Chapter 209: When

What is meant by "When 'Nocturne' plays, go on stage to collect the award"?

It refers to a certain awards ceremony where Zhou Jielun went on stage multiple times to give acceptance speeches, and every time before he went up, the song played was "Nocturne".

His acceptance speeches, having been said too many times in one night, gradually shifted from sincere to perfunctory.

The reason the album is nicknamed "November's Arrogance" also has something to do with this.

However, the awards taken here are not the Golden Melody Awards as currently discussed on the internet.

The two characters for "Nocturne" appeared on the big screen, and the sound of the intro rang in the ears.

It was another intro that made people feel it was worthy of being called god-tier.

"Ah! This feeling, this song is definitely going to have slurred lyrics again!" People in the bullet comments were still constantly saying things like that.

Too familiar; this kind of pre-chorus kill was too familiar.

It is hard to imagine that on the stage of "King of Love Songs", many audience members had made such remarks: "I feel that many singers' songs aren't even as good as the intros of some of Luo Mo's songs!"

It's just that they don't know yet that what Luo Mo is about to show is a side of himself he hasn't really shown until now.

Because the intros of songs like "Sunny Day" and "Common Jasmine Orange" are also god-tier, but they still have a fundamental difference from "Nocturne".

——"Nocturne" is a fast song.

If "Maple" is one of the representative works of Zhou Jielun's slow high-pitched songs, then "Nocturne" is definitely one of the representative works of his fast songs.

Many people might be aware that there is a series in Zhou Jielun's songs called the 【Dark Trilogy】.

Quite a few people think "Nocturne" is one of them, but in reality, it is not.

But judging from the song title and the overall feeling it gives people, this song does indeed easily make one think of the word 【Dark】.

And "Dark" is the name Luo Mo chose for his next album.

The "King of Love Songs" grand finale is not the end, but—a new beginning!

In the singer lounge, Zhao Xueqin looked ashen.

"Pre-chorus kill, it's a pre-chorus kill again." He felt he had fallen into a curse from which he could not escape.

He didn't know how many years such a trendy song would stay popular.

He only knew that for as many years as this song stayed popular, the meme 【Music Critic Master Zhao Xueqin】 would haunt him for just as many years!

Zhao Xueqin couldn't figure out for the life of him why the same person could keep bringing people such stunning surprises.

Everyone clearly knew he was very talented, so they would naturally raise their psychological expectations of him.

Yet he was still able to bring you one new shock after another in terms of composition!

And when Luo Mo started singing, Zhao Xueqin felt as if he had been struck by lightning.

He saw him bring his mouth close to the microphone by the piano, and the singing voice resounded throughout the venue.

"【A group of bloodthirsty ants, attracted by rotting flesh.

I am expressionless, watching the lonely scenery.

Losing you, love and hate begin to become clear,

Losing you, what else is there to care about.】"

The lyricist for this song is still Fang Wenshan, the composer is still Zhou Jielun himself, and as for the arrangement, it is Lin Maike.

The reason Zhao Xueqin was so shocked was that Luo Mo was actually rapping.

"A fast song, he's actually rapping on the final stage of the grand finale!?" Zhao Xueqin was stunned.

Seriously, it wasn't just him who was dumbfounded; the professional judging panel was equally dumbfounded.

This is too bold, isn't it!?

Although rap has further entered the public eye in recent years due to the hot broadcast of some rap variety shows, it is definitely still incomparable to mainstream love songs.

There are not a few people who don't like rap.

On this point, a certain handsome writer on Qidian Chinese Network had a painful personal experience while writing.

This writer called "Kindergarten Leader" even learned a lesson from it, summarized the experience, and grasped a new writing mode—but he isn't planning to tell you.

Everyone thought Luo Mo would bring a lyrical love song to the final stage of the grand finale.

But what's with the rap?

In reality, just like many people on Earth feel that today's rappers aren't good enough, Zhou Jielun has to take the main responsibility.

After all, he raised everyone's aesthetic and expectations for rap songs.

In recent years, 【melody rap】 has become popular both domestically and abroad, but he had already mastered it back in the early 2000s.

It is hard to imagine that pioneering songs in a field appeared in the early 2000s, and then more than ten years passed, and to this day, no one has been able to fully surpass them.

Many rappers on Earth have publicly stated: "All domestic rappers have definitely been influenced by Zhou Jielun to some extent, it's just that many are unwilling to admit it."

You have to know, this man who hasn't released a new song in a long time, his old songs occupied 30 spots in the top 100 of the QQ Music Hot Song Chart yesterday...

One person, occupying nearly one-third of the chart alone!

Now, these industry insiders in the audience have already sighed several times in this program, feeling that Luo Mo is highly skilled and bold.

But from the current look of things, we still underestimated his boldness...

——How did he dare to do this!

"He's not only playing rap at the most critical moment of the grand finale, he's also combining classical music with rap!" Lv Yi was stunned into silence.

As a fellow composer, his reason told him this approach was very reckless, but his intuition told him—Luo Mo is almost omnipotent in the field of music!

Asking himself, although everyone was shocked, they just happened to think it sounded good.

Luo Mo and Ding Xiaoyu continued to play the piano, and the rap continued.

"【When the dove no longer symbolizes peace, I am finally reminded,

That what is being fed in the square are vultures.

I use beautiful rhymes to describe the plundered romance.】"

The barrage of comments exploded completely at this moment.

