Chapter 234 The Performer in Front of the Pharaoh
It was the first time to be shortlisted for the Grammy, even if there was no income, Song Ya could accept it.
In the AMA (American Music Awards) on January 27th, the best soul and rhythm and blues band, chorus, and combination awards are very likely to win. Yeremov is already using the initially built APLUS full-meter The fan union encourages fans to vote, and Mariah Carey and Sony Columbia Records will also make efforts.
"Your main enemy of Empire State of Mind is BoyzIIMen, a black rhythm and blues group that has sprung up very fast recently. Their multi-person harmony is the top in the world, and their debut time is about the same as yours. They have a good relationship with BABYFACE, you know, Halle The Stealing Heart starring Eddie Murphy will be released in the middle of the year. The original soundtrack is produced by BABYFACE's LAFACE record. The original soundtrack also includes one of their songs, as well as two songs by Donnie Braston. head."
Hayden briefly introduced the situation of the AMA Awards.
"The longer you spend in the music industry, the more you can connect the names you hear with your acquaintances. Fortunately, the audience votes for AMA are very high. I won't lose to them in my popularity... right? Hayden?" Song Ya asked.
"That's for sure, but you can't convey to your fans that you don't even care about it. For canvassing activities, you have to hold three fan meetings in New York, Chicago, and Los Angeles at least before the 25th, and then according to Ye Lie Moff's survey of fans' intentions in other cities will be added appropriately. Taraji..."
Hayden asked Taraji to bring the schedule, "On the 13th, the New York fan club, back to school on the 17th, on the 20th, the Chicago fan club, on the 25th, the Los Angeles fan club, and by the way, on the 27th to attend the AMA Awards in Los Angeles."
"I'm so busy, have you communicated with Sony Columbia Records?"
"Don't worry, they will cooperate to compete for the prize, even if it's for Mariah Carey's sake. Your choice to cooperate with Mariah Carey on Empire State of Mind is a win-win situation, although the price is not small."
Mariah Carey can get 5% of the sales revenue of the song EmpireStateofMind, and Song Ya can get 5% of the sales revenue of the song EmpireStateofMind, and will the female solo version of EmpireStateofMind appear on Mariah Carey as agreed? The new junior high school in 1993 became uncertain. Originally, Song Ya could get 1% of her new junior high school.
After being attacked by Motura, the contract was amended with Song Ya's consent. The only thing that is confirmed now is that the female solo version of Empire State of Mind will appear in the EP disc of Mariah Carey's MTV Unplugged Concert in March. 15% for the first single and 2% for the EP disc.
"Don't worry about it, who is Mimi my friend?" Song Ya rushed to the recording studio and continued to rehearse with Mariah Carey.
"So you're going back to Chicago on the sixteenth, right?" Mariah Carey asked.
"Yes, before that, I will hold a New York fan meeting on the 13th, are you coming?" Song Ya asked.
"Uh, it would be inappropriate for Miss Kelly to go to your fans, and it will be misrepresented by reporters."
Still the upright Walter, he interrupted Song Ya's invitation, "And your female fans may not be happy to see this scene."
"His female fans?" Mariah Carey's focus was completely different, "Hmph, maybe they are already numb to the idol's love history?"
"Hey, Mimi, they are all young people. Who hasn't talked about a few girlfriends in high school these days." Song Ya protested.
"several?"
Mariah Carey applauds him, "Fairy."
"Okay, okay, don't be lazy, start recording, let's record the studio version first, and the details of the live performance will continue to be perfected when APLUS returns to New York in March." Walter quickly stopped the bickering between the two, " You two can't stop talking about this topic now.
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The thirteenth arrived soon, and at night, Song Ya came to a familiar place. The small theater provided by SBK during Mira's audition was rented by Yeremov this time.
"What a coincidence." Hayden said with a smile, "It's not far from SBK."
Song Ya didn't answer, "Hey, Delay, Al." He bumped fists with the two people who debugged the equipment, "How is the decoration of the new company going?"
"It's going well. You have high requirements for the equipment in the large recording studio and mixing studio. Song Asheng is going to finish the decoration of other places first. Let us settle in as soon as possible and then slowly install the two houses."
Delay replied.
"A good idea." Song Ya was very satisfied, "You ask Andrew and the others to choose the latest computer equipment as much as possible, and then DTS will also provide some technical assistance."
"I understand that Terry Beard of DTS is very happy that you have offered him this deal," DeLay said. "It will relieve some of his financial pressure."
"Um."
Song Ya nodded, and he and Di Lai started rehearsing in advance. At this time, Yeremov at the door began to let some diehard fans "leadership" enter the arena in advance.
"APLUS!" The head of the New York fan club was a white woman in her twenties. When she saw Song Ya, she ran to the front of the stage at a speed of 100 meters. Just about to climb up, Mawota, who was guarded there, and silencer blocked.
