Chapter 138 "Young and Promising" is really uncomfortable

"Young and Promising" is a song written, composed, arranged and sung by Li Ronghao.

The song won the Billboard Radio China Top Ten Chinese Golden Songs Award in 2018.

There is a very interesting joke about Li Ronghao.

Li Ronghao: You can’t even think of making a penny from me.

Because Li Ronghao produces songs, he will take care of all the work of lyrics, composition, arrangement, singing, instruments, harmony, strings, recording, mixing, mastering post-production, etc.

One person is a team, and there is no need to pay people to do work.

The reason for this is because before Li Ronghao officially debuted as a singer, he was a mixer and also wrote songs for others.

Therefore, he can do all the work of producing songs.

The lyrics of "Young and Promising" are not very gorgeous, but use simple words to tell a story that is deep in my heart.

This story is heartbreaking, but it is in the past, and all that is left are blessings.

Therefore, this song does not contain hysterical shouting, but a mature tone of remembering the past after experiencing life.

Fang Xing often sang this song before.

Moreover, the more I sing this song, the more I can understand what is expressed in the lyrics.

Many of the stories written in the lyrics have been experienced by Fang Xing.

TV, smashed wall panels, and a bowl of hot porridge.

Fang Xing has experienced it all, so he feels deeply.

During those days when he was on the verge of despair, Fang Xing didn't even dare to see anyone. He just wanted to lock himself in someone's basement and let loneliness and despair consume him.

As written in the lyrics, Fang Xing smashed the wall panel, but the wall panel was not broken, but his fist was broken.

Because of these experiences, even though I know that this song is not suitable for competition, I still choose this song.

Singing is inherently a way of expressing emotions.

What Fang Xing wanted was to use this song to express what he wanted to express in his heart.

This is also something that needs to be pursued after vocal skills reach a certain level.

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The stage lights dimmed and the scene became quiet.

Under the spotlight, Fang Xing stood under the light, his head lowered, and there was a deep loneliness in the silence.

Before the prelude even started, the story in the song spread out.

Then, the band's piano sound came out and the prelude started.

Fang Xing raised the microphone and started singing in a deep and simple voice:

“The TV keeps flashing and the contact information has not been deleted.

"You treated me well, but I ruined it by mistake.

"We also thought about having a place to sleep and eat.

"But how can I endure it? I'm working day and night and can't even get the down payment..."

The four lines of the song are not fancy words, but they tell a story about a problem that many young people are facing.

The ever-increasing housing prices are no longer affordable by hard work.

When you meet someone you want to live your whole life with, you want a place that belongs to both of you.

Just working day and night can't make a down payment.

The four seemingly ordinary lyrics are written so realistically that they are a bit cruel.

Fang Xing spent his days living in the basement in this cruel state of mind.

When the first four lines of the main song were sung, the seemingly plain voice seemed to have magic power, revealing this real and desperate state of mind to the audience.

The entire studio hall fell silent, and the audience listened with solemn expressions.

It's as if you can feel the despair and roar hidden behind this plain singing.

As long as the verse can draw the audience into the story told by the song, the song is half successful.

However, Fang Xing did not pay attention to the audience's reaction, but was immersed in the song:

“I smashed the wall panel and it hasn’t been repaired yet.

"A bowl of hot porridge, you were afraid that I didn't have enough, so I kept half of it and took it away.

"Describe it to you, your eyes will often be red in the future..."

When the last four lines of the main song are reached, the mood progresses again.

The first four sentences tell the origin of the story, and the last four sentences tell the story's process.

Smashing the wallboard, a simple sentence, describes how much helplessness and struggle.

A bowl of hot porridge once again wrote about her kindness to me.

Two people who originally loved each other couldn't beat reality after all.

Fang Xing still clearly remembered that she had also looked forward to the future together and described a happy life in the future.

Having a home, work, life, and having a child makes life complete in the hands of two people.

However, reality and time have changed everything.

During those two years of living in the basement, all the dreams I had dreamed of came to nothing.

Both people know that the other cares about them, but the more this happens, the less able they are to face reality.

A single sentence of "I don't need your pity" that your self-esteem has been violated can ruin everything.

At that time, Fang Xing thought it was self-esteem, but later he discovered that it was actually inferiority complex.

Extreme self-esteem is inherently inferiority complex.

After listening to the last four verses of the verse, the audience's chest began to rise and fall. They felt the story told in the song and the heavy struggle in the story.

feeling bad.

This is the first feeling of the audience when they hear this song.

This song is so real that people dare not recall it.

…

In the lounge area of ​​the first singer.

The singers who finished singing all sat in the lobby of the rest area. During the intervals between the singers singing, they would discuss a few words from time to time.

However, when Fang Xing sang, no one spoke.

Moreover, the more people who have experienced setbacks, the more they can feel the frighteningly real helplessness and struggle in this song.

When Shen Xiyin heard this, his expression became a little solemn.

She has never experienced this, and her feelings are not that deep, but she knows that the story told in the song is true and has seen similar stories with her own eyes, so she is still touched.

Moreover, when she finished listening to the main verse of this song, she immediately discovered that this song and Liu Hongsheng's "The Past" are completely different styles.

Although this song is very popular because of the theme song of the TV series "Once Upon a Time", the lyrics are actually a bit divorced from reality.

The story told in "Once Upon a Time" is the story of two characters who live in the plot of the novel.

"Young Young Promising" is just the opposite. The stories it tells are the stories around you, and even the stories about yourself.

Therefore, two songs, one floating in the air, sounds like a romantic drama story.

The other song is so real that it is breathtakingly real.

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Fang Xing did not cry out the heart-wrenching emotions in his heart, but like a man who has gone through many vicissitudes of life, he hid his emotions and guilt deep in his heart.

Therefore, when it comes to the chorus, the emotional expression is still restrained:

"If I am young and accomplished and don't feel inferior, I know what preciousness is.

"I feel guilty for not giving you those beautiful dreams.

"If I had learned how to advance and retreat when I was young, I wouldn't have let you suffer for me.

"Drink a few more drinks at the wedding, and be with your current partner..."

The chorus sings about the regret and guilt in my heart.

If I had been young and promising at that time, maybe everything would have been different.

It's just that there are no ifs in life.

The difficulties and setbacks I experienced can never be changed.
To be continued...