In 2007, Jay Chou's self-directed and self-starred film debut "The Secret That Cannot Be Said" turned out to be a success, and once it was released, it achieved a double harvest of word of mouth and box office. From this movie, the public also saw Jay Chou's talent and efforts in other fields besides music.
Ten years later, the musical of the same name, led by the Broadway team in the United States and adapted from the movie "The Secret That Cannot Be Said", officially began, and Cao Yang, who played the role of Ye Xianglun in the musical, has since emerged and started his own musical journey.
Three years later, he won the fourth place in the country in "The Voice of China 2020", allowing the world to see the birth of another all-round artist.
From the radiant stage to the recording studio, Cao Yang also brought his musical theater experience into the world of music. In his latest album "Prescribed Situations", each song hides a drama, showing Cao Yang's most real and illusory extreme performance.
Cao Yang's "Prescribed Situation" is officially pre-sold today!
Cao Yang: A healing male voice refined from a musical
Young, singer and actor. Born in the Department of Musical Theater, he is familiar with playing the male protagonist Ye Xianglun in the musical adapted from Jay Chou's famous movie "The Secret That Cannot Be Said", has a highly infectious voice, and is a powerful acting school.
Since its inception, the musical has been staged in 16 cities such as Beijing, Shanghai, Wuhan, Hangzhou, Shenzhen, Xiamen, Foshan, Macao and Chongqing, and has received great responses and appreciation, and Cao Yang's strength has attracted much attention.
In 2017, Cao Yang appeared in "China New Song 2" as a guest singer of Jay Chou's team, singing "Remember" with Chen Yingen.
In 2018, cao Yang participated in the music program "The Sound of Dreams 3", and Cao Yang won the opportunity to challenge his mentor with the opening song "Quiet". When asking his mentor Lin Junjie for advice, he chose Lin Junjie's classic song "What You Want Is Not Me", and the sadistic singing won the applause of the audience, and the singing video also received millions of views on the Internet.
Cao Yang, who officially joined Jewell Music in 2017, after tailor-made composition and singing "I Heard That There Is a Shop" for the TV series "Nine Mandarin Shops" and received wide acclaim, finally brought his own musical work "Shimmer" to meet with everyone in 2020.
In 2020, he participated in the program "The Voice of China 2020", won the fourth place in the country, and then launched his debut album "Prescribed Situation", which also witnessed Cao Yang's gorgeous transformation from a musical actor to a singer-songwriter.
"Prescribed Situation"
Track list
1. Shimmer
2. Born a pair
3. You say you can't yet
4. Got it
5.I Think I Love You
6. July
7. Airports
8. Player (feat.Pi Weijun)
9. Cafe Six
10. One more day
11. Scatter
In the world of drama, Cao Yang is the sincere Ye Xianglun in your eyes; in the world of music, Cao Yang is the most healing warm voice in your ears, this time, he uses music to create his own "Prescribed Situation".
The main theme of practicing love is "I Think I Love You", Cao Yang and Wu Yingjie sing the daily etude of love for the first time, showing the frequency of love that runs into each other in the situation of love and coexistence. The MV is a big play with the image segmentation method, separating Shanghai and Taipei from shooting, and the two staged a one-man show of acting skills.
In the imbalance theme "You Say You Can't Yet", Cao Yang used his signature warm voice to delicately interpret the most contradictory and inexplicable song in the "Prescribed Situation" album - in the supply and demand role of love, constantly asking himself but unable to answer himself, only in every situation where you need me to try to perform.
The main title "Player" expresses the love situation of young players chasing love for love stud, Cao Yang is fully physically and mentally into the play, Pai Weijun RAP assists, and interprets the confession song. Subverting the new singing method of self-challenge also allows us to see a contrasting and cute Cao Yang.
In addition, the physical album of "Prescribed Situations" also allows you to glimpse two sides of Cao Yang by hiding Easter eggs - situational interactive covers.
Photographer Han Xinlu's lens accurately outlines the contrast of Cao Yang's role, binding designer Zhang Puhui subverts the concept of physical CD interaction, and the album cover is like "scratching half of the scratch music", and every collector will become the key role of the second creation.