Chapter 566: Farewell to the Past
Enjoying the awe-inspiring applause of the audience, Shirley Smith walked off the stage.
Ye Luo also stood in the first row of the audience and applauded with satisfaction.
Although the song is not difficult to sing, Shiryl sings with extra power and is infectious.
Immediately after, the host's words rang out: "Thank you, Sheryl." Well, next up is our soul singer, Abigail Livingston.
Mr. Ye Luo, I still have to ask you again, do you have anything to say about this new song? ”。
Ye Luo waved his hand and simply didn't speak.
In fact, the host's questioning session is of no other use for the first two songs, just to remind the audience that these songs are actually written by Ye Luo, and when you listen to these contestants singing, don't forget the main character.
The transition to the presenter was brief, and Abigail began to take the stage with the hem of her long skirt.
She was still greeted by cheers & no & no fault & applause from the audience.
With more than 50 million viewers, the contestants of the show "Music Rescue" have become almost household names in the United States, and their popularity is needless to say, even Abigail, who is relatively weak in the top three, also has a large number of fans.
It's not just Beauty Records, Music.com, Abigail himself, and Abigail who have benefited from this phenomenon.
Abigail had released two records before, and she signed with a Chinese label record company called Canxing Records, and the two records originally sold a total of more than 200,000 records, and the results were very average, and she was not qualified to enter the national market.
As soon as he saw Abigail participating in the competition, his popularity soared, and the boss of Canxing Records was not stupid, so he hurriedly released Abigail's old record again, and took the initiative to find Beauty Records. Asked for a partnership to promote the two records in the U.S. market.
Of course, Song Yan will not refuse this kind of door-to-door sale, two old records were repackaged and released, and they began to be sold last week, and now the sales have exceeded the five million mark.
This sale. Originally, Abigail couldn't get a penny. She violated the singer's contract because of drug abuse, and the previous sharing agreement with Canxing naturally no longer exists, and the record copyright is in Canxing's hands, so the profit from this reprint has nothing to do with her.
Before Abigail came to the show, he was at the end of his rope.
After she came out of the drug rehabilitation center, her personal savings were cleared, and her husband, a drug dealer who led her astray, had long since run away and could only support the family by singing in a night club. Raising a pair of children who are less than 10 years old.
And the night scene where she sang was a relatively low-grade black night club, where drugs were rampant, and as a person with a history of drug abuse, working in this environment, the possibility of relapse was almost 100 percent.
The meager work income, poor working environment, and harsh life pressure have made Abigail almost unbearable, and sooner or later she will take drugs again. Since then, it has completely sunk.
And it was at this time that she learned that the "Music Rescue" program began auditions. Unwilling to sink like this, she felt that this was an opportunity.
This opportunity, she seized.
However, she has been recording shows recently, and she rarely goes back at home, so she can only entrust her children to her elderly parents, and she doesn't go to night singing now. The economic source was also cut off.
Ye Luo saw that her situation was really difficult, and two days ago, in the name of the singer's salary advance, Song Yan asked Song Yan to put one million US dollars into her account.
For this matter, Ye Luo was also counted down by Song Yan for a while: "You will reduce the singer's hunger and affect her performance in the finals." ”
Ye Luo smiled: "The emperor is not short of hungry soldiers. ”
Anyway, the money was given. Abigail's urgent need has also been solved, and Abigail, who has no worries, is looking forward to how much energy he can exert on the final stage.
Because the two songs that Ye Luo chose for Abigail today are both classic songs in soul music, especially the latter one, which is at the level of a classic that has been handed down to the world, and the requirements for singers are also higher.
Abigail on the stage has a long skirt that reaches the floor, and her eyes are full of confidence.
Abigail's appearance, in terms of Ye Luo's aesthetics, is not beautiful, but the aesthetics of Easterners and Westerners are still a little different.
Ye Luo recently looked at the comments on the Internet and found that Americans have a high opinion of Abigail's appearance, thinking that she is very temperamental, especially her long-legged and thin-waisted figure, standing on the stage is full of queen style.
Perhaps because he has seen too much of the psychological effect of this kind of comment, today Ye Luo found that Abigail is indeed very moving.
