Chapter 293 "The King of Karaoke"
Su Yuwei's results indeed exceeded many people's expectations.
No way, just looking at the guest lineup for the semi-finals of "Singer", it can be said that Su Yuwei is the one with the least stage experience in the eyes of many people.
After all, the age is there, even though there is Xu Kong who is a few years younger than Su Yuwei.
But in fact, Xu Kong is somewhat special after all. There is no way to compare this guy among young singers of the same age.
Moreover, even the Spring Festival Gala, which is considered the largest stage in the country, has been performed on, and it is still a solo program type. Xu Kong has already completed various types of stages and parties in the country early.
I just didn't expect that Su Yuwei's ranking first in the first two issues was not entirely due to luck.
The performance itself is also quite stable, and more importantly, judging from the quality of the new songs, the company's efforts in cultivating Su Yuwei, a newcomer, are quite strong.
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"I feel like Su Yuwei really has a chance to compete with Xu Kong for the championship this season."
Even the music director next to Fat Bird spoke at this time.
So far, Su Yuwei is the only singer with 90 votes, and with 93 votes, she is definitely the number one with no suspense in the past few episodes of the show.
Of course, he didn't say anything particularly deadly.
After all, the next step is to get to Xu Kong.
Although Su Yuwei's new song does bring quite a surprise.
But what most viewers, including media judges like them, are looking forward to most is Xu Kong. More than a month later, after the popularity of the "Sweet Honey" movie has temporarily passed, the company Feng Ge has encountered such a big change. The first public show.
And the fat birds know best.
For other singers, as long as you are willing to spend money, you still have plenty of opportunities to see their live performances.
Various concerts, personal tours, including variety shows or music festival performances.
After all, this is the main source of income for most singers.
But Xu Kong is a little special.
Everyone knows that if Xu Kong continues to focus on his film and television development.
Then Xu Kong may not take on so many performances in the future.
Not to mention offline performances, you will most likely not see it even in some variety shows.
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At the same time, after Su Yuwei's votes came out, Xu Kong, who was the next performer, also appeared on the stage.
"Finally the wait is here!"
"Damn it, it's too late for Xu Kong to appear. Although the previous performances are also quite exciting, the one I'm looking forward to the most is Xu Kong."
"Xukong's new song, holy shit, just thinking about it makes me excited."
Xu Kong's popularity naturally needs no introduction.
It can even be said that the popularity of the "Singer" semi-finals is so high, and the data is far higher than before. Many people are here for Xu Kong.
Xu Kong's new song, just with these words, is enough to become a hot search on Weibo.
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As the lights gradually dimmed, the piano prelude sounded.
At the same time, the song information appeared on the big screen.
""The King of Karaoke""
"Lyrics: Xu Kong"
"Composer: Xu Kong"
"Singing: Xu Kong"
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It was still Xu Kong who was responsible for the lyrics, music and production of the new song, and most people were not surprised at all.
On the contrary, if one day some other lyrics, music or producers appear in Xu Kong's new song, it will be big news.
"My singing is not moving enough, please don't frown"
"I am willing to make a pact with you until death"
"I just want to play and sing until the next century"
"Please don't blame me for dedicating this sensationalism to you"
This is a slow song, but Xu Kong just opened his mouth, so although many people at the scene seemed very excited, they still tried hard to restrain themselves from making too much noise.
"Cantonese?"
Fat Bird was indeed stunned for a moment.
He didn't expect that Xu Kong's new song this time was actually a Cantonese song.
Although Xu Kong’s Cantonese songs are good, everyone has known about them for a long time.
After all, when Xu Kong first revealed his creative talents, it was the Cantonese song "The Best Losing Friend".
Including the following song "Rascal", the popularity and quality of the songs are obvious to all.
It can even be said that in recent years, with the decline of Hong Kong City, the only new Cantonese songs that can really be regarded as breaking out of the music industry are these two by Xu Kong.
But even so, among Xu Kong's past songs, there were only two Cantonese songs.
So this time the semi-finals of "Singer" suddenly became two songs, which is indeed surprising.
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"Who believes in the superficial dialogue of a lifetime?"
