Chapter 116 Album
Wei Ye: "This will be your debut album, so the company is paying extra attention to it."
Wei quickly introduced the plans for this album. This full-length album will invite top lyricists and composers in the industry to create a comprehensive album tailored for VIER. Their songs "Meteor" from their initial stage performance as a group and "The Only One" from the final performance will be included.
As a debut reward, Star Channel sold the copyright of the song "The Only One" to VIER at a friendly price, and it will be included as one of the tracks on VIER's future albums.
Wei also had his assistant play several songs for everyone to choose from. He would not reveal the creators of each song for the time being, so that everyone could choose without any pressure.
All the songs were played once. Meng Fanxi was surprised by the high quality of the songs. Considering the debut album, the style of the songs was mostly fast-paced dance music, with a youthful and uplifting atmosphere.
At the same time, he also noticed something else.
Surprisingly, none of the songs were VIER's debut song from their previous life—Glory.
After listening to all the songs, Wei also asked everyone for their thoughts.
Many people expressed their opinions, saying that Hsu Yu and Chang Yang's albums should not be all upbeat songs, otherwise the audience would get tired of them.
Lin Ruohe and Gu Huailang both expressed their fondness for several of the songs.
Meng Fanxi suggested, "All the songs here are of high quality, but I prefer those with more catchy melodies."
In Meng Fanxi's view, good songs definitely play a large part in building the group's national recognition.
VIER's debut song in their previous life had a strong mechanical and futuristic feel. After their debut, the trend was clearly that the artists carried the song, and the general public didn't really get the song. The common feedback was that this song wouldn't have been as popular if it had been performed by any other group besides VIER.
Do you remember the night Gu Huailang won the Best Actor award? The background music was VIER's debut song. At the awards ceremony, the song was rearranged, the tempo was slowed down, and it was less out of place. In that context, it evoked the feelings of many fans.
If their debut song were even more beautiful, the atmosphere that night would be even more intense.
Ren Yuchen agreed with each member's ideas, and unusually, he thought all the songs were good.
After a series of selections, 14 songs were finally chosen as tracks for the new album, with each member participating in the process.
Meng Fanxi's solo song "Dream Painting" was also included. In fact, Meng Fanxi initially refused, thinking that this still immature song should not be added to the very important debut album of the group.
However, the members insisted, with Zhang Yang saying directly, "It would be a shame not to include this song."
Meng Fanxi: "But it's really inappropriate for a solo track to appear in a group album."
Zhang Yang: "Taking this opportunity to re-record, would you like us to provide harmonies?"
That's incredibly extravagant!
Lin Ruohe said with great interest, "Yes, we can provide harmonies for you in the second half of the song, but we're afraid you'll dislike us."
Everyone looked at Meng Fanxi.
"How could that be!" Meng Fanxi was overjoyed. One of the reasons he felt the song "Dream Painting" was not mature enough was that the production was too simple. If they were willing to join in and help with the harmonies, it would be a dialogue with his past self in a way, which made him feel somewhat unreal.
Finally, with everyone's unanimous agreement, this song was added to VIER's debut album.
When deciding on the pre-release track and the title track, Wei also asked the members to give their opinions first and fully considered their ideas.
Hsu Yu: "Isn't that simple? We'll just use 'Meteor' for the title track. This song is so meaningful to us."
"Meteor" was the first song that introduced them to the audience, combining popularity and catchy tunes, and Meng Fanxi felt that this song would be a good choice.
Wei also disagreed, saying, "The quality and popularity of this song are beyond doubt, but choosing a new song as the title track might bring more freshness to the audience. 'Meteor' has already reached an unparalleled height after the show aired. What we need now is to let this song settle down and become a precious memory between you and your fans as an album track."
He looked apologetically at Zhang Yang, who fully understood and explained to everyone, "It's already the best reward that this song is included in our debut album. The emotions it expresses are mixed with some sorrow, so it's really not suitable as the title track."
Another point Wei didn't mention is that a group's debut song sometimes inexplicably overlaps with their future career path, so it's generally accepted in the industry that they should choose songs with auspicious meanings.
This song was rejected, and the remaining songs each had their own merits, making it difficult to choose.
Wei had no choice but to play snippets of each song again to evoke everyone's memories.
Meng Fanxi looked at the playlist in front of him, heard a melody that became increasingly familiar, and finally his gaze settled on one spot—"A Tree's Milky Way."
This song was a discarded track from VIER in my previous life. For some unknown reason, it was eventually included in an album by Turn, a new group under Baihe Company.
However, classic songs will always shine no matter how long they are overshadowed. At the Baihe Family Concert, Turn, who was one of the first to appear, sang the title track and this song. As a result, the title track went unnoticed, but this song dominated the music app's trending searches, breaking into the rising charts, monthly charts, and yearly charts, making a comeback and firmly holding the top spot for half a year.
