Respawn Entertainment: Days of Glory

Chapter 647: Living Viva
After "No More Hesitation", Lion Rock sang two original songs of his own, and then Xie Xinyan stopped to rest and interact with the fans.

At this time, those fans who were quick to watch the event had already posted some live videos online.

These videos not only satisfied their own desire to show off, but also allowed those fans who were unable to attend the event to remotely experience Xie Xinyan's surprising comeback.

"Although this comeback feels a bit sloppy for the Crab King, it's still not bad!"

"The people upstairs are eating hot and sour noodles without chili peppers? What do you mean by not bad? That's a scene with 50,000 people!"

"That's right. Besides Dong Youbian and Huang Wei, Crab King is the one who got the most Bian Langge!"

"These two strong teams combine to make the top four look like scum!"

The crab fan who said this, although he almost didn't think before typing this line, there is indeed nothing wrong with it.

Not long after the topic #Xie Xinyan's singing career officially resumed# appeared on the Internet from some unknown source, it directly soared to the top of the entertainment hot search list!
The second place was the topic of Hedgehog band recruiting a lead singer. As for the hot search of the raw photos of Xie Minzhi, one of the four top stars, attending an offline event, it was firmly suppressed at the third place.

As for the issue that Xie Xinyan's team had been worried about before, that is, whether his official comeback as the lead singer of a rock band would make some of his old fans feel uncomfortable and stop following him, the team did not see any negative comments related to this.

In addition to excitedly telling others the news, these old fans have reactivated all the fan groups that have been dormant for a long time or have become daily chat groups.

Seeing their former idols standing on the stage again, everyone was not only moved and excited, but also thanked Bian Lang, the catfish:
"Thanks to Master Bian for activating the rock gene of the Crab King and bringing him back to full health!"

"To be honest, I feel that King Crab is in better shape than before!"

“It is said that rock music is the enlightenment of Hong Kong music, which is absolutely true!”

“Although it’s a pop rock song, the song is really good. Thank you, Bian Lang!”

Of course, Xie Xinyan also gained a lot of new fans because of this, no matter they came for him as a person or for his songs. In short, Chu Xiwen can now watch Xie Xinyan's next performance with complete peace of mind.

Watching Xie Xinyan chatting with the fans, there is no doubt that this situation means that a new song from Bian Lang will be released soon.

At this time, the tradition of calculating how many new songs will be released at this music festival was brought up again by music fans.

However, even this seemingly easy math problem caused disagreements among some fans who attended the recording of "Summer of the Band". After all, they had already listened to some of the songs last month...

After drinking some water, Xie Xinyan chatted with the fans for a few minutes before changing the topic to the new song that everyone was concerned about.

"I really want to thank Bian Lang for the opportunity to meet you all again at the Rolling Stone Music Festival!" After Xie Xinyan said this, he pointed to Bian Lang who had just been carried back from the stage by the crowd.

Facing the camera that was pointed at him, Bian Lang still raised his hand and waved to everyone.

"Thanks to him for giving me and my band the opportunity to appear at the music festival! Now I will introduce my band, the guitarist..."

After introducing all the guys in the band, Xie Xinyan announced the name of the new song: "The new song that Bian Lang wrote for me is called 'Viva'. I feel like he wrote about the mental journey I went through when I first debuted. This song is dedicated to all of our young friends, and all of you who will never grow old!"

After that, Xie Xinyan, who was carrying an electric guitar, plugged the microphone back into the microphone stand. After a jump, the sound array at the scene began to emit the sound of some high-tech aircraft engine acceleration in science fiction movies. Then the overloaded electric guitar sound and the drum sound that hit like a wall began to sweep the whole audience.

Although it sounded like pop rock at first listen, the exciting rhythm immediately activated the restless nerves of everyone present.

After a beautiful turn, Xie Xinyan, who was standing behind the microphone, began to sing: "Young enough to meet anyone, and be as crisp as a wafer, and live as happily as half a day, and live a million years... It is hard to be like anything else, as crisp as youth, and live as happily as one year older every day..."