"Let her come up." Song Ya smiled kindly at the other party.
"Her name is..." Taraji announced the woman's name in Song Ya's ear.
"Hello..." Song Ya called out the other party's name and accepted a big hug.
"I'm so happy, APLUS, my house is full of your posters." The other party leaned on him like a little girl and refused to get off.
"Thank you for your support, you are my best friend."
"Then can we date?"
"Uh, ahem..."
Taraji stepped forward, "All right, lady."
At that point, the fans of the New York Fan Club filled up the small theater one after another. Song Ya looked it over and found that, as Yeremov said, most of the young people were mostly women, probably because the venue was a little far from the black ghetto. There are more white people than black people, "Everybody! I love you!"
He worked very hard in this performance, sang all the songs except ihateuiloveu, and even brought out the unfinished version of BeautifulGirls.
"You're way too beautiful girl..."
He squatted on the edge of the stage, pointed at the female fans in the audience, and performed passionately.
Naturally, there were countless high-decibel screams accompanied by tears, "I love you, APLUS!" and girls threw hair ties and other belongings on the stage.
"Don't forget to vote for me in AMA!" Song Ya took a chance to express her opinion loudly.
"We will!" The audience responded in unison, "APLUS! APLUS!"
On January 15th, Song Ya was still reminiscing about the frenzied atmosphere of the performance the day before yesterday. He was lying on the sofa in the recording studio, thinking of the balls of paper with phone numbers left on the stage after the fans left, the corners of his mouth could not help but curl up slightly ...
"What good things are you thinking about? BOY." Mariah Carey asked when she entered the door and saw this scene.
"It's nothing, my fans the day before yesterday will be very successful..." Song Ya replied, he looked up at Mariah Carey, who was dressed very sexy today, the black slim trousers narrowed suddenly at the waist, and her beautiful curves were outlined The small vest on the upper body exposed the deep scenery of her chest, and the high-shouldered jacket on the outside gave her some neutral beauty, "You are so beautiful today, Mimi."
"Thank you, the stylist designed this for the MTV concert, do you like it too?"
"very good."
"Then I'll wear this outfit then, are you leaving New York tomorrow?"
"Yes, I start school on the seventeenth."
"Oh, poor high school student."
"Why, don't you miss your high school life?"
"There is nothing to miss. Apart from practicing songs in the club, I am very boring and hard to pass the rest of the time."
"Then you must have a bad grade."
"Aha, disdain from an honor student ah?"
At this time, Walt opened the door and came in, "Don't chat with the two of you, APLUS will leave tomorrow, and we must record the studio version today!"
The two took their positions. After so many days of practice, Mariah Carey has fully grasped the atmosphere that Song Ya wanted to express, "ooh...NewYork..."
In the evening, accompanied by the pianist's solo, she closed her eyes and sang the whole song from beginning to end.
Outside the recording studio, Song Ya and Walt shook their jaws at the same time, "What do you think this time?" Walt asked.
"Perfect, I can't find anything wrong with it." Song Ya replied, Mariah Carey's processing was fuller than the original singing, and the voice was raised higher during the climax, and the taste of soul music was a little less, but that was only related to personal style, Song Ya has no hope of completely reproducing the original version. Besides, Mariah Carey's technique is higher than that of the original singer, and the deliberate restriction is completely superfluous.
"Then this version?"
"I have no opinion."
"All right."
Walter turned on the intercom, "It's all over! Miss Kelly."
"Oh!" Mariah Carey stretched her waist, then turned around and clapped hands with the pianist in celebration, "What's for dinner? My treat!"
"Italian food?" Song Ya asked.
"Italian food is fine. I'll call David and Roberto." Walter walked to the phone.
"What Italian food?" At this time, the door of the recording studio was opened, and Motura came in with a bunch of notebooks in suits and leather shoes. Song Ya saw Gao Shu inside.
"Have you finished recording? Are you going to have a dinner party?"
Motura was in a good mood, with a smile on his face all the time, "Mimi? Are you done recording?" He lip-synched to the opposite.
"Tommy, wait." Mariah Carey pointed to the personal belongings on the table in the recording studio, signaling for her to tidy up.
"Okay, pack up and come out, many people here are your fans." Motura pressed the intercom, and then pointed to this side, "This is our composer, arranger and producer Walter, Miss Kelly Many of the songs of the company are written by him, and APLUS, you must know, talented young musicians. They made great contributions to the company last year."
"That's right." Gao Shu and others came up to shake hands with Walt and Song Ya friendly. Motula led the notebook and greeted the people in the recording studio. His assistant went to the corner and turned the small TV Open.
