There is no need to explain what rap is, but I just want to mention one thing here - rap and hip-pop are two different things.

Rap is a musical style, while hip-hop is a cultural form, the latter encompassing rap but also hip-hop, graffiti, and more.

(Temporary worker: So it's the turn of "There is Graffiti in China" next season?)

(Author: Protect places of interest, no graffiti!)

Hikaru Utada grew up in the United States and is certainly no stranger to rap.

She frowned and said, "Rap...... I can try, but, are you really ready to challenge the American music market with rap?"

She almost didn't say the words "self-sufficient".

Derived from black percussion and chanting, rap is an important part of black American music, known as a "piece of black chocolate" in world pop music.

In other words, this field is the preserve of blacks.

Hikaru Utada wonders if Lin Hai's head is broken.

"You must think I'm whimsical, right? ”

"I ......"

"I can understand your concerns, and I know better than you how difficult it is to do this, after all, no matter how lively rap is, it will eventually drift off the fringes of mainstream music. But—"

Lin Hai's painting style changed and asked, "What are we going to challenge?"

Hikaru Utada replied, "The American music scene ......"

"No!" Lin Hai shook his head, "It's a huge monster." ”

"Monster......" Hikaru Utada muttered.

“…… In the face of a behemoth, it is the stupidest thing to do to run head-on, and only by finding its weakness can you sting or even kill it......"

Lin Hai's explanation was somewhat abstract, but Hikaru Utada understood.

Countries have borders, but music as a culture is fluid.

These mobile cultures are divided into main streams and tributaries.

Jazz, rock, pop music, these are all mainstreams, they flow through a wide range, the gap is very large, and it is very difficult for people in the downstream to go against the current.

Rap, as a tributary, is much less challenging.

However.

Hikaru Utada said, "Rap is the domain of black people after all......"

Lin Hai raised his hand to interrupt her, turned his head and shouted at Kyoko Fukada, "Kyoko!"

Kyoko Fukada, who was entertaining herself, heard Lin Hai calling her, and asked loudly with a microphone, "Haisan, do you want a song?"

Lin Hai's head was buzzing with noise, and he beckoned her to come over.

Kyoko Fukada turned off the accompaniment, leaned in and asked, "What's the matter?"

"I ask you a question. "If there was a foreigner who was very good at Noh (a traditional Japanese performance form), would you be interested in him?"

"Noh, ah......" Kyoko Fukada thought about it seriously, shook her head and said, "I'm not interested in Noh." ”

Will you die if you cooperate?

"Poof!"

Hikaru Utada looked at the word "embarrassment" written in capital letters on Lin Hai's face, and couldn't help laughing.

Laughing and laughing, she understood what Lin Hai meant.

Hikaru Utada pretended to be dissatisfied and said, "Could it be that in your heart, my understanding is so poor?"

"I didn't mean that......"

Lin Hai felt that it would only be darker if he depicted it, so he quickly changed his words: "All in all, the more unique the culture, the stronger the feeling when exposed to external stimuli......"

……

Older Chinese people should be familiar with the name "Dashan".

(Temporary: Meow Meow?)

(Author: Tear down the stage again and get out of here!)

Dashan is a Canadian, speaks Chinese very well, once studied cross talk with Jiang Kun as a teacher, and has appeared on the stage of the Spring Festival Gala many times.

Is the level of cross talk in the mountains very high? Actually, it's average.

However, he is a foreigner, so the Chinese audience loves him.

Lin Hai's approach is the same thing.

……

“…… It's just rapping, it's too dry, so we have to combine 'speaking' and 'singing', and I also have the title of the song in mind, it's called "The-Monster". ”

"I'm responsible for the 'speaking' part?"

"Questions?"

"I'll give it a try. ”

Hikaru Utada did not flinch in the face of the challenge, but was eager to try: "How long will it take for you to write the lyrics and songs?"

Lin Hai smiled: "One night is enough." ”

……

In terms of lyrics and songs, Lin Hai is ready to borrow from the song of the same name from "White Chocolate".

(Temporary worker: Aren't you just unable to make up and prepare to copy songs? and "borrow", you just want to be—ah, you!!)

(Author: Okay, the bedbug is crushed, no one will talk nonsense in the future, don't be unpredictable!)

Having a ready-made reference does not mean that it can be copied without brains, and Lin Hai decided to adjust the melody, lyrics and arrangement without changing the general framework to cater to the mainstream tendencies of this period.

In fact, even if Eminem knew that Lin Hai wanted to borrow from his works, he probably couldn't say anything, after all, "The-Monster" itself also borrowed from "Monster-Under-My-Bed".

……

Lin Hai and Udada Hikaru chatted enthusiastically, Kyoko Fukada was bored, picked up the microphone, put it down again, and after repeating it a few times, got up and said, "I'll go to the bathroom." ”

Lin Hai's head was full of notes at this time, and he responded casually, not noticing the loss in Kyoko Fukada's eyes.

Unconsciously, after a while, Lin Hai stopped drinking water, only to find that Kyoko Fukada had not returned for a long time.

