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Chapter 319 Two Girlfriends

After climax, another climax.

After the ultimate experience of future house opening and closing, Jonas Blue did not give the audience any time to rest and immediately took on another version of the drop. This version is not as majestic and exciting, but it has more rhythm, warmer bass lines, more powerful drum beats, crisper synthesizer leads, and more detailed vocal slices, with a strong electric house style. To be more precise, it is the traditional flavor of Dutch house from 2007 to 2008. The frequent use of portamento and high-pitched wonky synth melodies immediately remind people of the years when new-age electronic dance music first entered the mainstream market.

If the list of professional music terms makes you dizzy, here is a simpler analogy - the second drop produced by Jonas Blue, and Rihanna's 2012 work, produced by Dr. "Where Have You Been" co-produced by Luke, Cirkus and Calvin Harris is quite similar.

It's still 128BPM, but the atmosphere on the dance floor is completely different. Future house sets off a tsunami-like wave, while the aftermath of electric house is like a shock wave in a massage pool. It doesn't look that strong, but it's actually endlessly memorable.

The pattering raindrops hit the crowd and were quickly evaporated by the heat wave. Looking down from Madison Beer's perspective, the entire dance floor seemed to be enveloped in a mist-filled wonderland.

"Hey! Hey! Hey! Hey!"

The climax of the vocal slice did not require Madison to sing, so she concentrated on creating the atmosphere on the hill stage.

"Vegas, are you ready to have some fun? I want everyone to jump with me, one, two, three, jump! Show me your craziest side!"

"I thought Madison Beer... was a teen idol?"

Isabella, who was bouncing to the rhythm in front of the booth, hugged McKinsey and asked loudly in the latter's ear.

"So it is." McKenzie rubbed her ears, "But obviously...she has evolved."

This new Madison Beer at Mad City is indeed an evolved version that Han Music has worked hard to create. Abandoning Scooter Braun's traditional pop music setting, Han Yi opened up a path for her to become a dance music queen.

As he has repeatedly emphasized in several A&R meetings, Madison’s voice is extremely suitable for electronic music. The grainy, metallic and vague sense of electricity are innate talents that many people have. A special attraction that musicians can’t achieve no matter how hard they try to improve. In addition, Madison is a loyal fan of Rihanna. So, draw a similar career path for her in the new era and use singles in collaboration with various electronic music producers to reshape her new public image. , it became a matter of course.

Take a look at Rihanna's development trajectory. Starting from her first album "Music of the Sun", Def Jam has attached great importance to her expansion in dance music. In fact, her debut single "Pon de Replay" is an extremely pure electronic music dancehall. The next two albums followed the same path. Most of the promotional singles contained dance music elements. Traditional R&B music like "Take a Bow" was only placed in the promotional matrix as an attempt to adjust and diversify. It was absolutely It can’t be called the main axis of Rihanna’s artist image.

People's early impression of Rihanna is still the sexy and unrestrained Barbadian wild beauty in "Rude Boy", "Disturbia" and "Don't Stop the Music".

With her fifth album, 2010's "Loud", Rihanna has grasped the mainstream trend of electronic music in the new decade. Except for "California King Bed", which was placed sixth in the promotion sequence, "Only Girl", "What's My Name", "S&M", these classics that have kept her popular for years are all dance music masterpieces carefully selected by the production team from around the world.

Next, Rihanna, who maintained a rate of one album a year, further consolidated her position in the industry with champion singles such as "Where Have You Been", "We Found Love", and "Diamonds", making herself the banner of early EDM. Not only has his historical evaluation been greatly improved, but he also brought in electronic music producers such as Calvin Harris, Benny Blanco and David Guetta who defined European and American music in the 2010s. into the context of popular culture.

In the 2023 Super Bowl, 12 of the 11 songs performed by Rihanna during the halftime show were pop dance music or fast-paced music with electronic elements. There is no doubt that almost all the glorious chapters of her music career were written by this wave of electronic music.

