China Entertainment: Starting from 07 Kuainan

Chapter 421: Upset and New Album

The next morning.

Lu Yuan connected with the Grammy live during the rehearsal.

There was a big upset at this year's Grammys.

In the annual album selection, "On the Way" won four championships, "Teenage Dream" won three championships, "Recovery" ranked second in annual sales, and "The Fame Monster" ranked third in annual sales. (Lady Gaga), all killed.

Montreal indie rock band Arcade Fire won album of the year for "The Suburbs."

The moment the awards were announced, fans who were following the Grammys were in an uproar.

The rice circle is the same everywhere.

The singers on the annual album list are all kings and queens with countless fans.

Some fans had never even heard of Arcade Fire, yet they were awarded Album of the Year.

To give an inappropriate example, it would be like the Lonely Summer Band defeating Lu Yuan, Jay Chou, Sun Yanzi and others in the Chinese Song Chart or the Golden Melody Awards to win the best album of the year.

(I recommend Lonely·Xia·Ri's first album "Memoir". The song is really good. It was released in 01 and is very advanced.)

Not surprisingly, Grammy officials were exposed.

However, the most explosive thing is the fans of Sister Fruit. Sister Fruit's new album has three crowns in one album, but it has won zero out of six.

Fans exploded on the spot.

In comparison, Lu Yuan's fans are much calmer. "Dream It Impossible" was shortlisted for [Production of the Year] and [Song of the Year].

In the end, one out of two won the [Song of the Year], and the [Production of the Year] was awarded to "Need You Now" by Goddess of Antebellum.

This song won the award and was not controversial. Country music is already popular in America, and "Need You Now" is even more popular.

This song is the most downloaded country song of all time, higher than Taylor's "Love Story". It has also been covered by big names such as Adele and Westlife.

In China, Yuan Yawei also sang the Chinese version.

In addition to "Song of the Year", Lu Yuan almost dominates the pop categories. He has won "Best Pop Album", "Best Pop Male Singer", and "Best Pop Chorus".

Ten nominations were made, and four were selected.

2 out of 10 than Emmy Nahm, slightly better than that.

Happiness comes from comparison.

Just barely.

Lu Yuan probably expected this result when the album was released. After all, this album is very commercial.

Although the Grammy is also a commercial award, in the selection process, in addition to the commercial attributes, the artistic/humanistic attributes of the album also occupy a certain proportion.

The reason why Fruit Sister is not popular is simple.

Excessive commercialization.

Therefore, Lu Yuan is not too disappointed with the results of this year's Grammy Awards.

According to the usual practice, after a highly commercial album is released, the next album should take into account the humanistic attributes.

His next English album will win the Grammy!

So far, Lu Yuan has selected ten songs.

The first song selected was not an English song, but a Russian song.

"Колыбельная" is sung by Azerbaijani twin brothers Rauf & Faik. Its Chinese name is translated as a lullaby.

In order to sing this song, Lu Yuan also learned Russian.

When he first heard this song, he didn't understand Russian. It was precisely because of this that he realized a truth deeply.

Music knows no borders.

Even if you don't understand Russian, you can still appreciate the beauty of "Lullaby".

of course.

The Russian songs will definitely not hit the charts, they will only be included in the album, waiting for fans to discover them on their own.

By the way, it is boosting the wool market.

Just like the planned fourth English album, he will choose two Spanish songs.

Spanish is the third largest language after English and Chinese. There are about 4-5 million people around the world who use Spanish as their mother tongue or second language.

The Spanish-language songs are mainly targeted at Latin America, Western Europe, and North Africa.

The second song selected was "See You Again". The original song was about friendship, but Lu Yuan slightly changed it to blur the boundaries.

It can represent both family affection and friendship.

"See You Again" performed very strongly on the Billboard singles chart, winning the championship for a total of 12 weeks and winning the championship in more than countries.

Although the popularity of this song is inseparable from the "Fast and Furious" series, Lu Yuan's own influence is not bad.

Without the story bonus, it shouldn’t be difficult to win the championship, but being the champion for 12 weeks on the list would probably be difficult.

But, that's not important.

Lu Yuan didn't rely on one song to survive.

He has too many retirement songs.

Even if he quits the music scene, he can still keep three generations at bay with just the subsequent income from his first two albums.

The third song selected is the single "how do I say goodbye" by Australian singer-songwriter Dean Lewis.

This song belongs to the kind of songs that are relatively niche but of good quality.

The background of the creation of the original song was the shocking news, when he suddenly learned that his father was diagnosed with a terminal illness.

