It's hard to be an idol

Chapter 161 "Yoo Hee Yeol's Sketchbook"

On the plane at eleven o'clock, Xu Lai arrived at Seoul Airport at two o'clock in the afternoon, and arrived at the recording site of "Yoo Hee Yeol's Sketchbook" at four o'clock. The lunch in between was just a casual meal.

When Xu came to the scene, several artists who were filming at the same time as him had already been waiting here for a long time. He came late, so he came to the recording more than two hours in advance, and he had to record the two during the interview; After rehearsing the stage and reviewing the script with Yoo Hee Yeol, time passed quickly.

Xu Lai should be the biggest singer in this program. In order not to delay his time, his shooting was arranged at the forefront. After all, the broadcasting sequence of the final program is edited, and the sequence of shooting time does not affect the playback. order.

In fact, Xu Lai is not very familiar with several other artists. They all look familiar, but he can't recognize their names. Probably because he has been in South Korea for too short a time. However, he still knows the brother-sister duo of Le Tong Musicians. They knew each other because he had seen their stage performance when they were playing songs before and was deeply impressed. He even said hello to them both. The brother and sister were a little scared and they were too daring to talk to Xu Lai. This is just a smile.

It is possible to chat at this time, but it is not necessary. He still prefers to chat naturally, rather than when he wants to chat and then others echo him.

After the show arranged everything, Yoo Hee-yeol spoke the opening remarks on the stage first. After calling Xu Lai's name, Xu Lai went from behind the scenes to the center of the stage and greeted Yoo Hee-yeol and sat down side by side. It's just a stool, one for Liu Xiyeol and one for Xu Lai.

"You've been really busy lately, Xiao Lai. Thinking about it carefully, it's been almost two months since we last met on the shoot of "BEGIN AGAIN". Time flies so fast."

"It's true that time flies when you're busy." Xu Lai smiled.

"I still remember that Xiao Lai, you really wanted to be busy. You really wanted to run announcements and make money. Now that you are busy, do you suddenly miss the leisurely days before?" Liu Xilie also had a smile on his face and contacted Chatting with Xu Lai about past memories.

In addition to the music, the rest of this program is actually small talk. After the topics stipulated in the script, Liu Xiyeol and the guests basically chatted wherever they went.

"If you say I miss you a little bit, but I still like my current life better. Although I'm much busier than before, I feel very fulfilled." Xu Lai said solemnly, "Brother Xilie, you know, The busier an artist is, the more popular he is, and I believe no one would wish that his popularity would not be high. In fact, leisure sometimes also represents a sense of crisis."

"That's true." Liu Xilie nodded as if agreeing, feeling that this topic is not suitable to continue the conversation, so he took the lead to pull the topic back, "But Xiao Lai, you have been so busy recently, is your music creation going well? Listen Say you are participating in an original singer program in mainland China, and you need to come up with a new song to perform in each episode, will it be very stressful?"

Talking about "Singer and Composer" that Xu Lai is participating in, he thought carefully for a while before opening his mouth: "There will definitely be pressure, after all, all the singers and composers who participated in that program are very powerful from mainland China, and I basically It is one of the two people with the lowest qualifications. However, I don’t have much pressure on music creation. I wrote a lot of songs during the gap period when there was no program. When filming the program, the program team also specially gave us I have some time to create, so I don't have much pressure on the song."

"I am still aware of your ability, and I also believe that creation is what you are best at. But even though I know you are very good, your new album still surprised me. Eight out of ten songs are from you It’s amazing to think about my own original. And the two title songs entered the B chart together. They were around fifty before, and they are still rising in the ranking.”

"I like the song "Viva La Vida" very much, and I am looking forward to your live performance today. Then let our super obvious Xu Lai bring us a live performance of "Viva La Vida"."

After Liu Xiyeol lamented Xu Lai's good performance, he asked Xu Lai to perform the first opening performance according to the script, the live singing of "Viva La Vida".

Xu Lai's performance is as stable as ever. Now many people are paying attention to Xu Lai's original ability, but his singing skills have been somewhat neglected. It should be said that his singing skills are not as amazing as his creative ability.

But at the scene, everyone could clearly feel Xu Lai's excellent singing skills. No matter who Xu Lai is in the idol group, he can be regarded as excellent in singing skills among singers. There will be a lot of room for improvement, and the future is now used to describe him.

After the performance of a song, the atmosphere at the scene became much warmer. Liu Xiyeol was full of praise for Xu Lai's performance, and then the interview continued, and they slowly turned the topic to creation.

"Xiao Lai, do most of your inspirations come from things you hear or see in your life? We all still remember that you wrote the song "Galway Girl" after hearing a story about a couple." Liu Xiyeol interviewed Xu Lai step by step according to the script.

“There are people and things I have met and heard about in reality, but some of my inspirations still come from my imagination.”

"Imagine it?" Liu Xilie asked.

"Yes, after all, I am only 20 years old. Unlike many experienced musicians, no matter how exciting my 20 years of life are, I will not be much more exciting than others. Sometimes my inspiration will not come from life, but from From my imagination." Xu Lai said seriously.

"I wrote a song called "Lake" in the mainland's "Singer-Songwriter". This song is about the love between the lake and the clouds. The clouds are reflected in the lake, and the lake evaporates and I want to get closer. Yun, this is a character topic that exists in fairy tales, and in the end it is a poignant love story."

"So in the end the cloud disappeared, and then the lake evaporated and dried up?" Liu Xilie nodded in agreement.

"That's right." Xu Lai smiled.

"I think inspiration can really come from many places, it can come from our real life, it can come from circulated stories, it can come from TV series, it can come from imagination, it can even come from our dreams."

"Of course, the premise is that you can remember what you dreamed about."

"I don't think age can limit a person's music style. Although I haven't experienced those things personally, I can hear them from other people's mouths, and I can also imagine based on the outline of the story. Whether it can resonate with the audience in the end depends on the That’s where the level of creators and singers lies.”

(End of this chapter)