It's hard to be an idol

Chapter 339 Album Production

Xu Lai is completely unaware of the malice towards Meghan Trainor. He has not publicly stated that there are any festivals or conflicts between him and Meghan Trainor. He just sent a "Joker" emoji with ulterior motives. He didn't take it seriously, so he didn't pay much attention to Xu Lai's actions.

However, maybe she was tired of dealing with the negative voice brought by this "unworthy" newcomer of the year, so she failed to notice Universal Music's plan for Xu Lai's new album, but those who are interested can pay attention, Xu Lai The album plans between Meghan Trainor and Meghan Trainor are colliding.

The Grammy effect is still going on, and various award-winning songs appear on the B list again. The ranking of the list changes rapidly and hugely, and the top of the list is constantly changing. Every day, a different single reaches the top. Everyone is paying attention to the replacement of the top of the list. Few people have noticed that Xu Lai's new single "Blinding Lights" has quietly climbed up, and has not fallen out of the top ten, and even slowly climbed to the No.5 position. .

Xu Lai has already had several top singles in his debut year, so everyone thinks it’s no surprise that his song top ten, but they will think of Meghan Trainor and Grammy after listening to this song. It's unfair, and while the anger is still there, I hurried to Meghan Trainor's INS to rush again, so as not to lose interest.

Various topics outside are constantly changing. The news about Xu Lai has gradually disappeared since the last confrontation with Meghan Trainor. What he announced to the outside world is that he is preparing for a new album, so the interview with reporters is temporarily suspended. Some "staff" got some leftovers from Xu Lai.

For example, the female voice Feat in the new song is selected from the female artists of the same company in South Korea; Boss Huang met Xu Lai at night, and when he left, his face was full of satisfaction, and it seemed that some consensus had been reached...

Xu Lai put a lot of effort into this album, and Universal Music is also trying his best to help Xu Lai, basically giving him whatever he wants. Fortunately, he is different from ordinary European and American artists. Two albums were released the year before, and a new album has been prepared in less than half a year. It is simply a model worker among European and American singers. Anyway, Universal Music loves Xu Lai. After all, Xu Lai's ability to attract money is very good now. strong.

Therefore, the big-name singers of Universal Music are currently resting, thinking about taking a break after the Grammys, and have no idea of ​​working. This is just convenient for Universal Music to provide resources to cooperate with Xu Lai.Anyway, right now, Universal Music's artists who are going to release albums are not as big-name as him, and singers who are bigger than him are resting again. He has directly obtained the resources of Universal Music, and most of the companies are revolving around him.

When it comes to marketing and publicity, if you need to help with casting, you can choose a role, if you need to find a musician, you should find a musician, if you need to find a producer, you should find a producer...

In particular, Xu Lai's plan for this album is to carry out sophisticated production, not only to work hard on the quality of the song itself, but also to work hard on the MV.

Before that, he was the favorite artist of the record company. The quality of the songs was super good, the MV was not demanding, and he could complete the production without too much effort, and he could still achieve excellent results. It was like a miracle.

But Xu Lai doesn't want to be casual with the MV this time. His album is specially created for next year's Grammys. He must be perfect in every aspect, and he must strive to do better, so Not only him, but others also became in a hurry.

Especially on Hill's side, Xu Lai's new album has at least three songs above the title level of the album. Universal Music and Xu Lai's side have negotiated to shoot MVs, "Blinding Lights", "Shape of you" and "Circles", three different types of songs, three different styles of MV, just suitable for promotion, and after Universal Music sent out the casting announcement, Hill's mobile phone has not stopped.

Managers of many third-rate actresses or female models called him directly, and some actresses and female models even used private phone calls to express their sincerity; They are those unknown [-]th-line starlets, actors and singers, and they directly put their private photos in the profile and sent them to Hill's mailbox, wanting to try their luck.

What's more, he directly said to sleep with Hill for a few nights and asked him to give him a chance. He seemed to want to sleep with Hill and Xu Lai all over the place. He guessed that he didn't want to work hard, so he directly used his body as a bargaining chip.

