Back then, when China's Hunan Satellite TV hosted Super Girl, it could be said that it was popular all over the country. It also created another way for mainland singers and idols to be produced. But what most people didn't know was that the Hunan TV's Super Girl was inspired by the Han country's talent show style and creativity.
However, the winners of China's Super Girl Competition were mostly singers. For example, in 2005, Li Yuchun won because he was an all-rounded singer who could sing and dance. There was no one left. In the Han country's talent show, not to mention those who won, even those who were eliminated were all-rounder. They could sing, dance, and rap. It could be said that every winner was a singer who could sing and dance. Even those who were eliminated were the same. Just the contestants that were eliminated by them alone could have completely destroyed China's Super Girl at that time. One could imagine how big the gap was. This was also the reason and capital for the rapid rise of the King's Dance Troupe. (Personal opinion, don't spit if you don't like it)
In the end, Li Xuan also chose three songs. Each song was a strong rock song. What Li Xuan wanted was this kind of conflict. He wanted people to see that Li Xuan was a fifteen-year-old person with a magnetic and clean voice. The two were a perfect fusion.
The names of the three songs were Immortals. This song could very well explain Li Xuan's own feelings and admiration for Mike. The second song was called The Phoenix. This song was full of explosive power. Moreover, this song could be considered a battle song with more positive energy. This was also more suitable for Li Xuan's current age group. The third song was called Despacido. This song was full of exotic customs and was quite down-to-earth with the United States. These three songs could all be performed in Mike's style. This way, Li Xuan could also explain himself. As Mike's student, he was still very competent.
Li Xuan thought for a moment and felt that the three songs here were already very good. However, Li Xuan was a little conflicted. Should he sing a love song? After all, although Li Xuan was only fifteen years old, he could already fall in love in an open country like the United States. Moreover, in Li Xuan's current state, singing a love song would also make people's eyes light up. After all, Li Xuan was from China. In the hearts of everyone in the United States, China was a very conservative country, and the people of China were also very conservative. If Li Xuan broke this impression, perhaps he would obtain an unexpected result.
Thinking of this, Li Xuan made up his mind. Since he was going to do it, he had to do it thoroughly. After all, it was his first English album, so he had to do it to the best of his ability. Therefore, Li Xuan wrote 'thatgirl' on the song list. This song could be said to be a simple love song, but this song could also be considered a song written for his first love. Therefore, from the perspective of first love, it would be fine even in China. After all, the 15-year-old Li Xuan was at the age where he met his first love.
After the four songs were selected, Li Xuan felt very satisfied. Li Xuan's ultimate goal was to release a formal album, so he had reserved ten songs for the album. The four songs he had chosen were enough. Moreover, these four songs were all composed by himself, so they were already very interesting.
At this time, Mike came to where Li Xuan was and took out a thick stack of A4 paper. He said to Li Xuan,"Sun, take a look and see if there's anything you like here. When the time comes, you can include it in your album.”
When Li Xuan saw Mike's actions, he looked at the paper in his hand in surprise and found that it was filled with songs. Li Xuan took a rough look. There were no less than 100 pieces. Moreover, Li Xuan saw that the lyrics and compositions on them were all Mike's own names.
"Teacher, did you create these?" Li Xuan asked Mike in surprise.”Mike nodded and said,"Although I haven't produced any songs in the past few years, I sometimes compose myself, so I have so many." Take a look, is there anyone suitable for you?”Li Xuan took the song list and looked at it. Then, he knew why he had asked him to choose.
The reason why Mike let Li Xuan choose himself was because he knew that many of his songs were not suitable for Li Xuan. Some of them were even forbidden songs. Obviously, these were not suitable for Li Xuan to sing. Moreover, some of them were attacks on society. These were currently taboo for Li Xuan. Among them, there were also some that Mike wrote for his children. Li Xuan saw a strong fatherly love and care in them, but they were not suitable for Li Xuan. After all, he was only fifteen years old now.
In the end, Li Xuan chose two songs. One was breaking news. The reason why Li Xuan chose this song was because the lyrics were all Mike's own thoughts. At the beginning, it wrote,
Everyone wanted a piece of Michael Jackson's pie.
The reporters followed Michael Jackson's every move.
It was very straightforward, and Li Xuan was even more shocked when he saw the end. The chorus wrote,
You'll chew on anything,
What's so strange about me having love?
What kind of person do you think a musician like me is?
All the craziness because I'm just in love.
Li Xuan was very shocked. One had to know how Mike felt when he wrote this song.
The second song was a lyric song called Keep Your Head Up. This song described the difficult life of an ordinary lower-class woman in this cruel society. It expressed that life would not pity a resentful woman who complained all day long. The only thing to do was to be strong and work hard.
