Thinker in the entertainment industry

"The price of trust is eternal betrayal, and now I am not shocked, I am a fool to be deceived.

Love, people, it's all the same, and in the end I came to the conclusion that I'm single. "

"The lyrics are good." Zheng Zhiyong commented.

"If there is a Japanese version, how should I change the lyrics? Keep the original meaning." Yong Junheng said.He can also write lyrics in Japanese, but his understanding of language and context is still not as good as Zheng Zhiyong, who is a Japanese major.

"I have to think about it first", Zheng Zhiyong is not very inspired to write lyrics in Japanese now, "I have an idea to translate this paragraph in Chinese".

"How?"

"The trust I gave will always be exchanged for betrayal. I am no longer surprised that I was fooled. It's all the same. No matter love or you, the last moment must be only myself."

Long Junheng adjusted the glasses on the bridge of his nose: "First, I don't understand."

"What about the second?"

"Our group will not release Chinese songs in the short term. If you really can't help it, find a company that intends to release a Chinese version to fill in the lyrics."

Thinking of something, Zheng Zhiyong lowered his head, covered his face with his hands, and smiled silently.

After Zhang Xiansheng's solo album came out, Zheng Zhiyong didn't have much to do - the promotion was a matter for the publicity department, the itinerary was a matter for the manager, and the stage practice was a matter for Zhang Xiansheng and the backup dancers.Before the first stage, Zheng Zhiyong still had a few days free, and it happened that Yong Junheng was also there, and the two collaborated again, shutting down in the studio to work on the title song of beast's next album.

Between work, they once talked about writing lyrics.When Korean idol groups develop abroad, they generally have to switch to the local language, which can at least show respect.And because it is not easy to make a song, in order to save trouble, many people choose to rewrite their Korean classic songs. Only those who are willing to take root in the local area and the company is willing to invest will write another song for local fans. new song.Because Japan is the best place for idol groups to seek gold, "Korean Fan Japan" has become very common. In the past two years, some companies have also begun to test the Chinese market, and "Han Fan Zhong" came into being.

Of course the one with the most experience in this is SM, which has been operating in China for more than ten years, but what Long Junheng wants to talk about is not this, because Zheng Zhiyong has commented on SM's Chinese vocabulary level a long time ago. The junior group of the year: "When the BTS went to Taiwan to promote, they released the Chinese version of the first "Man"."

Zheng Zhiyong: ""Man Man"? That song is not easy to write lyrics."

"I heard that Big Hit has found a famous lyricist who has been working with Jay Chou—"

"Fang Wenshan?" Zheng Zhiyong took out his mobile phone as he spoke, "Let me take a look."

In Zheng Zhiyong's opinion, the difficulty factor of writing lyrics for a fast-paced dance song like "Man" is simply five stars, but maybe others have a way?

As a result... Zheng Zhiyong entered the state of "stunned.jpg" after listening to it for 20 seconds, and maintained it until the end of the song, and then fell to the ground. What's wrong?"

"Brother..." Zheng Zhiyong finally expressed his expression - sad, "When I mentioned that poet once, I thought of 'sky blue waiting for misty rain', and when I mentioned him in the future, I thought of 'some ambiguous you Promise to date'".

"Ah?" Zheng Jiyong said the lyrics in Chinese, and Yong Junhyung didn't understand a single word.

"It means that the lyrics are very embarrassing, even more embarrassing than the Korean version." Zheng Zhiyong turned his head and saw that the sofa was behind him, and he fell down, "Brother, I'm thinking about one thing now."

"What?" Long Junheng was still confused.

"When I go to play songs, I won't run into BTS... I'm afraid that I will laugh when I see them." Zheng Zhiyong, who has been completely brainwashed by the Chinese version of the devilish "Man", said weakly.

At this moment, his mind is full of "something ambiguous, you agree to a date", "I want to be your exclusive Oppa", "playing happily, haha, laughing, wanting, bouncing and talking, chatting, heartbeating, wanting" "like Make me tea like a girlfriend", blah blah blah.Not the most embarrassing, only more embarrassing.

He, a foreigner who is proficient in Chinese, has become like this. How does the Chinese audience feel? The picture is too beautiful to watch.Zheng Zhiyong is a bit regretful that he couldn't explain to Long Junheng how magical the Chinese lyrics of this song are.

