Chapter 138: Group Night Song Announcement
Xie Qingyu subconsciously looked at the big screen, and his heartbeat unconsciously quickened a few beats.
This not only affects the final stage performance, but also determines whether he can be assigned to the same group with Leo as he wishes.
The puppy beside him seemed to sense his thoughts and quietly moved towards him, with their shoulders almost touching.
Qu Qinghuan opened her red lips and said, "I believe everyone is very curious about what the songs for the group's debut night will be like..."
The audio-visual room was very quiet except for the rustling sound of the equipment running, and everyone's eyes were focused on her.
Xie Qingyu felt Leo's fingers quietly hooked on the corner of his clothes. He leaned over there calmly as a silent response.
The moment the program team officially announced the song, the entire scene was shrouded in a subtle atmosphere of anticipation.
Everyone has actually secretly wondered in their hearts, what style will they prefer?
After all, in addition to the debut song itself, the performance songs on the group's night are often like a mirror, vaguely reflecting the future development direction of this upcoming new group.
The debut song is of utmost importance. It is like a cornerstone, setting the tone for the entire team.
Although the focus is different, they are all equally crucial.
The big screen lit up, but contrary to everyone's expectations, the program team did not play the song directly.
Instead, a clear dividing line is drawn in the center of the screen, dividing the picture into two.
Completely different images unfold simultaneously on both sides.
On one side are tender green sprouts that stubbornly emerge from the cracks, full of vitality that breaks through the soil.
On the other side are the shining skeletons suspended in the dark deep sea, mysterious and strange, as if silently telling some unsolved story.
The background music is grand and shocking, and the layers of progressive melody give people goosebumps instantly.
However, even more compelling than the music itself is the meaning of this animation – how exactly does it relate to the piece that will be performed?
There was a murmur of discussion in the seats, with several contestants whispering to each other, trying to decipher the meaning behind this abstract picture.
Xie Qingyu narrowed his eyes slightly, and several possibilities flashed through his mind quickly.
He has come into contact with many idol groups and has some understanding of the operating model in the industry. At this moment, he has a vague judgment in his mind.
The two songs the program team brought out are probably concept songs. Are they planning to create a concept group?
As soon as this thought came to mind, Xie Qingyu's brows unconsciously frowned slightly.
He was able to react so quickly because in his original world, his group NOVA-X was a typical concept group.
But the situation of NOVA-X is completely different from that of a talent show group. They are a formal group launched by the company after long-term systematic training.
The members have a unified style, their abilities are developed according to established concepts, and their degree of cooperation is extremely high.
More importantly, the company has controlled the development route throughout the entire process, and the concept has been consistent since the trainee period. The fan base is solid and the acceptance of the group setting is also very strong.
And the talent show team takes the conceptual route?
Xie Qingyu had a bad feeling in his heart.
The birth of a talent show group is a quick-fix model. The members come from different backgrounds and have different styles. It is difficult to unify the tone in a short period of time. Forcing the concept will only lead to a sense of division.
What's more, although the operating rights are restricted by the contract to the production companies and platforms behind the talent shows, the contestants' own companies do not have no right to participate.
This results in high coordination costs, and any decision may be distorted by conflicts of interest.
Fans gather together based on personal preferences, and their identification with group concepts is naturally low.
Coupled with the short life cycle of the limited group, the concept has no time to take root and may end up being a futile effort.
Thinking of this, Xie Qingyu sighed softly.
To put it bluntly, he felt that the operating company behind "Road to Star Dreams" seemed to be heading into a dead end.
Ambition is valuable, but if it is divorced from reality, even the most magnificent concept may become a castle in the air.
However, the track itself has yet to be officially revealed, and Xie Qingyu's speculation about the team's future direction remains at an intuitive level.
Maybe he was worrying too much?
Besides, this is just the performance repertoire on the group's debut night, and it may not fully represent the subsequent plans.
The real key lies in the debut song that the program team prepares for this new group.
But if the debut song is still playing with concepts, then his guess is probably pretty close to the truth.
But... Xie Qingyu calmed himself down and brought his chaotic thoughts back to the big screen in front of him.
Regardless of whether they are a concept band or not, as long as the music is good enough, all problems can be solved.
After all, no matter how gorgeous the packaging is, the music itself will ultimately speak for itself.
At this moment, the two images on the screen began to squeeze and blend with each other, eventually turning into swirling black and white smoke.
In the smoke, two lines of text slowly emerged—the white side read "Chapter of Life·The Inn of Life", and the black side read "Chapter of Death·The Reconstruction of Death".
Before the contestants could digest this information, white smoke suddenly spread and occupied most of the screen.
Then, the title of the song finally became clear - "Planting Light in the Cracks".
Judging from the title, "Planting Light in the Cracks" does have the temperament of a lyrical song.
It's not impossible to perform a lyrical song on a high-energy stage like the group's debut night, but as for the effect...it depends on personal preference.
After all, it is a live broadcast of the talent show finals, and it would be a bit unreasonable not to perform a dance for the audience.
The program team obviously took this into consideration, so although this song has a literary title, it is actually a pure boy group performance song.
——The necessary dance choreography, visual impact, and emotional outbursts are all present.
The prelude began with an ethereal folk song. Xie Qingyu closed his eyes and carefully captured the details of the music.
Soft guitar overtones slowly unfold, accompanied by environmental sampling. It is the rustling sound of wind passing through the ruins, as if a glimmer of life is buried in the silent desolation.
After entering the main song, the post-rock arrangement style gradually emerges, starting from the quiet guitar broken chords and progressing layer by layer to the grand interweaving of strings and distorted guitar.
