Today's SMAP, even though it is impeccable in popularity, but in terms of music, there has always been a lack of a million-dollar single in the style of a Dinghai God Needle, although it is an all-rounder in the entertainment industry, but for the idol profession, music is their basic to a certain extent.

Perhaps they don't have any music records to protect, and they don't insist on "big is the best" when it comes to single songwriters, but from time to time they will use potential newcomers, such as the single "Celery" they released later, which is a cover of the song of Yamazaki Masaki, who was just an unknown newcomer at the time.

Under such circumstances, it is not very strange that Iijima Sanzhi will place his hopes on Ye Zhao. Of course, although it is a more formal invitation to sing, if the song she comes up with is not satisfactory enough, Iijima Sanchi will definitely return it without hesitation, because this woman's importance to SMAP is by no means ordinary and imaginable.

If you want to write a song for SMAP, the first reaction is of course the national divine comedy "The Only Flower in the World", this song with positive lyrics and catchy melody brought a new peak in music for SMAP in 2003, with sales and super high popularity, and even won the song a "second national anthem" praise.

But will Ye Zhao really come up with this song for SMAP ......? Of course, the answer is no. At least on the surface, SMAP has no foresight or near-term worries, (Note 1) Writing songs for them at this point in time is the icing on the cake, and there is no need to use the big killer of a flower.

The rice has to be eaten one bite at a time, and of course the cards have to be played one by one, and "The Only Flower in the World" is one of Ye Zhao's trump cards, he wants to leave this best card, and then play it out at the most appropriate time.

After some deliberation, he finally decided on another million-dollar single from SMAP, and it was also their national representative work "The Other Side of the Night Sky" before a branch of flowers came out. In fact, compared to "The Only Flower in the World", Ye Zhao's favorite SMAP song is still this song "The Other Side of the Night Sky", this song is enough to reach the two words of Divine Comedy in terms of melody and lyrics.

In fact, this song also became SMAP's best-selling single in the entire 90s in 1998, with sales of more than 1.6 million copies, and it was also the second best-selling single in their entire career (the first was of course Kookina), and Takuya Kimura played the guitar during the live performance, and I don't know how many girl housewives were fascinated by the way they played the guitar during the live performance.

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The video of Kazuyo Kawamoto's performance was sent to be copied several times, but Ye Zhao did not send it to several companies at the same time, but selectively screened out the appropriate record companies in his mind, and tried them one by one according to the priority in his heart, so as not to send them to several companies at the same time, and then no matter which one he promised, he would offend the other, and it would be worth the loss.

In terms of the belonging of Kazuyo Kawamoto, Ye Zhao's choice is very clear, which is nothing more than between Sony, Universal, Aihui, EMI, and VICTOR. Hey, seeing that Sony seems to be about to roll his eyes and complain that he hit himself in the face?

Speaking of which, I have to mention an old yellow calendar that Ye Zhao only knew after joining BEING, that is, his current record company BEING, the first opportunity to develop and grow, was to become the outsourcing company of Sony Records in 1985 and help Sony produce the band TUBE. With the popularity of TUBE, BEING has finally found its market positioning, and after getting the trump card of B'z, it has become a large company in the 90s from the original OEM workshop.

So, if you want to have anything to do with Sony? That's not there. As a large aircraft carrier-level company whose main business covers all walks of life and fields around the world, the record business can only be regarded as a side business, whether it is a tangible or intangible part, it is affecting the entire industry.

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At two o'clock in the afternoon of April 13, only three days later, Ye Zhao appeared again at the headquarters building of Fuji TV. But this time, he's here for the music "MUSIC FAIR" that will be broadcast on the 15th.

In the 90s, the TV station made a large-scale reduction in the music fan, and the channels for singers to sing were greatly reduced. In this context, the single "Beauty Flowers/Sakura" can also be used in large and small music groups, so Ye Zhao has to sigh silently in his heart: The thicker the thighs, the better.

With AMUSE's support, the single is scheduled to be released on Friday of the release week, "HEY3", and Wednesday "SOUND ARENA", and even on the 15th day before the release, it will be released on NHK's "POPJAM" and Fuji TV's "MUSIC FAIR" at the same time.

"POPJAM" may sound a little unfamiliar, but when you mention the name "MUSIC JAPAN" that it changed to in 2007, more people will know about it, this music group produced by the state-run station NHK, which is broadcast every Saturday at 23:25, is one of the mainstream traditional music programs at the moment.

