Chapter 321 Sweet Song War
Zhang Wei never expected that the song "Marshmallow" would suddenly Zhang Wei didn't understand what had happened, he was certain that he had changed history again.
On second thought, the song "The Most Beautiful Sun" sung by Jie Shao in the previous game was not released until a few months later, so it is not surprising that Wei Chen sings "Marshmallow" now.
The original singer of the song "Marshmallow" was the band Supreme ., who were originally formed during the 2007 Super Boy competition. The author of the song, Ma Xueyang, was one of the top ten contestants in the Chengdu division. So it's possible that the organizer got this song and gave it to Wei Chen to sing.
The song "Marshmallow" is a top-notch song in terms of both popularity and popularity. It was a must-have in the speakers of various shops on the street, and even many people used this song as their cell phone ringtone. If you hear this song now, many people will sigh "I'm so young".
As a top-notch hit song, appearing in this competition as an original song inevitably weakened Zhang Weiyue's advantage in creating the song. But what Zhang Wei really cared about was letting Wei Chen sing this song.
Among all the contestants, Wei Chen has the best image. He is recognized as a handsome guy. He is also the type of sunny and handsome guy, which attracts more fans than the melancholy and handsome type. The melancholy and handsome type is very attractive to female fans, but the sunny and handsome type is popular with both men and women, young and old.
"Marshmallow" is another sweet song, very sweet but not greasy. There were very few songs in the Chinese music scene that clearly told you it was sweet but could just touch your heart.
He's just a sunny and handsome guy, there's nothing to be afraid of. It's just a sweet song that's a top-tier hit, there's nothing wrong with that either.
But when the two are combined, the lethality is terrifying. Let a sunny handsome guy sing a top-level sweet song, which is like letting the twenty-something Daniel Wu coax you to eat candy.
Apart from anything else, he is sure to win the votes of female audiences!
……
Backstage, music director Hu Li looked at the broadcast screen, and little stars involuntarily twinkled in her eyes.
As a woman, although Hu Li has entered middle age, she still couldn't help herself when facing the handsome guy Wei Chen singing "Marshmallow". She kept smiling at the camera and making various cute gestures.
It’s so sweet!
"How is it? This song is pretty good, right?" The planner's voice sounded from the side, pulling Hu Li out of her sweetness.
Hu Li looked at the planner who looked very proud, and immediately had a guess in her mind. She immediately asked, "Did you find this song?"
The planner nodded with a smile: "Zhang Wei's biggest advantage is his original songs. If you want to defeat Zhang Wei on this stage, you must also use original songs.
In the last game, Jie Shao's song "The Most Beautiful Sun" was an original song, and the effect was very good, and the number of SMS votes also broke the record.
If Zhang Wei wasn't better at high notes, Jie Shao would definitely win. So this time, I also found an original song for Wei Chen."
"This song sounds really good. Where did you find it? Did you ask a musician to write it specially for you?" Hu Li asked.
"There's no need to hire professional musicians. There are many talented contestants among us, and many of them can write songs." The planner raised his head proudly and continued:
"Among the contestants this time, Zhang Wei is not the only original singer, so I organized a song collection activity among the contestants. Then I really found a few good songs.
This song, "Marshmallow", was written by one of the top ten contestants in the Chengdu competition area. Although this contestant's singing skills need to be improved, he is very talented and has a good image. The company has decided to sign him."
Hu Li nodded in agreement: "To be able to write a song like this, he is indeed very talented. Moreover, this song sounds very sweet. When sung by Wei Chen, it will definitely charm a lot of young girls."
"Not only young girls, but young boys will also find it very nice to listen to. I even think this song has a chance to be one of the top ten hits of the year!"
At this point, the planner took a look at the SMS voting data and was overjoyed. The number of votes had already surpassed that of Jie Shao in the previous round.
Then, the arrogance on his face gradually turned into a ferocious look: "Zhang Wei, this time, I want to see how you can win!"
……
At this moment, Zhang Wei did feel an invisible pressure, which was much greater than the song "The Most Beautiful Sun" that Jie Shao sang in the previous game.
As an original song, the quality of "Marshmallow" is indeed far better than "The Most Beautiful Sun". From the degree of its popularity, it can be seen that "The Most Beautiful Sun" can only be regarded as a good song, but "Marshmallow" is a guaranteed hit.
In other words, this time Zhang Wei has to face an original hit song.
What's more, with the support of handsome guy Wei Chen, this golden song has reached a higher level.
This song "Marshmallow" belongs to the "younger generation" of the 1980s and 1990s. Zhang Wei is very familiar with it, so he did not pay attention to Wei Chen's singing, but quickly thought of a countermeasure.
