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Chapter 133 Three arrows fired together

The song "Bad Things" was originally a single that the production group The Futuristics wanted Rahorshi to cooperate with Machine Gun Kelly, but for Horshi, the vocal melody line of this song is too simple , is the non-stop repetition of eight bars, even compared with "Closer" with the same routine, it can be called pale in comparison.

Already already accepted a saliva song with The Chainsmokers, if there is another song of the same type that breaks the charts, Horch's label as a talented woman will probably be shattered.

It's sure to pay off in the short term, but for Horch, who is preparing for Astralwerks' second album, "Bad Things" won't bode well for her career in the long run.

Therefore, after careful discussion, Zhao Youzhen, Jason Aron and Anthony Lee decided to decline this cooperation on behalf of Horch.However, it does not mean that all TGO artists are not interested in it.

At this stage, Madison Bill, who especially needs traffic exposure, is the most suitable receiver.

Han Yi is also very supportive of this. Instead of letting Camila Cabello pick it up, it is better to keep the cooperation opportunity inside HMG. Even if Madison doesn't like it and wants to push it away, it can be given to Dua Lipa Or Anne-Marie.

The most indispensable thing in Han music now is waiting for a blockbuster potential female singer.

What made Han Yi even more relieved was that Madison-Bill didn't do anything wrong as he imagined. Regarding the company's arrangement, McGrady was very obedient and took over the feature task of "Bad Things" without saying a word.She didn't have the kind of energy she described to Han Yi before, fighting hard in front of Scooter Braun, and would rather die than surrender.

Of course, Madison Beal's cuteness is not without reason.The all-star lineup of "Cold Water" is personally known to help the career take off again, and the demo of Cheat Codes is also fresh and refined enough, not at all the vulgar Disney music that Scooter Braun searched for before. Popularity.In addition to the song "Bad Things", although the melody is simple, it is catchy, and the famous Rapper participated in the blessing, which is the kind of music project that Madison wants to participate in the most.

The most important thing is that Han Yi worked hard to help her collect music and brought one hit single after another...it was so sweet to her heart.

A young billionaire with complete financial strength and resources, excellent conversation and temperament, earnestly paved her a star-studded future road.

What could be more romantic than this?

What more could she complain about?
Madison Beal is mature in restraint without pink bubbles popping out of her eyes in the conference room scene.

So, after continuing to finalize several singles for the album, Madison's first album preparatory meeting came to an end in a peaceful atmosphere.In the next month, the team of Han Music and Han Release will collect some more demos to supplement the 12-song list, so that Madison Beal's first studio album can be successfully released in full-length form.

Next, Billie Eilish's album prep meeting went much smoother than Madison Beal's.Because this 14-year-old local girl does not need to collect songs, nor does she need to cooperate with any musicians under HMG. All the singles are made by her and her brother Phineas in their very advanced garage recording studio. from.

Han Yi, who knows the future, does not want any other musicians to influence the creative thinking of Billy and Phineas. Madison Bill needs help urgently because her music career planning in her previous life was a mess.And Bili-Eilish, who was originally a platinum figure and sold millions of dollars in the first week, doesn't need these things. Han Yi only needs to create a safe enough environment for her and her brother, so that they can make strong brands without interference. Indie pop with the O'Connor family stamp will do.

If there is any progress in the meeting, it should be that everyone has reached a consensus on the choice and release time of the second single. "Bellyache", this fast-paced indie pop electronic song, will shoot the MV next Saturday, that is, on May 2016, 5, and the single and MV will be released simultaneously on July 28.

On that day, Billy happened to be on tour with Demi Lovato and Nick Jonas at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn. FUTURE NOW: THE TOUR is expected to have the largest number of audiences, and it is roughly estimated that 12000 people will flock to the scene.

Of course, the song's debut wasn't on July 7.Beginning June 8, Billie Eilish's hit list will include "Ocean Eyes," "Bellyache" and "Six Feet Under," plus another opening guest, Madison Beal. "Cold Water", "Melodies", "All For Love", as well as "No Promises" and "Bad Things" that may be replaced in the later stage, together form the opening show with a total duration of three and 6 minutes.