Hikaru Utada and Lin Hai glanced at each other and said, "I'll take a look." ”

After a while, Hikaru Utada came back scolding, followed by Kyoko Fukada, who was as aggrieved as a little daughter-in-law.

"What's wrong?" Lin Hai jokingly asked Kyoko, "You got into trouble again?"

"Not ......"

"It's a disgusting little white face!" Utada Hikaru said angrily: "That guy treats Kyoko as a wine escort and keeps pestering!"

Lin Hai stood up suddenly: "What about that person?"

Hikaru Utada was just about to speak, when the door of the box was suddenly kicked open, and two men walked in one after the other.

"It's you!"

After looking at each other, Lin Hai and one of the men shouted in unison.

Hikaru Utada looked at the man and asked Lin Hai, "Do you know him?"

"Shinji Takeda, just a despicable villain. ”

Lin Hai didn't hide the disgust in his heart at all, and he didn't even bother to do superficial work.

Takeda Shinji's expression was similar, and he subconsciously turned around to leave, but when he heard Lin Hai's words, he turned around and said coldly: "Has no one taught you to use honorific titles for your seniors?"

"What kind of senior are you?" Lin Hai sneered: "That's right, when it comes to splashing dirty water behind my back, I should really learn from you." ”

"You!"

"How are you talking to Takeda-senpai! Why don't you apologize quickly!"

The young man behind Shinji Takeda reprimanded.

Lin Hai glanced at him, turned his head and asked Kyoko, "He was harassing you just now?"

Don't ask Lin Hai how he guessed it, it's really the slap print on the other party's face is too obvious, looking at the size, it is clearly Utada's light fan.

The young man was enraged by Lin Hai's indifferent and ignorant attitude, and blurted out expletives.

Cowardice!

Lin Hai smelled the smell of wine spurting from the other party's mouth, and felt that this guy didn't dare to do anything in this situation, and he was really sorry for the horse urine that was poured down.

And Shinji Takeda.

Lin Hai glanced at Takeda, this slut was clearly here to support the scene, but at this time, he didn't even dare to let out a fart, did he think that if he stared at Lin Hai viciously, Lin Hai would have less meat?

The cowards are still scolding.

Lin Hai frowned slightly, and it was a slap when he went up.

Well, that's symmetry.

Lin Hai nodded with satisfaction.

"Tsuyoshi Morita, born in Showa 54 (1979), an artist under the Genesys Agency, do you need me to remind you that you are not allowed to drink alcohol under the age of twenty?"

Gang Morita, who didn't wake up after being slapped in the face, heard Lin Hai's words, and felt like a basin of ice water splashed on his head, and his expression instantly froze.

"Apologize, otherwise I wouldn't mind talking to reporters, I don't think Genesys is short of you as an artist, right?"

"I ......"

Morita looked at Shinji Takeda, who looked away in advance.

"I, I apologize!"

Morita just gritted his teeth.

You should apologize to her, Lin Hai said, pointing at Kyoko Fukada.

Tsuyoshi Morita felt humiliated in his heart, but he still walked up to Kyoko Fukada, bowed deeply, and said, "I'm very sorry for what happened before, please forgive me!"

"I, you're ......" Kyoko Fukada couldn't understand duplicity, and was at a loss for a while.

"Okay, I accepted your apology for her, now, please get out!"

Lin Hai unceremoniously gave an eviction order, and the two people who had been coming violently retreated in a gloomy manner.

……

Udada Hikaru glanced out, closed the door, and then asked Lin Hai, "That little white face is also an artist?"

"Feeling scared now?"

Lin Hai had been paying attention to her just now, and her body had been in a tense state until Tsuyoshi Morita and Shinji Takeda left.

Lin Hai looked at Hikaru Utada, and then at Kyoko Fukada, and suddenly felt very interesting.

The former is like a little tiger with teeth and claws, but his heart is slender and sensitive, while the latter is usually a soft fool with a very stubborn heart.

After teasing the little tiger, Lin Hai comforted Kyoko Fukada: "I forgive him for you, this is because I don't want things to make a big deal, you are in a critical period of your acting career, and you can't get the slightest stain." ”

The stupid gong who had been holding his neck was instantly deflated, and said aggrievedly: "But, I'm really angry, is this kind of person worthy of being an idol?"

Lin Hai shook his head and said nothing, with a look of emotion.

Idol, to put it bluntly, is a brightly packaged gift box, whether it contains candy or poison, no one knows if you don't open it to see.

Take Tsuyoshi Morita as an example, as an idol cultivated by the J Society, he shows outsiders the image of a sunny boy, but if you read the book "The Really Terrible Janiss", I'm afraid you won't have any illusions about some idols.

Of course, idols are not all dirty, and there are those who are clean and self-conscious, but unless these people are outstanding, they will be more or less marginalized.

"If you don't want to be helpless in the face of this situation, then try to become stronger, so strong that no one can manipulate you......"

Lin Hai's voice echoed in the ears of the two girls, and also echoed in his own heart.