Since everyone has original hits, Zhang Wei’s biggest advantage has been offset, and Zhang Wei can only think of other ways.
As the saying goes, there is no first in literature and no second in martial arts. Literary and artistic competitions are different from competitive sports. There is a lack of unified standards, and subjective evaluation is more important.
For example, in a track and field competition, it is clear who can run faster, jump higher, or throw farther, and if you win, you lose;
For example, in a ball game, Xiaozi beat the Chinese national team 7-0. No matter how much you hate Xiaozi or like the Chinese national team, you cannot say that the Chinese national team won.
Even for events that require scoring, such as gymnastics and diving, if an action is completed successfully, a completion score must be given. If an action is not completed, no completion score can be given.
These are all based on judging criteria. Both the contestants and the referees must follow these criteria, and the audience must also recognize these criteria.
However, there is no way to establish such a judging standard for literary and artistic competitions. Whether your book is well written, your painting is well drawn, your song is well sung, or your film is well shot, all depends on subjective evaluation.
As an Oscar judge, I chose "Forrest Gump" because it is better than "The Shawshank Redemption". Therefore, "Forrest Gump" deserves the Oscar, and "The Shawshank Redemption" really has no place to defend itself.
The Swedish Academy feels that Haruki Murakami does not deserve the Nobel Prize in Literature. No matter how well your works are written or how many readers love them, I will not give you the prize.
Faced with this situation, the best way to defeat the opponent in the game is to fight back and defeat the opponent in the way that the opponent is best at.
For example, at the Oscars, the protagonist of your opponent's movie is a black person. Is this politically correct?
If you want to defeat him at this time, the protagonist of your movie should be a black woman, and you should be more politically correct than him.
When Zhang San next door sees what you are doing, he will say that the protagonist of his movie must be a transgender black person, which is more politically correct than you. Then the judges will definitely vote for Zhang San instead of you.
Then Li Si's protagonist is a gay transgender black man, Wang Wu's protagonist is a vegetarian gay transgender black man, Liu Mazi's protagonist is an environmentalist vegetarian gay transgender black man, and so on...
In short, since your selling point is political correctness, I will also max out the political correctness BUFF. The more you max it out, the more advantages you will gain in subjective evaluation.
If the judges don't vote for you, you will be criticized. Why can't my environmentalist, vegetarian, homosexual, transgender, black protagonist beat your ordinary black protagonist? Are you, as a judge, discriminating? No matter if you stink or not, I'll spray you with shit first!
It is for this reason that in the last game, when Jie Shao played "The Most Beautiful Sun", Zhang Wei used Vitas's Dolphin Sound "Torture" to respond.
Jie Shao is known as the "Little Prince of High Notes", and his greatest feature is of course the high notes. If other types of songs are used, it will become that you sing your city gate tower and he sings his hip axis, and the two sides compete on different tracks, and the audience cannot tell the difference.
It's just like "Hero's Song" and "Let's Row the Boat Together", which are completely two different types and incomparable, so naturally it's impossible to tell which one is better.
But if "Where is Spring" and "Let's Row the Boat", can they be compared?
There will definitely be people who think "Where is Spring" is better, and there will definitely be people who think "Let's Row the Boat" is better. No matter which song you think is better, at least they are comparable.
That's why Zhang Wei decided to choose the song "Torment". It doesn't matter whether the song is good or not, as long as he can sing the high notes and compare with Jie Shao's high notes, that's enough.
The audience's impression of Jie Shao is that he is the little prince of high notes. Then, when they hear that Zhang Wei's high notes are even higher, they will instinctively recognize Zhang Wei more and will naturally vote for him.
Now, facing Wei Chen's singing of "Marshmallow", Zhang Wei can only perform better in his strengths so as to win the audience's votes.
Wei Chen's biggest advantage is his good looks. He is one of the most handsome guys in this contest. Comparing with Wei Chen in terms of handsomeness? Zhang Wei dared not even think about it.
Zhang Wei is self-aware of his appearance. He looks like an ordinary person. Although he is not ugly, he is definitely not handsome.
Since we can’t compare in looks, we can only compare in sweetness.
"Marshmallow" is a top sweet song, and Zhang Wei needs to find an even sweeter song.
"This is the best sweet song ever!"
In an instant, an idea came to Zhang Wei's mind.
……
After singing the song "Marshmallow", the female audiences were already excited!
When they looked at Wei Chen, their eyes were sparkling with hot little stars. The handsome guy and the sweet song were so sweet and tempting!
The male audience members performed in a similar manner. Although there were not so many little stars in their eyes, one could tell from their lingering expressions that they were also attracted by the song.
Sweet songs are often love songs, and love songs are popular among both men and women.