Faced with the reluctance to say goodbye, Dean wrote a farewell song.

This background was obviously different from Lu Yuan's, so he also changed the background slightly.

The words have changed, but the core has not.

Still expressing reluctance to say goodbye.

The fourth song is a song by my old friend Magic Red.

"Memories", released in 2019, peaked at No. on the Billboard singles chart.

Almost won the championship.

Lu Yuan would like to call this song the overseas version of "Xiaochou". The central idea of ​​the song is similar to Maomao's "Xiaochou".

"Here's to the ones that we got

This cup is a toast to what we once had

Cheers to the wish you were here but you're not

Cheers to the little wish you hope for in your heart.”

The narrative structure of the song is similar to "One cup for freedom, one cup for the distance".

The fifth song selected is "NUMB", a single released by American black rapper XXXTentacion.

A very sad and sad song.

The original author XXXTentacion has a slight tendency towards jade, and this song was created during that period.

In 2018, the original author was robbed by a black man outside a motorcycle shop in Miami, and a gunman shot him.

boom!

XXXTentacion, who was only twenty years old, was shot and killed.

"NUMB" does not rank high on the Billboard, peaking at No. 80 on the singles chart. This song was chosen for the coherence of the entire album.

It corresponds to the sixth song "Monsters".

Although Monsters is called Monsters, its core is a healing song.

"NUMB" is about being trapped in sadness and depression, while "Monsters" is about getting out of depression and sadness.

The former is cold and the latter is warm.

The seventh song "golden" (beautiful) is the work of Danish pop band Lukas Graham.

It's also a very positive song.

Just look at the name.

Lukas Graham's band is also the band that has been hacked the most in this album.

Their other hit single "Mama Said", a collaboration with a children's choir, was also picked up by Lu Yuan.

This song's Billboard ranking is also not high, with the highest number being 36th.

In fact, ranking 36 is already quite high. Many singers will not be able to write a song like this in their lifetime.

It's 'not high', just compared to the songs Lu Yuan picked before.

"Mama Said" has cheerful music and joyful lyrics. It is written about childhood and closely follows the theme of the album [Human World/Life].

“When Mama said that it was okay

When mom says it's all okay

Mama said that it was quite alright

When you say it's all good

Our kind of people had a bed for the night

We just slept peacefully and it was ok

Things will get better,

Mama told us we are good kids

Mom said we are all good children..."

(Note: This song is partly sung by a children's choir. For the specific proportion, please refer to the song "Little Jumping Frog". For the songs in this article, please search for the [Huayu 07] playlist on QQ Music, which will be updated in real time)

Corresponding to "Mama Said" is an old song, "something just like this" included in the first album.

Lu Yuan is planning to re-arrange it and record a 'children's choir version' for his third English album.

The tenth song of the third English album, "7 Years", is also a song by Danish pop band Lukas Graham.

This song is their masterpiece, peaking at No. 59 on the Billboard singles chart, and was shortlisted for [Production of the Year] and [Song of the Year] at the th Grammy Awards.

Unfortunately, that year they bumped into Billboard's daughter Adele.

That year, the album "25" was released. It was the first and only album in North America to have sales exceeding 300 million in a single week.

That year, Adele dominated the three major categories alone and was proud of the rest.

She won the three awards for production, single and album of the year, all by herself.

Although "7 Years" did not win the award, the same song was shortlisted for two of the four general categories, which is enough to prove its gold content.

"7 years" is a song about growing up.

歌曲以年龄为叙事结束，7岁时、11岁时、20多岁、30多岁、60岁，每一段都是一个年龄的故事。

Every age group has its own worries.

From ignorance, to debauchery, to thirty, to understanding parents.

Although the title of the song is about seven years, it is about a lifetime.

"The Life" is the title of the third English album.

"Колыбельная" (Lullaby), "Mama Said", "something just like this" - Childhood

"how do I say goodbye", "See You Again" - farewell

"NUMB" (frustration) - "Monsters" (getting out of frustration) - "Memories" (relief) - "golden" (stick to faith and move towards beauty).

"7 years", one song is a lifetime.

There is also a song with a similar structure in China, "Summer of the Band" in the third season, "Big Dream" sung by Wayna and Ren Suxi. The narrative structure is the same as "7 Years".

"Big Dream" is also on Lu Yuan's playlist. However, "Big Dream" is not the next Chinese album, but a song from the sixth Chinese album "Human World".

Maomao's "Xiaochou" is also the scheduled track for the sixth Chinese album, which coincides with "Memories".

As for the fifth Chinese album, Lu Yuan is planning to release a "Hot Song Collection". The title of the fifth album is "Selected Collection".