The lyrics use images such as "seeds", "light" and "soil" to outline the stubborn struggle of life in desperate situations.
The progression of emotions in the music symbolizes the whole process of life from dormancy to bursting out.
The group dance section in the middle is the highlight of the entire song.
The dance choreography is not only visually impactful, but also resonates with the emotional ups and downs of the music, giving the viewers a wonderful sense of "resonance".
Xie Qingyu took a quick look at the number of dancers. The number of about 10 people meant that there would probably be only two performance pieces, and the 20 contestants would be divided into two medium to large teams for their performances.
To be fair, the quality of this song is already quite outstanding, and most of the contestants at the scene showed expressions of surprise on their faces.
But for Xie Qingyu, it always reminds him of "All Things Natural" by the creative team during the second public performance.
The two songs do have similarities in style and concept, but they failed to bring him the same sense of shock that he had when he was completely immersed in them.
Of course, this may just be because he has too high expectations of the program team.
It is undeniable that "Planting Light in the Cracks" is still an excellent work, and compared to "Everything Natural", its performance style is obviously more in line with the positioning of the boy group.
It not only retains the core of depth, but also takes into account the viewing appeal of the group stage, which is completely different from the operatic performance form of "All Things Natural".
As the aftertaste of the first track gradually faded away, the white smoke on the screen began to flow and settle, eventually turning into a ball of rich ink.
Then, the name of the second track slowly emerged - "Until the Deep Sea Forgets My Name"
This song title... well, to be honest, it comes from the same mother as the previous one, and it has that kind of dying tune~
But at this moment, no one will simply guess the style of music based on the name.
After all, the previous song "Planting Light in the Cracks" seems lyrical, but it is actually a performance piece with rich layers.
This time, as soon as the music started, it instantly pulled everyone into a dark deep sea.
This is a fusion of darkwave and ambient electronic music.
The cold and deep synthesizer sound creates a vast sense of oppression, the pulsating beat is like the heartbeat under the deep sea, and the faint echo of the deep sea echo sample.
It is like some kind of ancient call, which makes people's blood chill, but it also hides the foreshadowing of an explosion in the silence.
The intro begins with the pulse sound effects of deep-sea sonar, and the slowly expanding electronic atmosphere is like an invisible tide, flowing over the listeners' senses layer by layer.
Xie Qingyu suddenly felt refreshed. He sat up slightly straighter and waited for the next part of the lyrics.
This top note is very much to his liking.
If the subsequent performance hadn't collapsed, he was almost certain that he would have preferred this track.
And when the lyrics finally came, the last bit of hesitation in his heart completely disappeared.
The lyrics of this song use images such as "deep sea", "skeletons" and "microorganisms" to explore whether death really means the end.
The dead body is decomposed by microorganisms, and the bones that sink into the deep sea are gradually forgotten, but some kind of existence may still continue in silence.
The music is cold and profound, like a slow and solemn sinking ceremony, and every note seems to knock on the deepest part of the soul.
If "Planting Light in the Cracks" brings about a resonance like the dilation of pores, then "Until the Deep Sea Forgets My Name" triggers a tremor in the deepest part of the soul.
——It does not pursue instantaneous explosion, but erodes every inch of perception with lingering chill, eventually drowning people in the lightless deep sea.
Indeed, if you look at each song separately, you might think the style of a certain song is a bit monotonous.
But when "Planting Light in the Cracks" and "Until the Deep Sea Forgets My Name" were presented together as a combination of tracks, the chemical reaction completely overturned Xie Qingyu's initial judgment.
The sense of déjà vu that was similar to "All Things Natural" has completely disappeared, replaced by a thrilling and complete aesthetic system.
These two songs are like two sides of a coin: "Planting Light in the Cracks" is the life breaking through the ground, using the majestic propulsion of post-rock to interpret the stubbornness of "life".
"Until the Deep Sea Forgets My Name" is an eternity in sinking, exploring the transformation of "death" with the cold and profound dark electronic music.
But they are by no means a simple opposition - when the images of life and death are conceptually intertwined, they form a larger narrative: breaking through the constraints of the boundaries between life and death.
One grows upwards, the other sinks downwards, yet they achieve a strange harmony in some invisible dimension.
Like a universal wheel, no matter which angle it turns, it ultimately returns to the same core: finding rebirth in destruction, witnessing eternity in extinction!!!
What’s even more surprising is that this seemingly abstract concept is perfectly integrated with the performance style of the men’s group:
The group dance segment of "Planting Light in the Cracks" is like an outburst of collective life.
The choreography of "Until the Sea Forgets My Name" is transformed into the undercurrents in the deep sea.
The stage design must visualize this unity of opposites, whether it is new shoots emerging from skeletons or light particles reuniting in the deep sea.
This "1+1>2" effect has far exceeded the scope of ordinary audition repertoires, and even has some avant-garde feel of experimental art groups.
Xie Qingyu's fingertips tapped unconsciously on his knees.
He suddenly realized that the program team might not be going into a dead end, but trying some unprecedented way to break the deadlock.
The extreme conceptuality is used to make up for the inherent lack of style uniformity of the audition group. The new chapter songs on this group formation night can be regarded as a test work.
If successful, this may become the boldest group formation plan in the history of domestic entertainment auditions.
Of course, the risks are equally huge.
But at this moment, looking at the eyes of the contestants around him that were shining with shock at the music, he vaguely felt that this gamble might really bring out an astonishing prize.
Xie Qingyu exhaled lightly, his fingertips unconsciously tapping the remaining rhythm on his knees.
Two songs, two completely different aesthetic directions, but equally difficult to choose.
Now, he just needs to wait and wait for the program team to reveal how these two songs will determine their future fate.
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