Han Yi is quite satisfied with the current career progress of these two girls, especially Madison Bill. In just two months, he managed to find three future hit singles in the top five of the Billboard charts. It was a surprise that he himself did not expect.

Even the boss is satisfied, the state of Madison and Billy can be imagined.When Bi Li's meeting was over, the younger sister left her brother alone in the company, and cheerfully took her tour partner and best friend to the West Park Shopping Center across the street to visit Sephora.After shopping for cosmetics, I have to watch another "Tear-resistant Detective" that was just released today by Century City AMC.

It doesn't matter what you talk about, you can watch Ryan Gosling for two hours, what kind of bicycle do you need?

The two girls also kindly invited Han Yi and Zhao Youzhen, but this pair of Asian partners didn't have the good fortune to sneak in this busy schedule.

After all, apart from the two meetings between Billy and Madison, room 1000 of Xinghui Building these days can be described as being so busy that it flies off.

Dua Lipa, "Hotter Than Hell," May 5.

Anne-Marie, "Alarm," May 5.

Khalid, Location, May 5.

Three arrows fired together.

The phrase that the best are always last does not apply to this release plan.Because, the one with the most resources is No. 19 Dua-Lipa, the textbook version of pop dance music.

"It always brings us some relief whenever a new pop star of good quality starts to climb the ladder — while there are plenty of evergreens circling aimlessly at the bottom of the charts, there's never a shortage of pop music. Emerging talent. It's exciting to see British singer-songwriter Dua Lipa step into the role today with her latest single 'Hotter Than Hell'."

"What are you reading?"

Sitting at the president's desk late at night, Han Yi, who was munching on a Domino's pizza, asked curiously.

"Music review."

"Music review?" Han Yi raised his eyebrows.

"Yeah, it's from Spin." Zhao Youzhen shook the phone screen at him with his left hand, and of course his right hand was not idle, another mozzarella stick was brutally murdered.

"Why did you go to see that kind of thing?" Han Yi curled his lips, took a sip of Coke, lifted his chin comfortably, and took a long breath before continuing, "Music reviews are just some people who don't know how to type. It's just a Twitter comment section created by the old stubborn keyboard. It only represents one person's opinion, and it will always be full of extreme and unfair words to attract attention..."

"We bought this one."

"Then keep reading." Han Yi changed his expression instantly, "Spin is my favorite music magazine."

"How can you……"

Zhao Youzhen froze on the spot holding the half-bitten cheese stick, unable to find a suitable word to describe Han Yi for a long time.

"So flexible?"

"I still owe you money, so whatever you say is right."

Only when he was alone with Han Yi, Zhao Youzhen would pour out all the witty words hidden in his heart, especially after the intimate embrace at Fisherman's Wharf.

Even if she still owed Han Yi's tuition fees, she would definitely bury it in her heart and wander around for a long time alone, but now Zhao Youzhen said it as if she had no psychological burden at all.On the contrary, Han Yi seemed a little concerned, for fear that this matter would touch the sensitive points of Korean girls.

"Yuzhen, you don't need to..."

"In this music video directed by Emile Nava and shot in a warehouse in London, 20-year-old Dua Lipa tells a story of heartbreak."

Without giving Han Yi a chance to comfort her, Youzhen continued to read.

"More importantly, it reinforces to us the theory that you can easily plan revenge on the person who broke your heart... as long as you hotter than hell."

"What a cliche description." Han Yi frowned, "The manuscript we provided to NME?"

"I just paid a fee and sent the wav file and the lyrics. The text was written by themselves."

"Whoa, remind me to cut off at least half of their pay next time... please go ahead."

"The single was co-written by Lipa with Ritual and produced by Stephen Koz-Kozmenyuk, who also produced the star's last single, 'Last Dance'. Although the jury is now out It's still early days, but Dua Lipa and her track "Hotter Than Hell" are certainly a sure sign that pop music, especially dance pop, still has life and character."

"Gone?"

"It's gone." Zhao Youzhen showed him the page that had slid to the bottom.

"Remind me again..." Han Yi knocked himself on the head, laughing dumbfoundedly, "Why are we going to buy this kind of thing?"

