This year's Golden Melody Awards has been held for 34 years, and judging from the current shortlist, Xu Jiaying and Wu Qingfeng have become the biggest hits, and Zhou Dong's new album has a super weak sense of existence, and only one song "The Greatest Work" was shortlisted for the song of the year. The rest of Hong Peiyu, Xiong Zai, etc., are also unfamiliar names.
Looking at it as a whole, it is a rare feeling of "no tiger in the mountains, monkeys are overlords". Talk about it award by award.
Shortlisted female singer, just Penny Dai a veteran is strong, shortlisted is reasonable, remembering in previous years, Jolin Tsai's sister Cai Jianya Liang Jingru and her on the same stage of the scene, I feel that things are different, the Golden Melody Awards have long lost the influence and appeal of that year.
Xu Jiaying and A-Lin are singers with good singing skills in recent years, Huang Liling belongs to the representative of iron lung high voice, all kinds of dazzling skills, but I can't find a masterpiece with distinctive characteristics, so I have been unable to be among the first line;
Xu Jiaying's creative talent is good, "Riding a White Horse", "The Same Moonlight", "Lost Sandbar" and other popular songs are also constantly being covered, and the circulation is quite wide, but the lack of fast songs, taking the route of creative talent, there is still a gap from Jolin Tsai's top state Zhang Huimei.
Yu Kewei and Liu Baixin have their own strengths, Yu Kewei's "Passing by the World" and "Do You Know Not" can be regarded as singing songs, and "Flowers in the Water" on the previous show also gained popularity with a mistake. Liu Baixin played in various platters, and Huang Liling had a problem, and there was no masterpiece.
Who is Hong Peiyu? I don't know. Simply listened to her "Ming Room", still did not escape Wei Ruxuan + Zhang Hang + Ai Yiliang's melodic style, lyrics and production on the qualified line, but it is difficult to say new ideas and highlights.
Among the shortlisted male singers, Wu Qingfeng and hot dogs needless to say, they are all reasonable. Wu Qingfeng has been tearing up with his former manager for a few years, and now he has taken back the name of Soda Green, but several albums after their debut, especially the four concepts of spring, summer, autumn and winter, seem too academic, and some are high and low. Hot Dog has been active in mainland variety shows and has become the spokesperson of Baodao rap.
HUSH has always been a relatively low-key talent, the debut album received a good response, Sun Yanzi also sang his "Kepler", this "Entertain Yourself" can be seen out of their own little emotions, began to be closer to the mass market, but also in the attempt, can not see more highlights.
The highlight is the shortlisting of Zhao Lei's "Gangqian Street Boy", after the explosion of a song "Chengdu", Zhao Lei once entered a violent state, and was almost collapsed by various commercial performances and endorsements. Later, it completely stopped for a while, which eased up and made a new album. A song "I Remember" traces the process of conception from the embryo, expressing respect and longing for the mother, and the popularity has surpassed the former "Chengdu".
I admire Zhao Lei for being able to withdraw from the flowers, showing the independence and sobriety of excellent creators, which is worth learning from peers.
Who is Bear Cub? I don't recognize either. It seems that there are not too many formed musical works, I have listened to a few songs, the melody is strong, the musical elements are also more trendy, electronic, rock, R&B, and the word bite is biased towards ABC.
Bearboy sounds like a good rap NewBoy, but it's still a little stingy. After all, our rap pinnacle showdown is being rolled out enthusiastically, and the musical elements included in it are also very colorful, or should the bear boy come over to communicate together?
Best Album was shortlisted, I listened to some of the songs, I felt mediocre, there were no highlights, I still thought about it in the routine chords, and after the admiration in my heart was lost, pop culture really lost that sense of trend.
Best New Artist, Best Arranger... The singing group does not have SHE, the band does not have Mayday, Kusodong and Soda Green, and the song of the year is "The Greatest Work". And Zhou Dong's whole album constantly reminds me of eight words: "Lian Po is old, can you still eat?" ”
In this shortlist, Jay Chou is the only song "The Greatest Work", is it that Zhou Dong has been outdated, or is his trick solidified and difficult to satisfy the ears of the judges?
Later, some clues were seen from the composition of the judges. The chairman of the jury of this year's Golden Melody Awards is Chen Jianqi, who is also a well-known music producer in Taiwan, from Tian Fuzhen's "Nobody Knows" to Liang Jingru, Soda Green, Chen Qizhen, and this time he was also shortlisted for Best Album Producer with Hong Peiyu's "Ming Room". His musical taste and relationship in the circle are basically reflected in the entire shortlist, and as for OGs like Zhou Dong, it is reasonable to be ignored if it were not for the reason for registration.
Back to popular music, or the words of Brother Xian, only popular, not the most popular. Feng shui takes turns, and Baodao is no longer the leader of Chinese pop culture. We don't even hear of the names of the creators and album songs, and we can't compare to "Small Town Summer" and the sunny and cheerful big boy who have been passed down word of mouth through short videos.
In addition to the memories of youth after 7080, younger friends have long been singing and dancing in the Internet Divine Comedy, and the cross-dressing card points are happy.
Pop songs either become fast-moving Internet divine comedy, or become the exclusive exclusive ones of extremely niche fans, or can only become foils behind various movies and TV series and even Internet celebrity cross-dressing. How to break through the bottleneck? Everyone is trying, but no one can answer.
I think of Huang Shujun's lyrics: Only pop, no music, you can't see is clean, it's also a good thing.
Just as online novels have impacted traditional literature, convenient music tools and the popularization of music theory are rewriting the industry. From the continuous decline of the Golden Melody Awards, we can see that professional musicians who continue to insist in the field should think about it. Next, what kind of music carrier and emotional experience should be provided, truly achieve elegant and common appreciation, let the public sing, let the empathy move, and let the feelings of the creator be reflected.
Finally, a positive one. In this era occupied by online songs, when the once classic original was constantly adapted beyond recognition and became the background music of the dance of the devil, the Golden Melody Award still set up many pure music awards, and the shortlisted works also considered musicality first. This style and sentiment is still the benchmark of the Chinese music market.