"Sony Columbia Records did very well in 1991. With the release of MJ's album in 1992, the profit will continue to increase." Motura kept boasting to the management's notebooks, "Today is the release of the second single of MJ's new album. You will be able to see his new MV on MTV soon."
A translator translated his words into Japanese in a low voice, and the notebooks nodded repeatedly.
Then a large group of people gathered in front of the TV, "Mr. Motura, I won't appear again this time..." Gao Shu whispered.
"No, don't worry." Motura replied firmly.
MJ's new MV started to play on the TV right on time. After the words The was followed by an hourglass CG, which should be regarded as leading in this era, and the readers were amazed after watching it.
Everyone's attention was on the TV screen. Mariah Carey came out silently and leaned against the door of the recording studio. Song Ya used to stand beside her, and the two of them watched intently.
In this MV, MJ seems to be walking in an Egyptian style, the Sphinx, and the amazing head sculpture of the female pharaoh Nefertiti, all turned into Xisha.
This time it was finally not a black panther, a cat appeared in front of the camera.
Then the scene shifts to the Egyptian court, where the pharaoh played by Eddie Murphy and the princess played by the black supermodel Iman sit side by side on the golden throne. At first, it was probably similar to King You and Bao Si’s "a thousand gold buys a smile" in the history of China. In the story, the princess is unhappy, and Eddie Murphy has various performers perform in front of the court, trying to win a laugh.
NBA superstar Magic Johnson played a shouting palace guard, and this kind of all-star lineup can only be produced by MJ.
After failing to please the princess and the two performers being killed, MJ, masked in black, appeared.
He threw the grains of sand in his pocket towards the throne, and the grains of sand made by computer CG automatically made a circle.
MJ walked into the circle, suddenly, the person disappeared, and the empty black clothes fell down.
The audience in front of the TV and the actors inside were all taken aback.
Mariah Carey also stood up straight, attracted by the plot of the MV.
Gradually, the grains of sand condensed into a golden human figure. When the MV lasted for more than three minutes, MJ revealed his true colors in a very amazing way in this era, and the music sounded, "IKnow, ThatYouWantToTryMe, EveryYouSeeIt... "
He twisted his body very charmingly, began to read provocative lyrics to the princess, and then sang, "Do You, When We Fell In Love, We Were Young and Innocent Then..."
While singing, he began to point his finger at the princess, and began to flirt with his sister without any scruples in front of the Pharaoh.
The supermodel Iman performed the emotions of being plucked very well. Facing the hand that MJ extended to her, she involuntarily reached out and shook it back.
How does Song Ya feel that the situation on TV is a bit similar to her relationship with Mariah Carey? Motula and the others were staring at the TV intently, and they were leaning against the wall with Mariah Carey, unexpectedly being discovered.
He stretched out his paws, along the wall, and swam to grab Mariah Carey's hand, which was resting behind him.
The fingertips of the two felt like there was electricity. Mariah Carey felt it, her body stiffened suddenly, her eyes rolled to this side, and she quickly went back to staring at the TV.
Song Ya pinched it firmly, and his thumb began to dance on the back of his hand.
Mariah Carey took a deep breath, her heart should be beating very fast now, and Song Ya could see her chest rising and falling.
Pharaoh became angry and began to order the guards to hunt down and kill MJ.
MJ hid in the palace with an attitude of playing games. Finally, he escaped the guards' pursuit and found the princess in the palace. Kiss affectionately.
Mariah Carey only glanced at Song Ya at this time, and the two looked at each other, and all the subtle emotions were in this look.
In the end, MJ turned into a cloud of sand and flew away with the wind.
Realizing that the MV was about to end, Mariah Carey finally withdrew her hand.
"Wonderful! Very exciting! Mr. Motura!"
There is no political graffiti, no suggestive movements, no violence, no racial or other sensitive issues. The fans are very satisfied with this MV and applaud to congratulate Motura.
"Thank you." Motura raised his hands, "Night, izakaya!"
The notebooks laughed heartily and raised their hands collectively, "Complete competition!"
"Mimi, you can come too." Motura accompanied the notebooks to Mariah Carey and invited them.
"Uh, tonight is my dinner time with APLUS and Walt." Mariah Carey replied in embarrassment.
"The restaurant has been booked, Mr. Motura." Song Ya chimed in.
"Forget it, you play your game." Motula led the notebooks away.
During the dinner, both of them seemed to have something on their minds, and they rarely even made eye contact with each other, and both of them were absent-mindedly dealing with the food in front of them.
"Uh, I think the afternoon version is a little unsatisfactory."
Mariah Carey spoke up.
"Did you just find out now? It's already very late?" Walter looked at his watch, "And APLUS has to catch a flight tomorrow."
"I just remembered." Mariah Carey looked at Song Ya.
"I'm fine, just work overtime at night." Song Ya shrugged and replied in a relaxed tone.
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