I was rejected when I wrote a song, but I became a king on my debut.

As Zhou Yu appeared on stage, the music started, and everyone saw the information about the song Zhou Yu would perform at the Mid-Autumn Festival Gala today.

Lin Jiajia and many other viewers who were watching the live broadcast of the Mid-Autumn Festival Gala tonight were extremely excited when they saw Zhou Yu appear on the stage.

This time, it was the first time that Zhou Yu had appeared on stage to perform in the past few months. It can be said that since the beginning of this year, Zhou Yu's public appearances have gradually become less and less. Except for a few appearances to promote movies before, he has not appeared since then.

It’s the first time in such a long time that I’ve been on stage to perform like today.

Looking at Zhou Yu on the stage, wearing a blue dress, the barrage of comments was filled with comments from Zhou Yu's fans.

"Ahh! My husband is so handsome! I finally see my husband perform again!"

"As everyone knows, the appearance of men in the whole country depends on me and Zhou Yu."

"Zhou Yu is still so handsome. It's been a long time since I saw him perform on stage."

"Indeed, although he has released a new album recently, he has very little time to appear in public now."

"So handsome! Husband, please come out more often to do business. Such a handsome face should not be wasted!"

……

Wen Shiyi sat at the scene and watched Zhou Yu on the stage, her beautiful eyes sparkling with a strange light. Zhou Yu was completely different when he was on the stage than when he was in private. He seemed to be the master of the stage. As soon as he stepped onto the stage, his whole temperament changed.

Not only Wen Shiyi felt this way, but also the guests at the scene felt this way. Especially Teacher Hu Wei and others, they could clearly feel that Zhou Yu was a completely different person in private when filming and when he was on stage.

Filming is one feeling, being on set is another, being on stage is another.

In other words, Zhou Yu is completely two different people at work and in private.

"This kid, I'm really looking forward to his song today."

They arrived late to the previous rehearsal and did not hear Zhou Yu singing during the afternoon rehearsal. They only came to see it tonight, which is now.

On the stage, Zhou Yu slowly raised the microphone and began to sing.

"The sleepless night drifts by
There is no obstacle to missing you

I heard you've been suffering from insomnia lately.

A person in a daze
I like you to smile like a child

I want to stick with you every day

The girl who cries when she hears an old song

What can I do without me..."

As soon as Zhou Yu opened his mouth, the audience at the scene and those watching the live broadcast were excited. This feeling was still as beautiful as before, and everyone knelt down as soon as he opened his mouth. Zhou Yu's singing skills were really as stable as ever.

Even Lin Jiajia showed a surprised expression when she heard Zhou Yu's singing while watching the live broadcast. She had listened to Zhou Yu's new album before, but this time she listened to Zhou Yu's live version, and the feeling seemed different.

This live version seems to be even more shocking. And everyone knows that due to various reasons at the scene, this live version will definitely not sound as good as the pure recorded song.

But when listening to Zhou Yu's live performance, there doesn't seem to be such a situation. It's as if you are listening to him singing in a recording studio. His voice is more infectious and penetrating.

"Let's watch the moon rise together

You are also losing sleep thinking about your favorite

Let's watch the moon climb up together

You are also losing sleep thinking about a better future
Let's watch the moon climb up together

You are also suffering from insomnia. Who is waiting for whom?

Let's watch the moon climb up together

Sleepless night lover

Will I confess to you..."

The song "Watch the Moon Rising" performed by Zhou Yu this time was written and composed by Lu Hu, arranged by Dou Peng, and sung by Zhang Jie. This song was released quite early, in 2009, and is a song from Zhang Jie's album "Crossing Trilogy".

Although "Watching the Moon Rise" is a fresh piece, the creation process can be described as "a lot of twists and turns". This song was created by Zhang Jie's fellow brother Lu Hu. It was originally a very R&B style, but Zhang Jie felt that the arrangement was not suitable after singing it. For this song, Lu Hu and producer Dou Peng discussed and revised more than a dozen versions. Zhang Jie himself also stayed in the recording studio to "think" about this song repeatedly. In the end, he finally thought of "ACAPELLA" - this was a difficult technique that almost no one in China tried at the time, and it had high requirements for arrangement, production and singing. The final result was not disappointing. Lu Hu said that in fact, many singers asked him for this song, but he had never been willing to give it to them. He liked and cherished this song very much. Writing a good song was an explanation of his musical dream for him. He was relieved that his dream was completed by another brother who had a dream for music. Zhang Jie finally fulfilled his dream.

