At noon on April 27, the first phase of "Youth π Program" was launched on Mango TV. This variety show will also be broadcast on Hunan Satellite TV on Friday night. Based on the content of the first issue, this variety show is more like an enhanced version of Supergirl and Fast Man, which belongs to a real original music competition. Of course, this way of competition, and the content of competition, will be sought after, or not recognized, and so on.
Why do I think this is an enhanced version of Supergirl and Fast Man?
Because the first content of the "Youth π Program" adopts the method of promotion, among the 30 players, it is necessary to compete to produce promotion and elimination. This mode itself is very superfemale and fast male texture. There are promotions, there are eliminations, and at the same time, there are also three escorts from He Jiong, Zhang Yadong and Li Yuchun and others. This not only guarantees the focus of the competition, but also the possibility of entering the promotion list again after the real powerful players lose.
Many of our recent music variety shows do not use the method of competition and competition, but let the singers simply sing. This mode, of course, is relatively relaxed, but it also means that the point of view is relatively reduced. Song variety shows, using competitive methods, are more traditional, and the audience still seems to "eat this set". Therefore, the "Youth π Program" maintains its own focus attributes at this point.
The young singers who participated in the competition can be regarded as an enhanced version of Supergirl and Fast Man. On the super and fast male stage of that year, it was a typical amateur talent show, and young amateurs only needed to be responsible for singing, and did not need to be responsible for providing mature song works that could be performed on stage. Supergirl and Fast Man are more like simply choosing who can sing.
This "Youth π Program" is not only to choose who can sing, but to choose who has the ability to write original songs and who has the ability to sing original songs. It is equivalent to saying that this variety show is the strength among the original singers. If Supergirl and Fast Man are a series of activities to create singers after selection, then "Youth π Project" does not need this follow-up creation, and if selected, it can have original ability and original singing ability. This is an obvious upgrade.
Original music competition is also a double-edged sword.
In previous music variety shows, the singers on stage sang better than anyone. This aesthetic starting point is not too high. As long as the audience has a little aesthetic cell, they can hear it, whether they sing well or not, and the audience's ears will not lie. At the same time, because the singers sing familiar songs, the audience can also participate in front of the TV, especially humming together. This reduces the aesthetic difficulty.
Original music competition improves the aesthetic difficulty of the audience. For example, I was the old editor, when I was young, I listened to songs like "Ying Shan Hong" and "Night in Military Port", and let me listen to the youthful songs of the young original singers on the "Youth π Program", I couldn't understand it. Because I am original, I am not familiar with the lyrics, so it is easy to become an embarrassing situation where the sun kid watches the excitement.
At the same time, since it is an original competition, the criteria for evaluation are different. In the past, the song singing competition is easier to identify than singing. Original competition is not only better than singing skills, but also better than the level of original music itself. This, without music expertise, is easy to fall into the embarrassment of "silly boys watching lively" like the old editor.
There is a phenomenon that must be noted, possibly, many original songs and their works are of a high level, but because the level is too high, some audiences cannot reach it, so there will be a sense of disgust caused by aesthetic unattainable. After the broadcast of "Youth π Program", I saw some one-star bad reviews on Douban and other places, ridiculing that this group of young original musicians could not represent the youth power of Chinese music and so on. Original music is a double-edged sword.
In terms of the main coffee, the review method of the super female fast man has also appeared.
In the "Youth π Program", He Jiong, Zhang Yadong and Li Yuchun are in the position of the main coffee. But they don't seem to be here to comment on these original musicians and their work, but more like to encourage the big guys. This is not the same as the supergirl fast man of the year. In the position of the main coffee of that year, there were many commentators who were very professional musicians or music critics, who could explain music in simple terms.
This may be the difference in variety show needs between those of us who are middle-aged and elderly audiences and young audiences. We chased fast women back then, in addition to listening to songs, we also listened to the comments of professional music workers, and many of their comments also on-demand us. Now, it seems that young audiences don't like to hear comments from professional musicians. This is an era of assertiveness, young people judge themselves, and there is no need for the old gangsters to put their beaks. Therefore, in the "Youth π Program", He Jiong and other main coffees most of the time enter the Kwakwa group mode.
On the whole, this variety show should be very suitable for young audiences, especially young audiences with a certain amount of music theory knowledge. Middle-aged and elderly audiences with a low level of music knowledge like old editors may not be aesthetically accessible. (Text/Ma Qingyun)