[Global Times Special Correspondent Han Lin] After 4 years, the competitive music variety show "Singer 2024" has been upgraded and returned. It has attracted much attention due to its professionalism and topicality such as "live broadcast" and "not modifying the sound", especiall

[Global Times Special Correspondent Han Lin] After 4 years, the competitive music variety show "Singer 2024" has been upgraded and returned. It has attracted much attention due to its professionalism and topicality such as "live broadcast" and "no editing", especially in the first round. The two foreign singers were temporarily at the forefront, which made the Chinese singers as hosts feel even more pressure. "The Young Man Stands Alone in the Country" and "Shake the Man" became hot memes on the Internet. Is this a "catfish moment" in the Chinese music scene, or is it the starting point for a "restart" in the music industry?

"Live Broadcast", "Full Open Mic" and "No Tuning"

Among various domestic music variety shows, "Singer" has always been famous for the high level and strong competitiveness of inviting singers. After 4 years, "Singer 2024" 》 premiered last weekend. Although the lineup of this season is not exactly the same as the previously circulated list, with Na Ying, Rainie Yang and Shanti Mo, who has been nominated for the American Grammy Award, it is destined to be a highly anticipated high-level showdown. . Especially under the conditions of "live broadcast", "full open mic" and "no tune modification", the singer's singing skills will be directly displayed in front of the audience, allowing music fans who were previously dissatisfied with "lip-syncing in concerts" and other phenomena to expected.

Na Ying

In the first episode of the program, Tunisian female singer Fanshia Oia from Canada surprised everyone with her song "Crazy". This "post-00s" emerging singer, whether she plays and sings by herself or sings high notes, They all looked extremely relaxed and confident, showing the solid basic skills and skillful stage control of top European and American singers. Fanxia's stunning performance set a high profile for "Singer 2024" and also put a lot of pressure on the Chinese singers who followed. Because it is a live broadcast, there will be no excuse or possibility of recovery if there are flaws.

American singer Shanti Mo, who appeared second to last, is a Grammy nominee for Best R&B Singer. She demonstrated her profound singing skills with the song "If I Ain't Got You", and her live performance was both high and low, as well as breathy. Na Ying and other colleagues backstage were full of praise for his control. The 57-year-old Shanti Mo was certified as a gold record after releasing her first studio album "Precious" in 1992. Since then, she has released theme songs for movies many times. She even said on the show that she "thought she was here to be a judge."

Netizens are "shaking people" online

In contrast, most of the singers in the Chinese music scene who participated in the program seemed a little nervous. For example, Hailai Amu obviously lacked confidence when singing "Your Thousands of Waters and Mountains", and the handling of many details was unsatisfactory. In the end, he won The evaluation of "not enough emotion but lack of skills" ranked him at the bottom among the seven singers in the first show. Compared to Hailai Amu, who debuted not long ago, Rainie Yang, who debuted for the third time, is already a "veteran in the music industry", but her mentality has also changed since she appeared after Fan Xiya and Hailai Amu. Yahoo News said that Rainie Yang played the long note hard but the pitch was inaccurate. In the end, she performed poorly and only got 6th place. She also admitted that she did have regrets.

As the "big sister" in the Chinese music scene, Na Ying, who was the fourth to appear, could not escape the "curse" of nervousness at the beginning. She admitted that after receiving the live broadcast invitation, she "often had nightmares, dreaming that she was in a car accident" '". The audience seemed to be able to feel this through the screen, "I have never seen such a cramped Na Ying." In the end, Na Ying won the third place in the total score, which was regarded as winning back a victory for the Chinese singer. Netizens immediately created various Hot memes: "A 50-year old lady guarding the country" and "Yehenala Yingzi fights against foreigners". Although they are funny jokes, they also place expectations on Chinese singers.

Regarding the result of "Singer 2024" in which two foreign singers won the top two and Na Ying ranked third, the majority of fans and netizens lamented that "Quanmai has seen the truth", and at the same time, some felt "unconvinced" for the Chinese music scene, and they all He began to come up with ideas to "sway people" and shouted on the social platforms of Gong Linna, Sa Dingding, Yuan Yawei and Deng Ziqi, hoping that they would participate in the show.

Han Hong herself said on Weibo: "I am Chinese singer Han Hong, and I want to compete!" a-lin (Huang Liling) also expressed her hope to participate. In response to this, the program team also responded promptly: "Thank you to the audience for their support and encouragement of the program, and also to the singers for their trust and love. "Singer 2024" has a rigorous schedule system and open, fair and just competition principles. We will Follow-up invitations will be made based on each singer's schedule."

"Broken Eyebrow" and "A Girl" are also coming?

"Singer 2024" is the ninth season of the "Singer" series of music variety shows. As a music competition show, although there have been "temporary withdrawals" before "Singer 2024" is labeled as "live broadcast" and "unmodified". Attracting the attention of more music fans, China Audiovisual Big Data cvb shows that the first episode of "Singer 2024" Hunan Satellite TV's ratings reached 0.44%, with a share of 1.84%, ranking first among provincial satellite TV with a 40% advantage over the second place.

. It can be seen that although "live broadcast", "no tuning" and "full open mic" bring great pressure to local singers, these are exactly what music fans need. They hope to eliminate the filters and tuning in entertainment to variety shows. I want to understand the real singing skills of these singers through the teacher's modification and so-called "pad sound", and hope that they can prove their strength in the Chinese music industry in competition with overseas singers. The appearance of Vancia and Shanti this time seems to cater to them. The needs of music fans have become the "catfish" of the Chinese music scene. As the production team of "Singer 2024" said: "I hope that everyone who follows "Singer 2024" can enjoy music, gain close friends, maintain communication, and embrace the world. . Winning is just a journey for a singer. Welcome is the destination of music. "

can see that "Singer 2024" invites singers such as Fanxia and Shanti to participate, not to "foreigners come to compete", nor to talk about "dimensionality reduction attack", but more to communicate with peers and provide The purpose of bringing a "open mic" breeze to the domestic music scene and breaking the long-standing shortcomings is also a good thing for the majority of music fans.

In addition, some netizens speculated through the artist's social media IP address that there may be a "break" in the next show. "Brow" Charlie Puth, "A-girl" Ariana Grande, Adam Lambert and other internationally renowned singers have shown their original singing skills of "not modifying the tune". Putting aside the competitiveness, they are very popular with the majority of music fans. A good opportunity to experience different genres.

From the perspective of cultural exchange, both "Chengfeng 2024" and "Singer 2024" have more and more overseas singers and artists participating, bringing international perspectives and different languages. , style works, while promoting the integration of similar music programs in China with international standards, reminding the Chinese music scene that it needs to improve its own standards and requirements, enhance stage professionalism and expressiveness, and also use foreign singers such as Vancia, Shanti, Joyce Jonathan, etc. The international influence of the Chinese music scene allows singers to go out, which is more valuable and meaningful than simply "going out".

In addition, for the program team of the "Singer" series, how will they choose participating singers in the future? Finding a balance between the singer's strength and schedule, and keeping the audience's attention on the program on the musical level, is also a topic worth thinking about