It's a pity that Hill has been with Xu Lai for more than a year. He is used to these female artists with endless tricks. He can calmly comment on the private photos they send, but he doesn't give a reply. He doesn't want to Xu Lai was upset by letting himself be cheerful for a while, after all Xu Lai is his boss now.

After following Xu Lai for so long, he has also figured out some of Xu Lai's work habits. In life, Xu Lai is of course the kind of friend that everyone likes, but he is too strict at work, and because of the mainland With the "tradition and justice" in his life, Xu Lai definitely can't accept Hill taking advantage of his position to sleep with female artists who want to go through the back door.

He himself will not pay attention to these people.

Hill felt that it was very troublesome, and even skipped the step of accepting resumes by email at the end, and just let the agents of those female artists contact him, so that he would not be fooled by those "good money" things.

Universal Music and Universal Film and Television belong to the same head office. Xu Lai has casting needs, and Universal Film and Television will naturally help send the resumes of its actresses, and then Xu Lai will prepare for the interview. All right, just wait for him to come and see and then decide on the candidate.

With the cooperation between the two companies and Hill's unremitting efforts, the casting of Xu Lai's MV has finally come to an end.After the casting is over, the MV shooting will be much simpler. There are many directors and screenwriters at Universal Film and Television. Xu Lai’s short musical in just a few minutes was easily framed by them. The problem I found was that Xu came to himself. He was not good at shooting as a character, so he was a little bit behind.

But the whole team is revolving around him. If he has some problems, it will not be called a problem, but will be considered many times, and necessary repetitions for better performance.

Xu Lai's album production is proceeding quickly and smoothly. Universal Music's 1+4 contract with Xu Lai is also up for renewal. They are so cooperative with Xu Lai's work, and they probably want to renew Xu Lai's contract. It is easier to get Xu Lai's nod on the contract.

A big company has the attitude of a big company. It seems that after seeing the lessons learned by SM, they didn't bargain with Xu Lai at all, and directly offered a contract with the same treatment as Bieber and other top singers. They signed the contract without hesitation, and the cooperation between the two parties entered the honeymoon period again.

The shooting of the MVs went smoothly, and the three MVs were completed in less than a month. I have to praise the team that Universal Music has prepared for him. Anyway, Xu Lai must not be able to prepare such a team in South Korea.

Now the production of his album has basically come to an end, the MV has been filmed, he just needs to wait for Kim Taeyeon to rush from Seoul to Los Angeles to record.

Speaking of Kim Taeyeon, Xu Lai actually gave her a lot of preferential treatment.

Xu Lai replied to Kim Taeyeon more than half a month ago, saying that she wanted to collaborate with her to record a single. Xu Lai also asked her to finish the rest of the itinerary first, then organize her work and maintain a good state before coming to Los Angeles. He just took advantage of this time to finish shooting the MV of the title song.

Kim Taeyeon naturally thanked Xu Lai for waiting, and proposed to treat Xu Lai and Lin Yuner to have a good meal after Xu Lai returned to Seoul, and he naturally nodded in agreement.

However, Kim Taeyeon really wasted a lot of time. After winning the MAMA award, she was scheduled for a lot of commercial performances. After the year, she received many new filming, interviews and endorsements, not to mention cooperating with the team's schedule. , she was extremely busy with her own schedule.

When she got the news from Xu Lai, she was going to push back all the itinerary, but this push probably involved a breach of contract. Generally, the company that breaches the contract due to its own reasons will not completely After carrying it down, Taeyeon herself has to pay some money to settle the matter, and she is ready to pay the liquidated damages with her own money, and she does not want to delay Xu Lai's time.

One is that she thinks that Xu Lai is much busier than her. He can invite her to be the Feat in his single because he thinks highly of her, and it is also for Lin Yuner's face. Naturally, she can't waste Lin Yuner's kindness Second, the feat concert Xu Lai gave her is a rare opportunity for her to show her face in Europe and the United States. South Koreans have admiration for Europe and the United States from childhood to adulthood, which makes her also want to be in Europe and the United States. She had a career, and of course she would not let go of such an opportunity now, even if she suffered a loss, she had to seize this opportunity tightly. She was afraid that things would change if she was late, so she came up with the idea of ​​breaking the contract and rushing to Los Angeles.

