Summer weather changes quickly. It was sunny and windy the day before, but it was raining hard the next day. The top six of the "Star of Tomorrow" competition was held on such a day.
Fans were waiting outside the studio early in the morning, wearing raincoats and holding umbrellas. Now that the contestants have their own colors, the fans even have different colors of raincoats.
Cao Yun, wearing a green raincoat, ignored the condemning eyes of Yao Jianing in the red camp not far away, and excitedly discussed this competition with the "Leaves" next to her.
"Have you heard the song that Cangcang is going to sing?"
"No, I searched the entire Internet but couldn't find this song "Mulholland Drive". Could it be that Cangzai wrote it himself?"
Cao Yun heard this and said, "It shouldn't be. I specifically went to find the original singer, the Bird Band. This band was probably 30 or 40 years ago. The music style seems to be unpopular, so not many people know about it."
"Wow!"
Facing the admiring eyes around her, Cao Yun proudly straightened her chest. It was worth it for her to search in the library for two nights.
Someone hurriedly asked, "Have you heard this song? Is it nice?"
Cao Yun immediately wilted and shook her head, "No, they released very few copies back then, and it is said that this song was only released on vinyl records. Even the tape cannot be found."
Several girls around sighed.
A few days ago, a photo of Ye Cang walking out of Xingyi with Fang Jiqing and others suddenly broke out on the Internet. Many people suspected that Ye Cang had an unsophisticated background and even questioned his previous promotion.
The Ye fans fought three hundred rounds with the haters on the Internet, and just when they were ready to protect their brother,
the "Tomorrow's Star" program team suddenly posted a Weibo.
The first statement was still that there was no shady deal in the program team and all the competitions were fair and just.
The second was to confirm that Ye Cang's song "Mulholland Drive" in this competition was difficult to arrange, so he asked for help from outsiders. This does not violate the rules of the program team, but after this competition, in order to be absolutely fair, contestants will no longer be allowed to find outsiders, and the program team will arrange the arrangement and recording studio.
After this Weibo post was published, the Yezi fans were grateful to the program production team, and many netizens also praised their decisive and responsible attitude.
The program production team was originally forced to post the Weibo post, but they didn't expect the effect to be good, and the resentment was gone.
Many netizens laughed at the Weibo post.
[Didn't those who said it was unfair hire an outside arranger? If you have the ability, you can also hire Fang Jiqing! ]
[Those with talent can get 90 points with a little guidance from famous teachers, while those without talent can only pass after studying for more than ten years. ]
[LS is too real, causing discomfort, and has been reported]
Because the matter was resolved quickly, netizens were not affected too much, and instead played memes under the Weibo post.
Some people were also interested in the song that Ye Cang would sing in the competition as revealed by the program production team, but when they checked, they couldn't find any information about this song on the Internet.
Finally, it was a professor from a music college who told the origin of this song.
The most prosperous era of music, a short-lived band, and a unique musical style.
All these elements made the audience's expectations for this song reach the highest level.
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Backstage.
Li Zihang was exhausted by his grandfather this week, so he simply turned off his phone and focused on preparing the song for this competition.
Therefore, he didn't know the song that Ye Cang was going to sing in this episode until he arrived at the competition site.
Li Luan is a rock fan and has collected many records and tapes. Li Zihang lived in the old house with his grandfather for a period of time when he was a child. He would take out these records to listen to when he was naughty. This was also his initial enlightenment in music.
He had also heard the song "Mulholland Drive". Although he didn't like it very much, he was still very impressed.
But he didn't expect Ye Cang to use this song as the competition song.
The two contestants that Ye Cang challenged in this competition were not very strong. As long as he performed steadily like in the previous two games, with the judges' appreciation of him, there would be no problem in advancing directly.
Grandpa was blindly confident in Ye Cang and even came to the scene for this game.
But Li Zihang was not nervous. After all, in his eyes, Grandpa was no different from those crazy star-chasing girls. He was still a rival.
No, I felt depressed when I thought about it.
Li Zihang went on stage to perform with a lot of resentment. He held his breath and performed better than any previous time.
The challengers in the same group were in tears.
The challenge was almost unsurprisingly lost, and Li Zihang became the first player to advance to the top five.
After this game, it was Ye Cang's turn.
Just when the audience was full of expectations, the program crew sneakily inserted a commercial.
Ye Cang walked out of the dressing room in the backstage, and Shen Huai was suddenly speechless when he saw him.
This time, Ye Cang dyed his hair blonde, put on smoky makeup, and wore gold-rimmed glasses with thin gold chains extending from the frame to the back of his head.
He wore a retro-style shirt and trousers, and the golden devil collar pin added a bit of thoughtfulness. With his pale skin and indifferent eyes, he looked like a vampire lord who had just walked out of a coffin.
Ye Cang's handsome appearance could not overwhelm his aura.
Not only Shen Huai, but even the staff who came to call him to the stage were stunned.
Ye Cang suddenly smiled and hooked Shen Huai's neck again, and the vampire lord instantly turned into a gentleman.
