Chapter 132 The Masked Singer show is so scary!

Soon, the singing of "My Hair Parting is a Wilderness" was finished, Li Xiang came up to introduce the stage briefly, and then "Today I See You in the Cocoon" immediately appeared on stage.

The whole process was completed in one go, taking no more than a minute!

This is the style of "King of Masked Singer", no fancy tricks, focusing everything on the singing duel! Let the audience see the purest music!
After the person in the cocoon appeared, the judges and the audience reacted to her look. Some were amazed, some made curious guesses, and some joked.

The prelude sounded and the person in the cocoon began to sing.

Today, she chose another rock song, "For Life"!
“Time slipped away quietly, and it seemed like a long time.

You're still repeating the same old stuff.

I'm tired of it, don't come any closer.

You were so intoxicated that you didn't notice my roar!

"

As soon as they heard her voice, the jury, who were originally curious and speculative, immediately smiled from the bottom of their hearts, as if they had heard a satisfying voice, and the audience in the audience could not help but admire her.

This singer sings so well! I'm on my knees!

The man in the cocoon continued to sing:

"We live with angry tongues.

I denounce this world of endless injustice and suffering.

We live, weaving excuses to rebel,

In the dark night, I long for the freedom of rock and roll. "

Xu Lin thought of the past experiences, the rumors, cyber violence, betrayal, insults, collapse, being lost in the crowd, the ups and downs of life, putting down the low and praising the high, the fickleness of the world.
Everything was like heavy shackles, weakening her body and binding her soul!

But she didn't want to give in! She didn't want to give in! She didn't need to give in!

There are only three words that support her:
Why?
I didn't do anything wrong, why did I have to go through all this? !

Why should I be willing to bear what the world imposes on me?!

Perhaps, in the past, those things would cause her pain, like a sharp blade, cutting her heart again and again, causing her blood to flow out, but now, she chooses to swallow the flowing blood and put the broken bones back in!
So, the person in the cocoon continued to sing!

Every note is like her cry, and every word is like her accusation.

"Even if this vulgar world blocks you, you are still the one who shines!
Let you see the world!
Fly, fly far away!"

The audience was moved by her singing.

During the breaks in the singing, there was a burst of warm cheers from the audience.

The judges were so shocked by her thunderous high notes that their scalps went numb!
Even Han Shi from the national team was surprised. He was not only surprised that the person in the cocoon on the stage sang so well, but also that, with his vision, he couldn't even tell who this person was! How is this possible?

Other jury members are also asking:

"Can you tell who it is?"

"She's in her thirties, a female rock singer, between 6 and 5 meters tall, can reach D in the high notes, and her first voice change point is probably around C."

"There are many female singers in C5 in the Tianxia music scene! This one is not included! Who is this person?"

"Why is this program so difficult to guess? Will it make us look unprofessional?"

What is the voice change point?
The definition of the transition point in the SLS manual is: The transition zone is the range where it is difficult to achieve a balance between breath and vocal cords using muscle regulation or resonance activity.

Simply put, when a singer transitions from the middle range to the high range, there will be a "barrier" in the voice. This barrier will make the voice more and more difficult, or more and more weak. This sound is the so-called "voice change point".

The area below the voice change point is the true voice area (of course, you can also deliberately sing in a lower falsetto); the area above the voice change point is the falsetto area or mixed voice area (you can sing in mixed voice, head voice, whistle, or falsetto).

The better the vocal conditions of a singer, the higher the voice change point. Generally speaking, the first voice change point of a boy is about D4-E4, and the first voice change point of a girl is about A4-B4, so Xu Lin's change at C5 is really amazing!

This is reflected in singing, that is, a singer with a low vocal transition point can produce a roaring effect when singing to C3, while a singer with a high vocal transition point will only produce a roaring effect when singing to C5. The listening experience brought about is also very different!
Some people looked at Zhang Qingfei:
"Brother Fei, can you tell who this is?"

Zhang Qingfei had a look of ashamed. He had just spoken out some big words, but he didn't expect to be slapped in the face by reality so soon.

According to common sense, he should be able to guess it. After all, this female singer's stage presence and singing skills are so outstanding, but he really has no clue!
But he couldn't possibly admit in front of everyone that he couldn't guess the answer. Wouldn't that make him appear incompetent?
Therefore, he could only bite the bullet and pretend to be deep and said:

"This voice... is very unique. It's a long-lost senior in the rock industry. This one is more hidden than the first contestant, but it's not that hard to guess. It can't escape my ears."

All we can say is that Zhang Qingfei has tried his best to make up stories and tried to get around this issue with some vague descriptions.

He thought to himself, "rock circle" and "senior", these two pieces of information can't be wrong, right?

Song Yifei asked: "Teacher Zhang, rock circle, senior, are you talking about Sister Yu Qiu? Is Sister Yu Qiu also coming to participate in our show?"

Yu Qiu is the first Tianxia singer to appear on the cover of Serbia's Time magazine. At that time, she was ranked "the third most popular female singer in the world" and has a very high status in the Tianxia music scene.

Ji Diandian asked: "Or is it Sister Luo Zhen?"

