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Chapter 808 First English Album!

When "What-Are-Words" and "Five-hundred-miles" both entered the top ten of Billboard's annual new song list, Li Zhifan's album was finally officially released.

The new album contains a total of 11 English songs, plus a Chinese song, a total of 12 songs.

In addition to the previous "As-Long-as-You-Love-Me", "Numb" and "In-The-End", the remaining six English songs are "Shape-Of-My-Heart", "Lemon -Tree", "Nothing's-Gonna-Change-My-Love-For-You", "My-Love", "Better-Man", "Take-Me-To-Your-Heart".

The only Chinese song is "Kiss Goodbye", the Chinese version of "Take-Me-To-Your-Heart".

The song "Take-Me-To-Your-Heart" can be regarded as the most successful and outstanding song in another world among the English covers and Chinese songs.

This also shows that the influence of Hong Kong's music scene in the world at that time should not be underestimated. Although most of Hong Kong's songs were Japanese songs, their original songs were not in vain.

Although "Take-Me-To-Your-Heart" and "Kiss Goodbye" are agreeable songs, their styles are completely different.

"Kiss Goodbye" is a typical Hong Kong-style pop song in the 90s, and it can only be described as a pop style. After all, it is a song from the 90s. In addition, the singer Jacky Cheung himself did not learn or refer to Western techniques in singing, and At that time, Western music genres had not fully bloomed in the East and were still in their infancy. It was not until the millennium that Western music styles flooded into China and influenced batch after batch of musicians.

When "Take-Me-To-Your-Heart" was produced, it was already in 04, so both the singing and the style of music were combined with R&B and rock styles, and many chords were consistent with the end of the sentence, showing the transition traits.

The combination of these two kinds of music was also the most popular style in Europe and America at that time, including Backstreet Boys and Western Region Boys at that time, which were typical representatives of this type of singing.

Therefore, in addition to Backstreet Boys' classic "As-Long-as-You-Love-Me", Li Zhifan also included Western Region Boys' classic "My-Love".

In another world, when the song "My-Love" became popular, it was the time when Flash animation was just emerging.

Among the Flash animations launched on major music websites, "My-Love" became the well-deserved king of English songs, far surpassing the songs of the kings and queens in Europe and America at that time. Michael Jackson, Celine Dion, and Whitling Houston were all covered by this song. Song Gan got down.

At that time, boys who were in love at the beginning, in order to show themselves in front of girls, many of them took pains to recite and memorize the lyrics of this song, and sang their own "My-Love", just want to say something to the person they like : "Even if it's only realized in a dream, even if I travel across mountains and seas, I want to see you again, the one I love!"

In addition to this song "My-Love", "Nothing's-Gonna-Change-My-Love-For-You" is also a classic work sung by boys from the Western Regions, but they are also a cover.

The title of this song is translated as "This Love Will Never Change". The original song was released in 1984. It is the theme song of the classic romance film "Bridges of Madison County". The original singer was black jazz musician George-Benson, but when he sang It didn't become popular. Later, as "The Bridge of Madison County" became a classic, the song gradually spread. Many years later, after many covers by other singers, it became popular all over the world!
Hong Kong singer Lu Fang has sung the Cantonese version, and Du Dewei has sung the original English version. The two versions that are most well-known to Chinese people, one is the Western Region Boys version, and the other is Fang Datong's version.

The chorus part of this song has been widely used as a wedding song by domestic wedding companies. After 20 years, this song can still be heard on many wedding occasions.

The reason why this song is so widely given the meaning of love is not only the melody is beautiful, but every line of its lyrics speaks of one word: never change!
Nothing's-gonna-change-my-love-for-you!

nothing can change my love for you
You-ought-to-know-by-now-how-much-I-love-you!

now you should know how much i love you
One-thing-you-can-be-sure-of!

you can be sure

I'll-never-ask-for-more-than-your-love!

I want nothing but your love

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Another song on the album, "Better-Man," has had more covers than "Nothing's-Gonna-Change-My-Love-For-You."

Chinese singers alone include Lin Yilian, Eason Chan, Nicholas Tse, Lin Junjie and other big-name and powerful singers. In addition, there are a lot of other young singers who have sung "Better-man". , I can often hear this song, and it has become one of the must-choose English songs for talent show singers.

