Respawn Entertainment: Days of Glory

After this line of lyrics, the song enters an interlude.

No matter how crazy the fans at the scene were, Bian Lang, who was already deeply immersed in the performance, was like a blind man. He seemed not to notice the audience at all. He sat back on the ground and started "tinkering".

Tong Qi took off the headphones he had worn before and began to squat down and fiddle with the circuits.

When have rock music fans ever seen such a situation? What they used to see most were either music festivals or live performances, where the only thing that was heard on stage was the noise and the atmosphere.

How could there be such an immersive feeling as it is now!

Now they just feel that they are involved in the entire creation process of Hedgehog for this song, as if their every move now can affect the final effect of the song.

When Strauss's lead voice once again overflowed with a highly distorted tone, Bian Lang stood up again and said to the electronic speaker: "What do you think the fans will react to after hearing this?"

Strauss shook his head: "I have no idea!"

Tong Qi didn't say anything, he just looked up at Bian Lang. Huang Kai seemed to be non-existent, with no reaction at all.

Although Ding Ding did not stop playing the drums, the moment she looked up at the audience, the naked-eye 3D snow screen began to show every detail of the band members' on-stage and behind-the-scenes activities over the past period of time.

There are scenes of Bian Lang in the recording studio, Ding Ding carrying cymbals, Huang Kai practicing alone, Strauss traveling during the Spring Festival, and Tong Qi performing...

These were all recorded by various "secret photographers" within the Rolling Stones.

Although it was not the first time he watched it, but in the current atmosphere, watching it with music fans, Bian Lang's emotions were still quite agitated.

But he still has to hold it in and wait until the next time point before he can completely explode.

By passing through the translucent naked-eye 3D screen, Bian Lang saw the faces that were either excited or moved. He felt that all his previous efforts were worth it!

In the seats for professional music fans, 99% of the people were stunned by this wave of scenes.

They all had the same thought in their minds: "This guy is really good at making waves. When this effect is broadcast, it will definitely take over social media platforms!"

At this time, a female music critic in the circle asked Tiger's wife next to her: "Du Juan, who did this job? If you don't watch the live effect, just listen to the description, this is not rock at all... But now seeing the effect, I think this is a very rock thing!"

Mrs. Tiger doesn't know either. Although there is a lot of shooting material from the Rolling Stones now and she doesn't need to run around all day to shoot material for her rock-themed photography collection, she basically doesn't ask about these things.

As she happened to be sitting next to Qi Yue today, she threw the question to her: "Da Yue'er, who designed this? Was it the DGM guys?"

"No, this is something Bian Lang came up with himself, and the team was responsible for refining and implementing it. To be honest, this job is much easier than the one for My Exodus, but the final effect... just wait and see!"

As soon as Qi Yue finished speaking, the past images of the musicians on the stage disappeared and turned back into the state of snowflakes.

The few people who were a little "stupid" before have now entered the state.

The rhythm of bass and drums wanders in the "background", and the melody of keyboard and two guitars floats in front, cooperating with Bian Lang who is oblivious to the surroundings and continues to sing: "Why is it so strong? It is not biased words or clever remarks. Sincere words benefit the heart, and I am diligent in keeping my promises and silently reciting them...Looking at the stars, the sun and the moon, I can also love in this life, love is as red as blood, and love is as hot as flames..."

From "there is nothing to love in this life" to "this life can be loved", the audience saw that the eyes of several people became more and more determined, although from the listening experience, the performance of the musical instruments remained steady with no change.

But judging from the excitement level of several people, they are no longer in the "rehearsal room" state, and are starting to get excited about going on stage.

As Ding Ding accelerated a little transition, it sounded like a bolt of lightning, and the "snowflakes" that had been "covering" the front of the few people began to crack, and then shattered and disappeared.

At this moment, several people were as excited as when they saw the audience when the curtain opened at the beginning of the show. To be more exaggerated, it was the kind of thirst for rain after a long drought.

The scene suddenly became "clear" and "real", causing the fans to scream in unison!

"Oh my god! This is so fucking cool! What's the idiom to describe this? Burn your boats?"

"Emerge into a butterfly, huh?"

"No destruction, no construction?"

"Who cares what idiom he uses? I can brag about this performance for the rest of my life!"

It was at this moment that the time that Bian Lang had been waiting for to vent his emotions finally arrived!

He pointed at the audience, and all the members of Hedgehog sang in unison: "As for tomorrow, I hope you will persevere, even if the road ahead is an endless night..."

This powerful singing makes people feel like the strongest voice after the hedgehog breaks through the confusion. It not only represents themselves, but also represents all the persistent people present who are not about to give up.

There is no need to say much about the preparation room. It is not an exaggeration to say that this line of lyrics is basically written for all rock people!

Although this tune of song was not the first time that Bian Lang sang it, the emotions rendered by the previous series of visuals at this moment made all the men and female warriors in the preparation room fall into a state of panic.

Lu Zao quickly looked up at the ceiling, and as she turned around, she said quickly, "No, no, I can't look at this. I spent more than two hours putting on this makeup today, and I can't ruin it now..."

When Li Hao was performing on the stage yesterday, he was so excited that he shed tears, but compared to now, the difference is like the difference between a waterfall and a faucet that is not tightened.

In a sense, there is something in common between playing the fir pole and what the hedgehog is doing in this song.

Fir pole players also started out as underground musicians. Before they became commercialized, they were very self-centered in both music and in their personalities. They didn't care what others thought of them, whether it was fans or other people, they never cared, they just cared about having fun and doing whatever they wanted.

At that time, they were really casual in their performances. They would go on stage even if they were drunk. Once, after Tian Yuan finished singing a song, he yelled at Li Hao: "What's going on? Are you playing in the air? Why can't I hear any bass?"

