Chapter 86 Song Selection

The name of this song is "Chasing Dreams with a Childlike Heart".

In the original world, it is the representative work of the rock band GALA.

The band received five nominations for the Music Billboard Hot List with its album "Chasing Dreams with a Childlike Heart", and ultimately won three major awards: "Best Rock Band of the Year", "Best Rock Album of the Year", and "Best Rock Single of the Year". In the same year, it also won the "Best New Band of the Year" award at the Chinese Golden Melody Awards.

In fact, in addition to "Chasing Dreams with a Childlike Heart", Gu Qingge has also prepared several songs suitable for band performances, such as songs by F.I.R, SHE, Mayday, etc.

What these songs have in common is that they are widely sung and very popular.

However, as we all know, once any song becomes more popular, its quality will drop sharply.

Mayday was despised by the rock circle because their songs were very popular and catered to the market. It was like if a folk song became popular, they would be directly expelled from the folk music circle.

Gu Qingge originally wanted "Queen" to go the high-end band route, but if that were the case, the band would be destined to be niche.

But she just wanted the "Queen" band to become popular quickly. She didn't want to create niche music that was too narrow, non-mainstream, and negative. She hoped that the songs of the "Queen" band could give the audience positive energy.

In short, she plans to let the "Queen" band become famous through positive energy and inspirational songs like "Chasing Dreams" in the early stage, and accumulate fans, so that they can be regarded as the female version of Mayday.

It’s not that it’s bad for a niche audience to have fun, but if the music can resonate with the general public, then everyone will feel a greater sense of accomplishment.

Today, the five members of the "Queen" band all have their own preferred music.

Drummer Tang Junru hopes that Gu Qingge can write more Cantonese rock songs.

Keyboardist Yuzuru Yukina hopes that Gu Qingge can create Japanese songs with a two-dimensional anime style, preferably the opening or ending theme song for an animated film.

Bassist Aida, this mixed-race girl who speaks both Chinese and English fluently, actually prefers Chinese-style and ancient-style songs. It would be great if she could create ancient-style rock.

Ada also hopes that everyone will learn a traditional Chinese musical instrument, such as the guqin, guzheng, erhu, etc., so that once the instruments are changed, they can immediately transform into a folk music band...

This suggestion actually made all the girls find it interesting. So they decided to find time to learn it. After all, the principles of some musical instruments are similar.

Gu Qingge, who possesses entry-level "Suona" skills, is not panicked at all. She can continue to draw prizes or complete other people's commissioned tasks to copy their skills.

Guitarist You Ruoyu, on the other hand, prefers traditional English rock songs, the more explosive and heavy metal the better.

You Ruoyu looks weak and artistic on the surface, but she is actually quite wild and rebellious in her heart and despises the world.

Fortunately, Queen has Gu Qingge as its soul pillar, otherwise the other four beautiful girls who are both beautiful and talented would probably not be convinced by each other and would eventually go their separate ways.

With their musical talent and background of attending prestigious universities, they are wanted wherever they go.

It really took a lot of luck for Gu Qingge to be able to put together this luxurious Queen band.

Before Gu Qingge decided to choose "Chasing Dreams", everyone also had an active discussion.

For the debut of “Queen”, Gu Qingge “created”——

"Super Star" by SHE.

"Lydia" by F.I.R.

Mayday's "Stubborn".

There is no party in Caodong for "Mountains and Seas".

"Chasing Dreams with a Childlike Heart" by GALA band.

There are five Chinese songs in total.

It’s not that Gu Qingge is incapable of composing Cantonese, Japanese, or English songs, but since their band Queen is a Chinese band, their debut song must of course be a Chinese song.

The other girls had no objection to this.

When Gu Qingge sang these five songs, the four beautiful girls almost knelt down in admiration of her talent after listening to them one by one!

Because they feel that every song in it is very good, and Gu Qingge's creative ability is too strong!

You Ruoyu first said: "My favorite song is "Mountains and Seas". It is very tasteful and suitable for live performances."

However, Yuzuru Yukina objected: "'Shan Hai' is not suitable for the stage of 'Produce 101', a girl group variety show. But we can sing it when we go to music festivals or live houses in the future."

Tang Junru also agreed with Yuzuru Yukina's opinion. She believed that inspirational songs are more suitable for "Produce 101", a variety show that appears to be about pursuing dreams.

Ada prefers "Lydia" and can't help humming to herself: "He left but can't take your paradise with him. When the wind dries, it will leave behind rainbow tears."

However, she also knew that although the song was good, it was not suitable for the stage of this talent show.

No matter what kind of talent show it is, they all like to label it as "dream chasing", "inspirational" or "positive energy".

After considering everyone's opinions, Gu Qingge decided to choose the classic inspirational song "Chasing Dreams with a Childlike Heart".

In fact, the song "Original World" is also the theme song of the talent show "Super Boy 2013".

It also has the nickname "Internet version of the national anthem", which shows its status in the hearts of many fans.

If this song is sung well, it will be very explosive live, because the chorus part requires high notes, and it is also a song that requires a lot of strength.

When the original GALA band performed this song, the studio version was okay, but the live performance was always a car crash. However, there is a comment that said it well, "This song can be pitch-shifted and have a car crash, but it cannot be lowered in key."

Some fans directly praised this song as a classic created by the broken vocals. The broken vocals were interpreted as sincere emotions, and everyone was moved to tears after listening to it.

But later when the band's lead singer was interviewed, he said that he just couldn't sing it...

There is no doubt that with Gu Qingge's naturally gifted voice, she will definitely be able to sing the high notes perfectly.

She also doesn't need fans to praise her for "breaking her voice to create a classic", she just wants to perform the song perfectly, showing off her ability to sing high notes.

The songs that Gu Qingge sang solo before were catchy, nice to the ear, and popular, but they did not require high notes.

This made some haters think they had found Gu Qingge's weakness, which was that her singing skills were not good, she couldn't hit high notes, and her live performances were definitely not contagious.

What they didn't know was that Gu Qingge simply hadn't chosen to write those difficult songs for the time being.

It’s not that she can’t sing these songs, but that she is not able to perform them perfectly for the time being. This is entirely a problem of her own perfectionism.

In fact, outsiders can't hear any flaws when she sings those difficult songs. Once you hear her sing high notes, you will be shocked.

Now her physical strength is getting higher and higher, and her lung capacity is far beyond that of ordinary people. Such an "iron lung" also makes it easier for her to control the scene, and her breathing will be very steady.

The other four girls in the band were already shocked when Gu Qingge sang "Run forward, facing the cold eyes and ridicule, how can you feel the vastness of life without going through hardships"!

This extremely precise and effortless high note is simply amazing. Once such a high note comes out, it will definitely bombard the scene!