Those who follow the trend are promising. No matter how outstanding an artist is, he must surrender within the framework of the times. And this is the fundamental reason why Han Yi unswervingly pushed Madison Beer down this road - as a pop singer with superstar potential, she can only seize the last wave of electronic music popularity in 2016. , and the trend of electronic pop music, it is possible to stand out in a short period of time and preempt others.

Han Yi's forward vision and strong financial resources, as well as his meticulous layout in the field of electronic music, greatly increase the probability of success of this plan. As long as Madison is willing to follow Han Yi's route, with or without "Cold Water", it is only a matter of time before it explodes.

Fortunately, Madison liked the plan of "Little Rihanna" very much, and also gave Han Yi and his team full and unreserved trust. This trust comes not only from her strong affection for Han Yi, but also from the group of production department executives that Han Yi has found for Han Music.

Christopher Stewart, "Tricky". From 2010 to 2012, he was nominated for Album of the Year as a producer three times. Rihanna's "Loud", Katy Perry's "Teenage Dream", and Beyoncé's "I Am Sasha Fierce" are all his well-known artistic masterpieces.

Maybe he has stopped writing songs himself in recent years, maybe his own production skills and arrangement ideas have been outdated by the times, but he has successively promoted three smash-hit pop queens and created a career for each of them. Tricky from the peak album knows how to transform Madison Beer.

Whether it's on the album or off the album.

On October 10th, this refreshing electronic music elf on the Mad City stage was his proud work.

Since signing the contract, Madison Beer has been following the advice of Tricky, Karen Guo and Zhao Youzhen, and has used her $114.29 million debut album advance step by step. Maddie is not a child who is short of money, nor is she a child who likes extravagance and waste. Her generous family environment prevents her from feeling the urge and insecurity that she must spend it all tomorrow when she sees a huge check.

Therefore, in addition to rewarding themselves with a new Land Rover and retaining a certain share for daily expenses, Madison and her mother Tracey invested almost all the cash in the artist trust account into their music career. Hire Rihanna and Jennifer Lopez's dance teacher Paris Goebel to teach her how to dance, hire Rihanna and Demi Lovato's vocal coach Liz Lewis to improve her singing skills, and follow Tricky in recording She learned some simple harmony writing and music production techniques in the studio, and also asked Beyoncé’s music instructor David Lee Brewer to be her music theory and sight-singing ear training teacher.

Yes, Madison Beer hired two star coaches in vocal music alone. This was the confidence that Han Yi gave her with the sky-high advance payment, and it was also her determination to reinvent herself.

Getting rid of the label of YouTube amateur and cutting off the shackles of Instagram celebrity, Madison is determined to be an excellent and pure musician, a genuine pop superstar.

After half a year of devil training and nearly fifty performances, Tracy McGrady is now every record company's dream girl.

Perfect appearance, perfect figure, and perfect diligence. Coupled with excellent vocal conditions and increasingly mature stage style...

The Pop Star of this era is rising.

"Thank you, Mad City!"

After two drops, Madison Beer's first song "Melodies" performed at the festival came to an end. Only one verse and one chorus were sung, and two drops of sixteen bars each were played. The total was only two minutes. This was done by Han Live, Han Music and Renyu Management, plus Madison Beale himself. After internal consultation, the performance strategy was determined.

Starting from Mad City, future performance sets will try to reduce the proportion of songs from the Island Records era and shorten the duration. This was not done to save on performance royalties, but to allow Madison to say goodbye to her original image and to give her growing repertoire room to showcase.

"Wow, you guys look very enthusiastic."

After throwing out a line that was obviously a bait for applause, Madison put down the microphone and looked down at the dance floor with a smile on his face, giving himself time to catch his breath.

After the cheers subsided a little, Ori Blistan's instructions came in time from Madison's earphones.

"A 30-second introduction to "All For Love," Maddie, pay attention to the time."

