Six Hundred and Eighty First Invisible Pressure

Vanity Fair is such a circle. There are countless cases of overnight fame and popularity. With an album, a movie or a topic, it instantly became popular to the pinnacle of popularity. It seems that he can be seen in every corner for a while/ Her figure, similar situations are not uncommon.

However, if you want to gain a firm foothold in this palm-sized circle, it is not enough to rely on just one hit.

Singers are no exception.

There are so many singers who have reached the top with one album, like a sky full of stars, but after making a name for themselves with one album, the second and third albums are more important than the first album, because people are already Knowing this singer, the expectations will inevitably rise accordingly. I look forward to the continuous surprises of the follow-up works, and look forward to the second album with higher standards and higher requirements.

Once the expectations cannot be met, what is waiting ahead is a cold-blooded and ruthless back.

The faster it becomes popular, the faster it falls—it may even plummet at double or triple speed, and it will disappear in the blink of an eye.

There are too many "singers in a series" in Vanity Fair to count. Leaving aside other things for the time being, just looking at the list of Grammy Newcomer of the Year winners since the millennium can deeply feel the cruelty of Vanity Fair.

In February 2001, the 43rd Grammy Newcomer of the Year belonged to Shelby-Lynne (Shelby-Lynne), but the singer was then reduced to a situation where no record company was willing to sign and had to leave Europe. However, he still failed to achieve results, and just disappeared in the long river of time.

The biggest winner of the 50th Grammy is undoubtedly the British singer Amy-Winehouse (Amy-Winehouse), whose second studio album "Back-To-" won the record of the year, Five trophies, including single of the year and newcomer of the year, were born. However, this album became her last swan song during her lifetime. In July 2011, she died at home due to alcohol poisoning.

Of course, the death of Amy Winehouse is not that simple, and it cannot be simply summed up as "creative pressure", but the complexity of Vanity Fair can still be felt.

Zac-Brown-Band, 52nd Grammy Newcomer of the Year, Esperanza-Spalding, 53rd Grammy Newcomer of the Year, and so are they .

Zac Brown's band has been releasing albums, but it has never been able to reach the height of the 2008 Grammy Newcomer of the Year album.

Esperanza is more of a shooting star, one hit and then never another, despite the genius becoming the youngest ever professor at Berklee College of Music at just twenty-one , but the halo of Vanity Fair still devours life in a blink of an eye.

These are just the fate of the Grammy Newcomer of the Year winners after the millennium. As for the Newcomer of the Year nominees, and even the musicians who have not entered the Grammy's field of vision at all, they all shine in one album. After that, they were submerged in the endless market, and there were too many to enumerate.

To put it simply, a singer needs at least two albums, or even three albums to prove himself before he can gain a firm foothold.

Now, King for a Day is just that.

The feat of sweeping the four major comprehensive Grammy awards made the One Day King really stand on the cusp of the storm.

So far, the voices who think that the band is not worthy of its name are still surging on the social network, and those voices who recognize the band also have higher expectations for the new album. Whether it is the former or the latter, more and more attention is focused on the second album , seems to be able to substantially feel the huge pressure piled up layer upon layer.

If the new album falls short of expectations, the impatient sound may be enough to drown out the band.

Either explode under pressure, or perish under pressure.

To be precise, before the Coachella Music Festival, the band had been vaguely aware of the troubles of pressure, so they made adjustments; but as time went on, the pressure became clearer and heavier, and gathered in the second album The scorching gaze on his body really makes people unable to calm down.

It is precisely because of this that they need to brainstorm, sort out their ideas, and then return to the music itself to find a creative idea.

Including Ronan himself, he is also a little vacillating. On the one hand, he wants to break through and innovate, and on the other hand, he wants to continue the style. It just became more prominent.

But, an unplugged version? Is this the right direction to go?

What exactly is the unplugged version?

As early as the early 1990s, the development of rock and roll reached an unprecedented period of prosperity, and after the 1980s, it led to a second explosive period. However, at that time, all rock bands were going to the other extreme, emphasizing the use of distorted guitars or resonance effects. Powerful drums are a prominent feature of music, whether it is metal rock, grunge rock, or the emerging pop rock, etc., without exception.

When these rock bands are performing, they rely on this kind of powerful drums and distorted guitars to shock the audience - similar to the current electronic dance music. Compared with the emotions conveyed by the lyrics and the resonance caused by the melody, the shock of the rhythm is more is the core.

This also means that the shock of the audience is the shock, but they are completely forgotten after the live swing. Music has no aftertaste. Every band and every piece of music can be replaced or eliminated. out their respective characteristics.

In this context, the TV station launched such a form of performance, returning to the original state of music.

In fact, the starting point of music creation is emotion, expressing emotion in the form of melody and lyrics, presenting a state that cannot be accurately described in language in a perceivable state, and then breaking the barriers of language, age, gender, and culture. Barriers, seeking resonance on the emotional level.

The TV station hopes to regain this state, so it puts forward the idea of ​​unplugging.

The so-called unplugged, in simple terms, means unplugging and playing with instruments that do not need to be plugged in; later, it was further extended to include no electronically synthesized music, and played with the original musical instruments of the band as much as possible, including pianos and acoustic guitars. , Mubas and classical symphony orchestras, those retro bands that rely purely on vocal performance, restore pure timbre performances.

This is also to maintain the simple and true artistic inspiration of popular music, and to advocate the climax and exquisite live performance skills.

Of course, being unplugged does not mean completely eliminating electro-acoustic equipment. "Electric amplification" instruments and equipment such as microphones, jazz electric organs, vibraphones, and hollow-body electric guitars can still be used—after all, performance venues are becoming more and more It is very difficult to spread to the scene without the sound amplification effect of plug-in equipment.

However, electronic instruments such as electronic synthesizers, electric guitars with various effect sounds, electronic drums, MIDI equipment, digital mixers, etc. are prohibited.

For One Day Kings, performing unplugged is less of a challenge than a choice.