Riding the wind Sigong adapted "Blue Bird", Mei Yili Bud failed and sang the colorful appearance of youth
On the stage of the fourth gong of "Riding the Wind 2023", Mei Yi Liya led the team to finally present the "Blue Bird" that everyone was waiting for.
My first feeling is like a king rank player, with five rookie players playing an exhibition match. In order to maintain the team atmosphere, the king player also needs to cooperate with the rookie chicken to do some low-level operations, so the overall effect is dragged down, fortunately, the king is the king after all, and the brilliance is unstoppable.
01. Analysis of the gains and losses of "Blue Bird" by the Meiyi team
In fact, from arrangement, stage, costume, dance to sisters, everyone knows that everyone only wants to watch Mei Yi Liya perform "Blue Bird", but this is a group show, and several others must cooperate.
Therefore, everyone consciously highlights the Meili buds.
For example, in terms of costumes, the background actor's all-black costume, the other five sisters are silver and black with a metallic texture, while Mei Yili Bud is a light gray tulle, even if it is the smallest, it is particularly bright in the dark background with a light flowing wind.
In terms of arrangement, she also gave Miyi the chorus that most aroused memories, making full use of her advantages in Japanese pronunciation and singing.
This is especially true in the choreography and positioning, with the opening Mei hiding behind everyone, the intro ends, and she directly appears to start the solo.
The following important passages are also Mei Yi Liya alone in the C position, leading everyone to dance together, which is naturally giving full play to her dance advantages, and also fully respecting and meeting the expectations of netizens.
The good impression of this version of "Blue Bird" is also due to the above paragraphs, and the rest is completely collapsed, because the other five teammates are too difficult to bring.
In terms of singing skills, Liu Xijun is more professional, but it is difficult to show advantages in this fast song, the rest are just to show their faces, Xie Xin, Chen Yihan is really undesirable, Lang Lang's wife Guna itself also has the background of classical music, and is directly pulled to the level of mass entertainment by vulgar dressing.
The Chinese lyrics of several people completely destroyed the original raw and bloody "Blue Bird", and the inexplicable cute action seriously damaged the mood, and the performance became a fragmented farce.
Therefore, if the show really respects the audience, it should immediately release a version of Mei Yi Liya's solo "Blue Bird", otherwise it will be another "full of expectations" completely failed event.
02. What is the reason for the charm of Meiyili Buds?
My understanding of Mei Yi Li Bud also began with "Pure Land of Bliss" that debuted in "Riding the Wind 2023".
The voting of the two-dimensional teenagers created an entertainment hotspot and attracted middle-aged uncles, including me, to watch. I have to say that it is indeed full of youthful blood.
Mei Yili Bud dance steps are beautiful, her singing skills are clear and stable, and her appearance is cute and eye-catching. It is also unique and vivid among the sisters, and once on the stage, it will form a "dimensionality reduction blow" to many people.
As the old saying goes, "one minute on stage, ten years off stage", actresses who completely rely on their singing and dancing strength to get on the stage, and gags who mix from the inner entertainment circle, will never be the same level of performance. How can a few days of gesture practice in the show compare to decades of concentration?
For example, many performances in "Riding the Wind 2023", it can be seen that the sisters are working very hard and want to compare the action to a beautiful standard. But this is still too far from the yardstick of stage art.
A typical example is Xie Na, she is also a front-line existence in internal entertainment, and the image established by being a host is also happy and close to the people.
But to be forced to participate in the professional singing and dancing stage, she practiced hard, and the audience was nervous. That version of the formula, which is the level of beginners, is full of depression and hesitation, completely unable to integrate with the emotions of the song itself.
The other sisters have similar problems. I won't go into all of them.
On singing skills, no one can compare with Gong Linna; When it comes to dancing, Mei Yi Liya does not dare to say that it is the most professional; In terms of appearance, most of the older sisters are able to crush Meiyi.
However, it is a comprehensive stage, and Mei Yi Liya grasps the singing, dance steps, mood and atmosphere perfectly, and blends them together.
For example, "Pure Land of Bliss", which once dominated Station B, is an electronic dance song, which mixes and matches a lot of traditional folk music originating from China in the fashionable and flexible electronic music; The clear voice of Meili Bud perfectly matches the warmth and lightness of the dance music.
On top of this, she dressed in an optimized bright kimono and danced a smooth and easy-to-imitate butterfly dance step. The whole work mixes and matches electronic dance music, visual rock, new folk music, newage and other comprehensive elements, which naturally attracts the younger generation.
