hollywood billionaire

Chapter 141 No Promises

"I just wanna dive in the water with you,

Baby we can't see the bottom.
It's so easy to fall for each other,

I'm just hoping we catch one another..."

When Han Yi cautiously pushed open the front door of the recording studio at No. 437 Garage on Mount Holyoke Avenue without making any sound, what came into his head was a song that was so familiar that it couldn't be more familiar, but it sounded so strange at the moment popular dance music.

The reason why they are extremely familiar is because after the release of this single in the previous life, Han Yi played the entire single for a month and a half.More importantly, even such a high-intensity playback frequency did not kill his love for this Tropical House.

For Han Yi, if he wanted to make a list of the favorite songs in his life, it must be at the top.

From arrangement, melody to lyrics, what it brought Han Yi into was a summer love that had never happened, but was rehearsed hundreds of times in his mind.

Adolescent, reckless, reckless, uncommitted love.

"No Promises".

And the reason why he felt so strange was also very simple.

The vocals in the song changed from Demi Lovato to Madison Beal standing in the middle of the garage.

Most professional recording studios space the console away from the recording so that vocal recordings can be done in a completely undisturbed and silent environment.But there are also some recording studios that are converted from garages or similar environments like this, and it is difficult to divide another room.

In the garage at 437 Mount Holyoke Avenue, a row of control panels and workstation computers line the walls, looking organized and clean.And on the side close to the automatic door, drum kits, electric guitars, electric basses, electronic pianos, and countless black connecting cables that are intricately intertwined and seem to never be able to be separated lie there.

Right at the midpoint of the dividing line between chaos and order, there are two microphones, one hanging and the other standing.The hanging one, hanging from the ceiling, has no pop shield.The standing one is the same as the previous one, a Neumann U87, but with much more complete accessories, and it doesn't float around in the air.

It's kind of like the recording studio that Billy and Phineas are tossing around in their garage.

Han Yi touched the gray sound-proof sponge on the wall and thought to himself.

In the recording studio, the three members of Cheat Codes sat or stood with Lauv, gathered in front of the console, staring at the ever-increasing vocal frequencies on the computer screen, their heads gently swaying to the rhythm of the drums.Madison Beal stood in the middle of the garage with a pop filter on the tip of his nose, concentrating on recording.

Therefore, the first person who noticed Han Yi's entrance was Zhao Youzhen, who was leaning against the wall with his arms crossed, standing with Bi Li and Phineas, listening to Madison's voice attentively.

The moment Zhao Youzhen saw Han Yi, his pupils shrank slightly and his lips fluttered.Afterwards, two shallow dimples appeared on both cheeks, and the tip of the left finger resting on the right arm raised up, swung up and down once, and silently greeted him with gentle eyes.

On any occasion related to official affairs, Zhao Youzhen paid special attention to maintaining the distance, scale and proportion with Han Yi.

Not to mention the hug on Fisherman's Wharf that almost melted into him, even the inadvertent fingertip touch when handing each other coffee cups, Yuzhen will pay special attention to the reactions of the people around him, for fear of causing unnecessary guesses and misunderstandings.

Observing the change in Yoo Jin's body language and the deviation of her gaze, Bi Li also adjusted her body to the same angle, looked in the direction the manager was looking at, then widened her eyes in surprise, and tiptoed to Han Yi, Give him an unladylike bear hug.Phineas, who was following behind Bi Li, also greeted the increasingly familiar boss in the same way.

This garage, which can only accommodate two cars at the same time, is not big at all, and it looks a little cramped after being soundproofed and filled with equipment.If there is any movement, everyone can react quickly.

As a result, the song moved forward for another four bars. Before reaching the build-up part, Cheat Codes, Lauv, and Madison Bill all pulled out of their working states and turned their attention to Han Yi by the door.

The expressions of Cheat Codes and Lauv are very simple, just a polite greeting.The performance of the Changdao girl is much more complicated in comparison.

Madison first showed a smile that was even more dazzling than the California sunshine outside the house at the moment. The well-cared for white teeth can even reflect light indoors. The hands that were clasped in front of the chest to find the power point of the voice stretched out. , vigorously waved at Han Yi.

Although affected by the background noise, the recording this time can only be a waste draft, but as a singer, she still persisted in completing her aria due to her professionalism. Then she took off her earphones, put her hands behind her back, and walked slowly Step to Han Yi's side.

After Lauv and Cheat Codes greeted him respectively, Madison said hello to Han Yi softly, opened his left arm, wrapped around his waist, and pressed his face against his chest.

At first glance, Madison Bill's hug seems no different from Billie Eilish's. They are the normal standard for American girls to greet their friends.But Han Yi could notice the stronger arms, the tighter cheeks, and the significantly longer hug time.

...and her puppy-like furtive sniffing.

