Chapter 424: 《Half-Moon Serenade》

"Half-Moon Serenade," a classic Cantonese song performed by Hacken Lee.

In the era when "The Voice of China" was incredibly popular, Chen Leji's cover version was also a massive hit for a time.

At the same time, female singers like Priscilla Chan and Rong Zu'er have also sung this song, each bringing a different flavor to it.

When Luo Mo was on Earth, he watched the collaborative stage performance of Zhou Shen and Hacken Lee.

In that program, everyone was accustomed to calling the two of them the "Qin Shen Shen" duo.

It must be said that Zhou Shen is truly gifted in terms of language; he is worthy of being a Singer who can handle songs in multiple languages. Even though he is from Guizhou Province, his pronunciation when Singing Cantonese songs is extremely standard, and it does not give people a sense of awkwardness.

Tong Shu is a native of Yue Province, so he can save quite a bit of trouble in this regard.

The overall environment of the music scene on Blue Star is actually somewhat similar to that on Earth.

——Cantonese songs are actually no longer as glorious as they once were.

In song-based variety shows, if you sing a classic old Cantonese song, it can evoke emotional resonance in a generation; it is a very good move for triggering nostalgia.

But if it is a new Cantonese song... anyway, the other few Singers admitted that they would not dare to do so.

The singing voice echoed on the stage, and the melodious violin sound, paired with Tong Shu's soft and beautiful vocal timbre, produced a unique effect.

Stage special effects appeared at this moment; you could see a starry night sky and the bright moon in the air.

Tong Shu continued to sing:

"【People are like the bright moon in the sky, impossible to possess.

Love is like a song that has passed, leaving only remnants, impossible to save or separate again.

Why is there only disappointment, filling my emptiness.

This night, there is no Kiss Goodbye.】"

Beautiful lyrics, beautiful melody, beautiful vocal timbre.

Quite a few audience members had an immersive experience.

And for the audience from Yue Province, it was undoubtedly an audiovisual feast.

"Wow! It's been a long time since I heard such a good new Cantonese song!"

"Tong Shu has a lot of flavor when Singing Cantonese songs!"

"Love it, love it! This song really has a great feel to it!"

"I've decided to download this song!"

"Ah, his pronunciation is so standard!"

"He is from Yue Province, after all."

As for the industry insiders, they only felt that Tong Shu and Luo Mo were highly skilled and bold.

Yet, this song just happened to be good, just happened to be the kind that makes people fall in love with it.

Some songs are the type that don't sound like much at first, but get better the more you listen.

And some songs can make people like them after just one listen.

From the perspective of a competitive variety show, the latter is undoubtedly more favorable for the competition!

Listening to Tong Shu at this moment, he had already raised the pitch slightly.

"【Still talking about forever, never thought it was an excuse.

Never realized we were going to break up.】"

There was no excessive showing off of technique, yet it made people intoxicated by it.

You must know that this song is a classic track that has been popular ever since the golden age of the Hong Kong music scene.

——Classics never go out of style.

The chorus part of the song also arrived at this moment.

"【When my heart, every minute and every second, is still occupied by her.

She is like this moon, still not speaking.

The violin plays a solo, the bright moon leans halfway into late autumn.

My longing, my desire,

Until the future.】"

The notes in the A-section of the entire song are not high.

For Tong Shu, who is known as the "Siren," the difficulty coefficient is not high.

What is difficult to interpret in this song is the emotion.

Just like during the "The Voice of China" period, many people loved listening to Chen Leji's cover version because they felt it was satisfying to listen to, as his adapted version had higher notes and was more hearty and unrestrained.

Many people preferred the original version because of the fullness of the emotion.

Looking at the theme of the song, this song is called "Half-Moon Serenade," and in essence, it should be a quiet and deep song.

At this time, the song reached the interlude part.

Many audience members started taking the time to make jokes.

"Luo Mo sings 'Nocturne,' Tong Shu sings 'Serenade'; he truly is the favorite son."

"Tong Shu, Mommy loves you!"

As for the professional music critics, they took advantage of this gap to whisper to each other.

Lv Yi said to the Lyricist sitting next to him: "Have you noticed a problem?"

"What problem?" The Lyricist rolled his eyes at him and said: "Have you noticed that you love to be mysterious on this show? Spit it out!"

Lv Yi, having been roasted, didn't get angry and said: "When waiting for the B-section, listen carefully and pay attention to whether you can hear his breathing on the spot."