Different from other sisters or professional, or beautiful, or classical image temperament, Mei Yi Liya focuses on cute, lively, and people-friendly stage images, just like the little sister next door, but with solid singing skills and brisk dance steps.
The advantages of this temperament were more strongly demonstrated when collaborating with Gong Linna on "Sea of Flowers".
Teacher Gong Linna is atmospheric and stable, full of the distance and tactfulness of professional singing, like a woman with a story, whispering about feelings about love; And Mei Yi Li Bud sings and echoes with Gong Linna's sister with clarity and agility, so gradually to the chorus, and the two continue to promote emotions with their stable singing skills, Chinese and Japanese switch naturally, when the petals of the sky are scattered, the two also push their emotions to the climax. The vision and singing are natural, and a very complete stage of cooperation has been achieved.
The youthful temperament of Mei Yili Bud and the warm blood youth and youthful feelings carried by "Blue Bird" are almost a match made in heaven. However, the world is not as usual, and we rub shoulders with the imaginary perfect "Blue Bird".
03. Throughout the various versions of "Blue Bird", Zhang Yuan and Zhan Wenting still occupy the top spot
The Japanese song "Blue Bird" was originally sung by the head of the music group Biology Unit, and was originally widely spread as the opening song of "Naruto", because "Naruto" became popular in China and became an unforgettable teenage memory for countless post-80s and post-90s people.
"Naruto" is full of the unique blood sincerity of anime works, and it is also the outstanding temperament of the original version, which is a dream chasing story in a fictional background, and has also inspired a large number of teenagers who have walked through confused youth.
Therefore, "Blue Bird" is still being adapted and covered to this day, and too many versions can no longer be accurately counted, so I will compare some of the more well-known versions.
First of all, the covers of several Internet singers such as Xia Feng and Feng Timo, basically did not break through the scope of the original singing, clear female voice, smooth pronunciation, and reproduced the original positive enthusiasm.
Then came Chen Leyi's breakthrough in tone. Chen Leyi itself has the advantage of singing high notes, when she sings "Blue Bird", especially the chorus smoothly and fullly, on the basis of rising key, it has obviously improved significantly in terms of intense youth and courage, and the strong explosive power also echoes the feelings of the anime, which is even more exciting.
Another boy, Jin Junlong, also used a similar high-pitched method to interpret "Blue Bird", but obviously could not reach Chen Leyi's ease, so he also lost a certain sense of substitution and appeal.
The treasure old man Tengger, who likes to adapt hot songs very much, naturally did not let go of "Blue Bird", with a hoarse voice and old-school sway, which makes people have a sense of misplaced funny.
There is also the version interpreted by Zhang Shaohan and Zhang Qi, on the professionalism of the singing tone and the accuracy of the tone, the two surpass Chen Leyi, but it is too standard and rigorous singing, but it loses Chen Leyi's wayward sense of youth, Zhang Qi's performance is mediocre, and Zhang Shaohan has experienced too many stories after all, and it is difficult for her to return to the pure simplicity of "Aurora".
Until Zhang Yuan and Fei'er Zhan Wenting gave a classic choral performance on the program "Our Song".
This version has a new arrangement, adding a richer narrative and layering to the original song, Zhang Yuan and Zhan Wenting's voices have unique recognition, especially Zhan Wenting's timbre is high-pitched and clear, and at the same time a little hoarse as the base, showing a bit of heaviness.
The song is introduced from soothing, the mood is advanced step by step, the piano and wings of the intro are substituted into the mood, and the two begin to narrate the general singing; Drums, strings, electric guitars are gradually added, dry ice and fire catalyze emotions, Zhang Yuan's tenacity and persistence on the music road, and Zhan Wenting's brave comeback after experiencing emotional injuries have become the perfect footnotes of passionate youth.
Repeated chanting stacked emotions, after a slight pause, the broken guitar accompanied by the male voice roared, the fire gushed, and the two shouted to each other, like a blue bird that had been tempered and finally grown, flapping its wings and flying. After the elevation, the mood was at its highest, and the two suddenly switched to a Japanese chorus. For a while, the memories of youth came to the face, the once simple and raw, the once brave forward, all surged at that moment.
The fiery youth of all people has been traced back in this cry, who has not rushed and rushed, who has not been trapped and hesitant? But with music, with the power to move forward, our youth will no longer be disappointed.
Zhang Yuan and Zhan Wenting sang a song and created an excellent version of "Blue Bird".
This time, Mei Yili Bud had the opportunity to create another high point of the stage, but unfortunately it was dragged down and lost the opportunity to compete with the classic.