Huayu 2002, I'm going to dominate the music scene!

Chapter 109 The Concept of a Second Major

Song Mo understood Bi Xiaoshi and Xu Yuan's meaning. These days, when record companies mentor new employees, it's inevitable that they'll sing a few songs together.

In the previous life, this ecological niche belonged to Lin Junjie, but now it has naturally become himself.

After all, he's currently the only one carrying the brand for Ocean Butterflies Music. Although Jinsha was the first artist they signed, she hasn't released an album yet, and her fame is far less than his. If he could sing a duet with her on her debut album, it would greatly boost her exposure.

"Okay." Song Mo thought for a moment and nodded. "Then let's change it to a duet. But this song won't be included in my new album. Consider it me helping my senior sister out."

Bi Xiaoshi and Xu Yuan exchanged a glance and both smiled.

Bi Xiaoshi patted Song Mo on the shoulder: "Of course, you can decide for yourself what to do with your new album. We won't interfere."

Jinsha, who was standing to the side, finally couldn't hold back anymore and rushed over to hug Song Mo's arm: "Junior brother, thank you! I really don't know what to say."

"Stop hugging me, stop hugging me, it's so hot. Let's get ready, we'll record this song first." Song Mo smiled and pushed her away. The two hungry little buns really didn't taste very good.

Jinsha released her grip, nodded vigorously, then looked down at the manuscript paper, humming a tune softly, completely immersed in excitement.

Xu Yuan suddenly realized something, looked at Song Mo, and asked hesitantly, "You just said you wouldn't include it in your new album?"

Have you got any ideas for your new album yet?

Song Mo nodded, leaned against the wall, and put his hands in his pockets: "I've seen a general idea, but it still needs to be improved. The overall style will maintain a certain connection with the previous album, but of course, there will also be big changes."

Bi Xiaoshi's eyes lit up: "That's good. How about we look for some songs from outside this time?"

Song Mo shook his head and slowly said, "My idea isn't fully formed yet. I'll tell you when I've thought it through. But I'll still write the lyrics and music myself."

Since the huge success of the previous album, Bi Xiaoshi and Xu Yuan have tacitly accepted that Song Mo has absolute say in his albums, and they only assist him from the sidelines.

Bi Xiaoshi clapped his hands, his tone filled with barely suppressed excitement: "Alright, alright, we won't rush you. You just focus on the album. The awards season is about to start, so leave those things to us. We'll submit your songs to the Golden Melody Awards, the Chinese Music Awards, and the Music Billboard Awards. Just concentrate on writing your songs, and don't worry about anything else."

Song Mo nodded. These days, are these awards really useful? Most of them are just for distributing prizes. But they're also helpful in terms of publicity and enhancing a singer's status within the industry.

The sales of Song Mo's first album have already proven the market's recognition of him, and the next step is naturally to seek recognition through awards.

Anyway, Bi Xiaoshi was determined to submit all the awards he could to Song Mo, regardless of their prestige. Since Song Mo didn't have any awards yet, it would be beneficial for him to win one more.

It wouldn't be good to put a flowerpot behind Song Mo when doing promotions later.

"Alright, I'll get the album sorted out." Song Mo stood up straight, glanced at Jin Sha who was still humming a song, and smiled. "Senior sister, practice this song more, and call me when it's time to record."

"Yes!" Jinsha nodded vigorously.

Song Mo waved to Bi Xiaoshi and Xu Yuan, then pushed open the door and went out.

Back in his office, Song Mo lay on the sofa, thinking about his second album.

First, regarding the concept of the album, Song Mo thought long and hard and decided to focus the concept of the second album on self and self-confidence.

If the first album was to let everyone know that Song Mo existed.

So for his second album, Song Mo wanted everyone to know what kind of musician he was.

As the godfather of Chinese style, he must shoulder the responsibility of cultural confidence.

Based on this concept, Song Mo quickly determined that there were two parts he had to do for the new album: one was to incorporate hip-hop...

The proportion has decreased.

As a newcomer, his first album needed to rely on these hip-hop songs to quickly grab listeners' attention when promoting it on the radio. Therefore, he included three of these songs in the album, which is definitely too many.

The second album doesn't need to worry about promoting songs anymore, but for the sake of album continuity, Song Mo decided to keep one hip-hop song. After thinking it over, he decided to release "Full Power".

Firstly, as one of Wang Leehom's representative works from his later period, the song's widespread popularity proves its excellence.

Secondly, the themes of the song, such as the rise of Eastern pop culture and cultural confidence, are very consistent with the style he currently wants for his album.

Of course, the risk of releasing this song now is not small, especially in the current social environment. With the phrase "Down with imperialism" coming out, Song Mo can foresee that he will definitely face a lot of criticism.

But so what? Does he stop singing just because of the nagging of a few public intellectuals? Wang Leehom didn't stop releasing the song for fear of being criticized either. As the saying goes, "Your bodies and names will perish, but the rivers and mountains will flow on forever."

Song Mo quickly made up his mind. He quickly got up and wrote "Full Power" in his notebook.

In the second part, Song Mo believes that his new album must maintain and further develop the characteristics of Chinese style. Otherwise, his title as the godfather of Chinese style music will be stolen by Jay Chou's song "Dong Feng Po".

He included four Chinese-style songs on his previous album, so naturally he couldn't include fewer than four on his new album, and all four had to be of high quality.

Based on his album concept, the first Chinese-style song that came to Song Mo's mind was Wu Ke-qun's "General's Command". At that time, the song was still very trendy, with the flesh and blood of hip-hop and the skeleton of Chinese style. Moreover, the lyrics of the song are very straightforward and aggressive, full of rebellious spirit and self-reflection of cultural confidence, which is highly consistent with the album concept he wanted.

After finalizing the "General's Order," Song Mo casually wrote "Beauty" down in his notebook as well.

Song Mo decided to acquire this song when Hu Yanbin tried to ride on his popularity last time.

This song is actually similar in style to "Jiangnan," both being R&B with a Chinese influence. Using this song naturally creates a connection with "Jiangnan" from the previous album. However, the downside is that this song is indeed difficult to sing.

Fortunately, he is still young and doesn't need to worry about whether he'll be singing in his old age. As for the other Chinese-style songs, Song Mo has made his attitude clear after thinking it over. He must come up with absolutely classic songs to offset the influence of Jay Chou's "Dong Feng Po". After much thought, Song Mo wrote down "Fa Ru Xue" and "Hong Chen Ke Zhan" on a piece of paper.

Both of these are Chinese-style songs that Jay Chou has sung widely. Among them, "Hair Like Snow" is even more listenable than "East Wind Breaks".

Looking at the five songs on the paper, Song Mo nodded in satisfaction. "Full Power" was the battle song for the whole album's theme of cultural confidence, and it was exciting and direct enough.

"General's Command" can echo this and pave the way for subsequent Chinese-style songs of various styles.

In this way, the basic framework of the entire album was formed. The theme of cultural confidence is deep enough. In the selection of subsequent songs, Song Mo also decided to continue the selection of the previous album, with one folk song and one rock song. In this way, the difference in song styles can also give the album enough breadth.