Day 129
In the song selection hall, the air seemed to freeze.
Several trainees were still immersed in the surprise of making it to the finals. They pushed and shoved their way forward, almost knocking Fu Xunyan down.
Fu Xunyan used his uninjured hand to hold their shoulders to prevent them from rushing into the camera.
But soon his attention was taken away by the central screen.
On the huge circular light screen, only the holographic projections of two final individual competition songs were quietly suspended, like two completely different doors of destinies.
After another ten minutes of lengthy waiting and Jiang Sulin's not-so-appealing statement of the rules, we were finally able to hear the song.
Fu Xunyan looked at the big words on the screen.
"Playing Yourself".
This is his song, even though the composer and lyrics are both written as "Zhi Yu".
No one knew who Zhiyu was, so they started discussing it. Jiang Han, who knew the truth, secretly looked at him and chuckled.
Then Yin Xingheng glared at him, suggesting that he should be more restrained.
"If you act like this and everyone guesses it, I'll have no problem with that, but you won't be chosen."
Jiang Han scratched his head: "Yeah."
“But I might not choose.”
?
Yin Xingheng was shocked. Hadn't this guy always been good friends with Fu Xunyan? Why wasn't he with them in the finals?
Jiang Han avoided the crowd and whispered an explanation in Yin Xingheng's ear.
"Although I firmly told Xun Yan at the beginning that I wanted to perform the final song with him, isn't this just a change of style?"
Yin Xingheng glanced at the other song.
The Weight of Dreams.
The lyricist and composer is a fairly well-known creator.
Indeed, a song title like this, which has a bit of the flavor of a century-old chicken soup, really hits Jiang Han's cute spot.
Yin Xingheng couldn't care less if Jiang Han didn't choose, as it just happened to be one less competitor - although judging by the rankings he didn't have to worry about Jiang Han choosing the position he wanted.
There was an uncontrollable whisper among the contestants.
"Who is Zhiyu? I've never heard of him."
"A new creator—I don't quite trust him. A lot of newcomers have failed this year. Jiang Dada is still trustworthy."
"But the song you're singing this time looks like a ballad, doesn't it? Singing a ballad in the finals, this..."
"Well, look at the situation of our show. We won't be in the top seven anyway, so why not leave behind a song that will be more popular?"
This is the core issue that all trainees are struggling with - whether to choose a song with better performance effect to guarantee a debut spot, or a song with higher popularity, which may be more beneficial to their future career.
"Didn't you design it as the chorus song for the finals from the beginning?" Min Hai whispered close to Fu Xunyan's ear. In fact, they all more or less knew that Fu Xunyan was writing a song.
But everyone thought that he wrote the song for the whole audience to sing, not the competition song.
But now he saw the song "Zhi Yu" in the competition repertoire.
"Well, we changed it after discussing it with the production team."
“…because…”
"No reason." Fu Xunyan stopped him.
"But now that my song is being used in the finals, you must keep it a secret. If the news leaks out, it will cause quite a stir."
Min Hai agreed at first, then laughed, "But right now, your first place position is completely unshakable. Last week, you were leading by two million votes. Even if they knew you wrote the song, and the fans fanned the flames, it wouldn't have anything to do with the other trainees."
"That's what you say, but try not to cause trouble." Fu Xunyan smoothed down Min Hai's raised collar.
"What are you talking about?" Da Pei came over and forced his way in between the two of them.
"Which one would you choose? Judging from the title, I would choose 'True Colors Acting', which has a Hong Kong style feel!"
Fu Xunyan was helpless: "What on earth makes you feel the Hong Kong style?"
"Hmm," Dal-bae pondered, "I don't know, maybe it feels like it has something to do with movies or something?"
Maybe it's because of the "performance" in the title? I really admire his divergent thinking ability...
Songs will be selected according to the latest ranking order, starting from the 20th place and working backwards.
However, before the official song selection, two songs were first played to the trainees.
"Um?"
The moment "The Weight of Dreams" sounded, several trainees showed surprised expressions.
