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Chapter 293: The King of Karaoke

Su Yuwei's vote results indeed exceeded many people's expectations.

There is no way. Judging from the guest lineup of the "Singer" semi-finals, it can be said that Su Yuwei is the one with the least stage experience in the eyes of many people.

After all, the age is there, although Xu Kong is a few years younger than Su Yuwei.

But in fact, Xu Kong is a little special after all. If he is put among young singers of the same age, there is no way to compare him at all.

Moreover, he has even performed on the Spring Festival Gala, which is considered the largest stage in the country, and it was a solo performance. Xu Kong can be said to have mastered various types of stages and evening parties in the country early on.

I just didn’t expect that Su Yuwei’s first place in the first two episodes didn’t seem to be entirely due to luck.

Her performance is also quite stable. More importantly, judging from the quality of the new songs she has produced, the company's efforts in training newcomer Su Yuwei are quite significant.

……

"I feel like Su Yuwei really has the potential to compete with Xu Kong for the championship this season."

Even the music director next to Fat Bird spoke up at this time.

So far, Su Yuwei is the only singer with over 90 votes, and with a number like 93, she would definitely be the first place without any suspense in the past few episodes.

Of course, he didn't say anything particularly harsh.

After all, the next stop is Xu Kong.

Although Su Yuwei's new song did bring quite a big surprise.

But most of the audience, including the media judges, are still looking forward to Xu Kong's first public performance after more than a month since the popularity of the movie "Sweet Honey" has temporarily passed and Feng Ge's company has encountered such a big change.

And the fat bird knows best.

If it’s some other singers, as long as you’re willing to spend money, you’ll still have plenty of opportunities to see their live performances.

Various concerts, personal tours, including performances such as variety shows or music festivals.

After all, this is the main source of income for most singers.

But Xu Kong is a little special.

Everyone knows that if Xu Kong continues to focus his main energy on the development of his film and television industry.

Then Xu Kong may not take on so many performances in the future.

Not to mention offline performances, you will most likely not even see it in some variety shows.

……

At the same time, after Su Yuwei's votes came out, Xu Kong, who was the next performer, also went on stage.

"Finally the wait is over!"

"Fuck, Xu Kong appeared too late. Although the previous performances were also quite exciting, I was most looking forward to Xu Kong."

"Xu Kong's new song, damn, it makes me excited just thinking about it."

There is no need to say much about Xu Kong's popularity.

It can even be said that the popularity of the "Singer" semi-finals is so high, and the data is far better than before, and many people came for Xu Kong.

Xu Kong’s new song, just these few words are enough to make it to the top of the Weibo hot searches.

……

As the lights in the scene gradually dimmed, the sound of piano prelude was heard.

At the same time, the song information appeared on the big screen.

"King of Karaoke"

"Lyrics: Xu Kong"

"Composition: Xu Kong"

"Singer: Xu Kong"

……

Xu Kong was still the only one who wrote the lyrics and composed the new song, and most people were not surprised at all.

On the contrary, it would be big news if other lyrics, music or producers appeared in Xu Kong’s new song one day.

"Don't frown if my singing is not moving enough"

"I am willing to make a promise with you until death"

"I just want to play and sing until the next century"

"Please don't mind me giving you this sentimental gift."

This is a slow song, but Xu Kong had just started singing, so even though many people at the scene seemed very excited, they still tried hard to restrain themselves from making too much noise.

"Cantonese?"

The fat bird was indeed stunned for a moment.

He didn't expect that Xu Kong's new song this time was actually a Cantonese song.

Although everyone already knows that Xu Kong writes good Cantonese songs.

After all, when Xu Kong first showed his creative talent, it was the Cantonese song "Best Friend".

Including the following song "Rascal", the popularity and quality of the song are obvious to all.

It can even be said that with the decline of Hong Kong over the years, the only new Cantonese songs that can be considered to have become popular are these two songs by Xu Kong.

But even so, among Xu Kong's past songs, there were only two Cantonese songs.

So it was really surprising that the semi-finals of "Singer" this time suddenly became two songs.

……

"Who believes in this superficial dialogue of "a lifetime"?"