Golden love songs that will be loved by both men and women.
In front of the TV, countless men and women began to yearn for beautiful love. Their ideal objects appeared in their minds, and they began to fantasize about the sweet life they would have when they were with him or her.
As a sweet song of golden song level, the cheerful melody and sweet lyrics of "Marshmallow" can indeed bring joy and relaxation to people. The sweet picture depicted in it can easily remind people of their youthful years and secret love experiences, recalling the beauty and innocence of the past, thus arousing inner resonance.
For those young boys and girls who are just beginning to fall in love, this song is like a warm spring breeze, gently blowing across their hearts and bringing with it touches of sweetness and dreams, which is exactly the feeling they expect for love.
For those who have experienced love, the sweetness in "Marshmallow" is like a key that opens the gate of their memory and allows them to recall the beautiful moments they have experienced. When the performance ended, hundreds of thousands of viewers in front of the TV picked up their mobile phones and sent text messages, not only to show their support for the singer and the song, but also to vote for the sweetness in their hearts.
“It’s over 500,000 votes!”
"Six hundred thousand votes!"
"Over 700,000 votes!"
"Eight hundred thousand, eight hundred thousand votes!"
In just a few seconds, the number of votes for "Marshmallow" has exceeded 800,000. According to this trend, it is inevitable that it will break one million.
"We're going to set a new record for SMS voting!" The planner clenched his fists excitedly. With such voting numbers, one can imagine the ratings and the popularity of the program.
More importantly, with over one million SMS votes, that should be enough to defeat Zhang Wei!
At the same time, a staff member came over with a piece of paper in his hand.
"This is the song Zhang Wei just submitted for the competition."
"Is it still an original song?" The planner took the paper. He couldn't understand the music score on it, but he could understand the lyrics.
"Coffee on the left bank of the Seine, I'll taste your beauty with a cup in my hand...Look at the lyrics, it's also a sweet love song!" The planner couldn't help but curl his lips: "Even if it's a sweet love song, it can be sweeter than this "Marshmallow"!"
……
The two contestants who had advanced were standing in the waiting area, and at this moment, solemn expressions appeared on both of their faces.
"Where did Wei Chen find such a good song? Although he graduated from a music college, he has never compose an original song before!" Mr. Chen said.
"What do you think of this song "Marshmallow" compared to the other songs you wrote?" Su Xing asked.
"It's a different genre. My songs are not of this genre, so there's no way to compare. But this song is really great." Chen Sheng paused, lowered his voice, and continued, "You and Wei Chen are from the same hometown, do you have any inside information?"
"I've heard some things. This song, 'Marshmallow', was written by a contestant from the Chengdu division. He made it into the top ten in the division, but did not make it to the national finals." Su Xing said.
"So he is in the same competition zone as Wei Chen." Mr. Chen nodded as if he suddenly realized something.
Su Xing and Wei Chen are both from Shaanxi, so they are considered fellow villagers and are close friends. However, Wei Chen graduated from Sichuan Conservatory of Music, so when he participated in the competition, he participated in the Chengdu audition.
"I now feel that Zhang Wei is in a bit of a dilemma. This song 'Marshmallow' is the best sweet love song I have heard this year, and Wei Chen's image is also very good. If we vote by text messages, Zhang Wei may not win." Su Xing said with a long sigh.
Mr. Chen nodded in agreement: "Although Zhang Wei is also good at writing love songs, this kind of sweet song is definitely more popular than that kind of lyrical song. Oh! What a pity!"
"What a pity? Do you want Zhang Wei to win?" Su Xing asked with a smile.
Mr. Chen nodded again: "I am also an original singer. If I can't compete with him in an original song competition, I will definitely regret it! What about you? Who do you hope will win?"
"Zhang Wei is an excellent student at Tsinghua University, so he must have no problem speaking English. I also want to compete with him in singing English songs!" Su Xing replied.
As the two were talking, Zhang Wei was already ready to go on stage.
Afterwards, the title of the song that Zhang Wei was about to sing appeared on the big screen at the scene: "Confession Balloon".
……
Wei Chen's "Marshmallow" is more lethal than the original "Marshmallow" by Supreme Lihe. At least those from Supreme Lihe really can't beat Wei Chen in terms of appearance, and they are also far behind Wei Chen in popularity.
In terms of singing skills, Wei Chen is also better. If those contestants had Wei Chen's singing ability, they would not have been eliminated in the top ten of their respective competition areas.
So what Zhang Wei is facing this time is actually an enhanced version of "Marshmallow".
The original version of "Marshmallow" is already popular enough, and the enhanced version of "Marshmallow" is even more difficult to deal with.
So Zhang Wei immediately thought of Jay Chou.