"It's the industry's inertia, at least this is my opinion. It seems that if you don't buy some music reviews in music magazines, it's the same as not publishing your works." In this regard, Zhao Youzhen and Han Yi's attitudes are quite consistent, "I don't know if there will be Young people under the age of 30 are going to read this ... but I feel that if you buy some robots to scan YouTube reviews, it's better than paying music critics."

"But we still bought a lot."

"Yes, I bought two articles on Spin alone." Zhao Youzhen raised his phone and called up the media promotion summary, "Rolling Stone, NME, Entertainment Weekly, Vulture, Fuse, Idolator, and even Cosmopolitan. We pay for Vulture and Fuse according to the number of views." , Rolling Stone, NME and Cosmopolitan are all one-time payments, 3500 US dollars for an article. It sounds a bit unworthy, but Victoria said that the professional music review audience of these magazines is not the general public, but industry insiders. There are high-volume media endorsements , it will be easier for us to find other cooperation for Dua Lipa in the future.”

"That's true." Han Yi nodded approvingly and replied, "I hope that other music critics can be more attentive than this... Brennan Carly from Spin."

"It actually looks pretty good, listen..."

Zhao Youzhen swipe to the quotation section in the summary.

"'Raising expectations for her self-titled debut album,' it's Dan Weiss on Spin."

"'Making the aging Tropical House trend fresher than ever,' Entertainment Weekly."

"'Sexy, luscious and seductive...recommended after your third drink and home from the bar,' Justin McGraw, Vulture."

"not bad."

Han Yi has always been unimpressed with these music reviews that are full of gorgeous rhetoric to describe emotions, but do not mention the details of professional arrangement or post-production level. After all, most critics don’t even have a guitar in their life. Picked it up and played it.

But today, he found that he was not so repulsed by these laymen's comments.

After all, who doesn't like rainbow farts?

The $3500 a piece kind.

"And to be honest, even if we don't buy reviews, I believe there should be mostly good reviews."

Han Yi pointed to the personal information of Stephen Koz Kozmenyuk displayed on his desk computer, and said.

"Koz's production, I love it."

"After all, he is the one who made songs for Madonna and Nicki Minaj." Zhao Youzhen agreed, "The last song "Last Dance" was also of high quality."

"Yeah, I think Dua really found her voice from that song on."

What is the voice of Dua Lipa?
In May 2016, only a few people knew the answer.This includes Han Yi, as well as Dua Lipa's most trusted producer, Koz.

Technically Dua-Lipa is a mezzo-soprano with a vocal range spanning three octaves from G#2–D5–A5, but in fact, her golden vocal region, or in English, sweet spot, It's in the parts closer to the mezzo-soprano or even the alto.In this range, Dua-Lipa is like the national flower of Kosovo, the European peony, with a straightforward showiness and a rough and moving feeling.

Dua Lipa's voice is by no means a clean and clear one. The vocal position is at the back, and it is a bit hoarse and rough.But this natural sound texture is by no means a bad thing in the 21st century, because what pop music in the new era needs most is this unique sound that can be recognized in a second.

Rihanna's chest voice, Beyoncé's fury, and Ariana Grande's head resonance are instantly recognizable even to those unfamiliar with them, as is Dua Lipa's mezzo-soprano. Effect.Stephen-Koz-Kozmenyuk captured this with great precision, and gradually guided Dua to adjust her vocal melody line to get closer to her most authentic and comfortable zone, and then used the majestic arrangement to bring it to life. Set off.

To be honest, although "Last Dance" and "Hotter Than Hell" belong to the category of pop dance music and pop electronic music, their arrangement styles are actually different. The former is closer to contemporary R&B and indie pop.But no matter what the style of the music itself is, Koz has left enough room for Dua in the sound and image placement.The drum set is close to the atmosphere of a celebration parade, and the other orchestrations stand aside as much as possible, leaving enough room for Dua's thick and tough vocals to reverberate.

In short, Koz is well aware that the sound of Dua-Lipa is a Balkan spirit, and that if you want to make a finished product with spirits, you must not add too many fancy seasonings and sweeteners.Shake it with vermouth and ice cubes, and garnish with a twist of lemon zest or green olives, and it's enough to serve the audience with a crisp, fierce martini.

From "Last Dance" to "Hotter Than Hell", to "IDGAF" and the later hit "Levitating", the melody and style are changing, but the formula remains the same.