After Li Xuan chose, he said to Mike,"Teacher, I've chosen." After Li Xuan finished speaking, he directly handed the two songs to Mike. After Mike took them, the first thing he saw was keep your head up. Then, he nodded, thinking that this song was more suitable for Li Xuan. However, when he saw the second song, he was a little surprised. He asked Li Xuan,"Sun, are you really going to choose this song?”
Li Xuan nodded firmly. Mike was a little conflicted when he saw Li Xuan's actions because he knew how much resentment this song had. Most importantly, Mike felt that Li Xuan would not perform well in this song because only he knew the mood in this song. However, since Li Xuan had already chosen this song, Mike could not refuse, so he said,"We'll keep the second song for now. You can give it a try. If you can't satisfy me, I won't let you choose.”Li Xuan nodded when he heard this and said,"Teacher, don't worry. I will definitely satisfy you.”The reason why Li Xuan chose this song was that he thought that the world should know Mike's thoughts at this moment.
Mike nodded at Li Xuan and then handed the two songs back to him for him to practice.
With the addition of Mike's two songs and the four songs he had previously, he still needed four songs to form a formal album, so the remaining four songs were given to Motown Records.
A week later, Li Xuan finally finished preparing ten songs for his album and began recording. Li Xuan specially came to Mocheng Records 'company to record, and it was the top person who had recorded Mike back then.
In the beginning, Li Xuan first recorded four songs that Mocheng had composed for himself. The quality of these four songs was not bad, and it was more than enough to be placed on Li Xuan's album. However, these four songs were not composed by Li Xuan after all, and he had not gotten them for long, so he had to record each song twice before the strict recording engineer was satisfied.
After that, Li Xuan began to sing the songs he had prepared. Every time, he would sing them in one go. When Li Xuan finished recording the four songs he had composed, the recording engineer praised,"This child is really talented. Not only is his singing so good, but he can also write such outstanding songs. Each of these four songs is a masterpiece.”Mike, who was at the side, also nodded. He had seen Li Xuan's songs before, and at that time, he was quite surprised.
When more than half of the workload was completed, only Mike's songs were left. However, the song "Keep Your Head Up" was still manageable. Li Xuan only needed to finish it once. However, breaking news made Li Xuan feel troubled. He sang it three times, but every time, Mike would stop him. In the end, he had no choice but to take a break.
When Li Xuan sang this song, it was not that his singing skills were not good, but his emotions. He could not understand how Mike felt when he wrote this song, nor had he experienced Mike's experience. Therefore, this song seemed to be the easiest song in the entire album, but to Li Xuan, it was the most difficult.
During the break, Li Xuan saw Mike, who was in a daze, so he walked forward and said to Mike,"Teacher, I'm sorry."
Mike said to Li Xuan,"You don't have to apologize. You and I are too strict."”Li Xuan immediately said,"No, I knew from the beginning that this song was the hardest for me to sing, but I won't give up. I must finish it and let the whole world hear your voice."”
When Mike heard Li Xuan's words, he smiled and patted his head. Then, he said,"When I wrote this song, it was the winter of 2003. I remember that winter was very cold, and I had just finished a lawsuit. Although I won that lawsuit, and it was the only lawsuit I won, I lost my reputation. I wrote this song that winter. At that time, I was really sad. It made me feel rejected by the whole world. I didn't trust anyone until now.”
Li Xuan had been silent after hearing Mike's words. He somewhat understood Mike's feelings at that time. It was a song that he had written in anger under extreme grief, anger, and helplessness.
Thinking of this, Li Xuan said to Mike,"Teacher, I will definitely sing this song well. Don't worry.”After Li Xuan finished speaking, he walked straight into the sound engineer. Then, he did not sing. Instead, he kept looking at the lyrics. The song list that Li Xuan sang was the original manuscript that Mike had personally written. The notes on it could clearly reflect Mike's mood at that time, so Li Xuan began to study it.
After the break time passed, everyone was ready again. Li Xuan put on his headphones. Then, after seeing the recording engineer's starting gesture, sounds began to appear in his headphones.
Li Xuan stabilized his emotions. Then, he remembered that he was Mike and that he was in the winter of 2003, so he slowly began to sing.
After Li Xuan finished singing, the recording engineer gave an OK gesture. Li Xuan was a little surprised when he saw it. When he was singing just now, he was not distracted at all. He was fully immersed in it. He did not expect that this song, which was the most difficult for him to sing well, would be passed in one go. After that, Li Xuan once again asked the recording engineer to let him sing again. Li Xuan once again entered the same state as before and sang again. Then, the recording engineer once again raised the OK gesture, and he looked very satisfied.
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