At 00:00 on September 12, 2019, the new single "Expecting a Chance Encounter" of the nine major labels of the first season of "Children of Tomorrow" was exclusively released on NetEase Cloud Music, which is the second wave of the main work of THE EP "Summer Half Year in the Northern Hemisphere", and the production is still escorted by the domestic star-making factory Wow and the domestic folk music factory Thirteen Month Culture. Unlike the debut single "Every Corner of your world when I think of you" in the EP, "Expecting a Chance Encounter" is derived from the early works of producer Lu Zhongqiang, and Zhong Yixuan's version highlights his possibilities in musical expression.
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Ep Premiere Main Missed from the Spring Equinox
On August 28, Zhong Yixuan, an 18+1-year-old original teenager, released the first wave of the main song " When you think of you , "When you think of you, you are in every corner of the world". The single was online for 24 hours, netease cloud reviews reached 1w+, weibo topic reading reached 1962w+, in the NetEase Cloud Nebula List, NetEase Cloud Music Soaring List to get the fourth place in the list, NetEase Cloud hot search list ninth place in the list for two consecutive days, in the Sina Weibo Asia New Song List and other charts have also achieved the top ten good results.
The support of the international production force of The Culture of March to Zhong Yixuan has also become a hot topic of discussion among music fans. Arranger, Uruguayan musician Roberto Zayas, is a super behind-the-scenes producer and Latin guitar legend. In order to retain the original melodic color of Zhong Yixuan in the arrangement, Roberto Zayas only uses a classical guitar and a cello to lay the bottom, and the clean melody is matched with the warm voice of Xu Xudao, so that the original teenager's heart naturally flows in the song. The unique musical temperament has attracted many guitar masters on Douyin, who have sacrificed their skills and covered this original work of Zhong Yixuan.
？ The encounters I envisioned as a teenager descended on music
In September, following the first wave of the exclusive spring equinox "Every Corner of the World When You Think of You", the second wave of the main hit , "Looking Forward to Chance Encounters", which belongs to the summer season, was also exclusively launched on NetEase Cloud Music. Comfortable three-beat summer round dance, intoxicated with the mood of the afternoon encounter, "Expecting a Chance Encounter" perfectly interprets the story of a summer afternoon encounter: outside the window of the open air-conditioned corner coffee shop, there are crowds coming and going, the sky suddenly rains, a pair of young men and women rush to the eaves of the coffee shop, they slap the raindrops on their bodies and smile at each other, and a relationship quietly begins with the background music of "Expecting a Chance Encounter"...
The undulating musical melody in "Expecting a Chance Encounter" is like a waltz of love, under the cheerful melody, it is the expectation of a beautiful encounter and the longing for a beautiful love. The lyrics also reveal the confusion and joy of the teenager in the face of encounters, even if the green footsteps occasionally step on the other party who is not familiar, but "it doesn't matter what you say" and the important thing is to meet you. The arrangement of "Looking Forward to a Chance Encounter" also adds a summer-heavy Hawaiian guitar, the laziness and enthusiasm of the summer bounce back and forth between the melodies, with Zhong Yixuan's mature warm voice revealed in the green, the world seems to be still in the song, leaving only the excited me and you.
？ A cross-generational musical collaboration begins in a chance encounter
This is a cross-generational musical encounter - "Expecting a Chance Encounter" is Lu Zhongqiang's original work in his early years, and by chance, Zhong Yixuan "fell in love at first sight" for this work. At first, Lu Zhongqiang was worried about whether Zhong Yixuan, who was only 18 years old, could master such a work. Recalling the recording process, Zhong Yixuan also sighed: "The melody of this song written by Teacher Lu has many small details, and when I first tried to record it, I didn't sing it accurately, and I have been practicing with the piano repeatedly. In the face of the works he liked, Zhong Yixuan would never allow any flaws in his singing, and he spent a hundred times more energy to practice. In the end, in the finished product of "Expecting a Chance Encounter", whether it is Zhong Yixuan's singing skills or his understanding and interpretation of the feelings of the work, it is completely unexpected by the producer Lu Zhongqiang.
Under the surprise, it was Lu Zhongqiang's support, and he came back to work as a producer for the singer-songwriter after many years, and personally recorded the harmony for the song in "Looking Forward to a Chance Encounter". The gentle boy sang the story of the past, and the gold medal producer escorted him. In this way, the songs of Zhong Yixuan and Lu Zhongqiang also met in "Expecting a Chance Encounter", and a song that spanned age and era was born.
The "chance encounter" is not over, and the cooperation between Wow Wow wow and Thirteen Month Culture continues. It is reported that Zhong Yixuan's third wave of new singles will be released soon, and the first solo EP containing 3 songs, "Summer Half a Year in the Northern Hemisphere", will be released exclusively on September 23 at NetEase Cloud Music.
？ "Looking Forward to a Chance Encounter"
Word: Liu Ying
Music: Lu Zhongqiang
Singing: Zhong Yixuan
Producer: March Culture & Wow