Almost every one of Jay Chou's songs is a classic, and many of his sweet love songs are masterpieces.
How many people born in the 1980s first remembered the name Jay Chou because of the song “Simple Love”.
How many young men, after listening to the song "Garden Party", would fantasize about taking the goddess of their dreams to visit an amusement park.
How many young men full of vigor and vitality can't help but want to kiss their loved ones when they hear "Sweet".
And this song "Confession Balloon" is the pinnacle of Zhou's sweet love songs.
Everyone must be familiar with this song, and no one should question the quality of this song.
How popular was "Confession Balloon" back then? For example, it was the last glorious moment of the Korean Wave in the Chinese entertainment market. A large number of Korean singers and groups came to the Chinese entertainment industry to hold concerts and make money. These Korean stars would sing "Confession Balloon" at the concerts to please the Chinese audience. Some Korean singers would even bow to the audience to apologize for not singing proficiently enough.
This is Jay Chou's strength. Even the Korean Wave at its peak had to bow to Jay Chou.
……
When the prelude sounded, it didn't seem to attract much attention from the audience. Perhaps everyone was still immersed in the sweetness of the song "Marshmallow".
The first ones to start listening to the song were the three judges. After all, they were music professionals and wouldn't be as easily immersed in a good song as ordinary people.
"Is this melody R&B? The melody lines are very positive and the scale rises and falls naturally. Is it imitating Jay Chou's style?" a judge thought to himself.
Jay Chou's personal style is so strong that even if you are not a professional musician, you can feel it.
However, as the song progressed, the judges realized that "Confession Balloon" was actually a sweet song!
"He intends to use the same type of sweet song to compete with the song 'Marshmallow'!" The three judges looked at each other and instantly understood Zhang Wei's intention.
“If it’s a sweet love song, it’s not easy to win over the song ‘Marshmallow’ just now! Unless you are really Jay Chou!” One of the judges sighed silently in his heart.
He obviously didn't know that this song "Confession Balloon" is really Jay Chou's song, and it is also Jay Chou's masterpiece.
……
"My dear, I fell in love with you. From that day on, it was so easy to be sweet. My dear, don't be willful. Your eyes are saying I do..."
As Zhang Wei sang, the audience was immersed in the song unconsciously.
The difficulty of this song "Confession Balloon" is not that great, otherwise it would not be sung by Korean artists. You have to know that Korean artists are all produced on the assembly line, and their singing skills are generally more formulaic. They can't handle really difficult songs.
So even if Zhang Wei does not have any singing talent, he can still easily master this song.
The key is that this song is really good. As the pinnacle of Jay Chou's sweet love songs, even the peak of Korean wave would bow down to it. It is definitely a divine song-level work.
At this moment, the audience was instantly captured by the song's brisk rhythm and sweet melody, as if it was taking us into a fairy tale world full of love.
The light yet affectionate tune blends the youthful confession with pure love, and interprets it vividly. This song makes people feel as if they are in a romantic confession, wrapped in the warmth and beauty of love.
This feeling is completely different from the "Marshmallow" just now. "Marshmallow" makes people feel very sweet, as if they really bit off a big piece of marshmallow and then felt the marshmallow slowly melting in their mouths.
This song "Confession Balloon" not only makes people taste the sweetness, but also makes people feel that everything around them is sweet, even the breath has that sweet taste.
Comparing the two, "Marshmallow" is like a piece of sweet candy, while "Confession Balloon" is like a delicious dessert.
When you put candy in your mouth, you can feel the instant sweetness filling your taste buds, and when you taste delicious desserts, you feel the lingering aftertaste. The more you continue to taste, the more you can feel the mellow sweetness.
In an instant, the sweet expression created by "Marshmallow" was instantly broken by the warm romance of "Confession Balloon".
"Marshmallow" is indeed a top sweet song, but compared with the peak work of the old partners Jay Chou and Vincent Fang after more than ten years of collaboration, it is indeed several levels lower in terms of melody and lyrics.
Although the audience is not a professional musician, they have developed some appreciation skills after listening to many songs. Even though they are both sweet love songs, they can still easily distinguish the good from the bad works with different grades.
……
In the contestant waiting area, Chen Sheng and Su Xing looked at each other. Both of them were professional singers, and they had already realized that Zhang Wei had already won this game.
Wei Chen showed a helpless expression, shook his head with a wry smile, and accepted the failure calmly.
Backstage, Hu Li sighed: "Zhang Wei wins again!"
"Why? He hasn't finished singing yet!" the planner retorted hysterically, his expression beginning to distort.
"The quality of the songs is so different!" Hu Li sighed again and continued, "This is a singing competition. If the song is good, it's invincible!"