"Come and give you a song that will make millions of people cry"
When it came to the chorus, Xu Kong's state was completely improved.
The key started to get a little higher, but it still maintained the slightly melancholy tone of the whole song.
"It's like a Ferris wheel of happiness as if you've never heard of an oath before"
“That’s why I’m going to scream at heaven and earth because of you”
"Love love love love so much"
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Fat Bird cannot understand Cantonese, but this does not prevent him from being able to see the lyrics in real time.
I have to say that the lyrics of Xu Kong's song are very reminiscent of the golden age of Hong Kong.
More importantly, the whole song still has a very smooth fusion.
From the beginning to the chorus, there is no obvious transition at all, as if it was natural.
This is a feature found in many of Xu Kong’s past songs.
And this often means that a new song will be added to Xu Kong's hit singles.
At the same time, the accompaniment continued after the first part ended.
Xu Kong, who adjusted slightly, continued his singing.
"I want to sing a song to bless us"
"I will live alone after singing"
"I am willing to try to understand from now on"
"How lonely is a person's heart in a crowded room"
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Xu Kong spoke again, but this time he suddenly changed into Mandarin.
This made many people stunned for a moment, and some were slightly unresponsive.
"Damn it, why can I suddenly understand the lyrics again!"
"It's changed to Mandarin again. Is this specially designed by Xu Kong?"
"The melody has not changed, but the lyrics must have been specially written."
At this time, the audience in the live broadcast room had already started talking.
Most people speculate that Xu Kong’s song was designed in this way.
But Fat Bird suddenly fell into deep thought.
No, although the theme of the first half and the second half is still the same, the connection between the lyrics is not particularly close.
Wait, Xu Kong didn't write two different lyrics, right?
A song has lyrics in both Mandarin and Cantonese. Although it is not very common, it does happen.
It's just that usually one version comes out first, and then the second word is filled in again.
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"I've come to believe that there are some people I never have to wait for so I understand"
"Why do you cry in a dimly lit place"
"You won't believe how happy you will be marrying me tomorrow"
"I just want you to understand that I am willing to love, love, love until I want to vomit"
The second part of the chorus, although the composition is the same, the lyrics are completely different.
From this point, Fat Bird became more certain of his thoughts.
It can be seen that Xu Kong wrote two kinds of lyrics, and then he didn't know what to sing, so he chose to sing part of the upper part and the lower part respectively?
However, although there are two words in Cantonese and Mandarin, because the composition and accompaniment of the entire song are exactly the same, there is no sense of inconsistency at all. ……
"I still prefer the first half of the Cantonese version."
"I prefer the Mandarin chorus at the end."
"I quite like them all, mainly because the accompaniment and composition of the song itself make it difficult to forget after listening to it once."
Different viewers in the barrage expressed their own thoughts.
Obviously, the two parts before and after are not completely separated.
However, some viewers who don't like Cantonese songs feel better about the Mandarin version of the second half.
But this does not affect the fact that Xu Kong's "King of K-Song" has a high probability of becoming popular.
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"I want to end with a kiss goodbye"
"I didn't expect you just said I shouldn't cry"
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"Don't let me understand"
Xu Kong finished singing the last line of lyrics.
The scene was quiet for a while before violent applause and screaming broke out.
For Fat Bird, in terms of liking, although the quality of Su Yuwei's song is also very high, he has to admit that Xu Kong's new song has completely touched his heart.
The Cantonese version of the first half seems to take him back to the golden age of the Hong Kong music scene in the last century.
The Mandarin lyrics in the second half are more catchy, and after listening to it, I can’t help but want to sing along.
In short, Fat Bird likes both versions very much.
There is no reason not to vote.
However, his vote cannot actually determine much.
After all, he also voted for Su Yuwei's performance just now.
Although he has a preference for Xu Kong, as a media judge, Fat Bird still does what he should do.
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As for the other aspect, that is, in terms of on-site performance and performance.
Although Su Yuwei made no mistakes, she did look nervous.
As for Xu Kong, his condition can be said to be quite relaxed.
Although it was a new song, the whole performance was performed with ease.
Xu Kong is the youngest among all the singers on all shows.
But he is also the only other singing king besides Jian Junfang.