Luo Zhen started singing on stage at the age of 13. At the age of 16, he went to Beijing alone to become the lead singer of the Sinan Band. It was only 1991 at that time.

He Zhiyuan: "There are probably only these two female rock singers with such good singing skills, right?"

Song Yifei: "Brother Fei, which one of these two is it?"

Zhang Qingfei's eyelids twitched. Once these three people narrowed down their scope, they were unable to deal with him!
Song Yifei: "Brother Fei, can you tell me?"

Zhang Qingfei wanted to reveal it, but he also had to know. He directly refused coldly: "I can't reveal a single thing." He also reversed PUA: "Instead of trying to figure out who it is, we should focus more on the music itself instead of constantly trying to find out their identities. This is the minimum respect for the performers."

Jiang Nan curled his lips, not believing his nonsense at all, thinking: I don't know who was so keen on exploring the identity of other contestants in the first place, and even claimed that inviting him was the biggest mistake made by the program team.

After hearing what he said, Han Shi actually found it very reasonable. He gave up guessing the identity of the person in the cocoon and simply immersed himself in the singing of the person in the cocoon.

Soon, the Man in the Cocoon finished singing, and the whole audience burst into endless applause and cheers!
The entire jury stood up, including Han Shi.

Li Xiang walked onto the stage and announced the start of voting.

After the voting was over, the man in the cocoon and the man with the hairline stood on either side of him. Li Xiang said:
"The first group of the first stage is over. Teacher Han Shi seemed to be applauding both performances. Is he very optimistic about the performances of the two?"

Han Shi praised: "It was a really excellent stage. Although the cocoon is thin in comparison, she has an outstanding voice and technique. Half air and half voice is what we often say, in simple terms, it is called mixing. At the same time, she also used the belting singing method used when shouting."

Belting singing, also known as "safe roaring", is a high-pitched technique commonly used in European and American pop music. This technique can produce high-pitched notes with strong tension while keeping the vocal cords safe, making the mixed voice more like real voice without hurting the throat.

The key elements of Belting singing include strong closure, thick vocal cords, medium (weak) breath and high larynx position.

This singing style does not pursue a thick and mellow sound, but a more impactful feeling.

Han Shi made a little joke: "So, I was wondering, what if this person is eliminated in the first round?"

Li Xiang raised his eyebrows and asked, "Teacher Han Shi, are you saying that the person in the cocoon has reached the level of a singing king?"

Han Shi: “Of course.”

Li Xiang: "What about 'My hair parting is a wilderness'?"

Han Shi continued to comment, "Fafeng's singing was very stable. The song he sang was a song that required a lot of breathing, and he captured all the key points of the song. So the probability of it being the one I guessed was 50%. The fact that he would flip the ending sound was also very similar to that one."

Li Xiang made himself appear very flustered and said, "I don't want to listen to the real names given by my seniors, because I might have preconceived opinions after hearing them. What does Teacher Zhang Qingfei think?" Li Xiang's interruption here was just right.

Cheng Cheng set the tone for "King of Masked Singer" early on. Guessing identities is a must, but professional music reviews are undoubtedly more important. To blindly guess identities is undoubtedly putting the cart before the horse.

Just like the Chinese version of King of Masked Singer in the previous life, after a female singer came on stage, the judges below guessed that she was Faye Wong. Let's not talk about the fact that they really have problems with their brains. Just think about it, it is impossible for someone of Faye Wong's status to participate in such a crappy variety show that failed in the first season. The questions they asked afterwards were also quite weird.

Things like "Sing Faye Wong's song", "Learn Faye Wong's 'something'", and "Life has been pretty good lately, is it because my partner (Nicholas Tse) is a better cook?"

After hearing these questions, the female singer asked back, "This has nothing to do with music, right?"

After she clearly expressed her dissatisfaction, the judging panel still didn't understand and asked two stupid questions in a row: "Does your boyfriend sing better, or do you sing better?" and "If your husband proposed to you, would you say yes?"

Anyone who is asked these questions would be unhappy, right? Besides, she is not Faye Wong, wouldn't she be even more annoyed when asked these questions?
I don’t know where the guessing panel got the confidence from, they insisted on guessing it was Faye Wong.

After hearing these questions, as expected, the annoyed female singer left the stage angrily, which directly caused an accident in the performance.

Afterwards, the female singer unveiled her face and proved that she was indeed not Faye Wong, but Zhou Hui.

Poor Zhou Hui was asked a lot of questions about Faye Wong's family affairs after she came on stage. Not only was she asked by the judging panel to do an "imitation show" of Faye Wong, she was also asked if she would agree if Nicholas Tse proposed to Faye Wong. There was no way she would agree. What did Nicholas Tse's proposal to Faye Wong have to do with her?

So in order to avoid this unprofessional situation, Cheng Cheng asked the jury to focus on the music, and let netizens guess the real identity after the show is broadcast. The jury only needs to let netizens know how good the participating masked singers sing.

After being cueed, Zhang Qingfei said: "The sound of the parting is very mellow and powerful. It doesn't use any other techniques, but a real head-on confrontation, using only the voice. When listening to the song, it gives people a sense of power from the heart. I also think of who it is."