The simplicity, complexity, directness, and subtlety of being a music producer are all here.

"Please tell me, he should be the main producer of this album, right?"

"Ben Mosen signed a producer agreement with him just two days ago, and the main production task of the first album will be handed over to him...Of course, there will be many other talented producers joining in, but he will be in control The situation.” Zhao Youzhen thought for a while, and replied, “Since 2013, TaP has been taking Dua-Lipa to different creative classes and camps, meeting with different composers and producers, and wants to wipe Find a spark and find a unique sound that can make the three major music groups shine. Koz is the one Dua likes and trusts most among so many people."

"That's good." It is indeed a pleasant thing to have a group of excellent music managers to help. He does not need too much guidance and corrections, and things will move forward in a normal and good manner .

"Dua and Koz are both flying to LA next week for creative camp, right?"

"Yes."

"Let's meet with them and Ben at that time to see what help the album needs besides the production budget. We're trying to release the album by the beginning of next spring, and before that... two or three more A promotional single, okay?"

"No problem." Zhao Youzhen entered the schedule into the reminders, "There are quite a lot of things to be busy with in the one-week creative camp."

"Of course it's going to be busy. We've signed some of the most creative people on the planet. Let them stay together for a week and produce something that would make Ed Sheeran retire in shame."

"Before then, we have to work harder." Yuzhen was already used to the strong confidence in the future trend that Han Yi often showed in front of her.She quietly grabbed the last cheese stick into her hand before continuing.

"Do more promotion and get on more charts, so that the musicians who participate in the creation camp have greater expectations and higher enthusiasm."

"I appreciate the spirit, Yoo Jin...that's exactly what we're going to do next week."

"Speaking of which, is the 'Hotter Than Hell' playlist done yet?"

"It's over." Zhao Youzhen made a triumphant gesture, "A total of two hundred, Victoria and the others try their best to study the song list search habits of listeners in the UK, and then match keywords to make targeted arrangements."

"In addition, for Spotify and Apple Music...especially Apple Music, what we want directly is the official playlist in the UK. Try to use the shortest possible time to form a wave of streaming media listening in a single region, and hit the chart ranking."

The UK singles charts were a bit later than their US counterparts in incorporating streaming into the chart ranking formula. In June 2014, music data of this dimension was officially accepted.Since then, the promotion of American record companies in the UK has become easier, and the means for international musicians to make achievements in the UK have become more diverse.

Of course, this does not mean that the former British Isles were monolithic independent kingdoms.It is no exaggeration to say that under the strong rule of the three major music groups, not only the United Kingdom, but even the whole of Europe is a vassal of the American music industry.There is no British musician who has not worked in Hollywood for a long time, and there is no so-called British audience that is not affected by the American pop trend.

The only change after June 2014 is that US-based record companies no longer need to spend on physical CDs in British bookstore chains, or persuade listeners to pay for downloads on the old-fashioned iTunes.If you want to achieve results, you just need to tilt the online publicity resources to the UK.

And this happens to be something that Han Yi and his HMG are better at than anyone on this planet right now.

"What about radio promotion?"

"Ben has his network resources in the UK. Hotter Than Hell is currently on the medium rotation of BBC Radio 1, Capital and Hits Radio. Wait for the ranking next week. If the ranking is relatively high, you can directly enter the heavy rotation. "

"Excellent."

After pondering for a moment, Han Yi showed a happy smile.

"Hey, let's make a bet."

"Next week's UK Singles Chart, do you think "Hotter Than Hell" can enter the top [-]?"

"I think..." Zhao Youzhen rolled his eyes and said with a slight smile, "Yes."

"Okay, then we'll be like this."

Han Yichao Youzhen stretched out his right hand and raised his little finger.

"Lagou, if you don't make the top [-], you treat me to an In-N-Out meal... No, no, let's go to Coco, I don't like burgers that much either."

"it is good!"

Zhao Youzhen stared at Han Yi energetically, with his hands folded on the table.

"What if I win?"

"Anything you want to eat, take your pick."

"That……"

Zhao Youzhen tilted his head and thought for a long time before speaking slowly.

"Spicy chicken feet."

"I also want to try... chicken feet that are ten times more spicy."

(End of this chapter)