The beginning with a chorus before it, like the inspiring prelude, made the fans jump up and down on the spot.

Chu Xiwen looked at the surging crowd at the scene and muttered subconsciously: "If it were in the Cantonese area, I'm afraid the effect would be much better than in Chuncheng!"

The answer to this question is of course beyond doubt, so Liang Kuan naturally said: "Then you should try your best to hold the Rolling Stone Music Festival in the Greater Bay Area on October 1st! We can have a good cooperation!"

Speaking of this, Chu Xiwen, who had thought about it before, immediately became interested: "Okay! We'll talk about this later, let's listen to the song now!"

The time it took for the two to say three sentences was just enough for a small interlude. After two samples of police whistles, the combination of bass drum and electronic synthesizer sound brought out the main song: "It's flowing, it's flowing, just like the action of caffeine, I fell asleep but forgot to close my eyes. It's like a stone suspended in the air, it's weightless, it's this kind of happiness, who doesn't believe it...

I cry when I feel excited, I get intoxicated when I touch nectar, I live to come and go like a butterfly, I gather when I’m afraid of loneliness, and I leave when I’m afraid of being too crowded, I live not for myself but for anyone else…”

Dayong nodded to the beat of the drums, just like when he first heard "No More Hesitation", and cast a questioning look at Bian Lang: "This guy has never had a girlfriend from the Cantonese region before?"

It’s not Dayong’s fault for thinking that way. In the past, Bian Lang copied Cantonese songs. After all, there is a gap between being able to speak and being able to write songs.

The usage and pronunciation of some words need to be used in the song, and the issue of rhyme must also be considered. This is not as simple as simply translating the Chinese lyrics into Cantonese.

The lyrics of this song are much more abstract than those of "No More Hesitation", but when Bian Lang showed it to him, it seemed that he had no intention of asking him to help correct it!
Of course, this is also because Bian Lang has studied hard below, and Dong Youbian speaks fluent Cantonese, so...

After the chorus, an interlude that was basically the same as the prelude sounded. Most of the fans at the scene were normal, but those in the Cantonese-speaking area were really excited.

They never imagined that Bian Lang would tailor-make this new song for Xie Xinyan to such an extent.

Not only did he restore the sharp-as-a-knife Xie Xinyan of his youth, but he also used the Cantonese they use in their daily lives. Just for this reason, Bian Lang's position in the hearts of Cantonese music fans is unshakable. For a long time since the 1990s, Cantonese songs have had a high status in the entire Chinese music scene and even in the entire Southeast Asia region.

But after there were no new good works, Cantonese songs became like the original Earth, relying on those old songs to commemorate the golden age of Cantonese songs.

So although the number of Cantonese songs that Bian Lang has produced so far is not large, each of them can be compared with those old classics. As people from the Greater Bay Area, how could they not support such a creator?

A female music fan from the Greater Bay Area who was in the front row closest to Bian Lang took off a feather necklace from her neck and put it around Bian Lang's neck without hesitation. Then she said, "Thank you!" and blended into the crowd again.

Looking at this gift that didn't seem cheap, and thinking of the gifts he had received from fans since he traveled through time, Bian Lang decided to find a house to store these things. After all, he was not the kind of person who would find an excuse to exchange these things for money on Xianyu and then donate them for charity.

As for those guys in the rock circle, after hearing the more popular style, they once again said something sour: "Can't he just focus on putting all his talents together?"

Then the commander who was already used to it and had let it go said directly: "Don't be so jealous, even if Bian Lang writes pop rock and pop songs, it doesn't stop him from continuously coming up with songs like "Enter Sandman"! You, think more about your own songs. If you have the ability, can you write a song similar to "Long Live the Dead"? "

After the commander said this, the guy immediately fell silent.

To put it bluntly, he was just a chatterbox. He felt that Bian Lang's output this year might be more than his entire life, so...

