star king gene

Shakira told Terry that she would collaborate with Lin Zhimo on a record, which was naturally true. In fact, he had already thought about this matter when Lin Zhimo was determined to participate in the opening ceremony of the World Cup. His The purpose is very simple, that is, to use Shakira's current popularity to build his own reputation.

The people at Sony Music are also aware of Lin Zhimo's plan. They didn't want to agree to Lin Zhimo's plan, but firstly, Shakira insisted on it, and secondly, Lin Zhimo produced a few songs that were of really good quality. If the song is released to the market, it will definitely make money, so I agreed in the end.

"Lin, is this your first time in the United States?" Shakira couldn't help asking when she saw Lin Zhimo kept looking around at the surrounding scenery.

"Well, it's not the first time. I came here once when I was filming a Mercedes-Benz commercial, but it was on the beach in Miami, and it only took a little more than a day. It's the first time to come to Hollywood." Lin Zhimo this time I came to Hollywood just to record the songs that I worked with Shakira, and it was also the first time I came to Hollywood, the holy land in the minds of entertainers all over the world.

"The first time?" Shakira's eyes widened, "Not counting the time in Miami, have you never been to America?"

In Shakira's opinion, this is simply unbelievable. You must know that Lin Zhimo is a well-known star in China now. In Shakira's opinion, Lin Zhimo should have plenty of time.

"Didn't you think of coming to America to see it when you were on vacation?" Shakira asked again.

"Well... Actually, from my debut to now, I haven't taken a good vacation yet." Lin Zhimo answered Shakira's question while appreciating the beautiful scenery of Hollywood.

"Oh, God! I really can't imagine what kind of life you have lived. What have you been doing after work for so many years?" Although Shakira is not an American, she has worked in the United States for many years and has raised It has become the American life concept of combining work and rest. Whenever she finishes recording a new record, she will choose a place with beautiful scenery to give herself a vacation. [

So now she feels incredible when she hears Lin Zhimo's words.

"Time off work?" Lin Zhimo replied after thinking for a while: "I rarely have time off work, you know, now I want to sing, act, write a screenplay, and direct... My time is very fast. It is sufficient, and I don’t think it takes a long time for a person to take a vacation, isn’t it enough to rest for one or two hours a day?”

Shakira slapped her forehead and ignored Lin Zhimo.

Although he understands Lin Zhimo's diligence.But that doesn't mean Shakira agrees.But she began to feel faintly in her heart.There is no reason why Lin Zhimo has achieved such a great achievement, at least if she is allowed to continue for several years without rest, she will not be able to do it.

Thinking of this, Shakira glanced at Lin Zhimo who was still taking pictures of the beautiful scenery with the camera from time to time, and suddenly felt distressed.

"He must be very tired after all these years..." Shakira thought silently.

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There are not many tracks on the album that the two collaborated on this time.But all of them are works made by Lin Zhimo and Shakira, who compose music and write lyrics.Especially Lin Zhimo.It even came up with seven songs at once.

"Seriously, Lin, I want to delete all three of my songs. Only use your songs for the whole album." After recording the song "onlygrl" written by Lin Zhimo for her, Shakira I really can't arouse the interest of continuing to record my own songs.

Lin Zhimo laughed, and asked: "Even if you don't use your songs, the remaining few songs will still be used by other people's songs. At that time, no matter whether the songs are good or bad, we won't even have a choice."

The tracks in this album, Sony, gave the two the right to choose the tracks, but if Shakira really doesn't plan to use these three songs created by herself, then this album will probably add several other songs according to the company's wishes. It's a song of unknown quality.

"But look at the songs you wrote, and then look at my three..." Shakira was still a little disappointed.

A few days ago, when the two of them produced their own songs, Shakira laughed at Lin Zhimo, saying that if the quantity is too large, the quality will definitely decrease. In the end, the three songs written by him are not comparable to each other. The seven poems written by Lin Zhimo.

In particular, these seven songs are not songs of the same genre, some are rap songs, some are pop songs, and there are three duet songs.

As the executives of Sony Music said, each of these seven songs can be regarded as the title song of an album. [

"It can't be said that way. Our two creative directions are different. When you write songs now, you are still deeply influenced by Latin music, and your thinking is still a little rigid. I am different. The US market is for me. It’s just blank, and I can write whatever I want.”

Lin Zhimo didn't want to see Shakira's disappointment, so he comforted him: "And you also know that sometimes the quality of a song doesn't mean it will be popular in the market, and sometimes a song can be good or not. Whether it can sell well depends on other factors.”

Even though she knew that Lin Zhimo was comforting herself, Shakira still felt a lot better when she heard these words, so she nodded and said, "Yes, you are right...the songs I wrote this time are not as good as the ones you wrote. First, but next time I must surpass you."

"Welcome to challenge!" Seeing Shakira recovering, Lin Zhimo responded with a smile.

Three of the seven songs written by Lin Zhimo were sung by two people, and the other four were just two songs by one person.

The three chorus songs are called "lovethewyyoule", "rzylove" and "rghtroun", in which Lin Zhimo is the rap part; Lin Zhimo's two solo songs are "notfr" and " Teengelfe"; and Shakira's two solo songs are called "onlygrl" and "beuseyou".

And all the parts that Lin Zhimo sings are rap, which does not mean that Lin Zhimo intends to specialize in rap songs in the United States in the future.This is just one of his strategies.

Lin Zhimo has a clear understanding of himself.

Although he can be said to be very popular in the entertainment industry in mainland China, and he has also won the award of best actor at the Berlin Film Festival, one of the three major international film festivals in Berlin, but these are not particularly attractive to the American entertainment industry. .