Later, when we signed with the company and were preparing for the commercial, the state of the few people was just like the hedgehogs on the stage, anxious, confused, and hesitant...

I don’t know whether my concert will be recognized by the market and music fans, and I don’t know what kind of attitude I should be in when facing serious commercial performances.

Fortunately, although the process was bumpy, I finally made it to the present.

So when Li Hao saw this part, he felt that this was just a memoir for their band.

As for this kind of song, he couldn't write it, but that didn't stop him from crying his eyes out when he heard it.

Looking at Lao Zhao and his group, they are all over 200 years old in total, so they should be considered as the group that takes things less seriously.

Although no one shed tears at this moment, they all had a serious look on their faces and stared blankly at the big screen where the broadcast was being broadcast.

There are also a few songs by Coldplay, and today they have the lyrics translated into English for comparison.

But after understanding what this stage wanted to express, the lyrics or not no longer seemed so important to them.

Their band is actually going through this stage now, and sometimes they really fall into this state of anxiety and fear when writing songs.

They are afraid that the fans of their favorite music may not like it, but they don’t know what the fans actually like…

In fact, how many bands in the world can figure out what kind of music fans like at the beginning? Some bands even never figured out this question from the time they were founded to the time they disappeared!

Because, what can we say about the group of music fans? They probably only have a relatively vague concept of things that haven't appeared yet, and they can't explain them clearly.

But no matter how different their preferences are, the premise that the song is good will not change.

As for how to do it, Hedgehog pointed out a path for them with the following line of lyrics: "Moving forward, the scenery along the way is endless, there is no turning back, and the ideal does not need to be explained..."

"Moving forward, with endless beautiful scenery along the way, without hesitation, ideals need no words..."

Chris looked at the translated lyrics and felt that some of his understandings of the industry were completely overturned after he met Bian Lang.

Rock music originated in the West and has been the object of admiration and learning for rock musicians from other regions since the last century.

Looking at Bian Lang now, Chris actually feels that sooner or later, it is very likely that Bian Lang will completely reverse this relationship with his own strength.

Apart from anything else, the song "yellow" given to them by Bian Lang is enough for them to study for a while. As for the arrangements of "Fade To Black" and "Comfortably Numb", they have become must-practice songs in the European rock circle.

As for the Chinese rock songs written by Bian Lang, if there are European musicians who can translate the lyrics properly, it is only a matter of time before they become popular in Europe.

Thinking about this, the last line of the song came to my ears: "No matter how many tests there are, they will all be exchanged for joy, and hard work and longing for a better tomorrow..."

After singing this line, Bian Lang let go of the guitar with both hands, opened his arms and made an upward gesture towards the audience, while humming along with the melody of the lead guitar: "Ah...ah..."

The three female voices in the team followed the drum beats and sang: "La... La..."

After these two parts were combined, the atmosphere on the scene began to rise uncontrollably.

The death wall and turtle punch did not appear, but the metal salutes that were raised high and unwilling to be put down, and the various slogans such as "Rock is immortal", "Hedgehog is awesome", and "Bianlang is awesome" have now become an inseparable part of the scene.

The 20 or so cameramen on the scene now have the same feeling: "How are we going to edit these materials? If it were me, I would not be willing to cut any of them!" Especially those with cameras at the bird's-eye view angles!

As for the dozen or so photographers, they are an experienced team who have been shooting music festivals and live shows for many years.

The scene created by tens of thousands of people in the open space outdoors is not as shocking as today's scene compressed indoors with less than a thousand people.

In this scene filled with the aesthetics of industrial ruins, these hundreds of hands are like the last hope in the apocalypse, just like the last line of the Hedgehog’s lyrics: “Strive for a better tomorrow…”

Speaking of rock inspirational songs, more than 80% of people on the original earth may think of "Chasing Dreams" first, but in Bian Lang's heart, "Hedgehog" is ranked in the top three and even surpasses "Chasing Dreams".

After all, the most classic line in Gala's song was borrowed from abroad, but Zijian copied the lyrics word by word from the Xinhua Dictionary.

As for why the stage presentation is like this, it was entirely forced by the visual team.

With the previous experience of collaboration in Berlin, Joel's team simply ignored the hedgehog after getting the performance repertoire.

According to Joel at the time, "Only Wave's own ideas can perfectly interpret the ideas he wants to express in his music. We can only be responsible for perfectly executing his ideas..."

This forced Bian Lang to recall every detail about this song in his past life, and then he thought of a music festival mashup video of this song on Bilibili.

In that video, the author used the same images as today's live performance to present the song visually. Bian Lang followed suit and told Joel about his idea, and then the result was presented today.

When the music stopped completely, everyone in the audience stood up and put a perfect end to the first competition among the 31 bands with applause and cheers.

Looking at the atmosphere on the scene, the host Niu Boyi finally breathed a sigh of relief.

In his opinion, this beginning definitely has the basic conditions for a hit. If it were placed in the online literature world, this would be equivalent to an beginning with over 10,000 first orders.

With great excitement, he first spoke to control the atmosphere in the venue, and then said: "Okay! Now the last of the 31 bands in our "Summer of the Band" has finished performing. All our fans, please pick up the voting machines in your hands and vote for your favorite Hedgehog Band..."

After these words were spoken, the music fans who were still immersed in the atmosphere just now were a little dumbfounded!

"This...what should I do? It's such a great scene. If I don't vote, I will definitely be sorry to Hedgehog and Bian Lang! But if I vote, won't I have to listen to two fewer performances?"

The Golden Horse who had already voted immediately turned around and looked at the fans around him, thinking: "Let me see what you are going to do now. With Brother Lang's performance tonight, can you really be so cruel as not to vote?"