Chao News client reporter Chen Yuhao played the role of Yang Kun and Wang Tianyang, two rugged old men, and sang the soulful harmony at the end of "Your Sun". After ten years, in a music variety show, I finally heard it again I feel the power of originality that "reaches people's

Chao News Client Reporter Chen Yuhao

When Yang Kun and Wang Tianyang, two rough old men, sang the soulful harmony at the end of "Your Sun", ten years later, in a music variety show, I finally Once again, I felt the power of originality to "reach people's hearts".

On the evening of September 10th, the second show of Zhejiang Satellite TV's new music variety show "Youge 2024" was being recorded in full swing. As a recognized "big player in audio and video" in recent years, "Lantai" is ready to strike again in the "hot" and "volatile" audio and video competition. How will it fight this time?

After being at the scene as an audience and listening to the entire recording, I seemed to have found the answer. In the past four hours, I not only heard Zhejiang Satellite TV's ambition to "do something different", but also heard the original intention of returning music. Hidden under the shell of the music complex, questions about program creation such as respect, love, vitality, and sense of mission seem to be answered one by one.

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As a journalist who has been working in the music industry for 18 years, to be honest, in recent years I have declined many invitations from music genres to serve as media judges. I am not pretending, but I am really afraid that I will be "... become numb in the cycle of homogenization.

There are almost the same artists, singing the same "internet hits". Even if you change the platform and take a look at the playlist, you will still see the same old familiar faces.

So, when I suddenly heard Yang Zongwei singing rap at the recording site of "Youge 2024", I was really excited. He was the well-known affectionate "tear-jerking singer"! It is obvious that Yang Zongwei is truly involved and enjoys it, so he can have such free and unconventional improvisation. After singing the song

, Yang Zongwei also admitted that this was his first time singing rap on a variety show. The same "first time" was the girl Zhou Sihan who stood beside him to sing with him. Although she composed the song " "Thank you for coming" has already received over 100 million listens on the entire Internet, but "Youge 2024" is Zhou Sihan's first variety show stage.

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"Xungeguan" is a professional musician who has been famous for a long time in the Chinese music scene. On the other side is a newcomer who is just starting out but full of talent. This wonderful two-way rush constitutes the "Youge" The core background of "2024" also makes the song end, but there is always an echo.

also includes Li Yuchun Lu Xiansen, Wang Sulong Burger Huang, Tanya Tanya, Yan Zehuan, Yang Kun and Wang Tianyang... At the scene, I saw these "pairings" that I could not imagine before, but after listening to a group, I will feel that every song The original and good songs that have been found are all worth it, as well as the sparks of surprise that burst out at any time, and the energy of music that cannot be hidden.

As the eye of the program, "Looking for Songs" is undoubtedly the driving key of "Youge 2024". When pressed, it is also breaking conventions, reshaping aesthetics, and breaking through imagination.

I noticed a detail at the scene. Throughout the singing, young Zhou Sihan was holding the microphone with both hands. This body language also reflected the girl's inner nervousness. In fact, it is not difficult to understand that the song he wrote has now been put on the stage, and it is a duet with "Chinese singing ceiling" Yang Zongwei ...

On the stage of "Youge 2024", Zhou Sihan even made it for the first time Wearing a headset, I learned about a teleprompter for the first time. Because she was afraid of forgetting her lyrics, she printed out a piece of A4 paper and prepared to bring it to the stage. Yang Zongwei told her, "No, no, there is a TV on stage so you can watch the lyrics."

In order to help Zhou Sihan overcome his nervousness, Yang Zongwei kept telling jokes in the audience until his voice became hoarse. During the talking session on the stage, he also kept pushing Zhou Sihan and Zhang Zihao (the guest singer) to the middle, "You guys have to show up more." "I hope this song can be heard by more people, and there will be more People know Sihan."

The other side of the story is also the inheritance of Chinese music and a new narrative of music variety programs. "Xunge" is also looking for a breakthrough point in the power of original music. As Yang Zongwei said, "They just lack a stage to be heard."

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has reached the nth generation in the comprehensive arena and has reached a new crossroads.

Since 2024, nearly 20 audio variety shows have been broadcast, including "100% Singer", "You Are Here" and "Roll!" "Sound Wave", "Poetry and Painting China Season 2", "Music Warehouse No. 17 Season 2", "Run to!" "Ten Thousand People Live", "Happiness on the Journey", "God-given Voice", "Flashing Summer", "Le Lai Le Happy", "Music Fate Project", etc., including both new faces and old signatures.

With the 4 programs of "Music Warehouse No. 17 Season 2", "Godsend Voice", "Le Lai Le Happy" and "Flashing Summer", Zhejiang Satellite TV has secured the top spot in the field of satellite TV audio and video. Now, Now that he is practicing the big move of "Youge 2024" to take over the fourth quarter, what kind of "ambition" does Lan Tai have?

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"Twenty years ago, if you asked someone 'whose song is the best in the Chinese music scene', he would probably say Jay Chou; if you ask the same question now, others would probably answer 'I don't You know, why is this? ”

“Nowadays, there are more music practitioners, and the equipment and technology are more advanced, but why don’t people know what good songs are now? ”

I met " Sun Jing, the chief director of "Youge 2024", seemed to answer my inner question with two "soul torture"-style "why".

original, isn’t it the soul of music? Use a sincere work to awaken it, water it, and finally let the seeds blossom and become the raw materials. This vision is becoming within reach step by step in "Youge 2024".

I was surprised at first when I saw Kequn Wu competing as a "newcomer". He said that he and Penny Dai had known each other for 24 years and had always had an agreement to sing a song together. "Thanks to this stage for letting us complete it." 24-year agreement."

More importantly, Wu Kequn specially brought his newly composed song "Nian Nian" to this stage. "I have been waiting for a program like this for 20 years. I also believe that truly good works will definitely be discovered."

said When he said these words, Wu Kequn's eyes turned slightly red. He said bluntly that every musician here is very strong, "But these years are almost all cover shows, and their good songs have no chance to be heard." "But only new songs can be heard." Have new life, otherwise you will become older and older!"

Think back to the "Chinese Good Songs" of the past, Su Yunying's "Wild Son", Zhao Lei's "Painting", Hanggai Band's "Reincarnation", Liu Huyi's " "Once upon a time was slow"...a large number of good songs have come out, and it has been one of the few most dynamic scenes in the Chinese music scene in the past ten years.

Today, "Youge 2024" is trying to continue this response and let more people listen to new voices - relying on the aesthetics of professional "singer searchers" to discover outstanding musicians and their works, And through joint performances, they will contribute more good songs worth spreading to the Chinese music scene.

Because, "Only new songs have new life."

(Pictures and videos provided by the program team)