"dna4" has a total of 21 songs, which are divided into three parts. Each part is not named, so there is no way to know why it is divided into three parts.
But it doesn't matter, because music critics know that they will have the answer after listening to it.
Soon, the music started to play.
First up are the first four songs of the first part.
Music critics are relatively familiar with these four songs.
They are "Luzhou Moon", "Under Baiyun Mountain", "Drunk in Red Cliff" and "Jinghong Pavilion".
This is what Jiang Yan did when he started his tour this year.
Although these four songs have not been officially released, pirated audio sources and concert audio sources are still circulating on the market.
As for these four songs, the critics have enough to say.
In short, there are two words: Niubi.
Wherever he excels, it is naturally Jiang Yan’s ability to compose a topical song wherever he goes, as well as his high-quality song quality.
In terms of lyrics, music, singing and commerciality, except for "Jinghong Pavilion" which is relatively weak among the four songs, there is really nothing to criticize.
For this reason, the first three songs have now become promotional songs for the local city. It is said that they have greatly improved the local tourism industry. This has also led many pop singers to begin to follow suit, but no one that can compare with Jiang Yan has yet appeared.
Having said that, although the first four songs have already been heard, the official release this time still aroused the interest of everyone present.
After all, the MV is new, and the song arrangement and recording have also been reorganized. The sound will definitely be very different from the live version at that time.
And this is indeed the case. Music critics present immediately said: Jiang Yan's singing skills have indeed improved greatly. It can be said that "dna4" can crush the previous three in terms of singing skills alone, so some people said on the spot
I suggested that Jiang Yan should re-record the first three pictures. Otherwise, if things continue like this, the first three pictures, especially the first one, will become his dark history...
After the four songs ended, the fifth song followed. The name of this song was also one of the songs Chaoyang was interested in.
"Big Bowl of Wide Noodles" is very interesting. Chaoyang has never seen the previous "Kuaiben", so I don't know much about the background story of this song.
But it doesn't matter, Chaoyang is not the only one who doesn't know, but they will soon know.
Because at the beginning of the MV, under "Big Bowl of Wide Noodles", in addition to "Songwriter Jiang Yan" and "MV Director Zhang Shuang", there is also a line of small words that stayed for three seconds: Written at the closing banquet of "The Swordsman", for relief
Embarrassingly done.
At the first moment, Chaoyang remembered that the first four songs seemed to have such small explanations.
"Luzhou Moon" was composed with inspiration during a tour in Hefei.
"Under the Baiyun Mountain" was composed after a feeling while climbing the Baiyun Mountain.
"Drunk at Red Cliff" was written with a feeling of looking at Red Cliff from a distance.
The same goes for "The Eye of the Red Pavilion": it was written with reflections before the Red Pavilion opened.
There was a small explanation in a similar format, and he had known the birth stories of these songs a few months ago, so he didn't have any special impressions. He even thought that Jiang Yan specifically explained it to cooperate with local advertising.
But now that he saw the description of "Big Bowl of Wide Noodles", Chaoyang felt that things were not that simple.
Then the MV continues. The first thing on the screen is the video of "The Swordsman" when it was finalized.
"Say something." Everyone asked Jiang Yan.
Jiang Yan looked at "Ren Yingying" who had a bowl of noodles in front of her with an expectant look on her face, and said suddenly: "Look at this noodle, it's long and wide."
Then time stopped for everyone on the crew, which was extremely embarrassing.
However, Jiang Yan immediately began to "rescue the situation."
Then the scene changed from a documentary video to a Q-version animation, and the music started, and the singing of "Big Bowl of Wide Noodles" officially began.
"Never dare to believe it
A big bowl can make you happy
Hahaha...
Many people at the scene laughed.
Chaoyang also smiled.
And what do you say about this song? Although it is a bit of a spoof, it actually sounds pretty good and the lyrics are quite meaningful.
It fits the parting mood at the end of filming, corresponds to the theme of "The Swordsman", and can also express some of Jiang Yan's attitude towards work. It really resolves the embarrassment.
interesting.
Continuing on, Chaoyang was also very interested in the title of the sixth song.
"I Eat Fried Chicken in People's Square", music: Jiang Yan, lyrics: Jiang Yan, Liu Yifei; short description: composed after eating fried chicken in Shanghai.
After reading the small explanation, Liu Qianqian, who was also listening to the song in the Magic City, happily shook her little feet involuntarily.
This was one day when she and Jiang Yan were eating "Kaifeng dishes" together. Jiang Yan hummed a song casually, and Liu Qianqian sang a few lines at will. Then Jiang Yan "corrected" and adopted them, and then she became the second lyricist.
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However, the audience here on Sohu did not pay attention to the second lyricist. Instead, after wondering about the funny title of the song, they began to wonder: "Where is this demon city?"
At this time, "Lord of the Rings" had not come out, and "Magic City" had not become a nickname, so it is natural for everyone to be curious.
Fortunately, the answer seemed to be revealed soon, because in the MV, someone had already recognized it, and it was in Shanghai Plaza.
