Chapter 363: Song of the Wicked

"In the Name of the Father" comes from Jay Chou's 2003 album, "Ye Huimei."

This album, named after his mother, could be called a legendary album back in the day.

"Sunny Day," which is held as a beloved treasure by countless people, and "East Wind Breaks," which pioneered a new style of Chinese Style, both come from this album.

And the lead single of this legendary album is actually—"In the Name of the Father"!

A song hailed by many as being "at least 20 years ahead of the music scene."

Who could have imagined that, in the blink of an eye, it has truly been nearly 20 years since '03.

Therefore, many people now say that this statement is Afraid to be wrong.

Perhaps... more than 20 years?

When this song was released, Zhou Jielun's popularity was actually already at its peak.

There has always been a claim that this song premiered on July 16, 2003, and at the time, over fifty radio stations across Asia broadcast the song simultaneously, with 800 million people listening at once.

So much so that this day was later designated as 【Zhou Jielun Day】.

In reality, to speak with more Strictness, it should be that the audience covered by the fifty-plus radio stations could reach 800 million.

But even so, this is still a terrifying thing.

So many radio stations scrambling to premiere this song—this situation can already be considered unprecedented and unrepeatable.

Since then, this song has had a nickname—【The Ceiling-Level Work of the Chinese Music Scene】.

Admittedly, to each their own. However, for a song to be called this by so many people, there must be a reason.

Luo Mo's thoughts are naturally very simple.

"You are the ceiling?"

"What a coincidence, I also have a ceiling."

………

………

The song title was officially announced at 9:00 AM on Monday, and the homepage of Penguin Music provided a large banner and pop-up ads to provide maximum support and promotion.

Many people were stunned when they saw the name of the song.

"'In the Name of the Father'? What does that mean?"

"Luo Mo: Call me Daddy!"

"It probably doesn't mean the kind of daddy we're thinking of."

"The future MusicGodfather, new song—'In the Name of the Father'!"

"So arrogant, hahaha, so arrogant!"

"You're so bad, I love it~"

Of course, many people also keenly sensed: could this so-called In the Name of the Father have something to do with religion?

Many people say the song title means "call me daddy" or "in the name of your father me," but these are all jokes.

Seeing the song title, one would naturally associate it with religion.

However, the problem arises.

"Luo Mo's series is called the 【Dark Trilogy】, right!"

"That seems a bit off then."

"Could it be that he is bold enough to... impossible, impossible."

The internet is fiercely debating what exactly this 【Father】 character means.

But one only needs to wait until twelve noon, until the song is officially released, and everything will naturally have an answer.

Amidst the heated discussion, Luo Mo did not give an answer directly, but instead posted a promotional post on Weibo, with the caption: "Everyone can put on headphones to listen."

This song has many details that can only be felt when wearing headphones.

For example, in the intro, there are many places where the content played in the left ear and the right ear is inconsistent.

Precisely because of this, some listeners who like to wear only one earphone when listening to music, and randomly choose the left or right ear, occasionally remark: "Why does it feel like this song has two different feelings sometimes?"

As it approached 12:00 noon, inside the CILONG building, in a small conference room, the creative team for the song "Too Understand" gathered together.

Yuan Hewen also came, because he is the producer of this song.

He himself does not collaborate much with Chen Luo, as Chen Luo is not very suitable for ancient-style songs.

Therefore, among Chen Luo's hit songs, only 3 were created by Yuan Hewen.

The rest were mostly written by himself, or were works by the 【God of Wealth】 trio.

The 【God of Wealth】 trio, as the creators of the song "Too Understand," of course also came.

It's just that these three have always been very bizarre; although they are very strong every time they collaborate on a song, they are particularly at odds in private, and every time they make a song, they argue and look down on each other.

Plus, when these three release songs individually, they generally flop equally—so bad it's baffling—so they haven't established who is superior internally.

And so, the three of them are sitting far apart.

There must be at least two empty seats between them, otherwise, it feels like the air is polluted.

Yuan Hewen looked at the three of them helplessly; as the Music Director, sometimes even he can't do anything about them.

After all, if he were to take them apart individually, Yuan Hewen could directly say: "I'm not targeting anyone, you three are all trash."

Yet these three pieces of trash, when put together, don't have that sense of intimacy and Incessant cooperation; there's all kinds of infighting and all kinds of street-brawling, but the songs they produce are just Ox!

"I called everyone here today, actually, so that we can all sit down calmly and listen to this 'In the Name of the Father' by Luo Mo," said Yuan Hewen.

The three of them all said "Mm" in unison, but their mutually disgusted expressions clearly indicated that they didn't take Yuan Hewen's words to heart.

Chen Luo is not the Music Director, so these three don't report to him; he doesn't have the headache of a leader who can't manage his subordinates.

