Chinese entertainment, from radio love songs to superstars

Chapter 249, male version of “The Most Beautiful Voice”?

The purpose of coming to the company today is to record a song.

The preparations for the new album in the second half of the year have actually already begun, and all preparations are proceeding in an orderly manner. This album is planned to include a total of 10 songs, and now only 2 have not been recorded, namely “Old Boy” to be sung with Wang Lihong, and “Thousands of Miles Away” to be sung with Fei Yuqing.

We had planned beforehand that, during the concert at Tiaobei Station, we would not only record these two songs, but also shoot the music videos for the songs.

Wang Lihong and Fei Yuqing are both well-known and talented singers in the Chinese music scene. Their abilities are unquestionable. In addition, they got these two songs more than a month ago and had ample time to prepare. They are very familiar with the melodies, lyrics, and singing feel of the songs, so the recording won’t take too long.

When the three of them met today, they first exchanged some pleasantries, greeted each other, and talked about their recent developments. After the greetings, everyone put away their casual attitude and officially got down to business of recording the song.

“Life is like a ruthless carving knife, changing our appearance. Will it wither before it blooms? I once had a dream…”

“I send you away, thousands of miles away you are silent and black and white, in the silent era, perhaps love should not be too far away…”

After a while, beautiful singing came out from the recording studio.

At this moment, Wang Xinling, who happened to be preparing to record a song, subconsciously raised her hands to cover her mouth as soon as she came in, her eyes full of surprise.

Her new album this year was scheduled for the second half of the year because it had to be released at a different time from Angela Chang’s new album.

Also, because her album is mainly cute, most of the songs in it are dynamic, and it is not easy to find suitable ones, so the collection speed is slow. So far, there is only one song left.

She got the music for this final song last week, practiced it for several days, and recorded it today.

As for the three people in the recording studio, Wang Xinling had heard them sing more than once, but this was the first time she heard them singing in pairs like today.

Shen Lang’s singing has a unique charm, just like a mellow wine, the more you taste it, the better it tastes; Fei Yuqing’s signature clear voice is highly recognizable, and the clean and clear feeling is like a clear spring in the mountains, which can catch people’s ears at once; coupled with Wang Lihong’s unique timbre, pronunciation, and singing style, these sounds are intertwined and blended together, and every note seems to jump and dance in the air, making people intoxicated when listening to it.

She silently gave a two-word evaluation in her heart – nice!
“Is Lang Ge’s new album going to be a ‘male version of The Voice of China’?”

Wang Xinling muttered softly.

Thinking back to the time when Shen Lang released an album in which he sang duets with 10 female singers, it really left a deep impression on her.

Whether it is the songs in the album themselves, the moving melodies, the emotional lyrics, or the unique creativity, she feels very amazed.

So, when she heard Shen Lang singing with other male singers, she couldn’t help but start to imagine in her heart, if there really was a male version of a similar album, using Shen Lang’s songs, and inviting 10 top male singers to work together, what a wonderful scene that would be. Just thinking about it made her feel that it was particularly worth looking forward to.

However, the reality is that there are only these two songs.

It’s not that Shen Lang doesn’t want to create such an album, but there are really many difficulties.

On the one hand, there are very few male chorus songs in his memory, so it is basically impossible to find a sufficient number of high-quality, diverse styles of songs suitable for creating an album.

Another more critical problem is that male chorus often lacks the contrast or interaction of male and female chorus. When male and female chorus, male voices are often deeper and mellower, while female voices are mostly clearer and more gentle. The two completely different timbres are intertwined, one hard and one soft, one rough and one fine. This contrast and interaction is particularly easy to collide with sparks, creating a rich and attractive musical effect.

But what about the male chorus? Everyone’s timbre characteristics are relatively similar, so it is difficult to create that strong and unique auditory experience, and it is slightly inferior in terms of appeal.

Not long after, the recording of the two songs “Old Boy” and “Thousands of Miles Away” was successfully completed.

Shen Lang walked out of the recording studio with a relaxed look on his face. His eyes swept over Wang Xinling who was sitting quietly in the corner, so he asked with a gentle smile on his face: “Hey, Xinling, when did you come?”

“Brother Lang, Brother Lihong, little brother, I’ve been here for a while.” Wang Xinling hurriedly stood up and politely greeted Shen Lang, Wang Lihong and Fei Yuqing in turn. Her voice was soft and gentle, revealing a well-behaved attitude.

Wang Lihong and Fei Yuqing smiled and nodded to her, their eyes full of kindness.

“Are you here to record a song too?” Shen Lang asked.

“Yeah.” Wang Xinling responded softly, and then explained, “The new album is missing one last song. I got the music score last week, and I thought about coming here to record it today.”

“Then go and sing, don’t worry about us.” Shen Lang said with a smile.

Wang Xinling talked to the recording engineer and went into the recording studio.

Seeing that Shen Lang and the other two did not leave, but were looking at her with interest, obviously wanting to hear her sing, she immediately became nervous.

Then, she adjusted her state according to the method taught by Shen Lang. It took her more than a minute to signal the sound engineer to play the accompaniment.

“Ah~wow…”

After hearing Wang Xinling’s singing, Shen Lang and the other two looked at each other, then nodded slightly with a look of approval on their faces.

The quality of this song is above average, the melody is pleasant and the lyrics are meaningful, it’s pretty good.

Wang Xinling has just debuted. Although Shen Lang has helped her prepare those classic songs as the main songs, the overall quality of the album still needs to be guaranteed. After all, if she only relies on the main songs to hold the scene, and then uses a large number of songs of poor quality to make up the number, it would be a bit of a loss of character, and it would easily disappoint her fans, which is not conducive to her long-term development in the music industry.

In fact, Shen Lang had quite a few songs she sang in the original time and space in his hands, but he felt there was no need to work as hard as he did in the original time and space.

In the original time and space, when Wang Xinling was busiest, she had to release an album at the beginning of the year, another album in the middle of the year, and another album at the end of the year. In between, she also had to find time to film a movie. The work intensity was too high.

That was 2005. The first album was “Honey” released on February 2, the second album was the compilation album “Shine 18 (New Songs + Rhythm Selection)” released in July, the third album was “Cyndi With U” released on December 7, and the TV series was “Smile Pasta”.

Among them, the third album can even be said to be her strongest album, with four classic songs: “Curly Eyelashes”, “I’ll Be Fine”, “Watch” and “Light Spots of Dreams”. “Curly Eyelashes” has won her numerous awards.

But now, whether it is Wang Xinling or others, Shen Lang will ask them to slow down appropriately, release an album a year, and shoot a TV series. This can not only ensure the quality of the work, but also give them enough time to polish their singing skills and improve their performance level. For future development, this is a more stable and long-term way. (End of this chapter)