In fact, the reason why Madison waited until the last one to say hello to Han Yi was to occupy him for a while longer in this way.

Like Youzhen Zhao, Madison also pays attention to drawing a clear line between the workplace and private life.

But Mai Di, who is four years younger than Yuzhen, is not so comfortable.

"This song's fire."

Han Yi patted Madison on the back lightly, glanced at the main creative team of this song with a smile, and praised him sincerely.

"I know that your cooperation will make people's eyes shine, but I didn't expect it to be so amazing."

"Oh, we just did a little choreography work, the real hero is this... one and only Ali."

Kevin Ford, one of three members of the Cheat Codes, put his hand on Lauv's shoulder.

"He is the best person I have ever seen who can write pop melodies, bar none."

Lauv in 2016 hadn't turned his hair into the wildly wild colors he'd seen a few years later.Now Ali Love, with the simplest undercut shape with hair mud, thick bags under the eyes, drooping corners of the eyes and a shy and erratic smile, makes him look like the vast majority of New York lack of sleep, relying on drugs and alcohol to make up Literary and artistic young men are not far from each other.

"It's mainly due to the arrangement and structure. I really like the style of Cheat Codes." Ali Love spread his hands and aimed at Madison Bill, "And our vocals have inspired me a lot. and inspiration."

"I sure did, didn't I?"

Hearing these words, Madison Bill reluctantly let go of Han Yi, turned his body back, put his hands on his hips, and accepted Lauv's compliment with great air and unceremoniousness.

"Seriously, this is the happiest song I've ever recorded... Yi, I really don't know where you found so many talents."

"I also want to cooperate with them..."

Bili raised her hand, chewing gum carelessly.

"If only my songs weren't so mournful."

"You mean, our music is too upbeat?" Trevor Dahl, a disheveled member of Cheat Codes, answered with a smile.

"Happy to the point where my skin hurts."

Bi Li's emo-like witticism caused a burst of laughter in the recording room. With her half-closed eyes and messy and fluffy blonde hair, coupled with this really sentimental age, the young and famous Bi Li-Eilish It is not without reason that he has gradually become one of the representatives of mourning culture.

"Save the world-weary energy for the song."

Han Yi fondled Bi Li's head. He didn't intend to dwell on this topic for too long, and he certainly wouldn't try to guide and adjust Bi Li's emotions.At the age of less than 15, it is normal to have some weird things in your mind. Sometimes you love the world to death, and sometimes you hate yourself. The hearts of European and American teenagers are so active and rich.

More importantly, this sense of despondency that others don't seem to understand is the source of Bi Li's creative inspiration and the X factor for her to become a superstar.

Just keep the boundaries and don't let her emo hurt you.

"Do you have a name for this song?"

Han Yi walked to the console, looked at the project documents on the computer screen, and asked questions knowingly.

"It's settled." Trevor Dahl followed and nodded, "No Promises."

"Sounds great, I love it."

Han Yi hurriedly added a handful of firewood, in case they had a sudden inspiration and changed a strange name that did not match the established history.

"Where is the progress? I think it should... the recording is almost done?"

"McGrady's two verses are basically finished, but the harmonies haven't been recorded yet. There are some small details that need to be revised, and then a few tracks will be recorded for backup, and replacements will be made at that time."

Lauv leaned down, slid the mouse wheel, and zoomed out on the track, showing Han Yi the whole picture.

There are a total of [-] tracks, about [-] or [-] tracks are arrangements, a lighted master track floats at the top, and backup tracks of different lengths are at the bottom.

"Also, the male voice in the build-up part hasn't been recorded yet." Matthew Russell, the last member of Cheat Codes, added, "Trevor recorded a track first, but we are not satisfied."

Having said that, Matthew pointed to the screen and signaled Kevin Ford to press the play button.

"Oh na na, just be careful, na na.

Love ain't simple, na na.

Promise me no promises. "

The build-up part of the sixteen bars is very simple, just these few lines of lyrics, the same melody repeated twice.However, Trevor Dahl's voice before using melodyne and filters is indeed a little lacking, dry and weak, with zero vocal skills, let alone any chest and head resonance.

"I think it's pretty good." Han Yi shrugged. In his previous life, he had listened to "No Promises" too many times, and he was used to the mediocre voice.

What's more, Andrew of The Chainsmokers dared to sing with his duck voice, what's wrong with Trevor Dahl?

"The effect we expected...is still worse." Trevor Dahl said with a sigh.It's just that the producer's singing skills are really not up to standard, but they don't want to find other male singers to feature, after all, it is unlikely that the feature invited will not cost money or give royalties.

It's really not worth spending money just for such a simple and short vocal clip.

It's not that Cheat Codes didn't consider letting Lauv sing this part, but the latter declined quite tactfully.

Although he wrote the vocal melody on the song, Lauv didn't want his name, or his voice, to appear on the feat of "No Promises."