Everyone listened to Zhou Yu's singing and gradually became immersed in his voice.

Director Li was looking at the data backstage, and the staff were all very excited. Although they already knew that the live broadcast data would skyrocket once Zhou Yu came on stage, every time they saw the result, they still became very excited unconsciously.

"Director Li, the number of people watching the live broadcast has skyrocketed, more than twice as high as last year during the same period!"

Last year's Mid-Autumn Festival Gala, they did not invite Zhou Yu, at that time Zhou Yu had not even released his first album. Last year's Mid-Autumn Festival Gala, Zhou Yu went to the local TV station, but this year, because CCTV had invited him, the local TV station could not invite Zhou Yu even if they wanted to.

Before this, Zhou Yu had participated in many evening parties on CCTV. Every time Zhou Yu appeared on stage, the ratings and the number of viewers would skyrocket. This Mid-Autumn Festival Gala was no exception, and the number of viewers directly exceeded the number of live broadcast viewers at the same time last year by more than twice!

Director Li watched Zhou Yu's performance on the stage with a smile on his face. This guy hasn't performed on stage for a long time, and everyone is looking forward to this evening party, so the data will naturally be much higher.

As Zhou Yu sang, the song gradually came to an end.

"We watched the moon rise together, and you were also sleepless thinking about your love

Let's watch the moon climb up together

You are also losing sleep thinking about a better future
Let's watch the moon climb up together

You are also suffering from insomnia. Who is waiting for whom?
Let's watch the moon climb up together

Sleepless night lover

Will I confess to you?

Let’s watch the moon rise together…”

At the end of the song, Zhou Yu bowed slightly, and the audience suddenly burst into thunderous applause.

Zhou Yu was not in a hurry to leave the stage. He picked up the microphone and spoke to everyone.

"Once again, I wish you all a happy Mid-Autumn Festival and a happy family reunion! Thank you!"

At this moment, the barrage was also refreshing like crazy.

"It sounds great! It's really great! After such a long time, this is Zhou Yu's first live performance, and his skills are still so solid!"

"Indeed, I thought before that Zhou Yu hadn't performed on stage for such a long time, so there might be some flaws this time, but now it seems that he is still so stable."

"I have to say, Zhou Yu is still very good. His performance was very stable this time."

"Oh, now that we've finished watching the Mid-Autumn Festival Gala, there's only the last song from Zhou Yu's new album on Sunday. Woo woo woo, I wonder how long it will take before I can hear Zhou Yu's new song again."

"Yes, I have almost finished listening to Zhou Yu's new album recently. He is busy with the film and television industry now. I don't know when I will be able to listen to his new songs next time. Sigh!"

……

Everyone was a little emotional. This time Zhou Yu came to participate in the CCTV Mid-Autumn Festival Gala, and everyone was looking forward to it. Because this was Zhou Yu's first public performance in the past few months.

Zhou Yu is now showing up less and less, and even releasing new songs more and more slowly. Although he just released a new album this month, it is still too slow compared to the speed at which Zhou Yu released new songs last year.

Everyone seemed to understand that Zhou Yu was now in transition and was busy with film and television. So in the future, he would be able to appear in public and spend less time on music. After today, everyone probably wouldn't see Zhou Yu in public for a long time.

Zhou Yu's fans are naturally very happy to see that Zhou Yu is getting better and better. But at the same time, they are reluctant to let him go, as they also want to see Zhou Yu, their idol, more often.

Lin Jiajia watched Zhou Yu's performance at the Mid-Autumn Festival Gala. At this moment, Zhou Yu's song was already online on Penguin Music, and she listened to it repeatedly several times.

In fact, she was also quite reluctant to let him go. After Zhou Yu's appearance this time, she didn't know how long she would have to wait before she could see him perform on stage again.

So this time, Lin Jiajia listened to Zhou Yu's song "Look at the Moon Rising" several times, analyzing it carefully, wanting to make a good video.

"This song is fresh, simple and beautiful. This is the first impression it gives people. I feel like after listening to it for the first time, I can hum along with the chorus."

