Original article by Rhino Entertainment
Article｜Editor by Founder｜Piao Fang
"Even if there are thousands of songs in Japan, they will drift on my way in the distance..." "A Thousand Que Song" suddenly attacks your tear glands, and you will understand how a Chinese golden song travels through time to play with people's complex thoughts and emotions.
Now we are in an era when golden songs are hard to come out.
We miss the "fairy fights" of the old Chinese music scene more and more frequently, and we are more and more lamented that it is difficult to find "Chinese golden songs" that are both popular and textured in the short video era. Unpopular singers Stefanie Sun , Jay Chou and Cai Xukun fans' Weibo battles have all revealed the generational gap between the new and old generations of music aesthetics.
Instead of being stuck in mediocrity, look back at the classics. Every generation has an exclusive BGM to accompany them to grow up, but there are always some melodies that can penetrate the generations and tug at everyone's heartstrings at any age. It seems that I understand this best in the fourth season of " Our Song " .
On top of the core mode of chorus of new voices & senior singers, the fourth season's "Our Song" more detailedly divided singers into three generations of new voice singers, Mesozoic singers, and senior singers, and newly established the "Story of Time". "The big theme, trying to salvage the long-term value of golden songs from the chasm of time, and connect the greatest common divisor of the emotions of different generations of listeners.
from Chen Huixian & Meng Huiyuan 's "Thousands of Que Songs", Zhou Chuanxiong & Land Rover 's "Dusk", Xiao Jingteng & Zhang Qi 's "Falling in Love with a Person Who Doesn't Go Home" and other old songs are sung on the stage , we seem to have found the "golden song code" for Yin Zong to conquer audiences of all ages and achieve intergenerational reconciliation.
digs deep into the stories of golden songs and singers
impresses audiences of all ages with emotional narrative
When Zhou Chuanxiong saw the "15 years of waiting concert" clip in 2004, he subconsciously avoided his eyes and burst into tears. When I wrote "Dusk" during the trough of my career, people in the world only know the scenery that has been sung around the world, but Xiaogang has tasted the ups and downs of life at that time.
was inspired by Luo Dayou 's songs to establish the big theme of "Story of Time", the fourth season of "Our Song" took another step forward in triggering the emotional resonance of of different generations, which first reflects The use of emotional narrative in the show is more comfortable.
"Story sense" is the secret key for golden songs to conquer the public.
"Our Song" is well aware that "Thousands of Que Songs" can be sung to this day. In addition to the high quality of lyrics and music creation, the derivative stories surrounding it also age emotions over time. In 1989, Chen Huixian chose to quit the circle to study at the time of the big hit, and turned around with "Thousand Thousand Que Song" at the end of the 6 farewell concerts. When she reiterated this past event on the show, everyone could feel the golden song transcending time and space. Emotional power.
Chen Huixian sang about parting, and Zhou Chuanxiong's first sang was Nirvana Rebirth. In just a few short years, after several ups and downs from an instant hit to company turmoil, Zhou Chuanxiong finally waited for him to sing for the first time at the age of 35. From "A Song Choking" in the concert in 2004, to "Stable as CD" in the new version of "Dusk" with Land Rover, the audience witnessed how a golden song records the singer's hesitation and new life.story.
"The Story of Time" actually has two meanings in "Our Song". The first layer of
refers to the touching stories related to singers born from Chinese golden songs over time. "1989", "2004", "2022" and other "identity codes" marked with years record the music life of singers . On the other hand, listeners can also see themselves when they look back to the era of golden songs and the stories of singers, and reap the long-lost touch of the era of fragmented fast-moving music.
The second issue of "Our Song" is derived from "The Story of Time" with a small theme of "Who I am", whether it is Chen Huixian's early sacrifice of "Thousand Thousand Que Song" to offer a wave of tears to everyone, or Zhou Chuanxiong sings again "Dusk" takes the audience back to the time when Xiaogang was growing up, or when Xiao Jingteng dug up the unpopular bead "I Want to Talk to You" subverts the past label. The singers have reached a consensus around the multiple interpretations of "Who I am". Emotional interaction for audiences of all ages.
Chen Huixian, Zhou Chuanxiong, Land Rover, Yang Kun , these singers of different generations have all left their well-known masterpieces in their prime, and they have all experienced the ups and downs of life. They seem to have jointly proved a sentence when they returned: "Arriving at the end of the hardship, all the ups and downs are just the scenery along the way."
gathers three generations of singers to inspire each other
let people from different worlds "understand each other"
good songs can jump out of time imprisonment.
When the host Lin Hai was amazed at the post-00s Ma Jiaqi also listened to "Thousands of Que Songs" and "Dusk", we will understand how the ancient Chinese golden songs have been loved by the new generation of singers and listeners for a long time . The core gameplay of
"Our Song" "cross-generation dialogue" is still iterating.
The fourth season of "Our Song" is more serious about breaking the generational gap in music aesthetics. The first is the selection range of Tuowei intergenerational singers. For this reason, the age division of "Mesozoic singers" was established for the first time in the fourth season, and the model of "predecessor singers mixed with new singers", which lasted for three seasons in the past, has been more refined. innovation.
is different from the previous season's blind dubbing rules for senior singers to "interview" new singers. This season's "Our Song" has opened up three groups of rooms with treble, alto, and bass clef , allowing senior singers, Mesozoic singers, and new singers. The vocal singers "Three Generations in the Same Class" are mixed blindly, and the degree of freedom, playability and unexpectedness of the program has been greatly improved.