And the follow-up effect of this incident is not that Zheng Zhiyong started to worry about the expression management when he saw BTS one day, but developed a habit-after hearing a song, he would subconsciously think, How to fill in the Chinese words of the song.

This is not a good habit, he is a rapper and producer, even if he wants to write lyrics, he should follow the original route instead of being a translator!

It's all Fang Wenshan's fault!

After Zheng Zhiyong locked up the part of his brain responsible for thinking about Chinese words, he resumed talking about business.

"The Japanese version can wait a little longer, right? Aren't the Japanese songs for January this year all ready?"

"There may be some new songs to be sung at the concert, so I'll just ask, you don't have to worry." Long Junheng is not concerned about this the most, "What do you think of the arrangement?"

"The drumbeat is a bit strong. For me, I'm not used to it, and I'm not good at evaluating it. There is another very important thing, who is the 'yey' in the chorus? Its repetition rate is too high. If it is not done properly, it will make people Feeling irritable."

……

Yong Junhyung prepared the title song for beast's comeback this year. The title of the song is "yey".

When listening to Long Junheng talking about his thoughts, Zheng Zhiyong also recalled the emotions that suddenly surged up when he met and chatted with Xiexit—a bit of a coincidence.

Long Junhyung has such an idea, but it is not because of any telepathy with Zheng Zhiyong. He has been complained by fans that "the theme is always being dumped". He originally prefers to write songs with sadness and loneliness, not dynamic dance music. .However, when "shadow" came back in 2013, it only won one place, which left a very heavy psychological shadow on Long Junheng. "Everyone likes intense things in summer" was firmly remembered by him. As intensely as possible.The song "First Love of the [-]th Generation" written by Zheng Zhiyong also gave Yong Junheng inspiration and motivation-it turns out that the music style can be well blended with strong emotion and sadness, so let's do it!

Thus "yey" was born.

The idea and framework were determined by Long Junheng, and Zheng Zhiyong also contributed a lot.The sense of emptiness in the noise that the song wanted to express was challenging and to his liking.

They had some disputes on the arrangement of the music. Because Zheng Zhiyong learned a lot of musical instruments when he was a child, he also liked to use musical instruments to accompany the music.Yong Junhyung advocated the use of synthesizers: "Who can use musical instruments to open such a decadent party?"

Zheng Zhiyong: It makes sense.

Then there is the question of "yeyyeyyeyyey" that appears very frequently in the chorus.If this section is used well, it will be very toxic, and if it is not used properly, it will be very noisy. It is not just "yey", many dance songs that are advertised as toxic have this problem.

"It's really not that easy to be strong and sad at the same time." The discussion was fruitless again, and Zheng Zhiyong could only feel so emotional.

"And let you use the synthesizer, didn't you?"

"I'm not very good at electronics, arranger Joon Hyung, you need to worry too much," Zheng Zhiyong said, "But, brother, is this style really possible? Can't the comeback be postponed?" Summer is not the season for boy groups at all. The nationals are more interested in girl groups with cool and youthful clothes, not to mention that in summer there is a song festival held by the national variety show "Infinite Challenge".

"It's hard. Hyun Seung's solo this time only has a two-week publicity period, and we won't have much time to come back. As a company, we can make more money." Thinking of this, Long Junheng also felt a little tired, "In terms of style, How about the performance of your songs first? Don’t worry, I will rule out the big songs first.”

That's right, Big Bang, the idol group with the highest popularity in Korea and the king of idols, they finally come back!

Not only did it take three years for the team to come back again, which is unprecedented, this time, the big agency YG also came up with a new trick: come back for four months.

It's not that they have been active for four months. Those who want to bomb YG will join a lot of brokerage companies. YG divided the album "made" of big stick's comeback this time into four parts "m", "a", "d" and "e", which were released on the first day of May, June, July and August respectively. Play two or three songs.As for publicity, at the beginning it was definitely going to be on stage and singing, but not necessarily later.

Anyway, regardless of whether yg's trick is clever or it's just trying to kill, once big's new songs "loser" and "baebae" were released, they started to smash the charts like no accident.The mass base of the national group and the purchasing power accumulated by VIPs for three years are naturally not to be underestimated.