Shen Huai came back to his senses, frowned and pulled his hand down.
The staff avoided his eyes and whispered, "Ye Cang, it's your turn to go on stage."
Ye Cang said "um" and looked at Shen Huai again.
Shen Huai said helplessly, "I know, I will watch you in the audience."
I don't know what's wrong with this guy. Since that day, he asked me to stand on the stage and watch him every time he competed.
Ye Cang watched Shen Huai walk toward the audience seats before turning to the staff: "Let's go, we're also getting ready to go on stage."
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As soon as Ye Cang stepped onto the stage, his outfit caused the fans to scream.
However, when he stood in the middle of the stage and inserted the microphone into the microphone stand, the scene was as if the mute button had been pressed, and it became completely quiet.
However, as soon as the prelude came out, the audience was stunned.
The music played by the acoustic guitar was brisk and had a retro feel.
But what about the car horns, the noise of the crowd, and the background music that was completely inconsistent with the main theme?
Was it the wrong music or something else?
However, soon, other music was gradually added, replacing these background sounds and creating a luxurious and prosperous scene.
At the same time, the smoke created by dry ice dissipated, and the lights and projections completely restored the scene of Hollywood in the last century, which was retro and luxurious, as if directly bringing people into that crazy and beautiful era.
No one knew when Ye Cang started singing.
Without lyrics, his voice seemed to become a musical instrument, sometimes humming, sometimes growling. The style of the song was psychedelic rock, but it didn't seem that simple.
The audience was drawn into the song, and many closed their eyes to enjoy the bizarre, illusory scene.
Standing on the stage, Ye Cang seemed to have traveled through a century, strolling on Mulholland Drive in Hollywood's heyday.
Even those who don't like this song have to admit that Ye Cang on the stage is so charming that people can't bear to look away.
Ye Cang was so excited that he took the guitar from the guitarist and played an impromptu piece.
He didn't seem to regard this as a competition that would determine his fate, but as a concert, free and easy.
Xia Fei, who was sitting on the judges' panel, was so excited that he almost broke the pen in his hand.
When the song ended, all the lights on the stage went out, leaving only a beam of light in the center that fell on Ye Cang. All the music stopped, and only the guitar was gently plucked.
Ye Cang half-closed his eyes, held the microphone, and sang the only line of lyrics in the whole song.
"Goodbye, glorious era."
The original song was written when Hollywood movies were at their most glorious. Behind the extravagant and prosperous scene was the decadence of the end of the song.
They seemed to have foreseen the day when this era would end.
And when Ye Cang sang this line on the stage at this moment, it seemed to have another meaning.
However, except Shen Huai, I'm afraid no one could understand him.
——Ye
Cang bowed slightly, and there was a round of applause from the audience. However, along with the applause, Xia Fei slapped the table.
"Good!"
The audience had different opinions on this song, and there were all kinds of whispers.
And the bullet screen had already been arguing fiercely.
[What the hell is this singing, I didn't understand a word]
[Although I didn't understand what Ye Cang was singing, the stage was really beautiful! The song is also good]
[I like it very much! ]
[It's so ugly! ]
[This mess can also be called a song? ! ]
[If this is not a song, then what is a song? Excuse me, people like you are only worthy of listening to Internet hits]
Not only was there an online argument, but after the next challenger came on stage, the opinions of the three judges also fell into disagreement.
However, after a discussion, the judges still voted for Ye Cang, and he successfully defended the first round.
The next contestant to come on stage was named Jiang Junyan. He was the oldest among all the contestants, with an ordinary appearance and only average strength. He only barely advanced in the previous round.
But this time, he probably realized that he might stop here, and he actually broke out. The love song was so heartbreaking that many young girls at the scene began to wipe their tears.
After he finished singing, the host called the defending contestant Ye Cang back to the stage to be judged by three judges.
Jiang Junyan's performance was indeed outstanding in this round, even Xia Fei had to admit it, so the voting process became particularly difficult.
The three judges discussed for a long time without any result, and finally they could only make a decision by one vote each.
Needless to say, Xia Fei still clearly supported Ye Cang.
Another male judge praised Jiang Junyan and voted for him.
The two were tied at one to one, and the last vote was in the hands of the only female judge Tang Ruoyi.
Tang Ruoyi hesitated for a long time, and finally voted for Ye Cang.
The result came out, Ye Cang successfully defended the title in two rounds and directly advanced to the top five.
Many people at the scene felt sorry for Jiang Junyan, after all, his performance in this game was really brilliant.
Jiang Junyan clenched his fists tightly, he was unwilling to accept it, he clearly performed so well in this game, moving all the audience at the scene, why did he lose to Ye Cang? !
The host walked up to him and said, "Junyan, although you didn't win this time, your performance..."
Before she finished her words, the microphone was snatched away by Jiang Junyan.
"I don't accept it!"
The author has something to say:
I am not a professional, and I have made up a lot of things for the sake of writing. The era is also imaginary. Please don't bring reality into it. Sorry~