Just by looking at the name, you can tell how casual it is.

What narrative do you want?

It’s too brain-consuming to pick and choose and copy relevant ones.

How easy it is to pile up ten hot songs!

The first one to be selected was "Slowly Falling in Love with You" sung by Mo Wenwei. When the third album was released, Lu Yuan left it out.

Now, select it as the fifth album to save those fans from urging for updates in the comment area every day.

The second song is "Light Years Away".

After copying for so long, Boss Lu finally extended his evil hands to Deng Ziqi.

Don't favor one over the other.

The third song, "Just Once," is a movie interlude prepared for "Charlotte Trouble". It is an OST that was randomly inserted into the album by Lu Yuan.

The fourth song, "To Youth" sung by Wang Fei, is an interlude in the movie "To Youth".

Two OSTs, this is not Lu Yuan's limit.

The fifth song, "The Year in a Hurry" by Wang Fei, is also a movie episode.

Three OSTs were put into the same album. Boss Lu’s heart was cut open and it was all black!

The sixth song "A Song Written for No One", also known as "A Song Only I Can Sing", was released in 15 and is the first title song of JJ Lin's new album "Dialogue with Myself".

The seventh song is again JJ Lin.

"Unfortunately there is no if", also known as "The Silent Warlock Turns Up", the heroine of the original MV is an acquaintance.

Brother Xiaomin’s girlfriend - Dabao.

The eighth song, "Actor" by Xue Qianqian, was a hit song that swept across the country and made Xue Qianqian famous for the second time.

Nowadays, Xue Qianqian has shown signs of becoming famous with "I Am a Singer".

Therefore, Boss Lu asked him to collect some interest.

Makes sense, right?

The ninth song, Eason - "Steady Happiness", this song was originally the theme song of the movie "The Better and Better Village Wan".

According to the current situation, this movie should be gone.

Therefore, Lu Yuan felt no psychological burden after listening to this song. Speaking of which, this was his first time playing Eason's song.

wrong.

Counting "Because of Love", this is the second song.

The tenth song is also a song that made the old singer become famous, "Mo" by Na Young, the theme song of the movie "Why Sheng Xiao Mo".

Because of Lu Yuan's interference, "Why is the Shengxiao Silent" definitely not going to have a movie version?

After all, the ratings of the TV series version are not very good.

It's so bad that it's not worthy of a movie remake. Moreover, Boss Lu doesn't like this kind of pure money-making movie.

If he hadn't been worried that there would be too many OSTs in the album, which would cause complaints from fans, Lu Yuan would have released "Why Shengxiaomo" when it was released.

The eleventh and final song.

The original author of a ballad "Singing Children" is a band from Helan Mountain.

Ballad Band, a short-lived band.

Yes.

"Selected Collection" has a total of eleven songs, 12 to be precise.

With three OSTs packed in, I have to make up for the fans. The twelfth song is a cover of an 'old song', a Chinese version of the English debut album "stronger".

If others can Chineseize it, why can't he himself?

For the effect of the Chinese version, you can probably refer to "Reverse War" composed by Qu Shicong and sung by Zhang Jie.

Qu Shicong is a relatively qualified tailor and referenced two songs, one is Kelly Clarkson's "stronger" and the other is Taylor's "Sparks Fly".

Then, "Reverse War" was created.

Did he copy it?

Didn’t copy.

Didn't he copy it?

Learned from.

This situation is generally called 'Ruchao'.

Copied or not?

Such as copy!

of course.

The Chinese version of "stronger" is not "Reverse War". "Reverse War" is one of the promotional songs of Tengxun Games.

Lu Yuan never endorses games, so it is impossible for him to write the lyrics for "Reverse War".

After the adaptation, it is still an inspirational song.

At present, the lyrics and music scores of these twelve songs have been handed over to Starlight Recording Studio. The songs will be compiled first. After the [On the Road] tour is over, Lu Yuan will immediately start recording.

It will be released at the end of the year or early next year.

An English album will also be produced simultaneously, but the songs for the third English album have not yet been selected.

There are probably 4-5 more songs left.

How to choose the remaining songs was really a bit nerve-wracking for Lu Yuan.

If you really can’t choose a suitable song, then follow the ten tips above.

Ten songs is a little short, but at most it can be compensated by including a few hit singles in the international version of the album.

That drake song seemed very suitable to Lu Yuan.

Choose a few of the Drake's number one singles and stuff them in under the name of 'Abandoned Songs'.

Qi Ge is a king, what will others think?

The style is there instantly.

(End of this chapter)