"Hmm?" The Lyricist was truly stunned upon hearing this.

If Lv Yi hadn't pointed this out, he really wouldn't have noticed.

The two people whispering to each other was also captured directly by the camera, but the audio was not recorded to avoid ruining the atmosphere of the song.

And when Tong Shu continued Singing, the Lyricist became more surprised the more he listened; he couldn't help but turn his head to look at Lv Yi several times.

Lv Yi revealed a smug expression.

"When it comes to Luo Mo's songs, I'm still the best at grasping the key points!" If he had a tail, it would definitely be wagging right now.

When Luo Mo was listening to the original version of "Midnight Serenade" by Hacken Lee, he had already noticed this characteristic.

The sound of breathing is very subtle; only by turning up the volume and listening carefully can one perceive it.

I have to say, some old songs are very rough, but some old songs are still quite meticulous.

This method was perhaps to strengthen the creation of a "sense of tranquility."

This technique has another representative figure on Earth—Teresa Teng!

Luo Mo also brought up this Requirement to Tong Shu, letting him try it out.

At first, he didn't expect Tong Shu to do this perfectly; after all, this is a live performance, not a recording in a studio.

But he didn't expect that Tong Shu would actually do it very well.

Far away in Beijing, when Luo Mo was watching the Live Broadcast, he couldn't help but show off a bit to Xu Chujing.

"Tong Shu isn't bad, right? The sound of his breathing is almost imperceptible."

Xu Chujing nodded and said, "He has great talent, but because of this Requirement of yours, he probably practiced quite a bit."

After the song ended, enthusiastic applause erupted at the scene.

Many audience members felt that they had been moved by this song!

The female host began to take the stage to conduct the countdown for voting.

After the voting ended, the professional judges were asked to begin their critiques.

The Lyricist sitting beside Lv Yi immediately poked him with his elbow.

The meaning was very obvious: What are you waiting for? It's your turn to show off!

Lv Yi stood up leisurely, took the microphone, and said, "I am very happy to hear such a deeply affectionate song in the grand finale of the King of Love Songs."

"What surprises me even more is that this is also a Cantonese song."

"If some audience members can still feel the song is full of emotion even without understanding the lyrics, then I think it is a great success."

After Lv Yi paused for a moment, he began to switch modes.

"I'm already too lazy to praise Luo Mo's lyrics and music. Although the violin part in this song is not as intense as in 'Confession Night', it is definitely extremely pleasant to listen to."

"Today, I want to specifically praise Tong Shu's singing method."

"Pay attention, everyone pay attention to what I say next. Especially those loyal audience members who love to watch the show's replays!"

"When you watch this song a second or third time, you can pay attention to whether you can hear Tong Shu's breathing."

"It's almost impossible to detect!" Lv Yi said loudly.

Once these words were spoken, there was a slight commotion at the scene, and many audience members began to whisper to each other, asking those around them if they had noticed.

Lv Yi then asked Tong Shu, "Was there specialized training for this aspect? Was it done deliberately?"

Tong Shu nodded and said, "Brother Mo felt that this could better create a sense of tranquility, so he suggested I try it."

"Tsk, what a detail freak." After Lv Yi sighed with emotion, he smiled and sat back down.

While watching the show, Luo Mo was thinking about whether he should give Lv Yi a red envelope.

This guy's assist was really well-played.

In the end, the professional judges gave Tong Shu a high score of 96.9.

As for the scores from the live audience, they would be announced together at the end.

After Tong Shu bowed and left the stage to rest, it was the turn of the Fengge Group.

It is hard to imagine that a group could achieve such a major turnaround in reputation based on just a few songs.

In the past, how many people would look forward to their stage?

And now?

They are standing on the stage of the grand finale of the hottest music program at the moment.

And they are about to launch an assault on the crown of the King of Love Songs!

Many people began to wonder, now that it's the grand finale, what kind of song will the Fengge Group bring?

I'm afraid it will be another song that sweeps across the land of China!

——Run, square-dancing aunties! They are about to increase your workload again!

Luo Mo looked at the bullet comments in the Live Broadcast and saw the silly netizens starting to interact again; they were quite good at amusing themselves.

"Just got online, want to ask, is this the trendiest group right now?"

A single bullet comment flashed by, but it stirred up a thousand waves.

Before long, dense bullet comments appeared.

"Yes!"

"Of course!"

"Must be!"

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

(End of this chapter)