To him, the 【God of Wealth】 really are the God of Wealth.

So Chen Luo doesn't think they are three weirdos, he only thinks they are—a bickering couple.

Every time he heard them arguing, he didn't feel annoyed; he even felt... cute?

Honestly, from the bottom of his Heart Eye, he felt that what Yuan Hewen said was just nonsense.

"If we're talking about listening to songs with a calm mind, the one who needs a calm mind the most is you, Yuan Hewen, right?" Chen Luo thought to himself.

At exactly 12 o'clock, "Too Understand" and "In the Name of the Father" were uploaded simultaneously on all major platforms.

Yuan Hewen opened Blue Shrimp Music and started playing "In the Name of the Father".

The reason Penguin was not used was because Penguin Music had a preference for Luo Mo, and their promotional efforts for "In the Name of the Father" were greater than for "Too Understand".

Blue Shrimp Music was different; it was covered in advertisements for "Too Understand".

Therefore, most people at Magnetic Dragon usually used Blue Shrimp as well.

What surprised everyone was that at the very beginning of this song, without any accompaniment, it directly introduced a segment of low-pitched foreign language.

The sound heard was as if praying to the Lord.

At around ten seconds in, the string music began to cut in.

The composer of "Too Understand", Fu Hong of the God of Wealth Trio, spoke up: "I have always been one to say things as they are; Luo Mo's attainments in string music are, in my heart, the pinnacle."

This was equivalent to him starting to strongly affirm the song just as its prelude appeared.

Arranger Jin Lingling rolled her eyes at him; the only woman in this trio never received any special treatment in daily life and was often the one scolded the worst.

She said unpleasantly: "Heh, you only heard the strings?"

This woman who worked on arrangements was even more sensitive to various Yueqi.

"Acoustic bass as the bass, woodwind section alternating with strings, and the harp as accompaniment," she said coldly.

"I can hear that," Fu Hong said.

"You can't hear a damn thing," Jin Lingling said.

Yuan Hewen's head was spinning; he couldn't help but pat the table and said: "Listen to it before discussing, how can we listen like this?"

Saying this, he started playing it from the beginning again.

Soon, they heard a soprano voice.

This sound was very empty, as if standing in a vast Church, listening to the echoes.

Most importantly, when this sound appeared, the strings in the accompaniment used vibrato.

This soprano "Ah—", paired with the long-line vibrato in the strings and the low-pitched male prayer, instantly gave people goosebumps!

These days, a term is very popular, called 【Atmosphere】.

Things like 【Atmosphere Beauty】, 【Atmosphere Handsome Guy】, emerge one after another.

And Luo Mo's songs, in terms of shaping atmosphere, are truly peerless!

Even with "The Seventh Chapter of the Night" as a precursor, and everyone knowing this series was called the 【Dark Trilogy】 and having done some psychological preparation, they were still shocked by the creation of this atmosphere.

The most lethal part was that under the soprano's chanting, the speed of this man's prayer also accelerated, starting to get faster and faster.

Speech speed is one of the ways to convey emotion.

Immediately following, under a few slightly irritable male voices, a more piercing female voice began to appear.

You could say she was screaming, but it didn't feel like it.

You could say she was chanting, but that was even less so.

As for the accompaniment in this part, Chen Luo didn't quite understand it, but Jin Lingling knew in her heart how it was done.

"Percussion was processed with a wide range of filtering, acoustic guitar arpeggios, and it seems... it also used heavy reverb?"

"But I can't understand this male and female voice; it seems like a synthesizer was used?" she murmured in her heart.

But it was also from this part onwards that the accompaniment gradually became clearer.

To be precise, it was only after this piercing female voice ended that the whole thing gave people a feeling: "This is the prelude to a normal song!"

The preceding part was simply not content that a normal song should have!

However, the sense of imagery was overwhelming.

It really gave one the feeling of being in a great cathedral.

And the portrayal of emotion was also very obvious; that sense of contradiction, struggle, and repentance to the Lord were all embodied.

But it seemed that wasn't all of it...

In fact, the creative inspiration for this song came from "The Godfather".

Yes, that classic film which left a heavy, colorful mark in film history.

This is a song about the underworld.

A gangster song!

The continuous prelude kept spreading in the conference room, but Luo Mo's singing voice was slow to sound.

Until Luo Mo's singing voice officially spread, everyone said in unison, as if by coincidence: "How much time has passed?"

They had agreed to listen to the song seriously without discussing it, but how could they hold back?

This song is too demonic, simply too demonic!

They had never thought that someone would handle a song like this!

Yuan Hewen blankly lowered his head and took a look at his phone.

Then, he said in shock: "Are you crazy? This prelude is nearly a minute and a half long!"

(PS: First update, asking for monthly tickets.)

(End of this chapter)