Just like Americans think that there is no basketball except nb, they are also very blindly confident about their own entertainment. After all, movies and musicians from many countries are proud of being able to enter the US market, which makes the American people generally look down on artists from other countries , not to mention the yellow race of the Chinese.

It might be better if it is singers and actors from other European countries, but they don't have much recognition for Asians.

And Lin Zhimo took these into consideration when he wanted to enter the US market. With his current ability, if he were a Caucasian, he would definitely be a hit.But now he is not from European and American countries.He is an authentic Chinese.

So if you want to enter the US market as quickly and stably as possible, you must come up with a comprehensive method.

First of all, what Lin Zhimo ruled out was the method of directing. After all, Lin Zhimo can't get into the eyes of Americans with just "Don't Talk to Strangers". Don't you see that the great director Wu Yusen has lost Hollywood?

Secondly, what Lin Zhimo ruled out was acting.indeed.As an international actor.It is not difficult for Lin Zhimo to enter Hollywood movies.But what is difficult is the role positioning in the movie. Lin Zhimo absolutely does not think that those directors in Hollywood will regard him as the leading actor, and he may not even be the second male lead.

Therefore, it is possible to enter the American entertainment industry through acting.But the speed will be relatively slow.

The only way left is to sing.

And singing is not just about writing two good-quality songs just to become popular. Lin Zhimo also needs to make some careful consideration, that is, what type of song he wants to sing.

In the American music scene, every style of music has its own audience, and some people even listen to one style of music all their lives. Those who like country music will never buy rock music albums, and those who like rock music will never buy jazz music. .

Lin Zhimo thought about it for a long time, and finally decided to sing rap!

In the United States, compared with other genres of music, rap has a relatively short history. It was only in the 70s that it officially became a genre of music, and it has only been 30 years since then.

But in this short 30 years, rap music has developed very extensively, and judging from the current trend, it will become more and more widespread in the future.

One of the reasons why Lin Zhimo chose rap music is because there are too many branches of rap music, such as west coast rap (westostrp), southern rap (southernrp), pop rap (poprp), old school rap (olshool), midwestern rap (mwestrp), Latin rap (ltnrp), hardcore rap (hrorerp), gangster rap (gngstrp), foreign rap (foregnrp), east coast rap (estostrp), transitional rap ( rossoverrp), comedy rap (eyrp), Christian rap (hrstnrp), alternative rap (lterntverp), etc., even what we call hp-hop is a new vocabulary born from the combination of popular elements of these genres.

Among these various branches, Lin Zhimo can freely create some songs without worrying about being restricted.

In addition, another reason why Lin Zhimo chose rap music is because of the audience of rap music.

The short history of rap music is doomed that its audience will only be young people who are more receptive, and because rap music is developed from black people, as a nation that is also discriminated against, the audience of this music It will also be more tolerant to Lin Zhimo, a man of yellow race.

If Lin Zhimo chooses not rap, but country music with American national characteristics, I am afraid that Lin Zhimo will be constrained by various rules and regulations when composing songs, and cannot fully express his creativity. The important thing is that because of the ignorance of American folk customs and the discrimination of Lin Zhimo by music audiences, it may end up with a thankless result.

Therefore, after comprehensive consideration, Lin Zhimo still chose rap music, a very inclusive song genre, as a stepping stone to break into the American music market.

I don't know other people's attitudes towards these songs. Anyway, judging from the reactions of Shakira and the staff who recorded the songs, these songs should still be welcomed by everyone.

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"Zhimo, are you going back to China soon?" Shakira asked gloomily.

One month after coming to the United States, Lin Zhimo finished recording his part of the song, and Lin Zhimo did not intervene in the production of the remaining songs. After all, this is in the United States, and Sony Music does not believe in Lin Zhimo's strength, so Lin Zhimo After silently recording the song, he decided to leave.

"Yes, as you know, I still have a lot of things to deal with in China." Lin Zhimo was also very reluctant to part with Shakira.

After the two of them explained their words last time, Lin Zhimo found that the relationship between the two of them became more and more strange. This kind of relationship is neither a friend nor a lover. Friends of the opposite sex, but they are a little more ambiguous.

But to be honest, Lin Zhimo enjoys this feeling very much now. Although there is no accident with Shakira, this kind of spiritual intimacy makes Lin Zhimo treat Shakira even more differently. The feelings towards the three of Huo Xiwen are completely different.

For Lin Xinru, Lin Zhimo now cherishes and feels guilty; for Zhang Ziyi, he has pity and admiration; for Huo Xiwen, he respects and loves him.

In Lin Zhimo's heart, Lin Zhimo didn't love who he loved the most, or he could only choose one of the three, and he would be more inclined to the idea.But if you really analyze it rationally, there is no doubt that Huo Xiwen is the most suitable person to be with Lin Zhimo. After the relationship, he still silently supported Lin Zhimo behind his back.

This is also the reason why Lin Zhimo respects Huo Xiwen, and it is also the place where he feels most sorry for Huo Xiwen.

As for Shakira, Lin Zhimo's feelings are different from those of the above three.

When facing Shakira at the beginning, Lin Zhimo was just a man's instinct, but as he got in touch with her more and more, Lin Zhimo gradually discovered Shakira's cuteness.

She is kind and simple, warm to people, and has some stubbornness in her temper. These good or bad characters make it difficult for Lin Zhimo to maintain that kind of flirtatious attitude, and it also makes him have an intimate relationship with her when he can obviously have an intimate relationship Next chose Showdown.

Things got a little weird after that. Lin Zhimo originally thought that he would lose Shakira as a friend, but unexpectedly, Shakira still showed that she still liked Lin Zhimo and stayed by his side, even more so than before. close.

By now, Lin Zhimo was no longer sure whether he could bear Shakira falling into the arms of other men. (To be continued..)