Min Hai was very confused: "This isn't a ballad? The name matches the rock lyrics, wow."
This song is really great - Fu Xunyan followed the beat in his heart.
It sounds like a ballad, but the prelude is like a wall of distorted guitar hitting you in the face. The gentle title and the violent style create a tearing feeling, which is very innovative and attractive.
"There's a lot that the lead singer can do in this segment." Yin Xingheng commented professionally.
"Although……"
Although the vocal teacher invited for the demo was not talented enough to sing the song, the chorus was not just a roar, but had a granular feel as if someone was carrying a heavy object and moving forward with gritted teeth.
The guitar solo at the end is like a burst of accumulated weight! After listening to it, I don’t forget it after the excitement, but I feel like something is pressing down on my chest, hot and heavy.
It must be a good segment to show one's ability. For all the vocalists present, this is usually a must-fight position.
However, the camera scanned past...
[Laughing to death, Chen Chi & Yin Xingheng: Indifferent, absolutely indifferent]
[Oh, I don't understand? Why does it seem like Wu Ruike is the only one who seems interested in choosing?]
[Uh, is there a possibility that even if the top student wanted it, he wouldn't show it publicly. Otherwise, wouldn't he be targeted?]
[Let's sort out the people who are clearly positioned as big vocalists in the top circle. They are Chen Chi, Yin Xingheng, Bai Wenji, Wu Ruike, and you can also include Ye Lai. If you really want to include them, you can also include Bo Mi and Shao Ruzhou. From this point of view, it is highly unlikely that Wu Ruike will be chosen to perform the main vocal part of this song.]
There's only one possibility—if everyone is determined to choose the team next door with Fu Xunyan, wouldn't that leave this song empty? And these vocalists... are actually pretty close to Fu Xunyan, with the exception of Shao Ruzhou.
[The key question is - when searching for treasure, will you definitely choose "The True Colors"?]
[Uh, I don’t know, but how should I put it, as a sturgeon, as soon as I heard “Playing Your True Colors”, I felt that Xunbao would definitely like it.]
While fans of Yin Xingheng and others were crying out for their brother to wake up and not be blinded by lust, these people actually had their own plans in mind.
Those who knew that "Playing Yourself" was written by Fu Xunyan chose "Playing Yourself" without any hesitation.
It’s not that I think the song will be more popular or the performance will be better.
It was just the first official song released by their good brother after he changed companies, and they particularly wanted to participate.
Although Fu Xunyan had told him when he just came from the passage that all this was the result of his own strength and hard work, Zhayiti seemed to be particularly dependent on Fu Xunyan after their collaboration on stage, and could not help but glance at him, asking for help.
As a result, he was ruthlessly blocked by those people.
Jiang Sulin took him to his side and changed his position without making a sound.
"Trainee Zaiti, you now have priority in choosing your position."
Zhayiti was bewildered. "Actually, it seems like even if I choose first, I still can't stand it."
"You're very self-aware." Liu Yongshan stood up and joked, "Don't worry about it, buddy. Pick the one you like, and the higher-ups will make the arrangements."
Everyone else laughed at this confident tone, especially Dal-bae and the others who were ranked highly. They turned around and indicated that they wanted to arrange Liu Yongshan to rap.
"You have a really good mouth. You've never rapped before, right? Come on and try it and show off your style."
Liu Yongshan: Shut up like a zipper and sit down obediently.
Zhaiti hesitated for a long time and ranked himself as the third sub-vocalist of "The Weight of Dreams", which shows his humility.
The next one was Liu Yongshan. He rolled his eyes, looked at Dalbae, and decisively put himself in the main rap1 of "True Colors".
"If you're a brother, come and do it!"
Da Pei was so angry that he laughed.
"Okay, okay, I have to move you."
What he said was to tell the whole audience that Tadabae had secured the position of rap No. 1 in "True Colors", and no one could snatch it from him now - unless Min Hai and Fu Xunyan went crazy.
But Minhae is a dancer, so he won't choose the first or second position of lead dancer or vocalist. For all dancers, the safest position is number 3 and above.
