The world of Chinese style creates a prosperous era for girl groups

The recording of the fifth public performance is continuing.

Class A's solo songs and nine-member group program were applauded by the judges, and everyone praised them highly, but the next two groups of contestants from Class B did not receive the same treatment.

The 9 people in Class B were divided into two groups, A and B, and performed the same piece - "To Live".

Among them, the group consisting of Chanmei, Jiang Li, Bai Xi and Xiaojuan chose erhu as the accompaniment; while the group consisting of Jin Na, Su Man and other members chose electronic organ as the accompaniment.

This was what Xia Haoyang did on purpose.

As a representative work of South Korean contemporary folk songs, Hong Jin Young's "To Live" has become a phenomenal work with its unique artistic expression and social resonance.

The highlight of the performance is the erhu music.

Although the song is based on folk songs, it incorporates modern pop elements, forming a strong contrast with the soft melody and Hong Jin-young's iconic "slightly hoarse" voice, which not only retains the traditional charm but also conforms to the public's aesthetic taste. The arrangement is rich in layers, with the prelude using erhu to lay out the emotions, and the chorus adding electronic sound effects and percussion, combined with the iconic "dagao dance" to create a double visual and auditory appeal.

The theme of the song "struggling for life" resonates among the audience and is hailed as the "theme song for middle-aged workers." Especially with the accompaniment of the erhu's iconic sad tone, the whole song is sublimated in artistic conception and has touched a large number of East Asian fans.

Therefore, the support rates of the two groups of contestants were obviously different among the live audience who understood music. One group deservedly became the winning group, and Bai Xi, who was hailed as the "all-round backup singer", won the MVP.

Jin Na and other members of Group 2 who were not guilty of the crime had to endure the "harsh criticism" from their mentors.

"The song "To Live" is strongly related to real life. Perhaps the members have not experienced the cruelty and sadness of life. For example, Jin Na is still a little lacking in the emotional expression of this song compared to the four students in Group 1. Sometimes we should actively integrate our own emotional environment when expressing a work, but if our emotions and experience are not rich enough, we can observe the expression of others. There is also an immersive performance in the filming of dramas or film and television dramas. In short, in terms of the interpretation of this song, the students in Group 2 are slightly inferior to the four students in Group 1 in emotional expression. The votes of the audience and the instructors also show this point. You deserve to lose."

After Xia Haoyang's serious comments, the second group of students represented by Jin Na bowed together to thank the instructor for his guidance.

But Jinna, who looked guilty on the outside, was secretly muttering in her heart: I don’t believe you at all, you fat old man are such a bad guy.

Before the competition, Xia Haoyang had a special talk with Jin Na, saying that he might "criticize" her by name on the show, so she should be mentally prepared.

The reason why he talked to Jin Na was because she was "one of us", and Jin Na also understood her position in the company and her debut plan. It was not in the interests of herself and the company to enter Class A and debut with the program group. But if he criticized her directly without prior notice, Xia Haoyang was worried that the girl would be too fragile, so it was better to communicate in advance.

It’s very good now. After being criticized, at least Jinna, Suman and other students in Group 2 look calm on the surface.

The two groups of students in Class C sang "Cry For Me", a dance song with a powerful rhythm and full of dynamic style.

TWICE's "Cry For Me" is a groundbreaking work, showing the group's deep transformation from sweet and romantic to mature and dark style, which is what Xia Haoyang calls the handsome and resentful woman style.

In terms of arrangement, the song begins with a minimalist piano melody, gradually adding electronic synthesizers and heavy drum beats to form a dramatic progression. The iconic "La la la" chanting and the sudden stop beat design in the chorus create a tearing feeling of love and hate.

The song is also innovative in terms of mode, using a minor key, which is rare. The melody from the verse to the pre-chorus presents an emotional curve of repression-explosion-restraint, breaking through the traditional popular framework of K-Pop. The chromatic descending design of the bridge section alludes to the spiral decline of emotional relationships.

Regarding the performances of the two groups of students in Class C, Xia Haoyang and other mentors once again returned to their gentle commentary style, because except for a few students like Park Si-eun who need to be vigilant and suppressed, the overall situation will not be affected even if the other contestants finally debut.

"Zhaojun and Zhang Lin from Group 1 completed the vocal range of your group in the mid-bass area. Ruolan tried the breathy singing method for the first time to perform "Look what you made me do" and showed a sense of yandereness; and the multi-part Ad-libs processing of Group 2 formed a sense of fate similar to that of the Greek tragedy chorus. This expression method is very good and brought us surprises. The performances of both groups are worthy of praise."

Jin Na, who debuted as the lead singer of the girl group Little Pepper before graduating from high school, also slowly began to understand the so-called "comments" of the mentor: when there is no conflict of interest, everything is fine, when there is a conflict of interest, just suppress the criticism, this fat old man is really bad. While secretly criticizing, she secretly raised her head and rolled her eyes at Xia Haoyang, snorting with disdain.

Students from both groups of Class D sang the same fast-paced dance song - "Girls Never Die" by the tripleS girl group.

tripleS is a super large 2022-member girl music group launched by MODHAUS Entertainment in 24. The group concept is "gathering girls with special abilities scattered around the earth."

Generally speaking, a girl group has more than 6 members. Even in the six-member era of Tara, there were members who could not even sing a single solo lyric and could only sing together in the climax of the chorus.

Yoona, the face of Girls' Generation, once confessed on a variety show that even if all the songs in the albums released in the ten years since her debut were counted together, the lyrics of her solo parts would not be as long as a complete 3-minute song.

Jeon Bo-ram of the group Tara also mentioned in an interview many years later: The reason why she left the group after 18 was not because of a bad relationship with her sisters, but because of the problem of musical style. As a result, she could not sing even a solo lyric in the song, and sometimes she didn't even need to wear earphones throughout the whole song. She was completely reduced to a backup dancer, so she had no choice but to quit.

Well, for a super large girl group of 24 people, it is not uncommon for 80% of the members to be just harmony singers and dancers. Therefore, the competition for resources or to stand out in such a team is bound to be fierce. Some people may go astray, and some may choose to leave after experiencing a brief period of freshness.