FYN Chapter 038 The Song
Chapter 038 The Song
November 1th, 6 PM.
Tao Cheng's official fan group was bustling with activity at that moment.
[Sisters, let's cheer each other on! Let's all go to the comments section and control the flow of the post to get more people to see "Flammable and Explosive"!]
With streaming data remaining rock solid these past few days, coupled with the boost from music videos, Orange is highly likely to continue its reign at number one this week.
Be confident, remove the "high probability" option, and a three-week championship is within reach.
In this pleasant atmosphere, a member of the group suddenly posted a photo, which was taken of the television.
The photo is slightly blurry due to indoor reflections, but the subtitles in the lower left corner of the screen are captured clearly.
Hey ladies, I was watching CCTV's Children's Day Gala with my six-year-old niece just now. Guess what we saw during the final chorus? The author of that children's song is also named Yang Du!
The group chat was immediately flooded with a bunch of funny emojis.
[This is normal. With a population of 14 billion in China, the probability of people sharing the same name is actually quite high.]
[Hilarious! Does having the name Yang Du automatically grant someone artistic talent?]
[Case solved! It turns out that people named Yang Du tend to be quite successful.]
[Seriously, the Yang Du we know can not only write songs, but also heartfelt emotional pieces! (Proudly)]
Got it, got it. I'll change my name tomorrow. I'm the rising star!
However, in this era where everyone uses a microscope to browse the internet, there will never be a shortage of people who take things too seriously.
While everyone in the group was having a blast with the memes, one member frowned, sensing that things might not be so simple.
She switched to the chat interface and skillfully logged into the official website of the Music Copyright Society of China.
The Music Copyright Society of China (MCSC) uses a real-name registration system for its song registration database, allowing for accurate identification of the author for every registered song.
A minute later, the group member posted a screenshot in the group, followed by three bright red exclamation marks.
On the official website's registration information page, in addition to the original "Flammable and Explosive," creator Yang Du now has another song listed under his name, namely "Singing and Smiling."
They are not the same person with the same name.
Holy crap, is it really the same person?
[Holy crap! Holy crap! Holy crap! Holy crap! Holy crap!!! Am I seeing things?]
[No, does Yang Du have a split personality? He's a sunny, cheerful young man during the day, and a heartbroken, confidante at night?]
Isn't this a bit of a leap?
Am I the only one who thinks Yang Du might have some mental health issues? (laughing and crying)
[Directions to Tencent Music]
Meanwhile, Weibo.
Originally, discussions about CCTV's June 1st Gala were only sporadic and limited to a few related keywords.
Most of the participants in the discussion were parents watching the show with their children, or passersby who happened to hear "Singing and Smiling".
[This year, CCTV's closing program finally broke away from that old, tired tune; this song, "Singing and Smiling," was truly beautiful!]
The melody is light and simple; my child could hum along after just one listen. Tomorrow, tomorrow this song will fly to the ends of the earth, fly to the ends of the earth!
Finally, a decent children's song that doesn't directly convey values.
[It's both cheerful and therapeutic; I sang it with my daughter.]
However, with the addition of Tao Cheng's fans and the group of netizens who were playing with abstract ideas under Yang Dudu's Weibo post, the style suddenly changed.
[For all you uncles, aunts, grandparents, and parents, you might not know that the author of "Songs and Smiles" recently published a touching story about a close friend, titled "On the Wedding Day...", which vividly recounts the moving tale of a groom delivering his brother's widow's baby on his wedding day.]
Of course, he also has another masterpiece, "I for Love..." (doge) (doge) (doge)
—? ? ?
—"On My Wedding Day..." "I Did It for Love..." Meow meow meow? ? ?
—I couldn't immediately put the words "soulmate" and "children's song" together.
—What does it mean that the authors of "Songs and Smiles" and "On the Wedding Day..." are the same person?
—No, this is a completely different art style! How is this any different from the Queen singing "Happy Birthday" to Snow White?!
To the average person, it's not entirely incomprehensible that a music producer might write a song called "Flammable and Explosive" and then turn around and write a cheerful children's song. Although the contrast is stark, it's not entirely incomprehensible.
After all, that's their specialty.
The problem lies in Yang Du's other identity: that of a blogger specializing in emotional literature, which is linked to his Weibo account, "Yang Dudu".
A literary author who writes extraordinary stories about the deep bond between kindred spirits has also written a popular children's song.
That's a bit outrageous.
This stark contrast and sense of dissonance caused countless netizens to gasp involuntarily, contributing their meager efforts to the greenhouse effect.
Driven by immense curiosity, parents who were originally discussing the Children's Day Gala searched for the account "Sheep Governor," while netizens flocked to CCTV's website to watch the replay.
In an instant, the popularity skyrocketed at a visible speed.
Young people who are more accustomed to using music software simply open QQ Music or NetEase Cloud Music.
For large-scale national galas like those hosted by CCTV, where the margin for error is zero, especially for large choruses involving dozens of primary school students, the production team always has the choir record a backup master tape in advance to prevent major broadcast accidents such as singing off-key, forgetting lyrics, or even the microphone suddenly losing power.
On the day of the studio recording, the focus was more on meticulously refining the children's positioning, expressions, and camera work.
Therefore, before heading to CCTV, the Beijing Conservatory of Music Affiliated Primary School Choir recorded a version at the Beijing Conservatory of Music Recording Studio under the direction of Professor Deng Qin.
As the copyright holder, Yang Du naturally obtained the master tape and released it directly on major music platforms after the Children's Day Gala.
In just half an hour, the number of comments in the YiYun comment section for "Singing and Smiling" exceeded 999+.
NetEase Cloud Music has always had a tradition of late-night emo. When countless adults, who are being ground down by life, put on their headphones and click on "Songs and Smiles", they are caught off guard and their defenses are broken through by the crisp xylophone, cheerful accordion, and the pure and innocent voices of children.
Listening to this new song, which I only heard for the first time tonight, and looking at the children on the screen wearing red scarves and with innocent smiles, I, a thirty-year-old adult, suddenly burst into tears.
[I remember now, I remember everything! I am a flower of the motherland, the sun at eight or nine in the morning, not a beast of burden for the boss, sob sob sob...]
[Why are you crying? Crying is part of the process. Isn't this the growing up you've all been waiting for?]
I don't want to grow up, growing up is too tiring, ahh ...
[Even though it was the first time I heard it, it brought back childhood memories, as if I were back on that sunny morning, holding my mother's hand as I stepped into the school for the first time.]
[I got sand in my eyes while listening...]
[The sound of the corpse was warm.]
Yang Du, your crimes are heinous!!!