Although "Better-man" is a classic, it has also become the last swan song of Britpop.

Since then, the glory of Britpop has gone forever and has been gradually replaced by other popular music genres. Many British rock singers have also changed their styles one by one, trying to get in touch with more popular styles such as rap, electronic, and new metal.

This song is an authentic man's song. It tells the story of a man who encounters difficulties and ups and downs on the road of pursuit, but remains strong and becomes a better man.

Men also need warm arms to resist injury, heavy rain, and loneliness, and a mature man has as much love as he has, as much jealousy, as much brilliance, as much loss; and as much right and wrong, he also has How much enlightenment!

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"Lemon-Tree" is a small and fresh song, refreshing and interesting.

The Mandarin version has "Lemon Tree" sung by Su Huilun, but it is not popular.

The whole song gives people a kind of light cheerfulness, there is no need to think about anything, don't want to do anything, just want to sit in the sun and listen to this song one after another.

However, the lyrics of this song are very interesting.

At first glance, I feel that the lyrics are inexplicable and completely incomprehensible. I don't understand why there are so many strange turns and irrelevant metaphors in the words.

But after more experience, after understanding the bitterness and sweetness of love, you will find that the combination of sadness and joyful melody in the lyrics expresses a very tangled feeling. , If the other party is not very devoted, it is very understandable to understand this feeling.

Just like a lemon, sour and bitter, the beautiful blue sky and white clouds just a second ago, turned into a touch of sadness, helpless loss, and shallow melancholy in the blink of an eye.

However, in a blink of an eye, the love became relaxed and bright again. It seemed that all the previous gray and flirtatious feelings had disappeared, but the bitterness was still there, and I don't know when it will recur next time.

The lyrics are narrative. From the perspective of the story structure, the protagonist is a little boy who is in love.

He is in love, he is nervous, he is worried, he is thinking wildly - just like a typical melancholy boy who cannot be courted.

Because he thinks too much, he will fidget and waste time, but no matter how much he looks forward to, life is as fucking ordinary as usual. His beautiful fantasy about love has never been realized, which makes him even more confused. I don't know what to do. How to do it.

The male voice intends to divert his attention, and he doesn't want to think about the doubts about love in his heart. It's a waste of time to figure it out anyway.

But the more he did this, the lonelier he found himself.The distress in his heart made him alienate himself from others, not wanting others to discover his troubles.

But no matter how he diverted his attention, he couldn't help but think about her and wait for her, but nothing happened.

There is a story in the lyrics: the beautiful scene together yesterday came to mind, how happy it is to have a loved one by your side.But why is this beautiful memory always disturbing?
The key problem lies in the contrast between the blue sky and the lemon tree.

These two seemingly unrelated things, but compared together, seem very abrupt at first glance.

But in fact, the reason is very simple. The blue sky needs to be looked up, and the tree is indeed visible at the same level.

What you care about is the farther future, but I only see the beauty in front of me.

The two people have different visions and different angles of seeing the problem, so differences are destined to be inevitable.

When a disagreement arises, I want to resolve it, but no matter how hard I try to turn my head, I can't see the blue sky you see, as if stuck in a dead end.

What you don't know is that turning your head is useless, you just need to raise your head slightly. The solution is actually that simple.

That's the separation and regret that disagreement causes, and that's why it's mopey.

Unwilling people are puzzled, but life is still going on and they have to move on. Because the sad and painful emotions are suppressing their hearts, they want to calm down. Only then do they realize that the dark clouds are not outside the window, but in their hearts.

Repeated solving and ideological battles make people extremely tired. I just want to have a good sleep and escape the unhappiness in my dream.

Expecting that everything will be fine after waking up, but it's just a dream, how could a miracle happen?

Gradually, the protagonist thinks about it. It is meaningless to be self-enclosed and alienated from others. You can’t just live in the lemon tree in your fantasy. He rediscovers the joy of life from a different angle and comforts himself that sooner or later someone will understand. His, all the good things he expected by then will come, and she who doesn't understand each other will not understand.

Recalling the beautiful and short past for the last time, when sadness is actually not important anymore.