"Come and give you the song that made millions of people cry"

When it came to the chorus, Xu Kong's condition was completely improved.

The pitch started to get a little higher, but it still maintained the basic tone of the song which was slightly sad.

"As if I had never heard of a vow like a Ferris wheel of happiness"

"That is why I cry out to heaven and earth because of you"

"Love love love love so much"

……

Feiniao doesn't understand Cantonese, but that doesn't prevent him from seeing the real-time lyrics.

I have to say that the lyrics of Xu Kong's song have the flavor of Hong Kong's golden age.

More importantly, the whole song still has a very smooth integration.

There is no obvious transition from the front to the chorus, as if it is a natural process.

This is a feature that can be found in many of Xu Kong's past songs.

This also often means that a new song will be added to Xu Kong’s hit singles.

At the same time, after the first part ends, the accompaniment continues.

After making some slight adjustments, Xu Kong continued his singing.

“I want to sing a song to bless us”

"After singing, I will live alone"

"I am willing to try to understand, from now on"

"How lonely is one's heart in a crowded room"

……

Xu Kong spoke again, but this time he suddenly switched to Mandarin.

This made many people stunned for a moment, and some were unable to react.

"Fuck! I was wondering why I suddenly understood the lyrics again!"

"It's switched to Mandarin again. Was this specially designed by Xu Kong?"

“The tune has not changed, but the lyrics must have been specially written.”

At this time, the audience in the live broadcast room had already started discussing.

Most people speculate that Xu Kong's song was designed in this way.

But Fat Bird suddenly fell into deep thought.

No, although the theme of the first and second halves is still the same, the connection between the lyrics is not particularly close.

Wait, didn’t Xu Kong write two different lyrics?
It is not very common for a song to have lyrics in both Mandarin and Cantonese, but it does happen.

It’s just that usually one version comes out first, and then the second version of the words is filled in later.

……

"I already believe that there are some people I never have to wait for, so I understand"

"Why do you cry when the lights are dim?"

"You won't believe how happy tomorrow will be if you marry me"

"I just want you to understand that I am willing to make love until I want to vomit"

The chorus of the second part, although the composition is the same, the lyrics are completely different.

From this point, Fat Bird became more certain of his idea.

It can be seen that Xu Kong wrote two kinds of lyrics, but didn't know what to sing, so he chose to sing part of the upper and lower parts respectively?

Although the words are in Cantonese and Mandarin, the composition and accompaniment of the whole song are exactly the same, so there is no sense of disharmony at all. …

"I think I still prefer the Cantonese version of the first half."

"I prefer the Mandarin chorus at the end."

"I like them all, mainly because the accompaniment and composition of the songs themselves make it hard to forget them after listening to them once."

Different viewers in the barrage expressed their own thoughts.

Obviously, the two parts are not very separated.

But some audiences who don't like Cantonese songs still feel more comfortable with the Mandarin version of the second half.

However, this does not affect the fact that Xu Kong’s song “King of Karaoke” has a high probability of becoming a hit.

……

"I want to end with a kiss goodbye"

"I didn't expect you to just tell me not to cry"

“Don’t let me understand”

Xu Kong finished singing the last line of the lyrics.

The scene was quiet for a while, and then there was loud applause and screams.

For Feiniao, in terms of preference, although Su Yuwei's song was also of high quality, he had to admit that Xu Kong's new song completely touched his heart.

The Cantonese version of the first half seemed to take him back to the golden age of Hong Kong music in the last century.

The lyrics of the second half, which are in Mandarin, are even catchier, and you can't help but want to sing along.

In short, Fei Niao likes both versions very much.

There's no reason not to vote.

But his vote can't actually decide too much.

After all, he also voted for Su Yuwei's performance just now.

Although he has a preference for Xu Kong, as a media judge, Feiniao is still doing what he should do.

……

As for the other aspect, that is the performance on the spot.

Although Su Yuwei didn't make any mistakes, she did look nervous.

As for Xu Kong, his state can be said to be quite relaxed.

Although it was a new song, she performed with complete ease throughout the whole show.

Xu Kong is the youngest among all the singers on the show.

But he is also the only other king of singers besides Jian Junfang.