"Okay, my next song..." Madison tilted her head and adjusted the headset, and took this opportunity to make sure that her two backup dancers had tied up their safety ropes and were standing next to her. "It was released a year ago. , it marks the birth of a new Madison Beal, which is of extremely important significance to me."

The significance is indeed significant, but not so positive - "All For Love" was Madison's last release on Island Records.

At the time it seemed like the end of the story, but now looking back and judging it, it feels more like the dark cloud in front of the happy ray of happiness.

"This song takes me on a whole new journey..."

From then on, the sea and the sky were brighter.

"Now, I'm here to share it with you."

"All For Love, let's go."

Although many people still classify "All For Love" as Teen Pop, because the two artists who sang it, Madison Beer and Jack & Jack, are both teenage idols who have debuted before they were adults. But it's clear that the style of "All For Love" is more mature, more adult synth-pop.

Han Yi has never asked Madison about the behind-the-scenes story of this single, but he can probably guess that the reason why it will become Madison’s swan song on Island Records after a year of silence is that the Long Island girl tried her best The result of the struggle.

The world didn't hear it, but at least she made her own voice.

No matter how faint the volume.

"I'm looking for a place to hide,

God knows I tried my best, but I can never forget you.

I wish I could see you without closing my eyes,

But I know, I know...

Everything has gone away from me. "The chord evolution of Am - G - F - C, good vocal expression, and memorable vocal melody made "All For Love" Madison's best answer during the Island Records period.

There is definitely no way to compare with these perfect classics that Han Yi prepared for her, but they have reached the category of qualified pop works that can be listened to. There is no need to shorten the duration and go to great lengths to modify the subtitles like "Melodies". Sing.

"It's fading, it's fading now,

This relationship cannot be corrected.

I tossed and turned and struggled all night long,

I'm losing my damn mind..."

"This pre-chorus sounds great."

Xu Yiru, who followed Han Yi step by step and walked from the backstage to the booth area, turned around and looked up at Madison Beale, who was standing directly above her. At this moment, 36 1500-watt smoke machines are working simultaneously, shrouding this man-made red clay hill in hazy clouds and mist.

Mountaineering enthusiasts on the West Coast should be familiar with this. Whether it is early morning or rainy day, as long as there is no clear sky, there is a high probability of seeing this kind of fog in the Santa Monica mountains at the northern foot of Los Angeles. scene.

And this forms a wonderful echo with the scene in the "All For Love" MV and the venue of Mad City - in this music video uploaded to YouTube on September 2015, 9, the main The plot is that Madison Beer and Jack Gilinski are racing in a wilderness that is very similar to the Mojave Desert.

"Ask me why I do this,

I only have one answer -

All. For. Love.

Ask me why I do this,

I say,

It’s all because of love…”

"Not bad, everyone knows the pre-chorus now." Han Yi glanced at the audience on his left who were waving their arms up and down in response to the distinctive drum beat of the chorus, and said with a smile.

"That's right." Xu Yiru raised her chin proudly and accepted Han Yi's compliment, "I have been with you for so long, I have never eaten pork and I have seen pigs run away."

"No wonder you come to the office every day." Zhao Youzhen, who was sending emails on his phone with his head down, said quietly, "Do you want to see pigs running, or are you afraid of seeing pigs running?"

"Huh?" Xiaoru kept a bright smile, although it was a little stiff.

In the blink of an eye, she hadn't thought of a suitable way to respond.

Isn’t this Korean’s Chinese too good?

"Nothing." You Zhen smiled at Xiao Ru, and then deliberately did not put down the phone. Instead, he gently touched Han Yi with his shoulder, who was startled by the inexplicably unfolded Shura field and broke into a cold sweat. "Don't make small talk first. Say hello." guest."

The guest in Zhao Youzhen's mouth, and the direction in which her eyes drifted, was Barbara Pavin's booth.

