up her cute girl image and transformed herself into an independent musician, collaborating with Li Quan on "I Want Us to Be Together".
Liang Jingru's first album "Liang Jingru" was a big hit, and her title song "Courage" was a hit in the music scene of Taiwan Province. Warner Flying Disc also chose to launch her second album "Swallowtail Butterfly" this month. The title song was also produced by Shen Lingyou, and it immediately surpassed all female singers to win the sales champion of the Golden Melody Dragon and Tiger Chart.
As a bargaining chip to break into the Formosa Province market, Chen Xiaochun's first Mandarin album was exceptionally sophisticated, with huge investments in both production and promotion. He was stereotyped as a "miserable man" in Hong Kong, so the songs chosen for the album also reflected his previous style of "teasing grief", bringing a breath of fresh air to Formosa Province's usually stale music scene. "God, Save Me" was the most successful work among them.
"Love Me, Don't Leave" was written by Zhang Zhenyue and included in his fourth album "Secret Base". The theme of the entire album revolves around the mood of a twenty-year-old young man. It is fun, imaginative, and fully self-owned music, as natural as breathing.
"I've been feeling a bit annoyed lately" is the first collective creation by the three major singer-songwriters in Luoshi, Li Zongsheng, Zhou Huajian and Pin Guan. The last line of the song lyrics goes: "I don't mind, I don't mind, tomorrow's sun will still shine." However, in real life, many people are not very annoyed recently, but have been feeling annoyed all the time.
If 1998 is considered the peak of the Chinese music scene, it can also be considered the epitome and end of an era.
Masters always come in groups and leave in groups.
As witnesses of the times, the audience is happy.
And, this is just the beginning.
This year's battle is still brewing.
Firstly, although the Hong Kong music scene is declining, the influence of the Four Heavenly Kings still dominates this era, and their albums are waiting for countless fans.
Secondly, mainland singers are also gearing up for the event. Na Ying, who signed with EMI Records, found famous musicians such as Ding Xiaowen, Yuan Weiren, Li Sisong, and Li Weisong to write lyrics and compose music to create a big-budget album.
Finally, as the most active and successful singer in the Chinese music scene in 1997, Shen Lingyou’s first album this year has always been the most concerned, anticipated, and feared thing in and out of the industry.
"It's done!"
At this time, Shen Lingyou seemed to feel everyone's call and wrote 10 songs for the Chinese style album.
The first song is "Dongfeng Po", followed by "Fireworks are Easy to Cool", "Thousand Miles Away", "Hair Like Snow", "Mistakes in the Flower Field", "Romance of the Three Kingdoms", "Farewell Poem", "Qingming Rain", "Jiangnan", and "Susan Says". They are all classic works in Chinese style pop songs, and this time they are going to kill the Chinese music scene again.
"There are many media outlets out there that have published articles saying that you entered the entertainment industry because you ran out of ideas, and that you use acting to cover up your lack of musical creativity. I really want to break the hands of these people. For the sake of sales and attention, they will use any means necessary." Huo Wenxi was so angry that his teeth were itching.
"Why bother with them? These media outlets are just trying to attract attention with their unique viewpoints." Shen Lingyou didn't care.
"I have an immature idea about your album," Huo Wenxi said again.
"Sister Xi, when did you become so humble? None of your ideas are immature. They are either unique or original." Shen Lingyou said with a smile.
"I'm talking to you seriously." Huo Wenxi rolled his eyes at him.
"Am I not serious?" Shen Lingyou spread his hands.
"Seriously..." Huo Wenxi shook his head and smiled, and stopped bickering with him. Instead, he said seriously, "My idea is that you can try to find a Korean actress to be the heroine in the MV for your album."
"Use this as a gimmick to attract Korean people to buy it?" Shen Lingyou understood what she meant. He folded his hands and pondered, "It's a good method. We can even find a Korean singer to sing with us."
For the song "Thousand Miles Away", his plan is to find Fei Yuqing to collaborate with him. In fact, he can also release a customized Korean version and find a popular Korean singer to collaborate with him.
Anyway, since the heroine of the MV is a Korean actress, it will not affect the album's sales in China.
If we can hype up the marketing, we can earn a lot more Korean won.
Huo Wenxi not only has an idea, but has also taken action. He said, "I did a survey and found out the top ten most popular actresses in Korea. Three of them meet your MV requirements. They are Kim Hee Sun, Lee Young Ae and Choi Ji Woo. They are both good-looking and young."
Shen Lingyou heard this and said with a smile: "What did I say? Your idea cannot be immature. The people have been found."
Huo Wenxi said: "However, the role of the MV is not very big after all, in the end it still depends on the song."
Shen Lingyou nodded in agreement, and then analyzed: "Judging from the sales of the previous albums in Korea, the acceptance is still good, but if you want to sell well, obviously songs with a European and American style are better."
Modern music education in South Korea is mainly divided into two categories: "national music education" and "Western music education". Since the development of music in Europe and the United States is ahead of Asia, various art schools in South Korea began to introduce European and American music teaching systems and foreign music experts in the 1960s and 1970s.
To put it bluntly, Europe and the United States created the foundation of pop music, and China, Japan and South Korea are all imitating and learning. If Japanese music is known for its melody, then Korean music is dominated by rhythm.
This can be seen from the fact that the Korean music scene is dominated by boy bands and girl bands.
Shen Lingyou was wondering whether he should directly bring out "Gangnam Style", "Azalea", or "Little Apple".
The first two are the few Korean songs whose melodies and partial lyrics he remembers, and the latter is a Mandarin song with a strong sense of rhythm that was popular in Korea.
(End of this chapter)