Turn's popularity soared to a new level, but unfortunately, Bai He's subsequent planning failed to keep up, and they were just one step away from becoming a huge star.
However, with a song about retirement, the members of Turn were able to accept the status quo with equanimity.
The melody of "A Tree's Galaxy" is melodious and beautiful. Many fans of the group are envious of this song and angrily complain that their own company didn't find it.
When fans discovered that the song's creator was none other than the talented singer-songwriter Shi Hu, they exclaimed how Turn had managed to find such a great song.
Not to mention that Bai He had Will, who often collaborated with Shi Hu, even if Bai He got this song, it should have been given to Month first, so how did it end up in the Turn group?
It wasn't until Shi Hu published his own biography that everyone's doubts were answered.
It turns out that "A Tree's Galaxy" was originally written for VIER, but the members of VIER abandoned the song for reasons that cannot be discussed.
Songs that VIER had abandoned would seem a bit low-class if Bai He picked them up and used them again, so Bai He generously put them into Turn's album.
Shih-ho's tone in his autobiography contained a hint of regret. He did not belittle Turn, but he did imagine that if VIER had sung this song when he first debuted, it might have been in a different style.
At that time, VIER had already disbanded, and fans did not accept any association with former teammates. However, casual observers began to miss VIER, and topics related to VIER quickly gained popularity. Excerpts from Shi Hu's autobiography soon became a trending topic, and it was at that time that Meng Fanxi learned about this behind-the-scenes story.
Meng Fanxi had heard the song "A Tree's Milky Way" before, but when listening to it, he would inexplicably think of his failed experience in forming a group before his debut, so he only listened to it a few times.
Meng Fanxi opened the lyric book in front of him. If he remembered correctly, the current version of the song was more lively than the previous one, and the lyrics had also been slightly changed. It was only when he listened to it for the second time that the shadows of the song in the previous life and the current one gradually overlapped.
The lyric that left the deepest impression on him in his past life was: "Withered and fallen branches have never been favored by the Milky Way."
Now, however, phrases like "the tree that grows upward will eventually kiss the light of the Milky Way" are added to the later sections, making the song more emotional and sweeping away the somewhat negative style of the original song.
There are also many changes, big and small, which make the style of the song more relaxed, natural, bright and uplifting. Meng Fanxi can foresee that as long as the performance is outstanding, this song will shine with even more charm than in his previous life.
Meng Fanxi pointed to the song title and asked, "How about this one?"
Wei's eyes lit up; it was clear that this song had also captured his heart. He immediately switched the player to this song.
As the prelude began, a refreshing early summer breeze swept over them, and the others were also immersed in the atmosphere of the music.
Seeing everyone's satisfied expressions, Wei Ye understood the situation. He straightened up and introduced the song seriously: "This song is one that I made a promise to Shi Hu a long time ago. At that time, I hadn't met you guys yet. I simply described to him what the planned group would look like, and he started composing it."
So, Wei Ye and Shi Hu are actually friends? It's just a concept for a group, yet Shi Hu was willing to start creating.
Wei continued, "Shi Hu created the first version of this song for the concept of this group. During this time, he followed the group's performance and said that he paid attention to your performance throughout. After learning that you were the group in his heart, he revised the song. It can be said that this song was specially created for you."
Everyone present had heard of Shi Hu's reputation, and Zhang Yang even regarded Shi Hu as a role model. Upon hearing Wei Ye's introduction, he confirmed, "Shi Hu really followed our show?"
Wei nodded: "That's right."
The six people looked at each other, all with incredulous expressions. In their minds, such a genius should be otherworldly, yet he was also into talent shows.
Without any objection, all members chose "A Tree's Milky Way" as the title track.
As for the prelude, "The Only One" was chosen.
Wei Ye: "Finally, the album title?"
Xu You complained, "You're so lazy! You make us think of everything."
Everyone laughed, and Wei said confidently, "It's such an accomplishment to be able to participate in every step of the debut."
Meng Fanxi then looked up and saw the Star Beam Trophy on Wei Ye's desk. Wei Ye had previously said that he would make an appointment to take them to the trophy exhibition hall of the Weier Company, and that it would be placed in his office for the time being.
As Meng Fanxi looked up, his teammates' memories of the past few months shone brightly, like the words on a trophy.
Without needing to say much, everyone tacitly decided that their debut album would be titled "Eternal Six Stars".
The busy preparation schedule made time fly by, and soon Meng Fanxi and his classmates welcomed the new semester, while Gu Huailang and Zhang Yang welcomed new classmates.
Most importantly, it's the opening stage for the upcoming Starlight Gala.
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