As for the musicians on the stage, he was so busy that he instinctively avoided the microphone and cursed: "Is Bian Lang still a human being?"

The lead guitarist was really excited by the crazy fans below!

The band has been established for quite some time, but before being signed to the studio of King Crab, they basically performed underground and had hardly ever left Hong Kong for performances, so the most they had experienced before was playing warm-up acts in front of thousands of people.

Now it has increased by ten or twenty times at once, and after feeling the enthusiasm of the fans, the nervousness before the start has now turned into excitement, and then transformed into motivation.

"This is really the best they have been in these few days! It seems that rock music really is a live art. This is the happiest performance I have seen A-Yan perform in recent years!"

Liang Kuan said noncommittally about Chu Xiwen's evaluation: "Yes, we didn't understand these rock musicians before. After I really entered the Rolling Stones, I realized that the entire music industry had too much misunderstanding and malice towards them!"

Liang Kuan was speaking lightly. Due to various issues, for a long time, the word "rock" has had a certain derogatory connotation in both capital and media circles.

Part of the reason is as the lyrics of the verse say: "If you don't understand, don't try to understand. Even your pores are enlarged, like sweat glands flowing across your body. The tropics are like being entangled and buried alive by infinite strands of messy hair. But this is happiness, who wouldn't be happy..."

If this question were asked to Bian Lang in his previous life, he would blame external factors without hesitation.

But after two lifetimes of experience and reflection, he felt that the fundamental problem was with rock musicians themselves. The distinction between underground and aboveground is not just commercial or non-commercial. Some bands that would never perform on the ground, their various behaviors on and off the stage, are incompatible with this society.

Therefore, the most suitable state for rock musicians is: "When I feel excited, I cry; when I touch nectar, I feel intoxicated; I live to come and go like a butterfly; when I am afraid of loneliness, I reunite; when I am afraid of being too crowded, I leave; I live not for myself but for others..."

"Young enough to meet someone... Living happily until one year older every day..." After another verse ended, Xie Xinyan took a few steps back and let the lead guitarist move to the center of the stage.

Seeing this scene, the most anxious people in the audience were not the fans, but the guitarists in the rock circle.

They were mainly very curious about what kind of arrangement Bian Lang, a guy who specializes in writing guitar solo textbooks, would use to match the interlude of this pop rock song.

However, this result almost stunned all the guitarists who had never seen the rehearsal under the Lion Rock!
No one expected that Bian Lang would start with a high-distortion sound that brought up the tremolo for a moment, and then directly put on overdrive to tune the strings.

This can be said to be completely beyond the imagination of these guitarists!

But looking at the extremely excited expressions of the fans below, everyone had to admit that this solo, which in their eyes was designed purely for showmanship, really had a great live effect!

Especially for pop rock, it really is the kind of thing where 1+1 is greater than 5.

"This! Is this too damn simple and crude?"

"Hey! How can I put it? He is really damn handsome!"

"It's hard for that young man. I see the fastest part is all below the 18th fret. It's really not easy to play it accurately!"

“Hehe, if Xie Xinyan plays this himself, will some female fans at the scene faint?”

In fact, Bian Lang had initially suggested that Xie Xinyan come by himself, but he said on the surface that he really couldn't take the challenge, and actually he wanted to give the opportunity to the newcomer.

After all, those who have watched the MV of "Viva" on the original Earth will probably remember the "Fire Cloud Evil God" installed in the sky! At that time, Bian Lang remembered that he heard a buddy say that the guitar was probably fake, and the MV was just a staged shot!

It turns out that Nicholas Tse really held a concert with this "Fire Cloud Evil God" on his back and his hair standing upright!

Bian Lang wanted to use this moment of the king of songs' return to let Xie Xinyan and his new friend show their solid musical instrument playing skills in front of music fans.

But Xie Xinyan still gave this opportunity to the band's guitarist, which Bian Lang admired.

Even Di Li nodded after watching this segment and said, "Xie Xinyan deserves to be the king of singers!"

(End of this chapter)