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How to evaluate meaninglessp's newly released song "Conch Horn 3"?

Can't sleep April 4

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Since the question is about Conch Horn 3, it is natural to start from the previous 1 and 2.Let's use the conch series to summarize, then the first song in this series is "Conch Horn" sung by miku, which was released in December last year.After that, just less than a week later, in the early morning of January 12 this year, meaningless released the New Year's Eve song "Lisi Mincha No Such Person".

After that, Meaningless did not release a new song for several months, until yesterday they submitted "Conch Horn 3".Combining the lyrics and pv, we can conclude that the title of the song, which looks like the "Cha Wu Ze" series, is actually the 2.0 song of the Conch series. For convenience, 1 and 2 will be used to refer to the first two songs.

The plots of 1 and 2 have already been analyzed. 1 tells the story of a college student Avier picking up a conch while walking on the beach, and hearing a human voice from the conch.The overall tone of the song is bright and breezy. The blue sky, white clouds and the sea, acoustic guitar and hatsune's vocals pull the audience from winter to refreshing summer.It stands to reason that the whole song is like a carefree dream, but the lyrics reveal a little anxiety.In the end, the high pitch that soared suddenly, but stopped abruptly was even more unsettling, and even began to wonder if the beautiful summer I heard in the first 3 minutes was my hallucination.

Anyone who knows meaninglessp knows that the first thing he did was flipping the tune. When he started to compose original songs, the style of tuning/teaching was basically fixed.Different from the p master who strives for the sense of human voice, meaninglessp likes to maximize the mechanical sense that distinguishes virtual singers from human beings without making people feel uncomfortable, so that people can clearly know that this is a non-human singing song.Examining meaningless' retuning works, we can find that in the retuning stage, he has been able to skillfully tune out several singers including but not limited to miku, which are very close to the human voice. Therefore, I prefer to use this kind of Mechanical sense is called Minmin's personal characteristic, not a weakness.

And under the premise of "the other party has a considerable level of training", it seems a bit superficial to say that the high pitch that is so abrupt that it will startle some listeners is "meaning lessp's mental disorder and pinching Miku's neck". .And the debate about the content of song 1 didn't last long, because Minminp quickly gave the sequel to the story, and Lisi Mincha had no such person.

In terms of style, 2 is closer to the Zhawu series it is titled like, with the piano replacing the acoustic guitar and adding drums without taking away the presence of the piano.Notes and lyrics are getting denser and denser in the seesaw, and the sense of sprinting is so strong that it seems that molecules are moving randomly in a closed space.Therefore, after "meaningless insanity pinches Hatsune Miku angrily", the saying "meaningless face rolls piano and writes songs" appeared (strike out).The rapid rhythm, strong emotions and brainwashing melody make this song full of toxicity. As of today, it has exceeded one million replays on station n, achieving the legendary achievement of the year.

Apart from the virality of the song itself, the content of the song presented by pv and lyrics has also been extensively discussed.The straightforward lyrics and graphic PV present the whole story directly in front of the public. The repeated negative words such as "false" and "non-existent" and the news reports in the PV all imply the authenticity of the voice that Avier heard. The owner finally jumped into the sea after experiencing misunderstandings, denials, and the resulting endless doubts.The title of this song not only refers to the fact that Lismin chose to jump into the sea to end her life, but also alludes to the fact that Lismin was "socially dead" after being judged by the public.

In addition to the plot that is completely reversed from 1, the biggest discussion about the plot should be the relationship between the song itself and the experience of P master himself, that is, Wu Gou.This point will be mentioned later, now let us return to the problem itself, which is "Conch Horn 3"

Compared with the weird sunny days and the desperate rainy days, 3 is more like continuous cloudy days. 2 has already tore apart the bloody truth to outsiders—that is, the audience—through the perspective of God, while the protagonist Avier in the play is still trying to find traces of Lismin's existence.Until Avier found the news report about Lismin jumping into the sea, and returned to the place where Lismin jumped into the sea, and it was also the place where Avier picked up the conch.

Perhaps because Avier knew Lismin little by little, the impact of 3 is not as strong as that of 2.In addition, Avier himself knows that the truth may not be satisfactory but has never given up on exploring, so the overall tone is like a cloudy sky, a little depressing, but it also reveals a sense of peace and hope. 2 gave the audience the feeling that the story came to an end when Lismin jumped into the sea, but in 3 Avier did not let it go after finding the report.Cherry Blossom Road in Spring, Hydrangea in Early Summer, Verbena in Autumn, Ai Weiye visited all the places mentioned by Lismin in Conch.Through the secrets that only belonged to Lismin and Avier, Avier finally found the nursing home, found the ward number with Lismin's name on it, and saw the sleeping Lisi through the small glass on the door. Simin, this is the end of the story of 3.