The level of the performance was exactly that of a king of singers. This was not questioned by the audience on site, and since the program itself was live, no one would question it.

Xu Kong’s singing skills are still not what most people pay attention to.

But only media reviewers like Feiniao who pay special attention and people who are present in person know how stable Xu Kong is on stage.

……

"Teacher Xu Kong, please stay for a while..."

The host spoke.

The personal interview session for each singer on the semi-final stage began.

"I think many viewers are curious about why the first half of this new song is in Cantonese and the second half is in Mandarin..."

The host asked the questions according to convention, or rather, according to the script that had been arranged in advance.

The question is that she wrote it herself, and it was mainly because the well-known Mango TV host was curious about it herself.

"I was actually planning to write a Cantonese song, but when it came to writing the lyrics, I suddenly ended up writing the Mandarin version instead."

“So actually, there should be two versions of this song.”

“But I didn’t know which version to sing on stage, so I just sang half of each.”

"Of course, after the follow-up program is over, both the Cantonese and Mandarin versions of the single will be released..."

……

Hearing Xu Kong's words, many people seemed a little surprised.

Everyone still thinks Xu Kong designed this on purpose.

Unexpectedly, the other party got inspired and wrote two versions of the lyrics, then sang them together...

As for the audience at this time, several media judges around Feiniao all cast different looks at him.

As expected of him being the so-called "Boss Xu", even Fat Bird could guess this?

Fat Bird was stunned for a moment. He just made a random guess and it turned out to be right.

Of course, no one would doubt that Feiniao had known such hidden information about Xu Kong’s new song a long time ago.

……

Xu Kong on the stage had a smile on his face.

But in fact, I couldn't help but feel a little bit like "mmp" in my heart.

He had sung this song many times in his previous life, and he really liked it.

So I remember both the Mandarin and Cantonese versions of the lyrics very clearly.

But because I remembered it so clearly, during the rehearsal, I started doing splits while singing.

I did think of choosing the Cantonese version to perform on the show.

Who knew that after singing the first half, he suddenly sang the Mandarin version at the end.

There was no other choice but to just continue singing like this.

After the stage rehearsal, when the host came to him to discuss the script for the post-performance question-and-answer session, the other party's question was about this.

The key point is that everyone at that time thought that Xu Kong designed this specially.

He couldn't afford to slap himself in the face.

So they decided to go with the flow and chose this way of performing.

But it doesn't have much impact. After all, the accompaniment and melody of the two songs are almost the same, just with different lyrics.

……

"By the way, why is this song named "King of Karaoke"?"

After hearing this question, Xu Kong opened his mouth to explain:

"This is actually a term used in Cantonese-speaking areas. Many people may think this term is a positive one, but it actually has some negative connotations."

"Used to describe singers who can only sing but lack emotional expression, as if they are soulless singing machines."

"It's like no matter how devoted you are to your singing, you can't move others..."

Many viewers finally reacted at this time.

Especially Fat Bird, when he first saw the title of this song, he thought it would be a domineering song.

As a result, the accompaniment, lyrics and music of the song itself all have a slightly sad atmosphere.

……

"By the way, many of the lyrics in both versions of this song are actually the names of the songs."

"Of course, the kind that hasn't been released yet."

This time, Xu Kong looked very calm as he dropped a bombshell.

The host was also stunned for a moment because this was not in the script.

"New song? Does that mean the lyrics are made up of the names of your future new songs?"

Xu Kong nodded.

"About a few dozen, probably."

Xu Kong's words made many people gasp.

"Dozens of songs?"

“Is that a song from your future album?”

This experienced Mango TV host tried her best to maintain her professionalism, but she was still shocked.

Xu Kong sighed in embarrassment.

"That's not..."

"And I didn't plan to sing many of them myself, or even publish them..."

Xu Kong replied with a smile.

However, in the eyes of Feiniao and other viewers and fans, he seemed to be asking for a beating.

No, you wrote it and then said you didn’t plan to publish it.

Isn't this a monkey trick?
Of course Xu Kong mentioned it on purpose, and in fact he was just making empty promises.

Finally, he added:
"I think these songs are waiting for the singer who is destined to sing with them..."

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(End of this chapter)