Recently, the divorce reality show "Goodbye Lover 4" has become a hot topic, with discussions sweeping the entire Internet. During the show, guests Li Xingliang and his wife Mai Lin revealed that they had a conflict over Li Xingliang's album "Long Vacation". Mai Lin said that she

Recently, the divorce reality show "Goodbye Lover 4" has become a hot topic, with discussions sweeping the entire Internet. In the

program, guests Li Xingliang and his wife Mai Lin revealed that they had a conflict over Li Xingliang's album "Long Vacation". Mai Lin said that she believed that the music genre of city pop was relatively niche and had little traffic. "(Producing this album) was such a waste of money." Li Xingliang said on the show that the greatest significance of this album to him is that it "brought back my passion for the industry."

"Goodbye Lover 4" guests Li Xingliang and Mai Lin. Picture/Mango tv

After the program was broadcast, the album "Long Holiday", which was released in December 2019, was re-listened to by many people, and the "city pop music style" was also widely discussed.

Some netizens said, "The album "Long Vacation" is very nice, but I have never heard of the city pop music style before." Many music critics also commented on the album on social platforms.

[1] The cover of "Long Vacation" matches the scene of the Japanese drama of the same name.

According to the magazine "iweekly Weekend Pictorial" article "Do you really understand city pop music?" "Introduction, city pop is called a product of Japan's bubble economy era.

It started in the 1970s. The background of the era was when Japan was influenced by American culture and lifestyle after the war. A large number of young musicians integrated foreign pop music and created a new music type. The

article mentioned that Fan Xiaoxuan's "Digital Love", whynot's "Infinite Inhibition", and Li Xingliang's city pop album "Long Vacation" are all classic city pop style songs in "Chinese music". The

album "Long Vacation" was released online on December 25, 2019. There are 10 tracks in the album, all of which were composed by Li Xingliang and served as the producer of the entire album.

music critic "pm Wanlezhi" posted a video on the social platform "How would Li Xingliang's city pop be rated..." introduced that the name of this album "Long Vacation" comes from the 1996 love story starring Kimura Takuya and Yamaguchi Tomoko. The comedy "Long Vacation" also stated that the cover of the album also matches the scene on the rooftop of the apartment where the male protagonist lives in the Japanese drama.

According to a report by China Youth Network in 2019, the album invited Japanese directors, photographers, stylists, and artists for cross-border cooperation, as well as many musicians, designers, illustrators, and cartoonists for cross-border cooperation.

Among them, the album cover was officially authorized by Hiroshi Nagai, a representative artist of Japanese city pop style illustrations; for the album photography, Japanese photographer Yuki Aizawa, makeup and hair stylist Yuki Yamasoji, and stylist Shinya Watanabe of Yogee New Waves were invited; The entire album was mixed and mastered by Li You, winner of the Taiwan Golden Melody Award for Best Vocal Recording Album and Best Performance Recording Album.

[2] Music critic: This album is a perfect answer

"One of my own hobbies is watching Japanese dramas." The music critic introduced in the video that the Japanese drama "Long Vacation" tells the story of the male and female protagonists' respective encounters in life. After the bottleneck, they accidentally lived together. In the process of getting along, the two of them overcame the bottleneck and got back on the right track of life.

He believes that the main idea of ​​the TV series title "Long Vacation" is that when you encounter bottlenecks and troughs in life, instead of squeezing your head and getting involved, it is better to adjust your mentality and treat it as a long vacation.

album "Long Vacation" cover. Picture/Music platform screenshot

"I think Li Xingliang's album title defines the overall communication of the album." He said that after seeing the album title and cover image, he felt the relaxation of "heartlessly" enjoying the low points of life. feel.

The music critic said that city pop style music usually has a very bouncy feel. "(The bounce) comes primarily from the fusion of funk and disco elements in the music, including short bursts of dampened guitar... There are particularly frequent syncopated notes and breaks between passages on these instruments. Together, it will make this city pop sound exciting and less scattered."

So he had a question, what would city pop style music suitable for the theme of "Long Vacation" sound like? After listening to the song, he thought Li Xingliang's album was a perfect answer.

Music critic "pm Wanlezhi" said "(this album) is a perfect answer". Picture/Screenshot of social platform

He believes that the album has a good balance between "lazy and comfortable" and "uplifting". The original bouncy feeling in the pop style has become lazy and comfortable in his arrangement. For example, in the performance of musical instruments, especially guitar, bass, and drums, the intensity of their playing is very small, and they are not particularly explosive and crisp. "

Even compared with the "night party" in city pop (that is, the overall quiet style), the overall performance of "Long Holiday" is handled more gently. "Every song in Li Xingliang's album, The listening experience is lazy and comfortable, which is very consistent with the theme of the album. "He said.

He also believes that in terms of timbre selection and mixing of the entire album, even bright timbres such as orchestral music are treated softer and warmer from the inside out in Li Xingliang's album. Exuding "Long Vacation" "Lazy atmosphere".

"I think Li Xingliang, as a producer, handles the details of lyrics, arrangement, and performance of music very well. He can gain the respect of city pop fans including me. . " He concluded, "The album "Long Vacation" is really worth it and so enjoyable. "

[3] The production workload is heavy, Li Xingliang said that city pop has reignited his passion for music

According to the introduction of the album "Long Vacation" on "Douban Music", "Long Vacation" starts from finding the most suitable creative direction. , continuous trial and error, continuous reconstruction, systematic study of Yamashita Tatsuro's classic works, and then the collision with various music colleagues, it took three years of accumulation.

wrote in the introduction: "In order to make city pop. It blends more appropriately with Chinese pop songs. For every song in "Long Vacation", Li Xingliang set himself a hard task of singing a hundred times before entering the studio to record and sing. "

Li Xingliang said in a previous interview with the media that his favorite style is still city pop, and he likes to listen to Tatsuro Yamashita the most. "City pop has rekindled my passion for music and allowed me to find my own way to get along with music. This method has allowed me to grow tremendously and gain a lot of happiness throughout the process."

Jiupai News reporter Li Yuncong

Editor Wan Xuan Wu Di

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