Chapter 290: Not Just Love, But Life, That Is Being Showed Off

To be fair, the lyrics of this song are indeed too simple, matching the clear and upbeat melody that Zhou Yi composed in the nearly finished demo.

After listening only three times, Sun Yanzi could already hum the entire song roughly.

The pop attributes of this song reminded her of the current Western music scene, represented by singers like Britney Spears, while the integrated hip-hop elements were techniques Zhou Yi had already used countless times domestically.

As for the lyrics of this rap section...

"Your first love happened when you were eighteen? How can I believe that? How old are you now?"

Zhou Yi's lounge.

Sun Yanzi, who had entered pushing the door with the demo and lyric book, saw Zhou Yi still lying on the chair with a pen balanced on his lips; after placing the book and demo on the desk, she asked with interest.

"What? You don't believe it?"

Zhou Yi, whose gaze had flicked to the lyric book, raised his hand to take down the pen, looked up into Sun Yanzi's eyes, and chuckled lightly: "Is there a problem?"

"No, I'm just curious now about how old you were when you had your first love."

"Guess."

"Thirteen? No, that's too early. Fifteen?" Seeing Zhou Yi's lazy demeanor, Sun Yanzi simply lifted her bottom and sat directly on the man's desk, turning sideways to extend her hand and force him to look her in the eyes.

"No, no, no, it's eighteen; even if you guess until the sky breaks, it's still eighteen."

Facing Sun Yanzi's downward gaze, with his chin pinched, Zhou Yi cooperated by slightly raising his head, his expression mocking: "Even if Guo Tianwang himself came today, it would still be eighteen."

"You were a junior at nineteen, a sophomore at eighteen, a freshman at seventeen..."

Detective Sun Yanzi, who completely disbelieved, had already started counting backward from Zhou Yi's age; her idle left hand began counting on her fingers the age Zhou Yi was most likely to have started causing trouble—

At fifteen or sixteen, he was still in his hometown, with an activity range of only that small place, but it has never been heard that he dated any female classmates or schoolmates while attending school in his hometown.

That is to say, it should have started around seventeen when he arrived in the Imperial Capital?

Oh, no, he was born in December; calculated by full years, he should have been sixteen.

That's acceptable.

"What about the other songs? Did you write them, or do you have the song titles?" Having satisfied her curiosity, Sun Yanzi stopped focusing on these past matters and turned to ask Zhou Yi for the complete concept of the new English album.

The lyrics of the song "Baby," summarized in Zhou Yi's words, are an inner monologue of a pure-love warrior; the only feature is the stunning arrangement, and apart from that, Sun Yanzi sees nothing else related to the album concept.

"I have the song titles and lyrics; you look at them yourself."

Zhou Yi threw the lyric book from the drawer toward her; the latter failed to catch it, and the book slapped directly onto her face.

Unable to dodge and instinctively closing her eyes, Sun Yanzi bared her teeth in anger, but after glancing at the concept content, her expression immediately became strange—

"Hiss... This?"

"Just ask if you have an attitude or not."

Zhou Yi, standing up from the chair, comfortably stretched his arms and moved his body: "Love, life, sports, a positive attitude toward life; everything is ready."

Side A has five songs:

The first song: Justin Bieber's "Baby."

As the safety net for the album's global sales, the role of this song on Side A, besides driving sales, is most importantly to establish the tone of pure love on Side A and express the attitude of reluctant acceptance after breaking up with a first love.

The second: "Onething"

A hit song from the British boy band One Direction, telling the story of love at first sight and falling for someone again upon seeing them.

The third: "WhatmakesYouBeautiful"

Also a hit song from the British boy band One Direction.

Following the previous song, this song tells the story that after falling in love, the female partner lacked confidence because Zhou Yi's physique and looks were too superior; Zhou Yi wrote a song telling his girlfriend that she is actually the most beautiful, encouraging her to have confidence.

The fourth: "Becauseofyou"

One of the top R&B works in the Western music scene, the runner-up with the highest historical chart performance on the Billboard, and also one of the songs responsible for the musicality of the album.

From American singer Ne-yo, the general meaning of the lyrics is also about love and infatuation with a woman.

The fifth: "Rude"

From the Canadian reggae band MAGIC!, a Billboard chart-topping single. Also serving as an existence balancing musicality and commercial success, ending the love story of Side A with this song is perfect—

After all, the general meaning of this song's lyrics is the story of a man wanting to marry his girlfriend, so he goes to meet her parents to propose, demonstrating the attitude of responsibility a man should have through marriage.

As the last song on Side A, "Rude" is also a summary of the previous four songs: no matter what, as long as you are willing to show an attitude and take responsibility, the final destination must be going to the girlfriend's family to discuss marriage.

At the same time, the five songs on Side A can also be arranged in combinations, namely:

Zhou Yi singing "Baby" and ending with "Rude," combining the two songs into one story to express the regret of not marrying after breaking up with a first love, showing his unwillingness;

"Onething," which is love at first sight, and "WhatmakesYouBeautiful," which tells the girlfriend she is actually very beautiful, can also be ended with "Rude," combining the three songs into a sweet story of a successful union;

"Becauseofyou," expressing immense infatuation with a lover, can also be combined with "Rude" to form a complete story.

The entire Side A thus, while guaranteeing sales, also completed the interpretation of the album's thematic concept: Zhou Yi's attitude toward love.

And when it comes to Side B, Zhou Yi completely reversed the offensive, directly subverting the image of Side A, and began to express another attitude toward love, or even toward life and living.

Side B, first song: "Yeah"

The peak work of top R&B star Usher, a Western-style little dirty song; the view on love in the lyrics is simply one word: fun, nicknamed the club anthem for waiting for the lights.

A Grammy-winning song, topping the Billboard charts for twelve consecutive weeks; both musicality and commercial sales are maxed out.

Side B, second song: "DJGotUsFallin'inLove"

Usher's comeback work, and also his final peak. The licentious view on love perfectly follows the previous song, and it is also the only song in this album that incorporates elements like DJ and electronic music.

In the current era, placing this song in the album would actually give it the meaning of an "experimental song."

Side B, third song: "Howlong"

From American singer Charlie Puth, a self-confession song of a scumbag cheating; the whole piece tells the image of a scumbag who has a girlfriend but goes out to cheat, only to get caught by his girlfriend while still constantly making excuses for himself.

And after expressing the attitude toward male-female love, the following songs on Side B are two old songs—

"Thelazysong," symbolizing the unwillingness to work and a lazy attitude toward life;

"WavinFlag," full of sports passion.

Finally, the sixth track on Side B, and also the new song used to close the entire album and highlight its theme: "Goodtime".

A song by Adam Young and Carly Rae Jepsen, perfectly suited to highlight the theme: everything depicted in all the songs on this album is part of a good life—

Whether things are good or bad right now, everything will eventually pass; we must still look forward, and every moment to come will be good times.

"This album, 'Attitude Show', showcases not only a variety of views on love, but also life.

"Whether it is the decadence and laziness of not wanting to go to work, or the sports that can ignite passion, they are all part of everyone's life."

PS: Working overtime tonight, only managed to finish one chapter.

I'll make it up tomorrow on my day off with three chapters.

(End of this chapter)