After offending capital, my songs became more and more popular.

Chapter 300 Lyrics Linkage: Stepping onto the world stage, dressed in Chinese style, singing with Eastern sentiments!

Happy Chinese New Year!

Happy and joyous Chinese New Year!
At 9:30 p.m. on the stage of "Sparkling Melody", when Shen Ming'en sang the song "Chinese Style", the first thing everyone felt was not the national pride in the song, but simply a very joyful and festive feeling.

Rather!

at this time!

On stage, Shen Ming'en was wearing a very festive red performance costume!

The band members played the drums with great enthusiasm, and Shen Ming'en sang with even more joy. Everyone felt like it was Chinese New Year, with firecrackers and dumplings on the way!

As December draws to a close, the year-end is indeed fast approaching. Although the day of national celebration has not yet officially arrived, the festive atmosphere of the year-end is gradually permeating the air of every Chinese person with the chill of winter. Under such circumstances, Shen Ming'en's rendition of "Chinese Style" truly seems to be playing music for the year-end.

[Those who didn't know this would really think it was Chinese New Year!]

Viewers in the online live stream of "Sparkling Melody" were spamming the chat like crazy:
This song feels perfect for the Spring Festival Gala!

I can almost picture myself going shopping for clothes during the Chinese New Year, with streets and alleys decorated with lanterns and colorful streamers, all while people are singing, "This is the grandeur of Chinese style, this is the coolness of Chinese style!"

[Brainwashing! So damn brainwashing!]

How did Häagen-Dazs manage to write so many catchy songs?!

[Shocking! Is this the true value of being a spokesperson for revolutionary songs?!]

[I remembered it after just one listen, hahaha...]

……

A singer's "talent" can be judged by whether the melody of their songs is "catchy" and "memorable".

For example, Shen Ming'en's works. Although many people always say that he is only good at "red songs", even if it is only this style of song, Shen Ming'en's many works are all hits, and each of them is absolutely "catchy", "memorable", and "recognizable". Just based on these points, who dares to say that Shen Ming'en has no "talent"?!

Just now!

The other guests on the show "Sparkling Melody" composed and performed songs on the theme of "popularity." Because the theme was relatively simple, all the guests' works seemed to have reached a higher level, which led many viewers to genuinely feel that Hajime should feel "crisis"...

Especially the newly joined up-and-coming talented creator Wang Hong, whose work feels like it has the potential to compete even by Shen Ming'en's previous standards. He should also gain considerable popularity after the recording of this episode. It can be said that he definitely had a great start in the first episode of "Spark Chapter".

However, this situation was completely reversed after Shen Ming'en appeared...

No one expected that Shen Ming'en would pull out such a "trump card"!
His statement, "That's the grandeur of Chinese style, that's how incredibly cool Chinese style is," felt like a battalion commander bringing in a cannon, ready to unleash a barrage of attacks on anyone who disagreed. Can you handle that?!

No matter how strong other singers are, they were completely crushed by him!

At that time, the camera on the program "Spark of Music" showed other guests backstage, and you could see that they all had a bit of helplessness and wry smiles on their faces...

"Mr. Ming'en's question is really..." one of the female guests couldn't help but complain to the person next to her. Shen Ming'en said, "So in the end, we still got caught up in the trap?!"

When the topic of "popularity" was first posed, many of the creative guests were completely confused and didn't know where to start. It was only after Feng Yucan revealed Shen Ming'en's meaning that everyone understood the intention of "using popular elements to create revolutionary songs"...

Then everyone got the idea that "popular music style" was used to interpret "mainstream style".

And now the result is obvious...

Everyone's musical style has become "popular"!
The results were quite good. Because the musical style was "lower in difficulty" for them, the quality of their creations generally improved. Also, because the musical style was more mainstream and "popular," the audience was more receptive to it...

But the problem is that Hakim himself set the question and stated his intentions, but ended up doing the opposite!
Listen to his song "Chinese Style," is that "pop" in style?

How can it be!