Li Xiang asked: "You guessed it too?"

Another music veteran on the judging panel, He Zhiyuan, said, "Hey, host, don't underestimate our judging panel."

Li Xiang laughed and said, "Ah, is that so?"

Ho Chi-Yuan said: “After he finished singing, we already had a consensus in our minds about who this person was.”

Song Yifei: Ah? There is a consensus? Who?

He Zhiyuan said: "When he was popular, you could see musicians singing his songs with guitars in any bar. Being on this stage just confirmed once again that his voice is still so explosive."

Song Yifei smiled bitterly and said, "To be honest, even though everyone knows who it is, I still don't know who it is."

When he said this, the jury all laughed.

Song Yifei added: "But he is definitely a very good singer."

Li Xiang said: "What do you think of the man in the cocoon?"

Jiang Nan said: "Sister Jianzhongren performed very stably. Whether she was singing high or low notes, her volume and timbre were the same. It was really amazing. Her singing was very infectious. I felt very honored to hear such a performance."

He Zhiyuan said: "Yes, I saw that he was singing with his life and soul, like a butterfly emerging from a cocoon and coming to the Masked Singer stage. I don't think he is a newcomer."

Li Xiang said: "Okay, to help everyone's reasoning, let's take a look at their specialties. Teacher Fafeng, you go first."

This is a small design of "King of Masked Singer". Every singer on stage needs to show a small talent.

Kuang Ye lowered his head, revealing the heart-shaped parting on top of his head, and made a heart shape with his hands, saying in a voice-changed electronic synthesized voice: "Even my parting is in the shape of loving you~"

The audience and the judging panel were stunned at first, and then they all laughed.

What the hell!
Is this also called talent?

Variety show star Li Lin laughed and said, "Now I finally understand what 'putting on a mask is also taking off a mask' means, hahaha!"

He Zhiyuan covered his face and said, "I never thought this one would be able to act cute. It's too hard to imagine."

Han Shi couldn't help laughing: "It's actually quite cute."

Later, when she came to the Cocoon, she performed a very popular gesture dance.

Jiang Na smiled and said, "I didn't expect that the two teachers who sing rock songs would be so cute in contrast."

However, the two singers were so relaxed on the stage that the audience still enjoyed the show. This show has both a big-background musical competition and some funny designs. It's so fun!
Next, after the jury and the two masked singers on stage interacted for a while, Li Xiang said: "The results of the first stage, the first group's duel, will be announced. It was a very close victory! The winner of this duel is -"

His voice became louder and louder, the lights in the venue flashed, and the figures of the man in the hair parting and the cocoon alternated on the big screen.

The judges all craned their necks, looking forward to the show.

The audience in the audience also held their breath nervously.

Li Xiang: "My hair parting is the wilderness and today I see the winner of this stage who will advance to the second stage——"

"That's it..." He stretched out his voice and finally said it heavily:

"Meet me in the cocoon today!!!"

At the same time, the figure of the person in the cocoon on the big screen was also frozen!
The whole audience burst into cheers!
Some on the jury were delighted at the result, while others held their heads in disbelief.

On the stage, although Fafeng felt a little disappointed, he still clapped and congratulated his opponent.

The person in the cocoon holds his heart, unable to hide the excitement in his heart.

Li Xiang: "The Cocoon Man won! He defeated My Hairline is Wilderness with 178 votes to 120! The Cocoon Man has entered the second stage. Please move to the lounge and give a round of congratulations."

There was thunderous applause from the audience again!
Finally, only Li Xiang and Fafeng were left on the stage.

Li Xiang: "Come on, now let's confirm that my hair parting is the true identity of Kuang Ye!"

Fafeng walked to the back of the stage, with his back to the audience, and pretended to take off his hood.

Li Xiang continued in a high-pitched voice: "Now, please let me show my face in the wilderness!"

Amid the passionate music, the hair parting completely removed the wig.

Because the stage was surround, when Fafeng took off his mask, some audience members got a sneak peek and saw Fafeng's face first. Immediately, these audience members opened their eyes wide, covered their mouths, and exclaimed in surprise.

Faced with the huge cheers, the judges, who had not yet seen the real appearance of the hair parting, were extremely curious.

He Zhiyuan: "Who is it?"

Jiang Nan: "I think you can tell who it is at a glance?!"

Song Yifei: "No way, no way, who is it?"

Then, the man turned around, the lights came on, and Li Xiang said, "This is the lead singer of the band Yang Wang, who debuted 20 years ago! The legend of rock music! Gao Zhi!"

Gao Zhi showed his true face and greeted the audience: "Hello everyone, I am Gao Zhi."

Thunderous screams immediately erupted from the audience, and the jury stood up and applauded.

Among them, Qiu Dagui even let out a whine as if he had seen his idol.

Although Gao Zhi is not as well-known as some pop singers, his status in the music industry, especially in the rock circle, is simply terrifyingly high! This is a band that can hold concerts!
The audiences at the scene had no idea that such a great veteran would be eliminated in just the first game of the first episode of the first season!

How scary is the show King of Masked Singer?
And who is the person in the cocoon?
How many monsters are there in this show?!
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