(End of this chapter)
Zhang Wei never expected that the song "Marshmallow" would suddenly Zhang Wei didn't understand what had happened, he was certain that he had changed history again.
On second thought, the song "The Most Beautiful Sun" sung by Jie Shao in the previous game was not released until a few months later, so it is not surprising that Wei Chen sings "Marshmallow" now.
The original singer of the song "Marshmallow" was the band Supreme ., who were originally formed during the 2007 Super Boy competition. The author of the song, Ma Xueyang, was one of the top ten contestants in the Chengdu division. So it's possible that the organizer got this song and gave it to Wei Chen to sing.
The song "Marshmallow" is a top-notch song in terms of both popularity and popularity. It was a must-have in the speakers of various shops on the street, and even many people used this song as their cell phone ringtone. If you hear this song now, many people will sigh "I'm so young".
As a top-notch hit song, appearing in this competition as an original song inevitably weakened Zhang Weiyue's advantage in creating the song. But what Zhang Wei really cared about was letting Wei Chen sing this song.
Among all the contestants, Wei Chen has the best image. He is recognized as a handsome guy. He is also the type of sunny and handsome guy, which attracts more fans than the melancholy and handsome type. The melancholy and handsome type is very attractive to female fans, but the sunny and handsome type is popular with both men and women, young and old.
"Marshmallow" is another sweet song, very sweet but not greasy. There were very few songs in the Chinese music scene that clearly told you it was sweet but could just touch your heart.
He's just a sunny and handsome guy, there's nothing to be afraid of. It's just a sweet song that's a top-tier hit, there's nothing wrong with that either.
But when the two are combined, the lethality is terrifying. Let a sunny handsome guy sing a top-level sweet song, which is like letting the twenty-something Daniel Wu coax you to eat candy.
Apart from anything else, he is sure to win the votes of female audiences!
……
Backstage, music director Hu Li looked at the broadcast screen, and little stars involuntarily twinkled in her eyes.
As a woman, although Hu Li has entered middle age, she still couldn't help herself when facing the handsome guy Wei Chen singing "Marshmallow". She kept smiling at the camera and making various cute gestures.
It’s so sweet!
"How is it? This song is pretty good, right?" The planner's voice sounded from the side, pulling Hu Li out of her sweetness.
Hu Li looked at the planner who looked very proud, and immediately had a guess in her mind. She immediately asked, "Did you find this song?"
The planner nodded with a smile: "Zhang Wei's biggest advantage is his original songs. If you want to defeat Zhang Wei on this stage, you must also use original songs.
In the last game, Jie Shao's song "The Most Beautiful Sun" was an original song, and the effect was very good, and the number of SMS votes also broke the record.
If Zhang Wei wasn't better at high notes, Jie Shao would definitely win. So this time, I also found an original song for Wei Chen."
"This song sounds really good. Where did you find it? Did you ask a musician to write it specially for you?" Hu Li asked.
"There's no need to hire professional musicians. There are many talented contestants among us, and many of them can write songs." The planner raised his head proudly and continued:
"Among the contestants this time, Zhang Wei is not the only original singer, so I organized a song collection activity among the contestants. Then I really found a few good songs.
This song, "Marshmallow", was written by one of the top ten contestants in the Chengdu competition area. Although this contestant's singing skills need to be improved, he is very talented and has a good image. The company has decided to sign him."
Hu Li nodded in agreement: "To be able to write a song like this, he is indeed very talented. Moreover, this song sounds very sweet. When sung by Wei Chen, it will definitely charm a lot of young girls."
"Not only young girls, but young boys will also find it very nice to listen to. I even think this song has a chance to be one of the top ten hits of the year!"
At this point, the planner took a look at the SMS voting data and was overjoyed. The number of votes had already surpassed that of Jie Shao in the previous round.
Then, the arrogance on his face gradually turned into a ferocious look: "Zhang Wei, this time, I want to see how you can win!"
……
At this moment, Zhang Wei did feel an invisible pressure, which was much greater than the song "The Most Beautiful Sun" that Jie Shao sang in the previous game.
As an original song, the quality of "Marshmallow" is indeed far better than "The Most Beautiful Sun". From the degree of its popularity, it can be seen that "The Most Beautiful Sun" can only be regarded as a good song, but "Marshmallow" is a guaranteed hit.
In other words, this time Zhang Wei has to face an original hit song.
What's more, with the support of handsome guy Wei Chen, this golden song has reached a higher level.
This song "Marshmallow" belongs to the "younger generation" of the 1980s and 1990s. Zhang Wei is very familiar with it, so he did not pay attention to Wei Chen's singing, but quickly thought of a countermeasure.