Other first-line and second-line combinations also avoided one after another. This is the time when the big stick is at its peak, and there is no need to hit a stone with an egg.Those who came back at the same time, either the popularity is still low and one is not expected at all, or it is Zhang Xiansheng, and the leader of infinite Kim Sung Kyu, who are members of the popular group to carry out solo activities, one is not a necessity.

What kind of expectations should we have for the performance of this album is really a question.This is the first time Zheng Zhiyong has written a dance song—even if it has strong lyrical elements, "The First Love of the Twenty Generations" is also a dance song, and it is the first time that a work has become the title song. The national men's team that will return at the same time...

Thinking about it this way, all Zheng Zhiyong can do is to do his duty—a euphemism for "do your best and obey the destiny".

As a producer, Zheng Zhiyong has done everything he can do, and the next step is to do a good job in feat.

"Are you ok?"

Hearing Zhang Xiansheng's question, Zheng Zhiyong rubbed his face subconsciously: "Do I look nervous?"

"Feeling", Zhang Xiansheng said, he pursed his lips and thought for a while, but in the end he still couldn't figure out what words to comfort Zheng Zhiyong, he just choked out, "I remember all your words".

"Got it," Zheng Zhiyong said with a smile, "What about you, Brother Xiansheng, is this your first solo event?"

"It's been six years since I debuted." Zhang Xiansheng said.

Zheng Zhiyong laughed twice, Zhang Xiansheng has not only debuted for six years, he starred in the big debut show nine years ago, and lost in the competition for the opportunity to debut-in fact, Zhang Xiansheng is also the first in the Republic of Korea to be accepted The trainees who were publicly eliminated, three years later, the big stick has reached the top level, and he withstood the pressure to start again as a member of the beast. He doubted anything, and he shouldn't doubt Zhang Xiansheng's ability to withstand pressure.

Speaking of which, Zhang Xiansheng's solo activities six years after his debut unexpectedly collided with Big Bang's group comeback after three years. The timing of this...

Zhang Xiansheng didn't know Zheng Zhiyong's brain circuit, he thought of one thing himself: "Do you want to go around in the background?"

"What's wrong?" Zheng Zhiyong didn't understand why.

"I'm afraid someone will regard you as a rookie idol. If you don't wear a mask", Zheng Zhiyong is wearing a red and black plaid shirt outside today, with a white pullover underneath. The most important thing is that his face , It is fully possible to be regarded as an idol, "If you are in trouble, come to me".

Rookie idols with no background are almost the bottom of the backstage. Zhang Xiansheng had a deep understanding of this when he debuted.Although Zheng Zhiyong actually doesn't need to look at people's faces, it is difficult to deal with misunderstandings, and Zheng Zhiyong's physical condition is notoriously bad. Even if Zhang Xiansheng doesn't like to take responsibility casually, he still thinks he should stand up ——If Zheng Zhiyong needs it.

"If necessary, I will."

——Limited to meeting Zhang Xiansheng's juniors.If it is a senior or a TV station staff, Zheng Zhiyong thinks it is much better for him to handle it by himself than to bring in Zhang Xiansheng.

He is not an idol, what can others do to him?Thinking of this, Zheng Zhiyong felt a sense of accomplishment.If you don't like some rules, you don't like them. If you don't have enough ability, you can only continue to abide by them.

"It's almost there." Shin Jong-hoon, Jang Hyun-seung's manager who was driving ahead, said.

"I'll get out of the car first, you and Zhong Xun will go together."

Zheng Zhiyong nodded.

Every time a music program is recorded, there will be many fans waiting outside the entrance of the TV station, and a section of road will be left in the middle. Artists often choose to walk along that section to get in close contact with fans and simply interact with them, because the light is good and There are many people, and the media will also shoot news pictures here.This section of the road is also known as the "road to work", and basically all artists who come to play songs have to walk.

There is no need for Zheng Zhiyong, who is still low-key.

Zhang Xiansheng adjusted his expression, opened the car door, and smiled at the fans and the camera.

Inside the car, Zheng Zhiyong picked up a silver-gray mask and covered his face.