After roughly understanding the plot of the whole song, my first feeling is that there is still more to say.Will Lismin wake up because of Avier's arrival?What will their future look like?There are many similar questions in the original song comment area.But after I reinterpreted the three songs together, I felt that Min Min P had already given the answer.

In 1, Lismin’s wish is to be “heard”, and when Avier walked all the places Lismin had been alone, and felt Lismin’s loneliness with empathy, I thought of her wish It has been realized.The final encounter is the end of "Conchhorn 3", but not Lismine and Avier's.Beyond the songs, their stories will continue.And we, outside the story, can see the possibility of the future, which is a nice ending, isn't it?

I saw someone say that the plot of 3 seems to dilute the impact of 2.It is true that the tragic color in the story will make the story more profound, and most happy endings will dilute the beauty of tragedy.I have to admit that if the story stays at the moment when Lismin jumped into the sea, there may be more people discussing it and being upset by more people.In terms of plot creation, Minminp seems to be naturally good at creating imperfect stories (that is, haircuts), and the two songs "Doricha No Such Sheep" and "Vansa Ticha No Such God" are the best proof .However, in the conch series, he finally gave Lismin and Avier a not-so-perfect ending, but a glimmer of hope.

This is also where the conch series hit me the most.

Many people speculated that the whole story was created by Meaninglessp based on what he experienced in the talent show with his real name Wu Gou last year. My personal thought is that there may be shadows of his experience, but the story has no prototype.

Wu Gou told Xu Xun in the show that the reason for the creation of the story may be the inspiration brought by a certain experience, but the entire creation process is independent, and the final story presented has nothing to do with the original inspiration.When a story is written, its protagonist already has an independent life. The experience of "Wu Gou" will affect "meaningless", but he finally released the song as "meaningless", which proves that his works are not related to "Wu Gou".

What's more, Wu Gou's life is vast and vast, and just three songs really can't carry him alone.

I'm not a professional, and I'm a layman who listens to the excitement. Regarding "Conch Horn 3", I just want to say that when I heard this song, I immediately recalled the first time I heard a meaningless song.From Dolly to Conch, the touch he brought to me has never changed. The difference is that Conch even moved me even more.

I will always like Wu Enough.

An Easter egg: As we all know, Min Min P is a person who likes to design small details. I sorted out some details in the Conch series.The following are personal understandings and unofficial explanations. If you have different opinions, you can point them out. If you have any supplements, you can also mention them in the comment area.

1. Name the character.It has already been mentioned that Lismin and meaningless have similar pronunciations when pronounced backwards, but what no one has mentioned is that the pronunciation of éveiller and the French word éveiller are similar, and éveiller contains the meaning of "awakening, awakening".

2. Singer. The singer of 1 is Hatsune, while 2 is the tour voice, and 3 is mostly completed by Hatsune, only a little inconspicuous tour voice harmony is added at the end.

3. Date of submission. The submission time for 1 is meaninglessp’s birthday, 2 is New Year’s Eve, and 3 is the 24th solar term Grain Rain (Minmin himself has already cue this point, and said it was written to a friend).

4. For the three songs in the Conch series, Minmin completed all of them from lyrics and music tuning to PV drawing.

5. The sky in 1pv is upside down and the sea in 2pv can be superimposed on the map.

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4 month 22 day update

Pick a few questions from the comment section and answer them.

Q: Why do you like to be called Minminp?Are meaningless p, contrast p and dolly p not fragrant?

A: Don't you think it's cute to be called Minminp? It's like calling a girl by her nickname.

Q: May I ask where is the part where Wu Gou and Xu Zun talked about creation?I searched all over the feature film and couldn't find it.

A: I don't remember either, anyway, it happened.

Q: Did you pay the appearance fee for bringing Xu Zun to the stage?

A: ... If you have the ability, Xu Xun reposted Weibo faster than Wu Gou himself.

Q: Is the respondent a show fan or a VC fan?

A: Doesn't count?But I knew him through the draft.

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4 month 23 day update

Add my own sources of inspiration:

|"Airpods worn by a friend when they met for the first time. To some extent, the white earphones are somewhat similar to conch shells: music is played in the earphones, and the sound of the sea can be heard in the conch shells. I had a very strong desire to create, but because many things happened later, it took me a long time to produce the three songs I have now."

His friend probably didn't realize that he was the inspiration...

I'm not curious about who that happy friend is, I'm not as curious as you are.