Chapter 1258
Chapter 1258: You call this a love song?
Translator: Legge Editor: Legge
A few days later .
On the day of the ninth episode's recording .
The audience was joking and chatting as they entered the studio .
"The Zhang Ye Sprawl has gone viral . "
"Yeah, everyone's imitating it now . "
"And 'The Hottest Ethnic Trend' is causing a stir around the country . "
"Let's see what Zhang Ye will be singing today . "
"Yeah, he's definitely going to sing a proper song today, right?"
"Right . If he doesn't do that, that fellow will definitely get eliminated this round . "
"Yep, the ninth and tenth episodes are going to be the last qualifying rounds before the grand finals take place . When these two episodes are done, it'll be time for the revival round . It's almost coming to an end . "
"Do you guys think that Zhang Ye will advance to the grand finals?"
"If he sings the way he has been, don't even think about it!"
"Actually, I don't think he isn't singing properly . He's actually performed quite well, but you have to take into account who he's up against . Who are all those people with him on this stage? Xiaodong is more popular than Zhang Ye in the Asian scene . And I don't even have to mention Zhang Xia and Chen Guang . Those two are both top singers, pros amongst pros . Even if Zhang Ye gives it his all, he probably can't beat them . He won't even be able to match their singing skills, so this is very normal . "
"But he beat Fan Wenli during King of Masked Singers . "
"That was because they were masked . Everyone had already guessed the identities of the other masked singers except for The Clown, which was the decisive factor of why he could win . People are curious creatures, after all . Besides, even if Fan Wenli's singing is good, she's still lacking when compared to Chen Guang and Grandma Zhang . Surely you guys agree with that too, right? Moreover, Zhang Ye only won because of the songs that he sang during the King of Masked Singers . All of those songs had very deep meanings and were written well in advance . The audience only voted for him because of the songs . But such good songs are getting harder to come by and more difficult to write these days . Even for Zhang Ye, it's impossible that he can churn out a good song every other day . It would already be ridiculously amazing if he could produce three to five classics per year . So I feel that he overdrew his quota during King of Masked Singers . Just look at 'I Feel So Drained' and 'The Hottest Ethnic Trend . ' What kinds of lyrics are those? Even the melody of the songs are so simple . From that, you can get a sense that Zhang Ye's talent has been totally spent . Since he isn't willing to sing the songs that he's sung before, nor those of others, how can he perform well? However, that's also understandable . "
"That makes sense . "
"True, how can it be so easy to always write good songs?"
"That might not be . We'll see what he sings today . "
"Right, we'll know how it goes after today . "
"In any case, I'll listen to whatever Zhang Ye sings . I just like him!"
"Who cares if he's lost his touch? It's good enough as long as the song is nice!"
"He's written a song that's become popular all over the country, and you're saying that he's lost his touch? Are you kidding me? It's just that Zhang Ye isn't singing seriously!"
…
Backstage .
Recording had already begun .
The singers were all gathered at the lot picking place and were surrounded by the program team staff and cameras .
"Let's welcome the replacement singer to the show . "
"Welcome!"
"Thank you, seniors . "
"Who's going to pick first?"
"Not me!"
"How about Grandma Zhang?"
"Me? I'll wait a bit . "
Nobody wanted to be the first to pick a lot, so everyone was laughing and joking . The replacement singer for this episode was a C-list celebrity who could also be considered a newcomer to the music industry . He had only debuted two years ago .
Zhang Xia laughed and said, "Amy survived last week's knockout round again . "
Amy laughed out loud . "That's because I've been proclaimed as the undying goddess . "
Xiaodong mocked, "Well, you're more like an ever-LAST-ing angel!"
Amy did not like hearing that . "Heehee, but I wasn't in last place the previous week . "
"So you guys are talking about me now?" Zhang Ye said in amusement . Zhao Wuliu was in seventh place the previous episode and got eliminated from the competition as a result . Excluding him, it wasn't wrong to say that Zhang Ye's sixth place put him in last place .