Her facial features have the typical characteristics of an African-American woman, with thick lips and a slightly collapsed nose bridge, but the position of her facial features is very upright, her eyes are also large and bright, coupled with the long black tunic dress, confident and free-spirited, this singer does look very mature.
The self-confidence and temperament of mature singers cannot be cultivated in the recording studio, they must be on stage, and only live singing on the stage is the way to truly train singers.
Although Abigail sang in a low-grade night show before, it was also a stage, which made her singing skills more meticulously polished, and now she has been saved by fourteen consecutive episodes of music, and the big stage in the studio has given her confidence.
But as a music reality shower, or as a singer, the most important thing is not temporary popularity, nor personal skills or self-confidence, but to have good works.
Only with this can she be considered a real turnaround. Since then, her career as a singer has been able to stabilize and go to the next level, instead of being popular for a while and being silent.
When the applause subsided, a string of dense and pleasant piano sounds sounded in the studio hall.
Next to Abigail is a black grand piano, and the pianist is a middle-aged white man, the most famous soul pianist in New York music circles.
Abigail begins with a hum, then begins with the lyrics:
"somepeopleliveforthefor buttocks,
Some live for wealth,
somepeoplelivejustforthefame,
Some people just live for fame,
somepeopleliveforthepower,yeah。
Some live for power.
somepeoplelivejusttoplaythegame
Some people are just playing life,
somepeoplethinkthatthephythingsdefiswithin。
Some people believe that the outside determines what is inside.
andivebeentherebefore,
I've done that too.
butthatlifesa wave re,
But this kind of life is boring,
sofullofthesuperf。
Filled with superficial stuff.
somepeoplewantitall,
Some people want to have it all,
butidontwantnothingatall,
But I don't want anything.
Ifitait seduces baby.
If I don't get you, baby.
ifiaintgot seduces baby
If I didn't have you, baby.
somepeoplewantnd day ngs,
Some people want diamond rings,
somejustwahing。
Some people just want to have it all.
buteverythingmeansnothing,
But all this is nothing,
ifiaintgot lure.
If I didn't have you.
……”
Song title: "ifiaintgot lure", translated as "If I Can't Get You".
It can be a soul style love song, or it can be more than that.
Abigail sings this song for the meaning. It's similar to her singing "ihavenothing" in her previous show.
She needs to be recognized by her fans again, both in terms of personality and skills.
Obviously, the effect of this song on the scene made Abigail get his wish.
She used her soul voice to the extreme, and performed this song amazingly.
When a person's skill reaches a certain level, private morality seems to be less important, let alone that. Abigail had only gone astray for a moment, and now she had found her way back.
Such an Abigail. Such a song is naturally acceptable to music fans.
The progress of the first two songs went very smoothly, and the performance of the singers made Ye Luo very satisfied, and the audience was also satisfied.
Since everything is fine, it is natural to continue to record.
The next singer to appear. It will be Henry Dean.
The host appeared again, said a transition word, and then, according to the usual practice, still asked Ye Luo: "Do you have anything to say about this song?" ”。
Just when everyone thought that Ye Luo would continue to pretend to be cute or cute. Ye Luo nodded with a smile and said, "Last week, when Henry and I were having a boxed lunch backstage, we talked about marriage.
As a man who is about to get married, I feel the need to ask Henry, a married man, how to get along with his wife after marriage. ”
When Ye Luo said this, he paused deliberately, and the audience immediately burst into laughter.
It is no secret that Henry's own married life was nothing short of a disaster.
"Of course, I ended the topic in time." Ye Luo scratched his head in embarrassment, causing a burst of laughter again.
"But no matter what, everyone will experience failures, and sometimes we need to say goodbye to the past in order to meet a better future." Ye Luo said again, and then motioned to the host to finish speaking.
The host looked confused: "Mr. Ye Luo, what you said is this, does it have anything to do with this song?" ”。
"Like, it doesn't matter." Ye Luo spread his hands.
There was laughter for the third time in the studio.
In the midst of this laughter, Henry Dean walked onto the stage. (To be continued......)
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