Since everyone has original hits, Zhang Wei’s biggest advantage has been offset, and Zhang Wei can only think of other ways.
As the saying goes, there is no first in literature and no second in martial arts. Literary and artistic competitions are different from competitive sports. There is a lack of unified standards, and subjective evaluation is more important.
For example, in a track and field competition, it is clear who can run faster, jump higher, or throw farther, and if you win, you lose;
For example, in a ball game, Xiaozi beat the Chinese national team 7-0. No matter how much you hate Xiaozi or like the Chinese national team, you cannot say that the Chinese national team won.
Even for events that require scoring, such as gymnastics and diving, if an action is completed successfully, a completion score must be given. If an action is not completed, no completion score can be given.
These are all based on judging criteria. Both the contestants and the referees must follow these criteria, and the audience must also recognize these criteria.
However, there is no way to establish such a judging standard for literary and artistic competitions. Whether your book is well written, your painting is well drawn, your song is well sung, or your film is well shot, all depends on subjective evaluation.
As an Oscar judge, I chose "Forrest Gump" because it is better than "The Shawshank Redemption". Therefore, "Forrest Gump" deserves the Oscar, and "The Shawshank Redemption" really has no place to defend itself.
The Swedish Academy feels that Haruki Murakami does not deserve the Nobel Prize in Literature. No matter how well your works are written or how many readers love them, I will not give you the prize.
Faced with this situation, the best way to defeat the opponent in the game is to fight back and defeat the opponent in the way that the opponent is best at.
For example, at the Oscars, the protagonist of your opponent's movie is a black person. Is this politically correct?
If you want to defeat him at this time, the protagonist of your movie should be a black woman, and you should be more politically correct than him.
When Zhang San next door sees what you are doing, he will say that the protagonist of his movie must be a transgender black person, which is more politically correct than you. Then the judges will definitely vote for Zhang San instead of you.
Then Li Si's protagonist is a gay transgender black man, Wang Wu's protagonist is a vegetarian gay transgender black man, Liu Mazi's protagonist is an environmentalist vegetarian gay transgender black man, and so on...
In short, since your selling point is political correctness, I will also max out the political correctness BUFF. The more you max it out, the more advantages you will gain in subjective evaluation.
If the judges don't vote for you, you will be criticized. Why can't my environmentalist, vegetarian, homosexual, transgender, black protagonist beat your ordinary black protagonist? Are you, as a judge, discriminating? No matter if you stink or not, I'll spray you with shit first!
It is for this reason that in the last game, when Jie Shao played "The Most Beautiful Sun", Zhang Wei used Vitas's Dolphin Sound "Torture" to respond.
Jie Shao is known as the "Little Prince of High Notes", and his greatest feature is of course the high notes. If other types of songs are used, it will become that you sing your city gate tower and he sings his hip axis, and the two sides compete on different tracks, and the audience cannot tell the difference.
It's just like "Hero's Song" and "Let's Row the Boat Together", which are completely two different types and incomparable, so naturally it's impossible to tell which one is better.
But if "Where is Spring" and "Let's Row the Boat", can they be compared?
There will definitely be people who think "Where is Spring" is better, and there will definitely be people who think "Let's Row the Boat" is better. No matter which song you think is better, at least they are comparable.
That's why Zhang Wei decided to choose the song "Torment". It doesn't matter whether the song is good or not, as long as he can sing the high notes and compare with Jie Shao's high notes, that's enough.
The audience's impression of Jie Shao is that he is the little prince of high notes. Then, when they hear that Zhang Wei's high notes are even higher, they will instinctively recognize Zhang Wei more and will naturally vote for him.
Now, facing Wei Chen's singing of "Marshmallow", Zhang Wei can only perform better in his strengths so as to win the audience's votes.
Wei Chen's biggest advantage is his good looks. He is one of the most handsome guys in this contest. Comparing with Wei Chen in terms of handsomeness? Zhang Wei dared not even think about it.
Zhang Wei is self-aware of his appearance. He looks like an ordinary person. Although he is not ugly, he is definitely not handsome.
Since we can’t compare in looks, we can only compare in sweetness.
"Marshmallow" is a top sweet song, and Zhang Wei needs to find an even sweeter song.
"This is the best sweet song ever!"
In an instant, an idea came to Zhang Wei's mind.
……
After singing the song "Marshmallow", the female audiences were already excited!
When they looked at Wei Chen, their eyes were sparkling with hot little stars. The handsome guy and the sweet song were so sweet and tempting!
The male audience members performed in a similar manner. Although there were not so many little stars in their eyes, one could tell from their lingering expressions that they were also attracted by the song.
Sweet songs are often love songs, and love songs are popular among both men and women.