Huang Cheng laughed and said, "It was a really close call for Director Zhang . "
Zhang Ye smiled . "Yeah, I was hanging by a thread . "
Everyone actually had very serious questions regarding Zhang Ye's songs choices for the past two episodes . However, they did not think it would be nice to bring it up . What could they say? How could they ask? Could they ask if he couldn't come up with good songs anymore? Ask if he had run out of inspiration? Or ask if his singing had deteriorated? And why he couldn't sing like he did in the past? There was just no way to ask something like that!
Chen Guang looked quite relaxed . "The difference was only a dozen-odd votes, so that was really close . If Director Zhang were eliminated, we would be left without a host . "
Zhang Xia looked at Chen Guang . "What are you going to sing today, Little Chen?"
Chen Guang laughed . "Can I keep it a secret for now?"
Amy immediately said, "No, you have to say it now!"
Chen Guang gave it some thought . "I can only say that it's a rock song; I can't reveal the name yet . "
Xiaodong blinked . "What about you, Grandma Zhang?"
"Me?" Zhang Xia said, "I'll be singing a love song . "
Amy went on to ask Zhang Ye, "Director Zhang, what kind of song will you be singing today?"
Zhang Ye was taken aback but gave a surprising answer, "I'll be singing a love song too . "
Everyone was stunned .
A love song?
He was finally going to show what he was capable of?
Truthfully, they hadn't really heard Zhang Ye sing love songs much even though that was his most powerful weapon of all . But whenever he did sing one, it would always be an earth-shattering performance . Like the duet he performed with Zhang Yuanqi, "Love of a Lifetime . " It didn't sound like much when you listened to it for the first time, but it would slowly grow on you until you found it to be amazing . In fact, even a lot of industry insiders wrote great reviews of "Love of a Lifetime . " They claimed that it was China's best love song this year with no other song coming close!
And today?
Zhang Ye was going to sing a love song again?
Was it going to be a new song too? Or would it be one of his old songs?
Originally, everyone was most concerned about Chen Guang and Zhang Xia's performances . Because these two singers were really strong, everyone wanted to defend against them by trying to find out in advance what they were going to sing so that they could prepare themselves . But when Zhang Ye mentioned that he was going to sing a love song, everyone was caught by surprise and started putting their guards up against him as well . One of the most important reasons for this was that the issue of Zhang Ye's wedding was really too attention-grabbing . Everyone was so curious about who his fiancée was since no one had seen her before . The paparazzi also couldn't find out anything about her, so it could be said that the entire country was still trying to figure out her identity . And to sing a love song at this time, was Zhang Ye going to dedicate it to his fiancée? Or perhaps reveal something about the course of their relationship? If that was the case, could you even imagine the stir that it would cause!
He might even be able to get first place because of it!
Zhang Ye smiled and went forward . "If no one is picking first, I'll go ahead . "
He picked out a ball and unwrapped it .
Everyone looked down at it and was amused by what they saw!
"Hahaha!"
"Wow, Director Zhang . "
"Seems like your luck isn't that great . "
Zhang Ye did not know whether to laugh or cry . The number "1" was written on the ball . "OK, I'll be going onstage then . "
The others also picked lots to determine their order of appearance .
Amy said, "I'll head back to the waiting room first . I can't miss out on listening to Director Zhang's love song . "
Chen Guang said, "Let's go together . "
Xiaodong gave a bitter laugh and said, "Director Zhang will surely be difficult to deal with today . "
The tiger was finally baring its fangs, so what should they do?
…
In front .
The audience gave thunderous applause!
"Zhang Ye!"
"He came out!"
"It's starting!"
"I'm so looking forward to it!"
Zhang Ye stood onstage with a smile and said, "Welcome to this episode of I Am a Singer . For this episode, we will be welcoming a new replacement singer . Many of you are very concerned about who he is, and I've interviewed him backstage . He wanted me to pass a message to the audience…"
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