He can demonstrate his own strength without stealing too much limelight from the team's big vocals and rappers.
Fu Xunyan - Fu Xunyan's positioning is actually very confusing. Although the outside world says he is an ace, he will definitely not take the initiative to choose rap. The benefits are too low for him.
Next, R.TAI, Lan Yizhou and Wu Ruike chose the main rap1, sub-rap3 and lead vocals1 of "The Weight of Dreams" respectively.
Bai Zhen hesitated for a moment and chose the sub-rap 1 of "True Colors". Following closely behind him, Jiang Han chose the sub-vocalist 2 of "The Weight of Dreams" and rubbed his hands at everyone who had not yet made a choice, begging for mercy.
I have to say that not many people want to compete with him for this position. Some would rather choose position 5 to be included in this song. It can be seen that Jiang Han really likes "The Weight of Dreams".
Zhou Qi thought for a moment and put his profile picture on the deputy lead singer 1 of "True Colors", which was a bit dangerous.
Zhang Chi did not hesitate and fired the first shot from a strong position.
"Sorry, buddy." He spoke to Liu Yongshan, but his eyes were looking at Da Pei.
"This song is absolutely mine. I felt that way the moment I heard it. It suits my style so well. I even thought of the lyrics a while ago."
He took off Liu Yongshan's nameplate, replaced it with his own, and put Liu Yongshan in the main rap 2.
Liu Yongshan was stunned and wanted to cry but couldn't. "No, brother, I was just kidding and put myself there. You should at least transfer me to Dream."
He believed that Da Pei would understand him, so he boldly created a show effect, but hey, he was intercepted by Zhang Chi!
Zhang Chi shrugged and reached out to adjust it again, but was stopped by Jiang Sulin.
"No, trainee Zhang Chi, you only have one chance to adjust."
"Oh, I see." Zhang Chi waved at Liu Yongshan, "Sorry, buddy, wait for someone to rescue you."
R.TAI stammered twice, but his good brother on the stage couldn't hear him, so he had to wipe his sweat secretly - bro, you are really brave, this is an idol audition, not The Rap of China!
You don't even look at your singing and dancing skills, yet you're competing with Dal Bae, and you're so tactless in messing with Liu Yongshan...
After Shao Ruzhou chose the main rap 2 of "The Weight of Dreams", the selections from 10 to 20 ended.
The atmosphere suddenly became tense because...
Displacement can occur at any time.
As expected.
As soon as Ye Lai came on stage, he aimed at Zhou Qi's "True Colors Acting" deputy lead singer 1, and directly moved him to deputy lead singer 2, and put himself in the number 1 position.
Zhou Qi took a breath at first, but when he saw that Ye Lai at least didn't change the song for him, he felt relieved.
2 is 2, even though there is one less line in the lyrics...
Ye Lai was too direct and did not offer any explanation or apology, which made Zhou Qi's fans online very upset. They condemned Ye Lai as a guy who looked polite but was actually super selfish.
Ye Lai’s fans said: So what.
Originally, the people with higher rankings have the final say. If you guys are not satisfied, you can vote more. Why are you talking so much here?
Zhou Qi's fan Qiqi was so angry that he vowed on the spot to tear Ye Lai out of the top seven in the finals.
Bai Wenji had probably been with Ye Lai for too long, and had learned all that arrogance from him. He took a step forward and stuck himself close to the lead singer 2.
In this way, in "Playing Your True Self", lead singer is 12, sub-vocalist is 123, as well as rap 12 and sub-rap 123, Bai Wenji occupies lead singer 2, Ye Lai occupies sub-vocalist 1, Zhou Qi is sub-vocalist 2, Zhang Chi is main rap 1, Liu Yongshan is main rap 2, and Bai Zhen is sub-rap 1.
"The Weight of Dreams", R.TAI is the main rap1, Shao Ruzhou is the main rap2, Lan Yizhou is the sub-rap3, Wu Ruike is the lead singer1, Jiang Han is the sub-vocalist2, and Zhaiti is the sub-vocalist3.
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