In fact, there are not only Tier 1, Tier 2 and Tier 3 booths at the Mad City Music Festival. There are three larger booths around the bar on the second floor. Han Live calls them "SVIP Tables" internally. Each booth can accommodate 20 people at the same time. In addition to the free and unlimited supply of drinks, drinks and meals throughout the venue, You can also get a VIP pass to enter and exit the backstage anytime and anywhere.

The reason for being so generous is that these three decks are not for sale to the public, but have been reserved by Han Yi himself to entertain the dignitaries who came one after another during the three days of the music festival.

S1 in the middle is the main table, which is shared by the performers at the Mad City Music Festival. Any family members, partners or partners accompanying them will be arranged here. S2 on the right is reserved for Han Yi. His friends and business partners, such as Antoine Gashe, Xu Yiru and Zhao Youzhen, are seated here.

On the left, S3, which is closest to the backstage, is the reception table prepared by Han Yi for celebrities. Regardless of whether he knows him personally or not, as long as a celebrity attends the music festival, he will be invited here by the concierge team at Han Live.

The three decks are basically all famous people. They not only meet the reception needs of Mad City and Han's VIP guests, but also make other deck consumers feel that they have great value for money.

Thirty thousand dollars for a deck? It sounds so expensive.

Partying with Hollywood stars in the booth area? Why is it only 30,000 US dollars? It’s too cheap, right?

This group of Han Live executives poached from Live Nation and AEG Live have a very accurate grasp of the mentality of ultra-high-net-worth music festival customers.

The music is not important, who you listen to the music with is important.

The music festival has just begun, and many performers are not present, so S1 naturally seems a bit empty. Han Yi was still arranging work in the background five minutes ago. The partners he invited would probably be late until nightfall. Therefore, now, among the three S cards, only S3 is considered to be occupied by almost half of the VIP guests.

All supermodels.

Well, not Miley Cyrus, who is slimy like Stella Maxwell, but Margot Robbie, who is holding the hand of her fiancé Tom Ackley and dancing to Madison’s vocals. Definitely not inferior to any Victoria's Secret Angel.

"So many angels."

Although she has not done any detailed and in-depth research on Hollywood and the fashion industry, Xu Yiru can at least recognize the faces of the Victoria's Secret Angels. After all, these beautiful faces and bodies appear frequently in everyone from Taipei to Los Angeles. In a shopping mall. Wearing contact lenses, she squinted her eyes slightly and carefully identified each beautiful profile face that she had never seen with her own eyes, but was still very familiar.

Karlie Kloss, Cara Delevingne, and...

Barbara Pavin walked towards them.

As soon as Han Yi appeared in the booth area, he was targeted by the Hungarian supermodel.

There are also two Asian beauties following him.

Barbara was a little panicked and even thought about running away immediately. However, she took a few deep breaths to force herself to calm down, knowing how ridiculous she would look in the eyes of others if she really did that.

and……

It's just a casual relationship between you and me.

It was still before Han Yi's relationship with the two girls was made clear.

Even if there was any sign of resurgence, it was extinguished by Barbara in New York without leaving a trace.

So what does she have to fear?

As if to prove her innocence, Barbara even took a step forward and faced the three of them with a smile.

"Hey, Yi!" Standing a few feet in front of Han Yi, Barbara waved to him, "Good afternoon!"

"Good afternoon, Barbara." Like Barbara, Han Yi behaved very calmly, making it impossible to detect any suspicious clues.

"Let me introduce you...Barbara Pavin, my good friend. Barbara, these two are Grace and Youzhen."

Han Yi calmly took a step forward, stood between Barbara and the two girls, and introduced in a warm tone.

"Grace, Yuzhen, nice to meet you!"

Looking at Xu Yiru and Zhao Youzhen, Barbara's smile contained only innocent sweetness and brightness.

"Yi told me a lot about you guys..."

"His two favorite girlfriends."

(End of this chapter)