Reporter Xu Yiqun/Taipei Report
"Musical Naughty Boy" Haring (Yu Chengqing) took over the position of chief mentor of "King of the Sound Forest 3" and partnered with Xu Jiaying (Lala), the queen of the golden song. In the case of the epidemic turmoil, "Sound Forest 3" will finally be broadcast on December 3, and everyone is quite looking forward to what test the two mentors will bring to the contestants, and the official specially sorted out Haring's previous special edition as a "flight mentor", so that netizens shouted one-sidedly: "Haring is really strict!"
"King of the Sound Forest 3" mentor Haring, Xu Jiaying and host Lulu. (Photo/ Photo by reporter Tang Xinghan)
"I don't think there's any way to qualify," "There's no way to score," "I don't think either of them have reached [the criteria for promotion]." It is not difficult to see from Haring's previous "flight instructor" that his scoring standards are quite high and his comments are quite straightforward. Interestingly, when the contestant sang, he would occasionally show his signature "strange face", but his comments were also considered very professional and fair by netizens.
▼ Haring was quite strict when he served as the flight instructor of "King of the Sound Forest" in previous years. (Photo/Photo: YouTube)
Although Haring has strict scoring standards, he is professional in judging, always gives each contestant tailor-made advice in a timely manner, and when the atmosphere is more serious, he will also use the skills of the "host" to create some "effect", and it is no wonder that the host Lulu is "surprised and happy" after learning the list of mentors. After all, Haring is not only a heavyweight singer, but also a great predecessor in the hosting world.
"King of the Sound Forest 3" held a press conference a few days ago, Haring mentioned in an interview that this season's students have performed well, "I prefer to be free-spirited, and then full of emotions, but now the players seem to be more gentle, the way of singing is more literary, there are a few students I quite like, but the number is not too much, I hope that in this few people, their potential is stimulated." 」
However, Xu Jiaying, who prefers the sensual side, is not necessarily the same as Haring, "I would rather be moved, what is important in the middle is stability, to clearly know the appeal of this song, what it wants to express, if you can feel it is a surprise." 」 But both of them stressed that regardless of the style, the stability of singing is the most important, and bluntly said that they did not want the contestants to show off too much, which was easy to make the audience feel tired.
This season, 72 groups of contestants were carefully selected from the list of nearly 10,000 auditions to enter the studio for video, including the hair singer Jiujiu, Wang Huizhu, who was shortlisted for the Best Newcomer Award of the 26th Golden Melody Awards, Liu Youteng, the construction site singer, Bai Lin, the singer of the tears of the fire god," and there was no shortage of singing competition champions, kicking hall demon kings, orchestra lead singers, etc. The singing and composing are excellent, the strength is comparable to that of online singers, and the diversified song paths are also refreshing. This year's "King of the Sound Forest 3" is specially cooperating with the Guest Committee, through the diversity of music, breaking through the stereotypes and barriers of traditional Hakka music, combining the musical talents of young players in the program, showing a new generation of young popular Hakka music songs, so that more people can feel different Hakka music culture.