mtl008 Chapter 203 Are you pretending again?
Chapter 203 Are you pretending again?
On the day of recording, due to the thirteen-hour time difference in winter time, Yu Yu arrived at the recording studio on time at six in the morning. Of course, it didn't take him much time just to get up and go downstairs.
Yu Yu and Taylor are currently the top male and female singers in the world music scene, and their efficiency in recording their collaboration is actually very high. As for why they set the time so early, on the one hand, if it was any later, it would have been evening for Taylor, and she would have probably turned back the clock after the recording.
On the other hand, and most importantly, Yu Yu had to catch a flight to Star City at 1 p.m. Although he didn't have time to record "Day Day Up", he still had to record the theme song of the film and television work that had been finalized long ago with his brothers.
By the way, the theme song and promotional song of the movie that has not yet been released is also one of the resources that Penguin has thrown to them before. The song co-created by the seven of them will be used as the ending song and the interlude in the film, and will be played in its entirety after the film is over.
It took them nearly four and a half hours to record the song. Taylor also wanted to chat with Yu Yu about the past and gossip, so he asked her to check what news had happened in the European and American music scene during the nearly one year that he had been away from the European and American markets.
Under normal circumstances, Yu Yu would really like to listen to the inside information for fun, but unfortunately he was in a hurry today.
"To catch up with the next announcement? Tsk, Q, this is the first time in more than ten years since I met you that you look like a real star, not a music player." Taylor said with a smile or sigh. Although she didn't pay attention to Yu Yu's development after he gave up the halo of Query and ran to China to become an unknown little star, she had more or less seen Cyrus' fans discussing his performance in China in the comment section of Cyrus' social platform.
Query never did business in Europe and America, but when he came to China, he appeared on variety shows, released new songs, and took photos for magazines. You can't be such a double standard as a star. When she was busy before, this guy lived a leisurely life, not like a superstar. Now that Taylor sees him busy, her heart is finally balanced.
"Well, that's what I mean. You see, I've been working so hard, but my fans and friends in China still think that I'm not motivated. Maybe they ate too well in the past and didn't starve. After I show up, they will know how good 'Yu Yu' is in China." Yu Yu shook his head and sighed.
"Are you really going to expose your face? Honestly, if you didn't have that hood, you might have already become a world star, instead of waiting until the third Grammy. When are you going to expose your face? At this year's Grammy Awards, will you take off your hood on the stage after you win the award?" Taylor became interested, "Why did you suddenly come up with this idea? Are you short of money recently and want to go big?"
"I'm sorry I'm not broke yet, and I'm sorry even if I win an award this year and live on stage, I don't plan to break out other irrelevant news on the music stage."
"I'm just being polite. Do you really think you can win the award? I'm your competitor."
Yu Yu didn't say anything, just kept smiling and looked at the screen.
"...OK, I can give you the chance this year, but I may not be able to do that next year."
This year's "DAY 3" is really hard to beat. It has only just dropped out of the TOP 20, but it is still holding strong on the list. God knows if it will last until next year's awards ceremony.
"I'm hanging up. I really have to hang up. It's getting late over there. Don't let me and Qiao disturb your private world of two."
Yu Yu waved to Taylor and hung up the phone first amid the other party's rolling eyes.
Li Mu had been waiting in the living room for a long time. As for why he stayed in the living room instead of going to the basement music room, the reason was very simple. He did not like seeing Query being "taken advantage of" by that so-called long-time friend from time to time, nor did he want to see Query cooperate with her. Adhering to the principle of out of sight, out of mind, Li Mu did not go to the basement to make himself uncomfortable.
He was only going to Xingcheng to record songs with his brothers, not to record a show, so Yu Yu didn't even change his clothes. He just combed his hair, put on a woolen hat and went out. In this month, he was basically either creating or looking for inspiration. He stayed up late for most of the month and rarely went out. His hair had grown to his neck and he hadn't cut it yet.
Li Mu thought that Yu Yu was planning to change his hairstyle, so he directly recommended several stylists in Xingcheng to Yu Yu, saying that after he landed in Xingcheng, his brothers were probably not out of the studio yet, so he could ask the stylists to come and design something for Yu Yu. Yu Yu's face was originally handsome and had nothing to do with toughness. Now he had medium-length hair, which looked good whether it was fully tied or half tied.
Yu Yu nodded to indicate that she would seriously consider it and was very grateful for Li Mu's attentiveness and consideration. Then she turned around and asked the stylist to cut her hair right under his nose.
?
"I don't mean anything, Richard. It's just that short hair is easier to take care of." Seeing Li Mu staring at her freshly cut hair with resentment, Yu Yu smiled and patted his shoulder. "I have to go to record the second quick-release soon. According to the habits of the director team, it will be a hard time this time. It will be very difficult to take care of it, right? You don't want me to look sloppy on the screen, do you?"
"Of course, you're right. You've thought it through more carefully." Thinking of his idol's suffering, Li Mu immediately changed his words. He might have forgotten that Yu Yu had basically no image or makeup in his own show, let alone in Kuaifayi and Mushroom House.
After taking care of his external image, Yu Yu came to the recording studio. Based on his understanding of everyone's habits after he and his brothers recorded a collaboration song, he asked the teacher in the recording studio to help adjust the equipment first, so that when the brothers arrived, they could start recording directly.
