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

"Hello everyone, my name is Deng Sijia. This is my new column "Face to Face", which will focus on the personal experiences and psychological journeys of the young generation of outstanding achievers in China. Now please welcome the first guest of our program, Mr. Xia Haoyang. ”

"Light, hit Mr. Xia's upper body directly, don't just hit his face. This will make Mr. Xia's face appear rounder."

"Is it okay to say it so directly?" Xia Haoyang, who was sitting on the sofa in his office, was a little embarrassed.

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"Okay, as long as you're happy." Xia Haoyang shrugged and said it didn't matter.

"Hello, Mr. Xia Haoyang." Deng Sijia half-bowed and extended her right hand, smiling at the camera.

Xia Haoyang also stood up and shook hands with the other party: "Hello."

"In the entertainment industry these past few years, you are definitely considered a man of the hour."

"Excellent."

"You single-handedly created the Tara girl group and opened a new chapter in the singing and dancing of Chinese male and female groups. Then you also wrote scripts. The film and television dramas adapted from your scripts have become popular and have a high reputation. You have also designed several variety shows. Currently, Judging from the market feedback, it is also very popular, so I believe fans are very curious, how did you do it, Mr. Xia?"

"How do I put this? Let's talk about music first. I created the Tara girl group by myself, but the Chinese girl group music did not start with me. Before Tara, there were excellent girl groups like EHS, and before us When I was a kid, in the early 90s, there was a super idol team like the Kittens in Wanwan that was very popular in Southeast Asia, so I just inherited the path of my ancestors.”

"But before you, even if there were girl groups or boy groups like the Pussycats that are popular in Southeast Asia, the form of musical expression was basically singing. But your music seems to emphasize both singing and dancing?"

"Actually, the Kittens many years ago were a form of singing and dancing. Of course, the previous Chinese music did emphasize singing. Singing is the basics, and dancing will also lead to confusion of breath and inaccurate pronunciation. This is all traditional music. Taboo."

"But your singers don't seem to have much of that problem?"

"Actually, there are still some, but some songs can downplay these problems in terms of creation, and when the dance is exciting, the audience will ignore the small problems of pronunciation and breath."

"Really, I have carefully listened to your singer's live stage. The breath problem and pronunciation problem are really not big. This is not only due to the arrangement of the song, but also the singer's own training and training in singing and dancing."

"This is definitely there. This is basic skills training."

"Mr. Xia doesn't seem to want me to praise Tara's singing ability?" Deng Sijia said with a smile.

"There is a point, because praise in a public environment will make more passerby fans disgusted. If you don't praise old artists for their pursuit of excellence in art, do you praise young girls? And they themselves have their own shortcomings and problems, and you praise them too much. The higher you fall, the worse it will be," Xia Haoyang explained.

"Then let's bring the topic back to Mr. Xia. Mr. Xia became famous at a young age. During his college years, he composed many songs and composed songs and collaborated with famous singers. However, your music style back then was basically Chinese style. Lord, the lyrics are also very poetic and beautiful; but now your music style is completely different from before. Can you tell the audience why there is such a big change?"

"Chinese music has always attached great importance to the artistic conception of lyrics. Tang poetry, Song poetry, and Yuan music, Song poetry is actually lyrics; Song Dynasty poetry has lyrics, such as "Shui Diao Ge Tou" or "Yulin Ling", which is actually equivalent to the lyrics of the song. Name, and then the same melody is performed with different words. To a certain extent, our ancient ancestors have determined our unique aesthetic perspective in music.”

"The rain is falling in my old hometown, the vegetation is deep, or the sky is blue waiting for misty rain, but I am waiting for you, and the smoke is rising thousands of miles across the river. When you write such words, you will feel beautiful when you read them. There is a unique China The beauty of poetry is something that cannot be replaced by music from other countries." Xia Haoyang did not hesitate to praise Chinese style music highly.

"Since Mr. Xia loves Chinese style music so much, why is it that most of the music he has created in recent years is not of this style?" Deng Sijia was not polite.

Xia Haoyang smiled helplessly: "Maybe some people don't believe it, but I can't actually write better Chinese style music now, whether it's lyrics or composition; while K-pop style music has almost no requirements for lyrics, and the melody focuses on the arrangement. In the past, Chinese people’s aesthetic appreciation of music still focuses on lyrics and music, but in fact, Mr. Jay once said: A good arrangement is like putting a coat on a baby, so that a cute baby can be presented.”

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"No, it doesn't matter. This is a fact. I don't mind telling the audience. But it's also because I lack inspiration for traditional Chinese music that I focus on arrangement, and that's why we have these popular K-POP music. , It can be regarded as a loss and a gain in the east." Xia Haoyang said frankly.

"Mr. Xia is a frank and sincere person."

"Thank you."

"Then let's talk about screenwriters. Nowadays, your scripts are very popular in the film and television industry, and they attract all kinds of sky-high prices. Why are the scripts you write so expensive? Are they really that good? What's so good about them?"

"It's a bit inappropriate for you to ask me to evaluate the scripts I wrote myself. I can't say that those scripts I spent a lot of money on are not worth it, right? After all, they are my own works." Xia Haoyang smiled.

"Okay, then why are your scripts so expensive? The audience must want to know the answer. Is your script more expensive, or will the entire script industry become more and more expensive in the future?"

"A good script deserves a higher price, that's for sure, not just for the scripts I wrote."

"The script of an eight-episode TV series is worth 2.4 million, and the eight episodes of the second season are even worth 3 million. Are all scripts now worth this price?"

""Squid Game" cannot be simply summarized as a script. It is also a game and a variety show. For example, Shanghai TV spent 2.4 million to buy out the broadcast rights of this variety show. So 2 million minus 4 million equals this The script only cost million, and it can be adapted into a video game, so the cost of this script is not as high as everyone thinks.”

"In other words, when Mr. Xia wrote this script, he expected that it could be adapted into a game or variety show? That's why he asked for such a high price?"

"Yes."