The standard of the show was completely that of a king of singers. For the audience at the scene, including the show itself, it was also a live broadcast, so no one would question it.
Although Xu Kong's singing skills are still not what most people pay attention to.
But only people like Fat Bird, who paid special attention to the media review and those who were present in person, knew how stable Xu Kong's performance was.
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"Teacher Xu Kong, stay for a while..."
The host spoke.
Start with the personal interview session that each singer has on the semi-final stage.
"I think many viewers are curious as to why the first half of this new song is in Cantonese and the second half is in Mandarin..."
The host asked as per usual, or according to the script that had been arranged before.
The question was written by herself, and it was mainly something the famous Mango female host was curious about.
"Actually, I originally planned to write a Cantonese song, but when it came time to write the lyrics, I suddenly added the Mandarin version of the lyrics."
"So actually, there should be two versions of this song."
“But I don’t know which version to sing on stage, so I just sing half of it.”
"Of course, the follow-up program is over, and both Cantonese and Mandarin versions of the single will be released..."
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Many people seemed a little surprised when they heard Xu Kong's words.
Everyone still thinks that Xu Kong designed this deliberately.
Unexpectedly, the other party got the idea, filled in two versions of the lyrics, and then sang them together...
As for the audience at this time, several media judges around Fat Bird all cast different looks at him.
As expected of the so-called "Xu Chuibo", can this be guessed by a fat bird?
Fat Bird was a little stunned for a moment. He just casually guessed the possibility, and it turned out that he was right.
Of course, no one would doubt that Fat Bird could have known such hidden information about Xu Kong's new song.
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Xu Kong on the stage had a smile on his face.
But in fact, I can't help but feel a little mmp inside.
He had sung this song many times in his previous life, and he really liked it.
Therefore, I remember both the Mandarin and Cantonese versions of the lyrics quite well.
But just because I remembered it so well, during the rehearsal, I sang the splits while singing.
I actually thought of choosing the Cantonese version to participate in the show.
Who knew that after singing the first half, the song suddenly became the Mandarin version?
I had no choice but to continue singing like this.
After the stage rehearsal, when the host came over to discuss with him the script for the post-performance question and answer session, the other person’s question was about this.
The key is that everyone at the time thought that Xu Kong had specially designed this.
He couldn't help but slap himself in the face.
I made a mistake, so I chose this performance method.
But it doesn't have much impact. After all, the accompaniment and melody of the two songs are almost the same, they just have different lyrics.
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"By the way, why is this song called "The King of Karaoke"?"
After Xu Kong heard this question, he explained:
"Actually, this is a saying in the Cantonese-speaking area. This word may be considered a positive term by many people, but in fact it has some derogatory connotations."
"Used to describe singers who can only sing but lack emotional expression, as if they are soulless singing machines."
"It's like no matter how devoted you are to singing, you can't move others..."
Many viewers finally reacted at this time.
Especially Fat Bird. When he first saw the name of this song, he thought it would be a domineering song.
As a result, in fact, the song accompaniment, lyrics and music all have a slightly melancholy atmosphere.
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"By the way, many of the lyrics in the two versions of this song are actually the names of the songs."
"Of course, it's the kind that hasn't been released yet."
Xu Kong seemed very calm this time and dropped a bombshell.
The host was also stunned for a moment because this was something outside the script.
"New song? In other words, are the lyrics composed of the names of your new songs in the future?"
Xu Kong nodded.
"Probably, dozens of songs."
Xu Kong's words made many people take a breath of cold air.
"Dozens of songs?"
"Is that a song on your future album?"
This experienced Mango female host tried her best to maintain her professionalism, but she was still shocked.
Xu Kong frowned in embarrassment.
"That's not..."
"And I don't plan to sing many of them myself, or simply don't plan to publish them..."
Xu Kong replied with a smile.
However, in the eyes of Fat Bird and other viewers and fans, he seemed very unbeatable.
No, you wrote what you wrote and then said you didn’t plan to post it.
Isn't this a monkey trick?
Of course Xu Kong mentioned it on purpose, but he was actually trying to spread the pie.
Finally, I added:
"I feel that these songs are all waiting for the singer who is destined to them..."
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(End of chapter)