So the city is Shanghai? What is this statement?
Let’s put this question aside for now and let’s watch the mv.
In the MV, Jiang Yan looks a lot fatter than usual, a little silly, a little cute, which fits the character of eating fried chicken. That's why everyone knows that this was taken during Jiang Yan's weight gain period, which means that this song is a
New songs of the month.
Therefore, eating fried chicken can bring you inspiration. Jiang Yan’s inspiration is really like free money. I’m envious!
The music critics had nothing to say and continued to listen to the song after being envious.
Soon, the song sounded:
"I was eating fried chicken in People's Square
And where are you at this moment?
The lyrics are not much to say, they are about fried chicken, but they are actually about love.
Generally speaking, it seems to be simple, straightforward, and without any nutrition, just like all love songs.
But it certainly has its advantages, and that is the "randomly composed" quality of the whole song.
Of course, this can also be a shortcoming. After all, some people may feel that it is too casual. Being too casual means that you are not careful. This is a matter of attitude.
So regarding this song, the more than ten music critics at the scene had a lot of differences.
But now is not the time to talk about this, because this is only the sixth song.
Then continue, the seventh song is called "White Basketball Shoes", small description: It was composed after three months of separation from the sneakers.
This is adapted from "Red High Heels" by Jiang Yan.
And after everyone saw it, they understood that this was probably when Jiang Yan put on his sneakers to play again after three months, and the inspiration came again.
Let’s look at the melody and lyrics again, and it’s interesting.
"You feel as comfortable as nestling in the quilt
But as unpredictable as the wind
Like perfume on your wrist
Like someone who can't put it down
I love you, there is a kind of conflict between leaving the light and walking on the right
Crazy but afraid there is no way out
The melody is very good and ear-catching, which is Jiang Yan's consistent standard.
As for the lyrics, they are somewhat interesting.
Everyone thought it would be a basketball theme.
Unexpectedly, it also has a love theme.
Jiang Yan seems to regard sneakers as his lover?
So this is a sneaker advertising song?
Looking at the white "Son of the Wind" sneakers in the music video, some music critics couldn't help but think.
But at the same time, some people are thinking that instead of writing a love song and a commercial song, it is better to say that Jiang Yan expresses his love for basketball in the form of love.
How specific it is, we have to discuss it slowly after listening to it.
So far, I have listened to 7 songs on "dna4".
When it comes to the quality of these seven songs, music critics have already made a rough assessment.
That is passing.
This is not to say that these 7 songs are not good, although two of them are indeed a bit random, but overall, the quality of the songs, this album can be a strong album if it only has these 7 songs.
But the reason why it is said to be passing is because compared with Jiang Yan's own previous albums, it can only be said to be average and has no special breakthrough.
So at this level, if Jiang Yan wants to continue to show his dominance, it is definitely possible to rely on the number of songs. After all, there are 21 songs, but he can't win every time in the future by quantity, right? And the quality of the remaining 14 songs
It may not be possible to maintain the standard.
With such thoughts, the eighth song began.
The eighth song is "Not Called a Hero", and judging from the title, it also has a martial arts theme.
At the same time, Chaoyang was also thinking, could this also be related to Xiaoao Jianghu?
Sure enough, soon the small description in the music video also read: "It was created based on my thoughts during the filming of Swordsman."
Chaoyang was guessing at this time, so every song that follows will be "composed with feelings"?
Then this is not releasing an album, but releasing a diary.
And if the quality of the songs is very good, then Jiang Yan may have really played a little too hard this time.
At least no one in the world can play like this at the moment.
But now is not the time to talk about this, because the music is playing.
And when the flute sound with a strong Jianghu flavor sounded in the prelude, many music critics began to nod.
Then the scenes in the MV began to advance, but the protagonist was not Jiang Yan, but a lesser-known actor.
They don't know that this is because the production of this MV was all completed by Zhang Shuang.
Zhang Shuang and Jiang Yan mentioned before that he would like to try directing a big-screen movie, and there are enough locations for shooting music videos and so on.
After hearing this, Jiang Yan naturally agreed. If the elder wants to pursue his dream, is there any reason to refuse?
So Jiang Yan made a request. Since Jiang Yan didn't have much time when filming the MV for this album, he simply asked him to try it out with the MV first.
Let him play freely in terms of story, casting, etc., as long as he doesn't delay that this is Jiang Yan's MV attribute.
Naturally, Zhang Shuang understands this truth, so he put in a lot of effort to shoot it. As a result, the current MV for "dna4" looks like, although many of them don't have Jiang Yan as the protagonist, the overall texture is much better than the first three.
In fact, this form is not new at all. At least it was like this in Jay's "Blue and White Porcelain" and other films. Jay only appeared as a bystander, so in "dna4", only a few Jiang Yan was the protagonist, and the rest
Almost all of them appear as extras.
In fact, it seems that it did not affect the audience's perception. On the contrary, Zhang Shuang was really noticed:
"MVs are like movies. Zhang Shuang is indeed the number one MV director in Asia. Do you think he will actually make a movie next?"