Because there is still a certain distance between this and the artistic image he wants to present to the public.

"Hey, I have an idea!"

Just as everyone scratched their heads and fell silent, Madison Bill on the side suddenly raised his hand and his voice was high-spirited.

"Why not let him try?"

Looking in the direction of Madison's finger, Zhao Youzhen blinked in confusion, thinking that there was something wrong with his vision.

Because the man in Changdao girl's mouth is Han Yi.

"His voice, it sounded like The Weeknd had a baby with Adam Levy ... Charlie Puth was the third person."

"The trouble this has caused me...has really reached a whole new level." Han Yi rubbed his temples with a bit of a headache, "I can't do it, it's too unrealistic."

"How do you know if you don't try?"

Madison took a step forward, looked up at him, smiled sweetly, and continued to encourage.

"There is still about an hour of recording time for our group. I have basically finished this part. Trying it will not affect the progress."

"How do you know Yi can sing, Maddie?" Billy asked curiously.

"Ah, when I was recording "Cold Water" that day, I was quite nervous..." Madison Bill tried to maintain a calm face, and put his hands into the pockets of his loose sweatpants, so as not to expose his stiff fingers when answering questions. "He also gave me some vocal instruction, which was very effective."

"I didn't expect you to hide this kind of skill, big bro." Bi Li clenched his fist and smashed Han Yi's upper arm, "Go and try it! I want to hear it so much!"

"Phineas, tell them this is not a good idea." Han Yi turned to look at Bi Li's brother.

"I also kind of want to hear it." Phineas rubbed the back of his head, laughed, and imitated Billy's tone and said, "Let's show it... big bro."

"Trevor, stop them."

"It's not a bad idea." Trevor Dahl shrugged, and also smirked, "It's not every day you can hear the boss singing."

"Ali..."

"You look like a singer, boss." The atmosphere is here, and Ali Love naturally follows the trend.

"I..." Han Yi grinned in distress, looking at Zhao Youzhen for help.

"Youzhen..."

help me!
"Okay, everyone. Don't play tricks on Yi."

Zhao Youzhen received Han Yi's message, she calmly glanced around the crowd, opened her red lips lightly, and said word by word.

"If you joke around...he'll be more nervous when he's recording later."

Yujin's words caused the recording studio to fall into a brief silence, and then the young people's energetic and excited cheers and applause broke out.

Xiao Zhao, are you cheating on me too?

Han Yi opened his eyes slightly, staring at Zhao Youzhen.The latter leaned against the edge of the wall, tilted his head, and winked at him playfully.

Yoo Jin wants to hear it too.

"Come on, don't worry."

Madison put his hands on Han Yi's back and semi-forcedly pushed him to the center of the recording studio.

"choose one."

"This." Han Yi stood in front of the dynamic microphone hanging from the ceiling.

"Okay." Madison narrowed her eyes and smiled like a little lucky cat, "I'll be with you."

After finishing speaking, she took a step back and stood in front of Han Yi's standing microphone with a pop-proof mask hanging on it, meeting his eyes.

"Let me declare first..."

Han Yi raised an index finger and warned half-jokingly.

"Don't laugh at me, don't take pictures, or I won't pay the advance payment for the next installment."

"Okay, no photos."

When she said this, Bi Li's face was completely blocked by the iPhone raised in front of her.

"Absolutely no one will see it on social media."

"I hate you." Han Yi gritted his teeth in anger, and turned his raised index finger to Zhao Youzhen.

"Oh..." Zhao Youzhen pursed his mouth, put his right index finger at the corner of his eyes and raised it, making a gesture of wiping away his tears.

"The big singer actually hates me."

"It's not over." Han Yi spread his hands and let out a long sigh.

"Get started, let's get it over with."

"Okay, then let's leave you four bars or eight bars?" Trevor Dahl sat in front of the computer, put on his headphones, and searched for the specific location of this aria.

"what……"

"Actually." Before Han Yi, Madison spoke first, "Let's do it all over again? This way I can also re-record my clips, which saves time."

Is it to save time?

of course not.

Seizing this rare chorus opportunity is Madison Bill's real goal.

"You can also let Yiduo do mental preparation."

"Okay..." Trevor pulled the track to the 0th second, turned to look at Han Yi who was already familiar with the road and put on the earphones, "Boss, do you still need to listen to your part again?"

"Okay, let's play it a few more times."

Han Yi supported the monitor earphones and muttered something, as if he was studying seriously.

But in fact, there is no reason why you can't remember a song after listening to it thousands of times.

Not to mention memorizing it, you can sing it backwards.

Allowing Trevor Dahl to play it twice, Han Yi, who thought he had done enough superficial work, gave him a thumbs up.

"I learned, Trevor."

"let's start."

(End of this chapter)