I thought about everything, relieved, there are other lemon trees next to it!
There is always someone else who can understand me instead of you!
But, I'm still waiting for someone who doesn't know if he will come!

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The song "Shape-Of-My-Heart" was tailor-made for the movie "This Killer Is Not So Cold". The reason why Li Zhifan recorded it in his new album is because this movie will be his favorite song in the next five years. A plan, and he intends to use this film to hit the Academy Awards for Best Film and Best Actor.

The reason why I chose this one is because a commercial blockbuster like "Avatar" will not be awarded some important awards by the literary judges, but only some technical awards.

"Avatar" is Li Zhifan's first Hollywood live-action film, and he doesn't have anyone to accompany him, so it's unreasonable to win the award directly, and he is an Asian.

However, "Avatar" successfully paved the way for him to gain the reputation and status he deserved in Hollywood. Then it would not be a big problem to win an award for the next film "This Killer Is Not So Cold". The weight, I am afraid it will be well deserved.

The lyrics of "Shape-Of-My-Heart" are all about playing cards, but in fact it is not about playing cards anymore, but about love!
Spades, clubs, and diamonds are not the shape of my heart, but the shape of my heart is hearts!

And the brand language of hearts is love!

Since this song has to be told, the song itself cannot support a story, but combined with the movie, the story of this song immediately becomes thicker.

As a professional killer, Leon lives in his own world. He once had an unforgettable love, but after losing his lover forever, he starts a journey alone.

I don't know why Leon chose the killer's path, but what we can know is that he is not because of power, not because of money.

Maybe the killer can keep himself from falling in love, because for the killer, love is just a burden.

Leon is used to walking alone, going to the supermarket alone, drinking milk alone, sitting on a chair alone, sleeping with one eye open, and has nothing to worry about.

But everything changed the moment he opened the door for Matilda.

If Matilda hadn't knocked on Leon's door, Leon might have been alone with her potted plants, living alone in silence.When she knocked on Leon's door and entered his world, he gradually began to see his own heart...

Matilda said she fell in love with him, and he understood his heart, but he didn't dare.

A killer will always have only today and no tomorrow.

But in the end, he can still face his own heart. Matilda changed him, and his feelings are so unpredictable.

For a killer, Leon's death is inevitable, it's just a matter of time.

However, feelings are not. Somehow, the little girl gave Leon a period of time and a relationship between the two of them, which made Leon feel warm and comforted for the rest of his life, and even felt that his lover cared about him.

That's why he didn't hesitate to die with the bad guys.

And in the end, he didn't stain her hands with a single drop of blood.

Regarding the script of "This Killer Is Not So Cold", Li Zhifan has not started working on it yet, but the title and outline of the story have already been submitted to Dongfang Entertainment.

When they saw the theme of the love between "Lolita" and "Uncle", the people from Dongfang Entertainment were still sweating.

Such a movie may be released in the United States, but what about in China?
This is also the reason why Oriental Entertainment fully supports Li Zhifan's filming of "Avatar", and hopes that after he succeeds in filming "Avatar", he can divert his energy to commercial blockbusters. The cost of filming "This Killer Is Not So Cold" is taboo and low. , is destined to not have a non-popcorn movie with a high box office, Oriental Entertainment still hopes that Li Zhifan will turn around and not touch it.

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After the new album was launched, the first batch of albums produced 500 million copies.

In the current era, singers who can sell 500 million physical albums are all world-class kings and queens, and their fans have purchasing power that has been cultivated for more than ten years.

Although Li Zhifan is well-known all over the world, his roots are not deep. Neither Huana nor Oriental Entertainment thinks that the 500 million albums can be sold out, so they pre-stocked 200 million albums and will sell them exclusively in mainland China. The ones that are placed will be sold slowly, and they will definitely be sold out in five or six years.

However, what is surprising and unbelievable is that within a week of the 300 million albums released first, fans all over the world were sold out. In the United States alone, 120 million copies were sold, followed by Canada, which sold 90 copies. Zhang, the United Kingdom, Sweden, Denmark and Australia and other countries have also distributed the remaining 90 albums due to the late launch of the album.

(End of this chapter)