"I don't know. Let's listen to the song first."
The music critics exchanged words in a low voice, and then focused on the lyrics and music of "Not a Hero".
"Not a Hero", in fact, the quality of this song is not particularly high overall, especially compared with Jiang Yan's other Chinese-style songs.
But when criticizing a song, sometimes it cannot be viewed in isolation and the author must be included.
For example, lyrics:
"When life and death in this world are just idle talk,
Come for a change, get drunk and live up to the expectations of heaven and earth.
Romance has never been old, playing the harp and singing about the years
With my freedom, I can only be a madman, not a knight.
If such lyrics were applied to others, they would appear to be a bit pretentious and overly pretentious.
But it would be completely different if it were placed on Jiang Yan.
"That's Jiang Yan. It's really embarrassing to put him on someone else."
An old music critic present laughed.
Words such as "chic" and "madman", if you look at the entire new generation in the music industry, Jiang Yan can really hold it up.
As for why Jiang Yan wrote this song, what kind of emotions does it express? Why does he have such emotions, etc.
This is what I will do next. For now, I still have to listen to the music first.
After the end of "Not a Hero", the next song is still Chinese style.
"Exiled the Immortal", short explanation: written after reading "Jian Jin Jiu".
"Is this written for Li Bai?"
Music critics are also thinking that writing about Li Bai would not be a good idea.
Chaoyang and the others were thinking, this is really a diary.
Others write diaries as short compositions, but Jiang Yan writes songs, and the quality is very good. This is really enviable and even unenviable...
Soon, the music started.
Compared with the previous songs, this one seems much simpler and more euphemistic.
And when the lyrics came to Gao Chao, music critics couldn't help but nod their heads again.
"The jade robe and long sword are so charming
The mountains and rivers are nostalgic
There is no need to worry if you are crazy about writing poems
It is said that it is difficult to stay in the Xianyao Palace after being banished to the palace.
Go to the mortal world to have a drinking contest at the Red Mansion
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Pour the strongest wine in the world
Sleeping in the towering tall buildings of Chang'an
See who in the world can be as carefree as him
The lyrics are full of ancient style, but even if you think about it carefully, you can still see some things that don't make sense.
But combined with the melody and the music video, everyone knows that this song is a success.
If nothing else, at least Jiang Yan could use this form to describe Li Bai in his heart.
That's it, looking at the current Chinese music scene, no one can do it.
And it’s the kind of thing where you leave the music aside and just keep the lyrics, which is not easy for other people to do.
At the same time, music critics also perceived a deeper meaning.
This song is about Li Bai. Maybe Jiang Yan is also writing about himself, or Jiang Yan is writing about what he yearns for.
So is this Jiang Yan’s truest thought?
Before anyone could think about it, the next song came.
And soon, everyone's attention was taken away by the next song.
"Hair Like Snow", music: Jiang Yan, lyrics: Jiang Yan, Fang Wenshan, short description: written after discovering white hair.
Found white hair?
Jiang Yan’s own white hair? Or someone else’s?
Without thinking much, the prelude of "Hair Like Snow" sounded, and then the classic "Wolf Moon, I'm Gaunt" began.
Now the music critics just lay flat.
Needless to say, this song belongs to Jiang Yan’s upright Chinese style.
If "Under the Baiyun Mountain" is the ceiling of this album's popular tracks so far, and "Luzhou Moon" is the ceiling of Chinese style, then "Luzhou Moon" has to stand aside now.
"wrong!"
At this time, when "Hair is like snow" was put into the last part of "Laerla", "Luzhou Moon" completely fell out of favor in the hearts of music critics and was reduced to second place.
However, things are still not as simple as thought.
When everyone is still not satisfied with "Hair Like Snow".
The next song almost made the music critics stand up immediately.
"Lanting Preface", lyrics and music: Jiang Yan; small description: Where is the original work, I want to see it!!!
With the short and playful description that made people laugh, and three exclamation points, everyone felt some of Jiang Yan's passionate emotions.
Without thinking much, the music started.
"Lanting's calligraphy is like running clouds and flowing water."
When I push the door under the moon, my heart is as delicate as your footsteps.
Too busy to expand the Millennium Monument
But it’s hard to expand your beauty
Who can I give my true work and my sincerity to?
"The pinnacle! Needless to say, the pinnacle!"
"Bullshit!"
"..."
Wenshan's words are no joke.
As soon as the first lyrics came out, a bunch of music critics were excited again.
This feeling of excitement is even stronger than hearing "Hair Like Snow".
It's the same as when I first heard "The Snow on the Broken Bridge" and "The East Wind Breaks", and when I heard "Luzhou Moon" a few months ago.
The excitement is simply indescribable.
In line with the endless aftertaste of the Chinese style melody.
Everyone knows that this is music unique to our country.
And based on this song, there is no doubt about Jiang Yan’s dominance.
But whether it rules or not, music critics no longer care. What they are excited about now is: Chinese style will create greater glory!