Another music series "MUSIC FAIR", this program was launched by Fuji TV as early as 1964, which can be regarded as the current RB domestic antique music group, "MUSIC FAIR" and "POPJAM" are also broadcast on Saturday, but its start time is 18:00, so there is no conflict between the two programs, and these two programs are recorded and broadcasted, such as Ye Zhao and Fukuyama Masaharu will appear on the 15th, "POPJAM" The official recording was completed on April 12, and the recording of "MUSIC FAIR" was officially conducted on the afternoon of April 13.

came here with Ye Zhao, in addition to Yuki Uemura, there was another person.

In the gap between waiting for the elevator to land at the elevator entrance, Kazuyo Kawamoto, who couldn't hide his nervousness, asked in a tangled way: "Ye Zhaosang, what if I mess up later?"

"You're a piano major, so you won't be in that situation. Ye Zhao comforted, "Besides, anyway, it's a recorded show, even if you really make that irreparable mistake, it's a big deal to start over." ”

"In that case, will you be scolded by the director and co-actors?"

"It doesn't matter, even if you are scolded, just keep your head down and listen honestly. It's really not good," Ye Zhao joked, "You just pretend to cry." ”

"Eh~ Does that work?" Kazuyo Kawamoto said with an expression that opened the door to a new world.

"You can try it and let me know how it turns out by the way. ”

Realizing that he had been tricked, Kazuyo Kawamoto frowned, "Ye Zhaosang, if you always run the train with such a mouth, it will overturn one day." ”

"No, I'm an old driver, after all. The elevator door slowly opened, and Ye Zhao smiled and stepped in first.

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Bringing Kazuyo Kawamoto to participate in "MUSIC FAIR" was discussed with the program team when he got the invitation of the group. Since "Beauty Flowers/Sakura" is a double-A single, you can't just promote one of them in terms of songs, so after negotiation, it was finally decided to sing "Beauty Flower" on "POPJAM" and "Sakura" on "MUSIC FAIR", so that the two songs will be revealed for the first time in different groups on the same day. In fact, with the current popularity and topicality of the two people, it is not difficult to sing two songs at a time, but the single has not been officially released yet, and it will lose its sense of mystery if it is exposed too many times at one time.

"MUSIC FAIR" has two well-known features, namely a variety of cooperative performances between singers, and the sound effects of real singing + live bands, so this music series also has a bit of a touchstone for singing skills, and singers who are not good enough in singing skills will definitely be exposed here.

The piano is used extensively in the arrangement of "Sakura", and when negotiating with the program team, Ye Zhao asked, "Can I bring my own performers for the piano accompaniment recorded on the spot?"

Anyway, it wasn't an excessive request, the program team immediately agreed, and Kazuyo Kawamoto got her first TV appearance, although it was just a silent piano accompaniment in the back.

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Kazuyo Kawamoto, who came as a musician, did not have his own lounge, and after arriving backstage, Ye Zhao asked, "Are you sharing a lounge with me, or are you going to be with today's accompaniment band?"

Kazuyo Kawamoto thought for a moment, "Let's go with the backing band." ”

Ye Zhao nodded and motioned for Yuki Uemura to send her to the multi-person lounge shared by the accompaniment band.

THE DISTRIBUTION OF THE LOUNGES IN "MUSIC FAIR" IS NOT VERY PARTICULAR, IT IS SIMPLY ARRANGED IN THE ORDER OF FIFTY NOTES OF THE NAME, AND YE ZHAO'S SURNAME (KANOU) TAKES ADVANTAGE OF IT HERE, ALLOWING HIM TO GET THE LOUNGE NEXT TO THE HOST, FOLLOWED BY KOHIROMI, TOMI SAKAMOTO, MASAHARU FUKUYAMA, AND A BAND CALLED FLYING KIDS.

What is a little subtle is that these four groups of guests are Ye Zhao's predecessors, Masaharu Fukuyama and FLYING KIDS debuted in the same year, Xiang Hiromi and Sakamoto Fuyumi, the two of them have a taste of big seniors just by listening to their names, in order to alleviate this embarrassment, as soon as he arrived at the lounge, Ye Zhao hurriedly brought the new single that he had already gotten his hands on, and visited from the host one by one.

As the ancestor Denis, the first beautiful boy in Kitagawa's mind, Xiang Guangmei, who is personable and elegant, not only received the single sent by Ye Zhao very kindly, but also deliberately took the single that he will release soon to give back, which is quite the style of his predecessors.

It was her agent who opened the door for Fuyumi Sakamoto, Fuyumi Sakamoto was sitting on the seat cushion in a kimono, and her solemn posture made Ye Zhao also quickly sit down in a precarious position, and handed over his single with both hands, "This is the collaboration single that I and Fukuyama-san will release on the 18th, please accept it." ”