"My god, what on earth am I hearing! Rap! It's actually rap!"

"I'm stunned! Since when could rap sound this good?"

"Damn it, I suddenly realized I didn't actually hate rap!"

"No, no, I have to hold on, I have to keep listening."

"I'm holding on too, I can't fall for it yet!"

"Am I the only one who thinks rap sounds bad?"

"No wonder they had to call Ding Xiaoyu to play the piano; it turns out the song is called Nocturne."

At the same time, many viewers couldn't help but recall that show called Hip-Hop King, where quite a few contestants had openly dissed Luo Mo, spraying venom at him in their lyrics with passive-aggressive remarks both inside and outside the show.

For instance, under normal circumstances, the three recognized standards for an Idol talent show are: Singing, Dancing, and Rap.

That is why they arrange for a Music Mentor, a Dance Mentor, and a Rap Mentor.

Yet, on the stage of Creating Idols, Luo Mo had not overly showcased his strength in Rap.

This turned out well, as it immediately made the contestants in Hip-Hop King feel like they were the Ox.

Just this can become Top Traffic?

Doesn't Laozi's rap ability leave him behind by eight streets!?

So, why do many people on the internet say that underground rap is ultimately just underground rap?

Because there are simply too many guys who can't make it to the main stage.

Although some of the netizens' words do indeed risk being a sweeping generalization, there are certainly self-respecting and positive Singers in rap. But it is true that if there are many people in an industry who leave a bad impression on everyone, people will have stereotypes about the entire industry.

The Idol industry is like this, and the rap industry is the same.

At this moment, Li Ge, who was sitting next to Wei Ran watching the Live Broadcast of the finals, was completely stunned.

"Not bad, this kid!" Li Ge gave a thumbs up.

Backstage at the grand finals, General Director Ke Ming only felt refreshed all over.

As mentioned before, the show Hip-Hop King and King of Love Songs were broadcast during the same period.

At first, he treated the rival show as a competitor, but as the data kept crushing the rival, he had long since stopped taking Hip-Hop King seriously.

However, the rival repeatedly tried to stir up trouble with him openly on their show, and Ke Ming still felt a bit annoyed in his heart.

"Comforting, so comforting," Ke Ming thought to himself.

The song continued at this time, and the rap section had not yet ended.

"【Ah, the dark clouds begin to cover, the night is not clean,

In the park, the echoes of the funeral fly across the sky,

The white roses sent to you wither in the pitch-black environment,

The crow on the branch is eerily quiet.】"

Then, a rap transition section of the song that the fans loved deeply appeared in the next line.

The previous line ended with the word "quiet," and the next line began with two "quiet" characters; singing three identical characters stuck together, combined with the perfectly fitting accompaniment, achieved an incredibly stunning effect!

The composition and Arranger are just that superb!

"【Quietly listening, my black coat,

Wants to warm your increasingly cold memories.

The life that has passed, the life that has passed.

Ah, mist permeates all around,

Ah, I am in the empty graveyard,

Still loving you after growing old.】"

Throughout the rap section, the rhythm was sometimes fast and sometimes slow; some words were spat out one by one, while others were continuously stuck together, with complex changes.

But the effect produced by all this left the professional judging panel completely dazzled.

"Is this the pinnacle of melodic rap?"

"The singing part in the middle hasn't even appeared yet, and I've already been amazed several times."

"No wonder he dared to sing this in the final round of the grand finals!"

As for the barrage, many viewers watching the Live Broadcast even started interacting.

Several barrage comments asked sincerely: "Does the show on the other side have any songs better than this?"

Then, countless viewers began to embody the essence of humanity—the repeater.

Overwhelming replies flooded the screen in the barrage—"No!"

This made many Mo-born people who were watching the show feel completely satisfied.

Although they are usually very laid-back and unwilling to cause disputes on the internet, the rival show repeatedly tried to stir up trouble, and several times in their songs, they were subtly or even clearly passive-aggressive toward Luo Mo, so they were somewhat annoyed in their hearts.

Now it's good, you asked for it, one song directly crushes your entire show!

Here, let us highlight a key point again—what are the two major traits of Mo-born people?

Answer: Being snarky and silly.

A Mo-born person watching the Live Broadcast suddenly remembered that the title being competed for in the rival show's grand finals was called 【Hip-Hop King】.

A flash of inspiration hit her, and she came up with a new nickname for Luo Mo and typed it into the barrage.

Next, a scene that made her feel incredibly surprised happened.

Perhaps everyone felt this nickname was truly interesting, and they all followed the trend of being repeaters, constantly repeating these three characters in the barrage, to the point where these three characters were dense and overwhelming in the barrage.

The characters that this Mo-born person typed were:

——【King of Pacifying Hip-Hop】!

"Hahaha, that's too mean. Even though he's crushing the opposition, is it really okay to call him the King of Pacifying Hip-Hop?"

"Speechless, totally speechless, but I want to say—well done!"

"The Mo-born people have truly snatched up all the bamboo shoots on the mountain as always!"

"This name is good, I like it!"

Amidst the dense barrage of "King of Pacifying Hip-Hop" comments, the Rap portion ended, and the melodic climax of the song finally began at this moment.

(PS: First update, seeking monthly votes!

Additionally, I've created a separate character for Baibaibai in the character list, waiting for the comparison...)

(End of this chapter)