Huayu: Starting from Fahrenheit

Chapter 194 Style
“You may have also discovered that in recent years, there are more and more singers singing ancient style songs.

In addition to Jay Chou, there are many singers from mainland China, including Wang Leehom, JJ Lin, and even those from mainland China, who are singing songs with ancient style.

This market is already fully mature. If you have good songs, it is unreasonable not to occupy a share. "

Lu Shiyu carefully analyzed it for Wu Zhuo, "Let's talk about the poem "Love Tomb" that you wrote for "Strange Women of Liao Zhai".

The reason why it reached the top five of the new song charts on major music platforms in just one day.

Isn’t it because it is a very pure ancient style song! "

Wu Zhuo nodded.

What Lu Shiyu said is indeed correct.

In recent years, ancient style songs have indeed begun to occupy a very impressive share in the music market.

Many singers have sung related songs.

Wang Leehom's "Hua Tian Cuo" and JJ Lin's "Cao Cao" are both songs with a strong ancient flavor.

“So, the new album is mainly about ancient music?”

Wu Zhuo stroked his chin and pondered.

Lu Shiyu nodded, then shook his head:

“It doesn’t have to be all ancient style, just like JJ Lin, Leehom Wang and even Jay Chou, putting one or two ancient style songs in the album is enough.

For other songs, I recommend using your Z.POP music.

You are the best at playing this kind of music now, so don’t give it up.”

“Wouldn’t that be too divisive?”

Wu Chao recalled some of the negative reviews for his previous album.

The songs in the album "My Personal Style" were very popular and became a hit all over the country, which made Wu Chao officially famous in the music industry and solidified his reputation as a creative talent.

However, the album was not entirely praised.

Among the many negative reviews, the one Wu Chao saw most often was complaints about the inconsistent style of this album.

Wu Zhuo himself felt that the style of that album was a bit too disjointed.

Hearing Wu Zhuo's words, Lu Shiyu suddenly spoke:
"What kind of singer do you think you are?"

Without waiting for Wu Zhuo to speak, Lu Shiyu continued:

“I know that the style of the first album was criticized by some people, which made you feel that you should unify your style.

Have you ever thought that style actually depends largely on the singer himself?

Your songs will have a strong personal flavor depending on your own style.

Indeed, songs with different styles may make the overall style of the album very fragmented.

But fans don’t really care about that.

This is not the 1980s or 1990s anymore, and all the songs in an album need to be unified.

With the rise of digital music, today's fans no longer pay much attention to the style of the album.

What they care about is whether your song is good and whether they like it.

And your last album did a great job of that.

Everybody loved the songs on that album.”

Lu Shiyu is indeed a veteran producer and a veteran who has been in the music industry for many years. His sharp comments made Wu Chao feel suddenly enlightened.

This is indeed the case.

What is Wu Chao’s biggest advantage?
Of course, it was the songs in his head.

In fact, most of the songs in his mind are representative works of different singers.

Sung by different singers and composed by different creators, the music style and the things it describes are all different.

If he really gave up this mixed style route and went for a single style, it would undoubtedly be cutting off his own arm.

"I understand. Give me a few days and I'll plan the songs."

Wu Zhuo stood up on his own initiative.

"I'll wait for your good news." Lu Shiyu saw him off with a smile on his face.

After leaving Lu Shiyu's office, Wu Chao went to the recording studio to produce the songs "When You're Old" and "Grandma". He already had the arrangements for these two songs in mind, and after inviting the band, he quickly devoted himself to the arrangement of the songs.

While he was busy producing singles during the day and preparing songs for his new album at night, the popularity of "Xin Shisi Niang" in mainland China was becoming increasingly higher.

After one week of airing, the TV series ranked third among the TV series aired during the same period with an average viewership rating of 2.9.

This result cannot be called phenomenal.

But it can also be called popular.

Don't underestimate this popularity.

Its biggest benefit is that it allows more audiences to know Wu Chao.

Previously, Wu Zhuo’s albums sold very well and he was very popular among singers.

But its national popularity is just that.

This is actually also a disadvantage of singers.

If a top domestic singer does not often appear in TV dramas, even if his record sales are very hot.

But there aren’t that many people who actually know this person.

A typical person is Daolang.

This guy's songs can be heard in every corner of China.

But if he took off his hat and walked on the street, how many people would recognize him?

Even Jay Chou has gradually become known to the general public and can be immediately recognized when walking on the street.

In fact, this is also due to his frequent appearances in movies in recent years.

Although the reputation of the dramas he starred in was not very good, it also brought him many benefits. At the very least, many people who had heard his songs and knew his name were finally able to recognize him.

The same is true for other singers.

Fish Leong, Stefanie Sun…

Most people must have heard the songs of these people.

But if the listeners were asked to recall their faces carefully in their minds, there would probably be very few who could remember them clearly.

And here come the benefits of acting in TV dramas and movies.

Wu Chao is so popular in mainland China.

The song is of course an important reason, but the continued popularity is due to the TV series.

Although "KO One" was not broadcast on satellite TV, its DVD sales were very hot and many young people have watched the show.

Then comes "Smile Pasta".

It was this drama that truly made him well-known in mainland China.

Now, although "Strange Women of Liao Zhai" is not as good as "Smiling Pasta" in terms of ratings and popularity.

But it also brought real benefits to Wu Zhuo and made more people know him.

However, compared to Liu Shishi, Wu Zhuo's benefits from this drama are secondary.

The popularity of "Xin Shisi Niang" made Liu Shishi famous overnight.

Media aspect.

Every day people claim that she is the little Liu Yifei.

In reality, Liu Shishi called Wu Chao to tell him that someone actually recognized her when they met her on the street and even asked for her autograph.

As for the song "The Tomb of Love".

The song continues to trend on several music websites.

Although it is not as good as "Free Flying", it is competing fiercely with Wang Leehom's "Change Yourself" and JJ Lin's "Killer" on the list.

Amid this bustle, July passed by in a flash.

Wu Chao spent more than half a month producing the songs and MVs for "Grandma" and "When You Are Old".

At the same time, he also selected the songs for his personal album and the group's songs and officially entered the production stage.

(End of this chapter)