Isn't it still in the mainstream style?!
When that grand and majestic prelude came on, it felt like all of their "pop" songs were instantly overshadowed!
Isn't this outrageous?!

Oh, you're trying to get others to write pop songs, while you're singing revolutionary songs yourself?!

Have you no shame?!

Let's see how Shen Ming'en interprets the concept of "popularity"...

The so-called "popularity" is actually a "style", which is what is often called "style" in English.

Interpreting popular styles from the perspective of the "mainstream ideology," or more simply, "style" or "presence"...

Therefore, the connection between Shen Ming'en's song "Chinese Style" and the topic of "popularity" is "obvious".

What's the most popular thing?

Chinese style is the most popular!
So he sang a song called "Chinese Style"!
Tell me, isn't this amazing and incredible?

Of course, the applause and exclamations of amazement here refer to the audience...

You should let the guests backstage say they wish they could kill Shen Ming'en!

He lured them all away into a ditch, while he, Haji, ate the good stuff himself. Is that even possible?!

Back then, the camera on the show "Sparkling Melody" focused on a female guest backstage. She said something that almost made many of Shen Ming'en's fans burst out laughing:

"No wonder Teacher Ming En wasn't well-liked before..."

【puff……】

Hahaha...

This statement almost made many of Shen Ming'en's fans laugh so hard that one and a half of their secondhand tri-fold screens cracked!

In short, at this moment, laughter and joy filled the air.

Shen Ming'en was also singing loudly:

……

"Who walks gracefully on the stage of history..."

"A head of Chinese red evokes the color of the East!"

"Who stands tall, watching the world change and the land transform..."

"His blue robes surpass those of his father, revealing the dragon's open bosom!"

……

The song "Chinese Style" is a very typical "mainstream song". It sounds very grand and "energetic". Perhaps many young viewers will think it is a bit "vulgar", but it is precisely these songs, tunes and lyrics that they think are "vulgar" that can achieve the most "heart-touching" effect.

At this moment, whether it's the tens of millions of viewers watching the show online at the same time in the "Spark Chapter" program's live broadcast room or the viewers who bought tickets to support the show offline, what they can feel most directly is Shen Ming'en's "composure".

This song really gives people the feeling that Shen Ming'en has a firm grasp on this style of work.

Clearly, this piece may fall short in terms of "meaning" compared to Shen Ming'en's previous patriotic works. It doesn't resonate as deeply as "My Motherland and I," nor does it connect with the deep feelings of compatriots as "My Chinese Heart" from a while ago, let alone compare with other works that have a deeper meaning...

Clearly, this work may simply be a piece that "praises the motherland" and enhances "national pride."

but!

This is exactly the kind of work!
It is precisely because of this that Shen Ming'en has created many works that are so similar to the others!
It really makes people feel that Shen Mingen has "deep skill", and that such works can come out of nowhere and there is a lot of "déjà vu"!
How relaxing... How carefree!
Despite being young and not yet thirty, Shen Ming'en sang with the feeling of a "master".

And what truly captivates the audience is precisely this sense of ease and control!
On stage, Shen Ming'en continued singing:

……

"Who is it that dances gracefully, stepping onto the world stage..."

"Singing with an oriental sentiment while dressed in Chinese style!"

"Whose drums and gongs are shaking this era!"

"A righteous spirit dances with the heroic spirit of a dragon!"

……

"Oh!!!"

What Shen Ming'en probably didn't expect was that when he sang those two lines, many audience members inexplicably let out a cheer...

The reason is quite simple, and even a little funny...

Didn't the lyrics just say, "Who is it that dances gracefully onto the world stage, embodying Chinese style and singing with Eastern sentiments"?

The lyrics themselves don't have any other meaning, but they seem very fitting when applied to Shen Ming'en at this moment...

because!

He, Shen Ming'en, has indeed stood on stages in other countries, such as Xiao Rizi, Da Piao Liang, etc., and sang revolutionary songs and our Eastern "sentiments"!

