No one expected that they, who had just won the Best New Artist Award at the Huayin Award, would ascend to the Spring Festival Gala stage so quickly.
However, recalling the series of brilliant achievements their girl group made in the music field last year, everyone felt relieved.
In the past year, SSR Girl Group went from being rookies to rapidly growing into the top girl group in Asia, firmly holding the No.1 position.
At this moment, the audience was filled with curiosity, wondering what kind of opening song Su Yu had meticulously prepared for them this time.
After all, last year's Spring Festival Gala opening was Andy Lau's “congratulations on getting rich”, a stage that was considered a classic, and the song was highly popular, with its cheerful melody of “congratulations on getting rich” heard in streets, alleys, and supermarkets these days.
With such a classic precedent, it was inevitable for the audience and netizens to compare SSR Girl Group's opening performance with it; if SSR Girl Group's stage performance was not satisfactory, it would be a bit awkward.
But SSR Girl Group clearly would not disappoint everyone.
today, the three members, dressed in festive Chinese red cheongsams, immediately gave a warm and stunning impression upon their appearance.
The moment they stood firm on the stage, the song information appeared on the screen:
“Chinese Language”
Lyrics, Music, Arrangement: Su Yu
Vocals: SSR Girl Group
Seeing such song information, many people were greatly surprised and couldn't help but murmur, “What’s going on? Can Chinese language also be written into a song?”
However, out of absolute trust in Su Yu's works, everyone still patiently continued watching with anticipation.
The song “Chinese Language” was originally written by Zheng Nan and Shi Rencheng, composed and arranged by Zheng Nan, and included in the S.H.E group's album “Play” released in 2007, which was well-known in China.
Its unique combination of rap and tongue twisters was a huge innovation at the time, and several lines in the song were full of power and domineering.
Even Ma Da, the General Director of the Spring Festival Gala, couldn't help but feel a strong sense of pride when he first heard this song.
After some discussion with the Spring Festival Gala program team, it was finally decided to use this song as the opening number for this Spring Festival Gala, bringing a unique audio-visual feast to the national audience.
Looking back to when this song was released, our national pride was far less intense than it is today.
In such a historical context, to be able to sing lyrics as magnificent as “The words we speak, let the world listen carefully” was truly astonishing.
As a light and rhythmic accompaniment gently sounded, the sweet chorus of the three SSR girls, like nightingales singing, first entered everyone's ears.
“【The carrying pole is wide, the bench is long, the carrying pole wants to be tied to the bench. The carrying pole is wide, the bench is long, the carrying pole wants to be tied to the bench.....】”
“Oh my! Isn't this a tongue twister? I'm so good at this!”
“Integrating tongue twisters into a song? This is truly a first!”
“It seems that foreigners learning Chinese are particularly fond of tongue twisters, no problem.”
“By the way, am I the only one who thinks Xiao Mei and the others look exceptionally beautiful today?”
“......”
As soon as the tongue twister appeared, the bullet comments instantly ignited like fireworks, scrolling wildly across the screen.
Such a design was truly novel, unique, and distinctive.
However, thinking that this was Su Yu's work, everyone felt that everything seemed to be within reason.
After all, in Su Yu's creative world, what else is impossible?
Immediately after, Xiao Mi took a graceful step forward, beginning the song's verse.
“【Marilyn in London bought a cheongsam for her mother,
Fuskie in Moscow fell in love with beef noodle soup.
Various skin colors, various hair colors,
What they utter and speak is starting to popularize Chinese language.】”
It was rap!
Actually, regarding SSR Girl Group's ability to rap, people didn't have much resistance.
But the content of these lyrics was really interesting.
Cheongsam, beef noodle soup?
For a moment, everyone didn't know how to comment, only full of novelty.
But somehow, it is an undeniable fact that more and more foreigners are actively learning Chinese language.
As Xiao Mi's singing lingered, Xiao Mei gracefully stepped forward and continued to sing.
“【For how many years we diligently practiced English pronunciation and grammar,
These past few years, it's their turn to curl their tongues,
Learning the changes of level, rising, falling, and entering tones.
Level, rising, falling, level, level, falling, level.
Such clever Chinese people,
Such beautiful Chinese language.】”
Xiao Mei's first line of lyrics was like a precise arrow, directly piercing the pain points in many people's hearts.
Who among those present had not, at some point, or was currently, painstakingly studying English pronunciation and grammar?
Now, the tables have turned, and it's finally those foreigners' turn to rack their brains and curl their tongues to learn the tonal changes of our Chinese language, “level, rising, falling, level, level, falling, level”!
Let them also taste the hardships we once endured; may it be difficult for them!
These few lines of lyrics were simply too uplifting.
Why are foreigners flocking to learn Chinese language?
Isn't it because China's international status is rising and its overall strength is growing stronger!
Given the current rapid development momentum, who dares to assert that Chinese language will not become a global lingua franca one day in the future?
If that day truly comes, it would be incredibly exhilarating!
Just as everyone was immersed in the emotions brought by the lyrics, Yi Xiaoyu's clear singing rang out.
“【The carrying pole is wide, the bench is long, the carrying pole wants to be tied to the bench,
The bench won't let the carrying pole be tied to the bench,
The carrying pole insists on being tied to the bench,
The bench just won't let the carrying pole be tied to that bench,
Ultimately, is the carrying pole wide or the bench long?】”
As soon as Yi Xiaoyu's segment of tongue twister rap came out, the audience and netizens were instantly stunned, left with nothing but admiration, exclaiming how amazing it was!
Because the combination of tongue twisters and rap had never been attempted in the Chinese music scene before; this was absolutely an unprecedented creation.
Su Yu's imagination is simply beyond imagination!
However, before everyone had time to savor it, Xiao Mi had already started singing again.
“【Brothers sitting on the hillside, a goose lying on the hillside.
A river flowing below the hillside, the older brother says the river is wide.
The younger brother says the goose is white, the goose wants to cross the river, the river wants to ferry the goose.
It's unclear whether the goose crosses the river, or the river ferries the goose.】”
At this point, many musicians were directly bewildered.
They originally thought that tongue twisters were just minor embellishments in the song, but they didn't expect them to run through the entire piece; this was too daring and innovative!
More importantly, this was on the Spring Festival Gala stage!
Many people felt that Ma Da, as the General Director of this year's Spring Festival Gala, was too bold to put such an innovative program in the opening slot, wasn't he afraid that the audience wouldn't accept it and experience a “discomfort” situation?
But facts proved that their worries were completely unnecessary.
If it were just pure rap, many audience members might indeed find it difficult to understand.
But familiar tongue twisters were incorporated into it; look, some of the elderly men and women in the front rows were listening with great relish, their faces beaming with bright smiles.
Just then, the three SSR Girl Group members gathered again, and the song's chorus surged forward like a mighty tide.
“【The whole world is learning Chinese language,
Confucius's words are becoming more and more international.
The whole world is speaking Chinese language,
The words we speak,
Let the world listen carefully!】”
When this catchy, magnificent chorus and domineering lyrics entered their ears, many people instantly had an epiphany.
So that's it! So the essence of this song was waiting here!
These lyrics are too inspiring and domineering!