Golden love songs that will be loved by both men and women.
In front of the TV, countless men and women began to yearn for beautiful love. Their ideal objects appeared in their minds, and they began to fantasize about the sweet life they would have when they were with him or her.
As a sweet song of golden song level, the cheerful melody and sweet lyrics of "Marshmallow" can indeed bring joy and relaxation to people. The sweet picture depicted in it can easily remind people of their youthful years and secret love experiences, recalling the beauty and innocence of the past, thus arousing inner resonance.
For those young boys and girls who are just beginning to fall in love, this song is like a warm spring breeze, gently blowing across their hearts and bringing with it touches of sweetness and dreams, which is exactly the feeling they expect for love.
For those who have experienced love, the sweetness in "Marshmallow" is like a key that opens the gate of their memory and allows them to recall the beautiful moments they have experienced. When the performance ended, hundreds of thousands of viewers in front of the TV picked up their mobile phones and sent text messages, not only to show their support for the singer and the song, but also to vote for the sweetness in their hearts.
“It’s over 500,000 votes!”
"Six hundred thousand votes!"
"Over 700,000 votes!"
"Eight hundred thousand, eight hundred thousand votes!"
In just a few seconds, the number of votes for "Marshmallow" has exceeded 800,000. According to this trend, it is inevitable that it will break one million.
"We're going to set a new record for SMS voting!" The planner clenched his fists excitedly. With such voting numbers, one can imagine the ratings and the popularity of the program.
More importantly, with over one million SMS votes, that should be enough to defeat Zhang Wei!
At the same time, a staff member came over with a piece of paper in his hand.
"This is the song Zhang Wei just submitted for the competition."
"Is it still an original song?" The planner took the paper. He couldn't understand the music score on it, but he could understand the lyrics.
"Coffee on the left bank of the Seine, I'll taste your beauty with a cup in my hand...Look at the lyrics, it's also a sweet love song!" The planner couldn't help but curl his lips: "Even if it's a sweet love song, it can be sweeter than this "Marshmallow"!"
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The two contestants who had advanced were standing in the waiting area, and at this moment, solemn expressions appeared on both of their faces.
"Where did Wei Chen find such a good song? Although he graduated from a music college, he has never compose an original song before!" Mr. Chen said.
"What do you think of this song "Marshmallow" compared to the other songs you wrote?" Su Xing asked.
"It's a different genre. My songs are not of this genre, so there's no way to compare. But this song is really great." Chen Sheng paused, lowered his voice, and continued, "You and Wei Chen are from the same hometown, do you have any inside information?"
"I've heard some things. This song, 'Marshmallow', was written by a contestant from the Chengdu division. He made it into the top ten in the division, but did not make it to the national finals." Su Xing said.
"So he is in the same competition zone as Wei Chen." Mr. Chen nodded as if he suddenly realized something.
Su Xing and Wei Chen are both from Shaanxi, so they are considered fellow villagers and are close friends. However, Wei Chen graduated from Sichuan Conservatory of Music, so when he participated in the competition, he participated in the Chengdu audition.
"I now feel that Zhang Wei is in a bit of a dilemma. This song 'Marshmallow' is the best sweet love song I have heard this year, and Wei Chen's image is also very good. If we vote by text messages, Zhang Wei may not win." Su Xing said with a long sigh.
Mr. Chen nodded in agreement: "Although Zhang Wei is also good at writing love songs, this kind of sweet song is definitely more popular than that kind of lyrical song. Oh! What a pity!"
"What a pity? Do you want Zhang Wei to win?" Su Xing asked with a smile.
Mr. Chen nodded again: "I am also an original singer. If I can't compete with him in an original song competition, I will definitely regret it! What about you? Who do you hope will win?"
"Zhang Wei is an excellent student at Tsinghua University, so he must have no problem speaking English. I also want to compete with him in singing English songs!" Su Xing replied.
As the two were talking, Zhang Wei was already ready to go on stage.
Afterwards, the title of the song that Zhang Wei was about to sing appeared on the big screen at the scene: "Confession Balloon".
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Wei Chen's "Marshmallow" is more lethal than the original "Marshmallow" by Supreme Lihe. At least those from Supreme Lihe really can't beat Wei Chen in terms of appearance, and they are also far behind Wei Chen in popularity.
In terms of singing skills, Wei Chen is also better. If those contestants had Wei Chen's singing ability, they would not have been eliminated in the top ten of their respective competition areas.
So what Zhang Wei is facing this time is actually an enhanced version of "Marshmallow".
The original version of "Marshmallow" is already popular enough, and the enhanced version of "Marshmallow" is even more difficult to deal with.
So Zhang Wei immediately thought of Jay Chou.