Putting aside everything else, just take his amazing performance a while ago. His song "My Chinese Heart" touched so many overseas Chinese!

These lyrics are all, in themselves, praising our great motherland...

But as they sang, suddenly at this line, a strange "chemical reaction" and connection occurred between them and Shen Ming'en...

Many people suddenly have the feeling that this guy is being narcissistic here!

【OK!】

[Hakim, you little brat!]

Many comments in the "Spark Symphony" online live stream were:

[Trying to sneak in your own agenda, huh?!]

[So you're praising yourself too, huh?]

Look how narcissistic you are!

【Hahaha……】

……

On stage, Shen Ming'en hadn't actually thought the lyrics were praising him, nor did he intend to "pick up a personal message." But with the audience cheering like that, he thought about it for a moment...

And it seems like there's actually some truth to it!

This strange coincidence amused Shen Ming'en as well, and he even ran out of breath when singing the next line...

Logically, this should have been a "stage mishap," but the audience didn't seem to care. They already suspected Shen Mingen of "sneaking in his own agenda" because of the commotion and his laughter, so they assumed he was feeling guilty for being caught...

"what!"

"Shen Ming'en, you bastard!"

"How could you do this!"

"Ha ha……"

Many audience members couldn't help but start heckling!

Do you think they're just audience members?

"Shameless!"

The singers and guests backstage already had a lot to say about Shen Mingen because of his confusing "popular" topic. Under such circumstances, how could any of the singers backstage tolerate him singing such lyrics?!

Almost everyone couldn't help but stand up and cheer, shouting wildly:

"Teacher Ming En is shameless!"

“Too narcissistic!”

"Oh my, you're really getting cocky!"

"You're getting too cocky, let me tell you!"

……

These people, when they see Shen Ming'en backstage, they call him Teacher Ming'en and bow and scrape. But as soon as they can't see him, they start acting like drama queens and saying bad things about Shen Ming'en. They're really a bunch of talented people.

Ultimately, however, they were just joking...

At the same time, their complaints also contained a lot of envy, jealousy, and hatred!
To know!
Shen Mingen's lyrics are not something just anyone is qualified to sing!
Listen to that lyric!
"Who is it that dances gracefully on the world stage, embodying Chinese style and singing with Eastern sentiments!"

Stepping onto the world stage, embodying Chinese style, singing with Eastern sentiments!

The term "world stage" here can refer to many places, but Shen Ming'en is traveling abroad in an "official" capacity with the official "Blooming Ideas" theater troupe.

This makes it more upright and authentic.

And yet, he is also a pillar of the Silk Road Blossoms Troupe, and the "grand finale" of every overseas performance!
In every performance abroad, whether he is criticizing the mundane aspects of life or singing for our compatriots overseas, his "Eastern sentiment" is fully displayed!

So you're saying this lyric makes him "narcissistic"?

no……

He was simply stating a fact.

And one thing these guests had to admit was that Shen Mingen's "talent" was truly enviable!

The saying goes, "The layman sees the spectacle, the expert sees the details." Others may not see it clearly, but the professional guests backstage see it perfectly!
Such a lyric, which clearly sounds like his own "narcissism," should theoretically seem rather "out of place" in the song and affect the overall tone of the work.

Yet his addition didn't feel out of place at all; in fact, it was very "rhyming," as if it were a perfect fit for the whole piece.

At the same time, this lyric also has a certain "double meaning"...

It could be a little self-indulgence on his part, or it could be a tribute to the motherland!
You can't find any fault with him!
Such a seamless fusion—tell me, as a fellow creator and singer, who wouldn't be envious after seeing it?!
Back then, these people were thinking, "How the hell can't I write lyrics like these? When the hell will I be able to write them?!"
They only dared to dream about it; after all, most people wouldn't dare to write lyrics like that, and they certainly wouldn't be worthy of it...

Not everyone can stand on the world stage, exuding Chinese style and singing with Eastern sentiments!
……

(End of this chapter)