Not long after, the six people who had finished recording Day Day Up came to the recording studio. Yu Yu looked at their uniform clothing styles and looks and said, "Look at how flashy you all are. If I'm not mistaken, this is the makeup for your show, right? Luckily, I had the foresight to tidy myself up before you finished, otherwise I would be the only one without makeup."
"Someone from the film company will come to shoot studio footage for the music video later, so of course I have to show off my image on the big screen," Su Xing tugged at the corner of his clothes, with a look that said, "Who knows, maybe a director or other investor will take a fancy to me and think that my screen image is particularly good, and they will continue to look for me next time there's work?"
"Free makeup and styling, borrow it, you don't have to find another stylist." Lu Hu is a down-to-earth person, he doesn't think as much as Su Xing. I just don't know if these guys learned this good tradition of free makeup and styling from a certain director named Zhao.
But - "The film crew came back to shoot the MV? How come I didn't know? I thought we only needed to speak, but we also have to use our faces to express our emotions?" Yu Yu was confused. Why had he never heard of this?
"No way, Xiaoyu, you don't know? Didn't you get a haircut specifically for this?" Wang Zhengliang was also a little surprised. Yu Yu's hair was fluffy and soft, like messy crow feathers. It was obvious that it had just been cut not long ago, and it looked... very nice to touch.
"No, I got a haircut because I was bored waiting for you guys." Yu Yu shook his head.
"Silly child," Wang Zhengliang touched the back of Yu Yu's head, "Aren't you paying for it yourself?"
"Yes... that won't work. Showing your face is a different price. I have to ask the stylist to issue an invoice for them to reimburse me."
"If you ask the stylist to issue an invoice, I guess they only have hand-torn ones." Chen Qisheng said with a smile.
Soon after, the film's music supervisor also came to the studio and brought the latest lyrics. We had received the whole song and practiced it several times in advance, but at that time we had not yet divided the lyrics into the main voice and the backing voice. Now when we record, we have to sing the lyrics according to the requirements of the client.
This is the disadvantage of having Party A provide the lyrics and Party B provide the vocals. The singers don’t have much freedom. In addition, they don’t have much confidence in the eyes of investors after their resurgence in popularity through variety shows, so the film producers will most likely not give them much flexibility.
They flipped through the lyrics and looked at their parts. There wasn't much of a problem. Even if some of the parts were not their most comfortable range, they could handle them with their abilities. After looking at their own parts, they looked at the others who were connected to them. After a while, they found something strange - where was Yu Yu's name?
There were no lyric divisions in the first verse, nor in the second verse. I turned to the end and saw Yu Yu's solo name in the last sentence. I turned forward and looked at the middle chorus. The harmony in brackets was Yu Yu's name.
No, wait a minute, the part he was responsible for was basically the supporting part of the high voice harmony, and even the solo was only one sentence. Such a big vocalist can only sing a few backing notes? This is obviously unreasonable.
Putting aside Yu Yu's identity, it's not that singing harmony is bad. In fact, harmony is not easy. It's just that Yu Yu is obviously capable of singing the lead, so why not give him a single line? This is clearly a waste of talent, and it's a waste of Yu Yu's good voice and talent.
What's more, that's Query. You actually let Q God only sing harmony?
Su Xing pursed her lips and even wanted to laugh.
"This..." Wang Yuexin frowned and looked at Yu Yu.
In fact, they all knew why the film producers divided the singing parts in this way. In addition to the stereotype of the holy angel soprano that made Yu Yu popular for a while, there was also a very realistic reason for her fame ranking. Yu Yu, who has outstanding looks but is as low-key and rotten as an amateur in the entertainment industry, is not surprisingly at the bottom of the popularity list among the brothers. The movie is facing the general public, so of course they will choose more well-known singers to sing more parts.
Chen Xinsheng looked at the arrangement of the entire song and wanted to go against the capital: "We can actually make some internal adjustments."
"Indeed, it can be done," Wang Zhengliang nodded. "This arrangement is actually quite simple. It won't be difficult for any of us to sing it."
Yu Yu, who has been in the entertainment industry for two lifetimes, naturally knows the problems they can see. However, he didn't come to China specifically to become a star. He originally just wanted to get together with his brothers, but the gathering ended up in the domestic entertainment industry. Yu Yu, who was originally playing with his brothers, didn't care about being treated differently. What's more, in his eyes, music is the same regardless of good or bad.
So he put the lyrics book on the table and said, "Okay, I got it. I think the division is not bad. At least I am quite satisfied with my part. It is simple and can be recorded quickly. Then I can watch you suffer leisurely. It just so happens that I have been recording songs for the whole morning and my voice is tired. I will take a break for a while."
He gave a perfect excuse, at least enough to fool the three younger members who were unaware of the situation.
But for Chen Xisheng, Su Xing and Wang Zhengliang, Query is recognized in the industry as having iron lungs and golden voices with infinite durability. They sang steadily from the beginning to the end of a two- or three-hour concert as if they were never tired. And now you say your throat is tired?
Are you pretending again? The three of them stared at Yu Yu speechlessly.