The world of Chinese style creates a prosperous era for girl groups

"Anyway, he comes home very late every day and I'm already asleep. Then when I get up to go to work during the day, he's still sleeping. I can't wake him up even if I call him, and he snores very loudly." Xiao Mengyan felt a little shy when she said this and secretly glanced at Zeng Jingyi.

Zeng Jingyi just smiled gently at Xiao Mengyan, reached out her hand and stroked her hair habitually, without saying a word.

Xia Haoyang was a little hesitant, but decided not to tell Xiao Mengyan that he saw her boyfriend coming home at three in the morning.

Although I am sure that I smelled alcohol, I have no evidence. Besides, what's wrong with him going out to drink with his teammates after the national team training? Do you need to add unnecessary details here? It's better not to talk about things you don't know.

So Xia Haoyang didn't say anything more and focused all his attention on driving.

As usual, two people walked hand in hand in front, while one walked behind like a nanny and security guard, walking into the company gate.

"Hello Jingyi, Hello Xiao Mengyan, Hello President Xia."

"Hello, Sister Fei." Zeng Jingyi nodded casually.

"Hello, Sister Fei." The cute little Mengyan would always respond politely, with her body slightly tilted, very solemnly.

"Sister Fei, what's the matter today?" Xia Haoyang stopped and stood in front of the front desk.

Zeng Jingyi nodded to Xia Haoyang, and then she and Xiao Mengyan continued to walk hand in hand towards the vocal practice room.

"Nothing to do today. By the way, Minzhi will return to Yancheng from Shashi at 11 a.m., but Mr. Zhao said he will go to the airport to pick her up."

"Okay, are Lao Xie, Shen Zi and others in the company now?"

"Yes, Mr. Xie and Mr. Han are in the recording studio, Tianci is in the vocal room watching Yu Jeongyeon and Jimin practice; Mr. Zhao is chatting with Teacher Pei." Sister Fei replied with a smile.

"Teacher Pei is here too? That's great. Ask them to come to my office and turn on the printer. I need to print out some documents later."

"I turned on the printer as soon as I got here this morning. Mr. Xia can use it anytime."

"Okay." After saying that, Xia Haoyang walked towards the office.

Arriving at his office, Xia Haoyang turned on his computer, downloaded four songs from his email to the computer, and printed them out by connecting them to a printer.

These four songs are all songs of Tara in the original time and space, and are also the tracks of the fifth MINI album prepared by Xia Haoyang for the Tara group in this time and space.

First up: World of Warships.

This is the theme song of the online game World of Warships. It is the first all-Chinese single tailored for the Chinese market after the original T-ara debuted. The lyrics were written by Lin Yifeng, the lyricist for JJ Lin, and the music was composed by Korean composers Kim Tae-Hyung and Cho Young Soo, who also invited Gao Hanyu to participate in the rap singing.

The song is mainly sung in Chinese, integrating the melody framework of the original "Cry Cry" song and re-arranging it to intensify the battle atmosphere, becoming a typical example of the combination of games and pop culture.

The arrangement of this song is based on typical K-pop electronic dance music, with elements such as military drums and orchestral music added to create a magnificent sense of epic war. The chorus part uses repeated slogan-like lyrics such as "Fight fight" and "Let's fight" and combines them with dense electronic sound effects to intensify the passionate emotions.

The song adopts the classic structure of verse preparation, pre-chorus build-up and chorus explosion. The addition of rap sections (such as "Shoot it one more time") injects Western pop color into the song, while matching the battle rhythm of the game.

The second song: "I'm Really Hurt".

This song is a non-hit work of T-ara in the early days of their debut. It is included in the 2010 mini album "Breaking Heart" and is the opening work of the group's "Hurt Trilogy" (the other two are "Pain" and "It Hurts Only Until Today").

The song takes "pain" as its core theme, but the stage presentation tends to have a neutral visual style. The members show their cool charm through suits, ties and other styles, which contrasts with the tragic core of the lyrics.

The song's arrangement uses the second-generation girl group's iconic electronic dance music framework. The chorus uses the repeated "I'm really hurt" to reinforce the memorable point, and the dense drum beats and synthesizer sound effects heighten the emotional tension, complementing the style of the concurrent work "Bo Peep Bo Peep".

In terms of dance movement design, the members transformed the theme of pain into a sense of power through movements such as shaking ties and stepping. The solo segments of Park Hyomin and Ham Eun-jung particularly highlighted the explosive power of their voices.

The third song: "ORGR" with a retro mature style.

"ORGR" is included in the album "And&End", continuing the group's iconic electronic dance music style. It is another experimental attempt after retro works such as "Roly-Poly" and "Lovey-Dovey".

The rhythm design of this song is based on electronic beats. The chorus uses repeated short phrases and sudden rhythm switches to create an auditory memory point similar to "TTL (Time to Love)", but the vocal processing emphasizes the layering of the collective chorus.

The sound effects used in this song are very distinctive. The contrast between high-frequency electronic sound effects and low-frequency drum beats echoes T-ara's preference for "contradictory aesthetics" during their transition period (such as the dramatic conflict in "Day By Day"). Although some music critics believe that the song has too strong an industrial feel and weakens the "storytelling stage expression" that T-ara is good at, there are still fans who praise its brainwashing characteristics of "brainless loop".

The fourth song: "Round & Round" with a light and cheerful rhythm.

The melody structure of the song "Spin Spin" continues Tara's iconic electronic dance music style, with repeated onomatopeia "????" "????" as the core memory points, combined with jumping electronic sound effects, to form a strong rhythmic driving force, which is in line with the retro disco style of "Roly-Poly".

The song highlights the sweetness and anxiety of a girl’s first love. Lines like “Oh My Boy (Do You Know How I Feel)” directly convey the immature confession, and the emotional tone is lighter than painful narratives such as “Cry Cry”.

The chorus part "???? ?? ?? (Spinning around)" uses a looping lyrics design to simulate the dizzy feeling of an accelerated heartbeat, forming a differentiated expression from the coquettish image of a cat in "Bo Peep Bo Peep".

When it was released as a single in 2012, there was no large-scale promotion, but after 2024 it was still included in the "South Korean Classic Old Songs" collection by platforms such as Youku, confirming its lasting vitality as a "light and sweet representative work" in T-ara's music map.