Almost every one of Jay Chou's songs is a classic, and many of his sweet love songs are masterpieces.
How many people born in the 1980s first remembered the name Jay Chou because of the song “Simple Love”.
How many young men, after listening to the song "Garden Party", would fantasize about taking the goddess of their dreams to visit an amusement park.
How many young men full of vigor and vitality can't help but want to kiss their loved ones when they hear "Sweet".
And this song "Confession Balloon" is the pinnacle of Zhou's sweet love songs.
Everyone must be familiar with this song, and no one should question the quality of this song.
How popular was "Confession Balloon" back then? For example, it was the last glorious moment of the Korean Wave in the Chinese entertainment market. A large number of Korean singers and groups came to the Chinese entertainment industry to hold concerts and make money. These Korean stars would sing "Confession Balloon" at the concerts to please the Chinese audience. Some Korean singers would even bow to the audience to apologize for not singing proficiently enough.
This is Jay Chou's strength. Even the Korean Wave at its peak had to bow to Jay Chou.
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When the prelude sounded, it didn't seem to attract much attention from the audience. Perhaps everyone was still immersed in the sweetness of the song "Marshmallow".
The first ones to start listening to the song were the three judges. After all, they were music professionals and wouldn't be as easily immersed in a good song as ordinary people.
"Is this melody R&B? The melody lines are very positive and the scale rises and falls naturally. Is it imitating Jay Chou's style?" a judge thought to himself.
Jay Chou's personal style is so strong that even if you are not a professional musician, you can feel it.
However, as the song progressed, the judges realized that "Confession Balloon" was actually a sweet song!
"He intends to use the same type of sweet song to compete with the song 'Marshmallow'!" The three judges looked at each other and instantly understood Zhang Wei's intention.
“If it’s a sweet love song, it’s not easy to win over the song ‘Marshmallow’ just now! Unless you are really Jay Chou!” One of the judges sighed silently in his heart.
He obviously didn't know that this song "Confession Balloon" is really Jay Chou's song, and it is also Jay Chou's masterpiece.
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"My dear, I fell in love with you. From that day on, it was so easy to be sweet. My dear, don't be willful. Your eyes are saying I do..."
As Zhang Wei sang, the audience was immersed in the song unconsciously.
The difficulty of this song "Confession Balloon" is not that great, otherwise it would not be sung by Korean artists. You have to know that Korean artists are all produced on the assembly line, and their singing skills are generally more formulaic. They can't handle really difficult songs.
So even if Zhang Wei does not have any singing talent, he can still easily master this song.
The key is that this song is really good. As the pinnacle of Jay Chou's sweet love songs, even the peak of Korean wave would bow down to it. It is definitely a divine song-level work.
At this moment, the audience was instantly captured by the song's brisk rhythm and sweet melody, as if it was taking us into a fairy tale world full of love.
The light yet affectionate tune blends the youthful confession with pure love, and interprets it vividly. This song makes people feel as if they are in a romantic confession, wrapped in the warmth and beauty of love.
This feeling is completely different from the "Marshmallow" just now. "Marshmallow" makes people feel very sweet, as if they really bit off a big piece of marshmallow and then felt the marshmallow slowly melting in their mouths.
This song "Confession Balloon" not only makes people taste the sweetness, but also makes people feel that everything around them is sweet, even the breath has that sweet taste.
Comparing the two, "Marshmallow" is like a piece of sweet candy, while "Confession Balloon" is like a delicious dessert.
When you put candy in your mouth, you can feel the instant sweetness filling your taste buds, and when you taste delicious desserts, you feel the lingering aftertaste. The more you continue to taste, the more you can feel the mellow sweetness.
In an instant, the sweet expression created by "Marshmallow" was instantly broken by the warm romance of "Confession Balloon".
"Marshmallow" is indeed a top sweet song, but compared with the peak work of the old partners Jay Chou and Vincent Fang after more than ten years of collaboration, it is indeed several levels lower in terms of melody and lyrics.
Although the audience is not a professional musician, they have developed some appreciation skills after listening to many songs. Even though they are both sweet love songs, they can still easily distinguish the good from the bad works with different grades.
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In the contestant waiting area, Chen Sheng and Su Xing looked at each other. Both of them were professional singers, and they had already realized that Zhang Wei had already won this game.
Wei Chen showed a helpless expression, shook his head with a wry smile, and accepted the failure calmly.
Backstage, Hu Li sighed: "Zhang Wei wins again!"
"Why? He hasn't finished singing yet!" the planner retorted hysterically, his expression beginning to distort.
"The quality of the songs is so different!" Hu Li sighed again and continued, "This is a singing competition. If the song is good, it's invincible!"
(End of this chapter)
