"The Voice of China 2022" has been aired for two episodes, with a total of 15 groups of students blindly selected and 19 songs. The response online is not very enthusiastic at present, and the evaluation is also fair.
But through the posts of some music bloggers, I found that they generally expressed positive comments on the "selected songs" of students who blindly selected this year.
I believe everyone has a rough impression of how the song selections this year. Like the first episode, "What's wrong" sung by Liu Qi, "Disclaimer" sung by Su Fanjun, "C-goods" sung by Wang Yingjie... The second episode of "Constant Temperature" sung by Wang Zi'an , "What would have happened if we were together in the first place" sung by Dong Mingshuo, "Same Category" sung by Li Chuchu...
So, this is the so-called "good song selection?"
is not good or not, but the selection of songs is really unpopular! can be said that the 19 tracks currently aired are all unpopular! From the perspective of ordinary audiences, these songs are basically the first time I listened to them.
may be the reason why the original singer was originally a "unpopular singer". For example, Stefanie Sun and Jingru Liang are both famous "unpopular singers" aren't they? Although several songs became popular, songs like "Worship" and "Same Type" are still very unpopular. Not to mention singers such as Zhou Xingzhe, Ai Yiliang, Sun Shengxi, , Buddha Jumping the Wall ( Penny Dai ), etc., they are niche singers.
But from the perspective of niche music fans and these music bloggers, these singers are often their favorites, and unpopular treasure songs such as "What's wrong", "Constant Temperature", and "I am a Person" are just what they think. So, they thought the song selection of is great!
To be honest, whether the song is unpopular or popular is really nothing to do with the quality of the song. In the understanding of popular netizens, the high popularity of the song is an absolute plus for the quality of the song; in the eyes of niche music fans, it may be the opposite, and it has become a subtraction.
But what we are going to discuss today is why all the students of , the Voice of will choose to sing unpopular songs without exception, or are they original songs?
This is discussed because of the first season of the Voice of China ten years ago. We clearly remember that almost all students will choose classic songs that are familiar to the public.
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From the table above, we see the song selection of 30 students in the first season of the Voice of China in the blind selection session. Some people sing Teresa Teng 's " Going to the West Tower alone ", some people sing Cui Jian 's " Flower House Girl ", some people sing Zhao Chuan 's " I am a Little Bird ", and there are also "I Love You China", "Kiss Goodbye", "Crazy for Love", " Conquer "... I wonder what classics do they dare not sing? There are even many famous English songs that are famous all over the world!
Why are there such a big difference ten years ago? Why don’t there be any students who choose to sing classic songs?
Some people say it may be a copyright issue, and the copyright is getting stricter every year. But the question is, isn’t there any copyright involved when choosing unpopular songs? It does not exist. I remember the Voice of the Year last year, because several students chose to sing several songs from Guo Ding . Later, Guo Ding publicly expressed his anger and rights protection online.
I wonder if there is a possibility, that is, the licensing fee for popular songs is relatively expensive, and the licensing fee for unpopular songs is cheap? So from the economical perspective, choosing unpopular songs is more cost-effective. I remember that Feier Band 's Aqin seemed to have said similar things. He said that the authorization fee for a S-level work to sing a variety show may be hundreds of thousands, while works below B-level C-level work may cost thousands or even hundreds of dollars, which is a huge difference.
I think the main reason may be because of the changes of the times. After all, it has been ten years. The youth of these young people participating in the show is just the past ten years. If you ask these young people to choose songs from more than 20 or even more than 30 years ago, it seems to be a bit "generation gap".And the Chinese music scene in the past ten years has not had a few popular and classic works, either unpopular songs or popular songs on the Internet. It is unlikely to choose popular songs on the Internet, so it is basically an unpopular song.
And the good voice in 2012 is different. At that time, the 10s had just entered. Whether the students chose songs from the 1990s or 2000s, they were all classic and good songs, and they were their youth. No one would deliberately look for unpopular songs to sing.
There is another reason that we must consider, that is, in singing talent shows, choosing unpopular songs is more advantageous than choosing classic songs. Because classic songs have formed an inherent impression in everyone's mind, it is easy to fail if they are not sung well, and it may be difficult to accept if the adaptation is large; while unpopular songs have relatively greater room for performance and there is a small possibility of failure.
The reason why students who dared to sing classic songs ten years ago were not afraid of falling out of the way, but now students do not dare to sing, may involve the differences in the quality of students around ten years ago.
Good Voice has been held for 11 years, and the resources of good contestants have been almost dug up. The students over the years will definitely not be able to compare with the quality of the students in the first season of 2012. The so-called "high-skilled" person is brave, but the other is "low-skilled" person is timid. Therefore, students at that time dared to perform classics on the stage, while students now dared not challenge classic songs. Unpopular songs are the safer choices.
The Voice of the Good Years ago, they sang classic songs that everyone is familiar with, but left behind many unforgettable scenes, and so many outstanding students emerged; and in recent years, although there are still outstanding students, it is obvious that they are hard to come by. It would be nice to have one or two amazing ones every year, most of which are ordinary.
In addition to unpopular song selection, there is another phenomenon in the good voices in recent years, that is, there is more and more original songs. For example, the second episode that just aired, Die Chang and Tao Leran , and HeyDog band are three groups of original students with different styles.
Originally "original" is the general trend in the music industry today. It seems that singers who can't write songs are not considered singers anymore. But forcibly grafting originality into good voices and blindly tilting towards originality, the effect may not be as good as you wish.
After all, this is a singing talent show. Whether it is original or cover works, the good work itself is really good, and singing is the most concerned thing for the audience.
Whether it is an unpopular song or an original song, as long as the works are good and the singing is well, you will naturally stand out through this stage. For example, the songs "Love that Never Blinds" and "Love Letter to Filmmakers " sung by Shan Yichun back then.
It must be admitted that although the song selections of these students this year are unpopular, most of them are still a bit good. "Ten Years Like Smoke", "Paradise on Earth", "Author" and "Lange" are the best songs I think.
Maybe, "The Voice of China" is no longer just a stage for selecting good singers, but also the responsibility of salvage good songs.