This was Lin Jiajia's first impression of Zhou Yu's song. It was nice to listen to and very memorable. It was easy to remember the song. After watching Zhou Yu's performance, Lin Jiajia could hum along with the chorus after just one listen.

But Zhou Yu's song "Look at the Moon Rising" is not one of those so-called catchy songs. Instead, it gives people a triple listening experience, simple but not simplistic.

"It is said that a song cannot be composed without a tune. The tune of Zhou Yu's song is very simple, and it seems to have borrowed many polyphonic expression techniques from ethnic groups, making the tune of the song more colorful..."

Lin Jiajia was listening to the song and carefully analyzing Zhou Yu's song in her mind.

"Polyphony is a type of polyphonic music relative to the main tune. In terms of horizontal relationships, the rhythm, intensity, fortissimo, climax, and ups and downs of the melody lines of each part are different and independent; in terms of vertical relationships, the parts are unified with each other to form a good harmony relationship. At the same time, the ascending scale here also has the feeling of the moon rising. The arrangement of folk music has added RNB elements to the style, which is cross-border and fusion. The perfect combination of national and Western, classical and modern makes the ears unable to stop..."

Lin Jiajia is analyzing Zhou Yu's song from a professional perspective. She herself is also a student who graduated from a music major. Although she is not as good as those big names, her ability to appreciate music is still quite high.

After all, if Lin Jiajia didn't have some real skills, she wouldn't be so popular on the Internet.

"There is also the perfect ACAPELLA, a vocal instrument. ACAPELLA originated from the church, and the harmony of the choir was first called ACAPELLA. ACAPELLA firmly believes that "human beings" are the most delicate and perfect sound-producing bodies in the world. So in the song "Watch the Moon Rising", you can hear many instruments simulated by human voices, which appear in the accompaniment in the form of foil, filling, echoing, and adding embellishments, and together with the main voice, harmony, finger snaps, and rhythm, they form a harmonious and complete MELODY, which sticks to the listeners' ears intimately..."

The more Lin Jiajia analyzed Zhou Yu's song from a professional perspective, the more surprised she was. Zhou Yu's song sounds very simple, but in this song, Zhou Yu used a lot of complex music theory.

This is also one of the reasons why, although everyone says that some of Zhou Yu’s songs are very simple, the simplest ones are often the most complex.

Zhou Yu is able to make the simplest song and make everyone like it, and even make it perfect, which is the most difficult thing.

“However, ACAPELLA sounds beautiful and simple, but in fact it has very high requirements for arrangement and singing. It is also relatively troublesome to record. People generally don’t dare to try it easily without a certain level of skill. Sometimes, even if you have good singing skills, it will be useless if it doesn’t match the background vocals.”

Lin Jiajia felt more and more that even though Zhou Yu hadn't performed on stage for such a long time, his singing skills were still very impressive, and his musical skills were still behind him. Although Zhou Yu's work focus this year was on the film and television sector, he did not neglect his music at all.

"Because the song "Watch the Moon Rising" is a traditional Chinese pentatonic arrangement, Zhou Yu softened his voice when singing it, returning it to its most original state. He used the pentatonic singing method to closely combine vocalization and articulation, focusing on the stickiness between words, and the tacit understanding between pronunciation, melody and rhythm. He succeeded in making every pronunciation, rhyme and sound collection unique. The silver-like singing voice is like a whisper caressing your ears, which is very inspiring. Listening to Zhou Yu speaking, you will know that this state is also the state closest to his speaking, with the unique cotton, soft and sticky sound when he speaks his hometown dialect. In this world, is there anything more natural and moving than singing close to his mother tongue?"

Lin Jiajia thought that this song was indeed very nice to listen to. The light love song tune and catchy melody were as quiet and lovely as a serenade, making people indulge in it. Moreover, this song was quite in line with the theme of the Mid-Autumn Festival tonight.

Zhou Yu performed two songs tonight, one was "Watch the Moon Rising" sung by himself, and the other was "Wishing We Could Live Together Forever" which he wrote for Wen Shiyi.

Lin Jiajia likes both songs very much. This also shows that Zhou Yu's creative ability is still so strong.

"The next step is to wait for the last song of the new album on Sunday." (End of this chapter)