For example, the seniors can cross two generations and form a "new year-long friendship combination", such as Yang Kun and Ma Jiaqi playing the "old horse and lamb" with extreme contrast. And the Mesozoic has a wide range of choices. It can not only throw an olive branch to the "new vocal cord" Zhang Qi like Xiao Jingteng as a front wave, but also imitate Land Rover's future waves and "predecessor" Zhou Chuanxiong.
In other words, there is a deeper sense of musical integration between generations.
In the blind selection stage, 9 people sang "Story of Time" together. The senior Chen Huixian captured the hearts of Mesozoic An Youqi and new voice generation Meng Huiyuan as soon as she opened her mouth. The music experience of the predecessors can not only guide Meng Huiyuan's future music path, but also make it possible for ancient golden songs to be accepted and promoted by the new generation of listeners.
Intergenerational communication is sometimes the collision of two interesting musical souls. Hearing the tortuous work experience of his predecessor Zhou Chuanxiong, he also felt the same way for Land Rover, who had been silent for many years after the draft. He used "another me in the world" to describe the hot relationship between the two.Imitation of life, and Zhou Chuanxiong, who was reborn after silence, also gave Land Rover, who was in the growing period, the motivation to move forward bravely.
Furthermore, sometimes "don't understand" actually comes from "don't understand", "Our Song" allows singers of different generations to communicate with their souls, and can also bring their respective audiences into contact with music from other circles, promoting "understanding". Reconciliation of the other party".
saw that Ma Jiaqi, who was born in the men's group, had a good conversation with his predecessor Yang Kun, chatting about the common favorite musicians and music styles from various countries, and opened up a relationship for the new generation of fans who love to listen to Ma Jiaqi and the older generation of fans who love to listen to Yang Kun. It turns out that there is no difference between the old and the new, the elegance and the popular, and fans from different worlds can embrace each other in their souls.
Lin Hai said, "My friends like to watch "Our Song", probably because in the process of communicating and motivating each other with several generations of musicians, each other will be more determined and clear about who I am, and give music to children who have dreams of music. To encourage." "Our Song" gathers three generations of singers to inspire each other, and it has become a sound glue that constantly eliminates the aesthetic gap between generations of fans.
deconstructs the classic
with a new-generation aesthetic to promote the "re-popularity" of golden songs
But breaking the gap between generations is not a one-day effort.
Everything has to be attributed to one key word: innovation.
is in its fourth season, "Our Song" has not only conquered the domestic and foreign markets with its sound synthesis model that continues to promote "cross-generation dialogue" and "classic re-creation", but also stands out for its innovative creative ability every season. This class has been passed down from generation to generation in the Chinese music scene.
"Our Song" has recently become an example of China's original program model exporting to Europe and the United States. "The Spanish Version of "Our Song" aired its first episode on Spanish national television on September 29, ranking first in Spain at the same time with a viewership share of 12.7%. This proves that "Our Song" has created a universal sound synthesis model that can be reproduced all over the world.
uses the new generation aesthetic to deconstruct classics and promote the "re-popularity" of Chinese golden songs, which is the secret of this model's ability to keep new content. After all, in the domestic and foreign variety show market, there are too many music variety models that have been popular all over the world, and the N generation of music variety shows too needs "new things" to wake up the audience.
First of all, in terms of visual presentation, the fourth season of "Our Song" added more "tide" to the stage for the new generation, such as the use of a gorgeous giant ring stage in the blind selection stage, and the stage of "Dusk" was restored at a large cost. The summer dusk scene "like the scorching sun", these "effect buff bonuses" are conducive to the spread of old songs to the new generation of fans.
is the deconstruction and fusion of the new generation of music concepts.
For example, the hard-core rock version of the "Secondary Divine Comedy" "Ding Ding" was cleverly incorporated into the prelude to the arrangement, adding a lot of points to the bloody battle song "Bombing" performed by Yang Kun and Ma Jiaqi. The ancient Cantonese song " Unruly Lover " incorporates the classic dance steps in the MV of M.J's "Beat It", which is like the mix creativity of the second creation of the Divine Comedy at Station B, which is expected to boost the old songs and newly sung clips on social media by young people. sought after.
Just as this year's internal entertainment archaeology brought Wang Xinling , 07 Kuainan , etc., are known and loved by the new generation audience, "Our Song" in the four seasons plays the role of "Golden Song Archaeology Expert" to some extent, and activates it with the aesthetics of the new generation It shows the long-term vitality of ancient golden songs that have been rediscovered in the current market.
repays the years with a song, "The fourth season of "Our Song" shows a more lasting legacy of Chinese golden songs. From the "combination season" in the first season, the "breaking circle season" in the second season, the "expansion season" in the third season to the "time season" in the fourth season, this comprehensive N generation has moved from "mode to program" to "" Feelings to the show", which has achieved the ultimate warmth of "pursuing the original heart of Chinese music".
follows the Chinese music development timeline linked by "Story of Time". The former wave Chen Huixian who crossed from "1989", the Mesozoic Xiao Jingteng who made a stunning debut in "2007", and the back wave Ma Jiaqi who was born in "2002" are all attracted here. .
In the future, when a steady stream of "senior singers", "backbone" and "new voices" from the Chinese music scene come to the stage of "Golden Song Nirvana", Rhino believes that there will be more performances that will impress audiences of all ages. The circle stage will also be born here.