Xu came here to invite Kim Taeyeon, of course there is a reason for Lin Yuner, since he has chosen to let Kim Taeyeon accept Lin Yuner's love, he can of course give him more preferential treatment, anyway, it is the same for Kim Taeyeon to come early and late, she is only responsible for communicating with He records songs and doesn't participate in other work, so it's not a big deal for her to take care of her work and get back in a good state. Maybe it will help record songs.

Anyway, it would be nice not to miss his business.

Kim Taeyeon immediately stopped accepting invitations, and after working overtime to complete her schedule, she practiced with the lyrics and music sent by Seo Rae while maintaining her condition.

She is mentally a little sick, and her emotional state will change a lot in the busy and compact work, and it will affect her work when she is in the eyes. She is well aware of her body, so rest well After resting, I couldn't wait to read more lyrics and music, and finally boarded the plane to Los Angeles two days earlier under the premise of a better time with Xu Lai.

Because Xu Lai's work has been relatively tight in the past month, he gave himself a few days off to wait for Kim Taeyeon to come to Los Angeles before continuing to work. The two-day holiday will also give him a supportive state, so that the work will be smoother by then .

However, the arrival of Kim Taeyeon made his vacation end early. Kim Taeyeon rushed to the company's recording studio before getting off the plane and had no time to rest. Xu Lai, as the protagonist, also had to be there. He would not be in front of Kim Taeyeon. play big.

Having said that, he has never played a big game in front of anyone, even those actresses who were sent in by Universal Film and Television to be gilded, he has never played a big game, anyway, if he can meet his requirements, he doesn't care if you come or not Gold-plated, just take a good shot.

Of course, he had no opinion of them, nor any other feelings about them.

"Miss Taeyeon, you are really hardworking..." Xu Lai jokingly said when he saw Taeyeon in the recording studio.

"I'm sorry to interrupt your vacation, but I really can't wait for a few more days, I can't wait to get to work!" Kim Taeyeon first apologized to Xu Lai, and then expressed her work status.

emmmmm... Coincidentally, Xu Lai can understand.

Just like when he heard that he could record his second single "Galway Girl", because he was so excited about the opportunity that was coming.Of course he knew that this was an opportunity for Taeyeon, so he was full of understanding for Taeyeon.

"Very good, very energetic!" Xu Lai praised, "Then let's see how your preparations are going, Sister Taeyeon."

"OK."

Kim Taeyeon agreed happily.

Xu Lai had prepared the accompaniment a long time ago. He planned to listen to the accompaniment for Taeyeon to get familiar with it first, and then let her try to sing it to see how well she mastered the song. Progress control helps.

Xu Lai really planned to let Taeyeon get acquainted with the accompaniment first, but unexpectedly, when she heard the accompaniment, she immediately followed the rhythm and began to sing.

He swore that this was the first time Taeyeon heard the accompaniment, he just sent her the lyrics and music, and the full version of the accompaniment of this arrangement has never been released from him.

"hat's the trick? I wish I knew
I'm so done with thinking through all the things I could've been
And I know you wonder too
All it takes is that one look you do and I run right back to you
You crossed the line and it's time to say "F" you"

Kim Taeyeon sang smoothly along with the accompaniment, and basically finished the first stanza without encountering any obstacles. This made Xu Lai very happy, because Kim Taeyeon was fully prepared, and their cooperation should look like It will be very smooth.

Of course, this is not the most surprising thing. The most surprising thing is the change in her spoken language. When she sang the lyrics of this song, her classic Korean accent disappeared and was replaced by a fluent American accent with English accents. It's also smoother.

However, from her daily conversations, it can still be seen that she changed her accent specifically for this song, which is rare.

(End of this chapter)