Chapter 95 "The older you grow, the lonelier you become"
"Thinking Out Loud" has been played more than one million times within two hours of its release.
As one of the largest music platforms in China, QQ Music has a very high user base.
Moreover, this song has whetted the appetite of fans in the early stage and made everyone thirsty.
Fans in mainland China have enjoyed it in advance, but overseas fans, whom Fan Nuoxuan attaches great importance to, have not yet enjoyed it.
Sony Music moved very quickly. After QQ Music went online, at 12 noon on February 14, the song was launched on the digital music platforms in Bangzi and Bangzi, Taiwan.
Compared with the domestic VIP charging policy, songs released on Bangzi in the island country are charged.
The charging price is US$0.99, and in just one afternoon, the cumulative number of paid downloads reached more than 300,000.
Because of the excellent song quality, it is still being accumulated.
There is a bit of trouble in Europe and the United States. Sony Music does not have the distribution rights in Europe and the United States, Fantasy Studio has not authorized it, and Li Hyuk did not shoot the MV, nor can it be uploaded to YouTube for viewing.
European and American fans who had already heard this song couldn't wait any longer, so the download volume of the international version of QQ Music suddenly surged, just to listen to this song "Thinking Out Loud".
If there is a market, it will be profitable. No matter how small a mosquito's legs are, they are still meat. Because of the good performance of "Thinking Out Loud", many foreign digital music platforms are planning to contact Fantasy Studio.
Such as Apple Music and Amazon Music.
Li Hyuk has no particular preference between the two platforms. He will give the copyright to whomever has better conditions! In the end, Apple Music has the deepest pockets and won the three-year digital copyright of "Thinking Out Loud".
So fans in Europe and the United States finally heard this song that they had always been fascinated by, and they were satisfied.
After being released in Europe and the United States, "Thinking Out Loud" even entered the top 100 of the Billboard chart for the first time.
Li Hyuk accidentally made another history, becoming the first Chinese singer to enter the top 100 of the Billboard chart with an English song.
And this is not the end yet. If anything happens, Li Hyuk might have a chance to hit the top spot on the Billboard.
Of course, this is just an opportunity, and the promotion efforts are not enough to make more European and American audiences recognize Li Hyuk.
Because of the difference in skin color and culture, there is no European and American media to praise him, and he cannot promote his popularity like Justin Bieber.
Li He was not discouraged. He had to eat his meal one bite at a time and walk the road step by step.
After Valentine's Day, in addition to being busy recording the program "I Am a Singer", Li Hyuk also thought about the songs he wrote for the TV series "Ode to Joy".
After comparing several songs, Li Hyuk still felt that the song "The Older I Get, the Lonelier I Get" was suitable, but it was a bit inappropriate for him to sing it, so in the end it was left to Jin Ning and the others to complete it.
Under the sunshine at noon, Kong Shu, who was staring at the post-production, received the song demo sent by Li He, and his eyes lit up after listening to it.
"This song is good, what do you think, Producer Hou?" Kong Shu asked.
After hearing this, Hou Hongliang nodded and said, "It's well written. It's worthy of Li He. This song writing is very good. The most important thing is the lyrics. I like the lyrics the most."
"That's it, Producer Hou, I have an immature idea, please give me some advice."
"you say……"
Kong Shuo said: "Li He told me that this song will be sung by his band. I'm thinking that we can also sing a version of Ode to Joy for promotion."
Hou Hongliang thought about it and thought it was feasible: "Okay, then we will communicate with Li He and record two versions of the song."
After the two made a unanimous decision, they explained the situation to Li Hyuk and hoped that Li Hyuk could help and be responsible for recording Wumei's songs.
Naturally, you have to pay for using the recording studio at Fantasy Studio, so of course Li Hyuk will agree.
So since the TV series was completed, the five beauties of "Ode to Joy" gathered together for the first time.
"Sister Tao, we meet again, come on, take a seat inside!" Yang Zi is also one of the five beauties. She has been to Fantasy Studio before to record "Sour, Sweet and Sweet Is Me".
Because of the familiarity, I acted like a hostess and came to the studio early to receive the other four beauties.
Jiang Xin played the role of Concubine Hua and teased Yang Zi: "Oh, you have become the hostess so quickly!"
Yang Zi's worries were exposed, but she didn't blush at all, and said without shame: "Where? I am Li He's good friend. I have been here once before, so I am responsible for entertaining you."
Li He happened to come out of the recording studio at this time and saw Wumei who had already arrived. He said hello: "Hello, hello, welcome to Fantasy Studio."
Jiang Xin joked: "Xiao He, you are from Shanghai, why don't you treat us five beauties to dinner without being a landlord?"
"No problem, I'll let Xuanxuan make arrangements." Li He agreed with a smile.
The crew of "Ode to Joy" sent over the show's producer to watch Wumei record the song.
Studio No. 1 was occupied by Guns N' Roses, so Wu Mei used Studio No. 2, which was usually used by almost no one except Li Hyuk.
Fan Noxuan introduced: "Our studio is the most luxurious recording studio No. 2, and it is also Li He's special recording studio. He usually won't let us touch it, and Yang Zi only used it once for the last time he recorded a song."
"Hey, hey, it's thanks to Yang Zi that we have the opportunity to enter the recording studio only for musical talents!" Liu Tao couldn't help but joke.
Yang Zi's face remained as usual and she just glanced at Li He quietly.
Li He raised his eyebrows and did not go further on this topic. Instead, he said: "Let's try out the music later. Yang Zi can sing well, I know that.
When the time comes, we will divide who sings which verse, so that it will be easier for us to record later.”
Wu Mei naturally had no objection, and several people tried the sound in the recording studio.
After listening to it with headphones, Li He made some modifications to the music score and told the recording engineer Lu Wendao: "I will teach them to sing these lines in a while. The task is difficult, so do your best."
Lu Wen frowned: "Boss, it's difficult to teach people to sing."
"What are you afraid of? I will teach Yang Zi, sister Jiang Xin and sister Liu Tao to sing, and you will be responsible for sister Ziwen and Qiao Xin. Come on." Li He made the decision.
It is unrealistic for a layman who cannot read music notation to be able to sing just by reading music notation. Not everyone is Zheng Zhihua and can write songs without knowing music notation.
Therefore, Li He and Lu Wen had no choice but to play the role of teachers. First, Li He sang the whole song twice to give Wu Mei a general impression of the song, and then taught each person the parts they sang sentence by sentence.
So, although the fans are happy when listening to it, the recording process is very boring, and there are even cases where it takes up to a week to record a song.
"This sentence here, the older you grow up, the more lonely you become, and the older you grow up, the more uneasy you become. This is the main idea of the whole song, and it is also the point where emotions explode. When you sing the chorus, pay attention to your emotional investment." Li Hyuk and Wu Mei talked about the singing of the song.
Key points.
At this time, Yang Zi coughed, and Li He asked with concern: "What's wrong?"
Liu Tao replied for Yang Zi: "This girl, in order to dress up beautifully, wears so little. We all wear down jackets. Look at her..."
Jiang Xin joked: "It's not just to meet my sweetheart!"
Li He pretended not to hear this, took off his coat and put it on Yang Zi: "Get dressed, don't catch a cold."
Yang Zi felt the clothes that still contained Li He's body temperature, and her face that pretended to be calm finally turned red.
It took Wumei two days to complete the recording of the song "The Older I Get, the Lonelier I Get." The crew will then edit a clip to promote the song.
The version sung by the band will be used as the ending theme.