Too many people are discussing "This Day, Next Year".
Some people even think that "Same Time, Next Year" sounds better than the Mandarin version!
As a result, fans who preferred "Ten Years" were unhappy.
There seems to be a hint of confrontation between the two sides.
The greater excitement began in the middle of the night with the fate of many lyricists.
Yes, no one expected that "Same Time Next Year" would be given new vitality just by the changes in lyrics and language.
The impact of language changes on songs involves a professional perspective. The most intuitive change that ordinary people can see is the lyrics!
Lyrics, this is the lyricist's professional field!
Therefore, many lyricists, either with the intention of riding on the popularity or out of admiration for Xianyu's lyric-writing ability, began to analyze "Ten Years".
Among them, the most eye-catching is the opening statement of a certain lyricist:
“Everyone may just think that the lyrics and language of “Next Year Today” are very different from the original version, but few people realize the real intention of Xianyu in writing the lyrics of the new version!”
The lyricist's name is Tu Er.
Tu Er is considered a first-line lyricist in the industry. He has even written lyrics for a certain singing king and a certain singing queen, and has always received good reviews.
And today, with the release of "Same Day, Next Year", Tu Er actually revealed his identity as a night owl and couldn't help but speak out about it.
As a result, his speech really attracted the attention of his fans and many netizens:
"What is Xianyu's real intention?"
"What's the meaning?"
“What’s the connection between the two songs?”
"Which song do you think is better written, Mr. Rabbit?"
"Hurry up and tell me. I'm waiting for Teacher Tu Er to answer my questions."
"Teacher Tu Er is not sleeping in the middle of the night, listening to Teacher Xianyu's "Same Day Next Year"?"
“Hahahaha, Teacher Tu Er followed Xianyu a year ago, but Xianyu just never followed anyone back. As everyone knows, the three best friends are an eternal closed loop.”
"… "
Tu Er responded to one of the netizens who speculated on the connection between the two songs: "You found the blind spot."
What blind spot
You tell me!
Netizens are impatient.
Because Tu Er is a professional lyricist with a high status in the industry, everyone will pay attention to what he says. What celebrities say is always more convincing.
Tu Er did not continue to keep the secret and published a long article to explain:
Putting aside other things, the following is my attempt to analyze the content of the lyrics, the emotions they want to express, and the ideas they convey.
Let’s talk about “This Day, Next Year” first.
This song is about a heartbroken person who tosses and turns insomnia at night. The uncontrollable grief makes him have wild thoughts and struggle in the swamp of broken love.
At first, he thought that if the chandelier on the ceiling had crushed him to death before he broke up, he would not have to endure the pain of her leaving him; then he thought that if he did not die, it would be good to become demented, so that at least he would not have any feelings for love and would not have to suffer as much as he is now.
During the long night, countless thoughts lingered in his mind. He felt that he couldn't go on like this and had to learn to face the breakup bravely. So he tried to encourage himself not to suffer from insomnia on this day next year. The people who slept next to him had left and it was time to change the mattress...
As he thought about it, he fell into the whirlpool of emotions again? Suddenly he was reluctant to change, and suddenly wanted to meet again; he even thought about seeing each other again sixty years later, or before he died.
Did you notice that "Same Time, Next Year" is about the pain of a broken heart? But there is only one word related to pain in the whole poem.
Xianyu did not directly write about the pain in the characters' hearts, but instead fictionalized several life scenes from the first-person perspective:
Being hit by a chandelier, becoming demented, meeting at someone else's wedding, and seeing each other again sixty years later.
He meticulously depicts the subtle changes in the heart of a sleepless and heartbroken person, allowing the audience to put themselves into the story and experience the struggle of the heartbroken person to break up with his ex.
Let’s take a look at “Ten Years” again.
Although both are about a broken heart, the writing style and the emotions it expresses are completely different from "Same Time, Next Year".
So the protagonist of "Ten Years"...
He is the person who broke up with the protagonist of "Same Time, Next Year"!
This is the biggest connection between the two songs, it is a monologue from both sides of a couple!
If you don’t believe us, analyze it.
In the first verse of the main song of "Ten Years", she found that she was still a little sad when she said she wanted to break up; then she said that holding hands between them was like traveling, and she was dissatisfied that it could not satisfy her yearning and she wanted to pursue a better life; then she calmly and rationally advised that since she could not stay, she would inevitably shed tears if she left, so she should enjoy the emotional connection that still existed in this last moment.
Turning to the chorus, the protagonist is even more rational, as if he has never been in love? Taking the breakup as the time node, imagine what happened ten years ago and ten years later.
Ten years ago, no one knew each other, but we are still together today. Even though we have broken up ten years later, we have known each other before. We can still greet each other politely when we meet. So what if we have loved each other? In short, "lovers will inevitably become friends in the end", how cruel, but also how objective. Faced with such advice, I am almost speechless, leaving no room for the other party to save the relationship, as if there is no reason to be sad.
The last sentence is 'My tears are not shed for you, but for others'. There will always be someone who falls in love with me and then leaves, it just happens to be you. There is nothing special, nothing worth clinging to. You can say that you see it clearly, or you can say that you are calm and rational to the point of being numb.
The song "This Day, Next Year" is sinking deeper and deeper into the painful abyss of a broken heart, while "Ten Years" is a rational and calm persuasion; "This Day, Next Year" uses stories to express emotions, while "Ten Years" focuses on reasoning and analysis; "This Day, Next Year" is expressed more directly, and the audience can empathize with the emotion as long as they put themselves in the story, while "Ten Years" requires more deliberation and thinking.
If my guess is correct, then these two songs are echoing each other, and are a dialogue between Xianyu's emotional and rational sides.
Are you still asking which song is better
I'm not trying to be mean, I just want to tell you that which of these two songs is better written depends on which song's protagonist your personality tends to be, and you may have different answers at different stages of your life.
This interpretation suddenly opened another door for the audience!
Those netizens who were arguing about which song was just right no longer argued.
On this reading, there is no point in arguing.
“Oh my god, it turns out that the two songs are different angles of this couple?”
"So that's how it is! I was saying that when I listened to the songs, I always felt that there was some connection between the two songs."
"I like the dialogue between Xianyu's rational and emotional sides. It's really enlightening!"
"It starts with old reading comprehension. I was originally thinking whether Mr. Tu Er had over-interpreted this article, but after reading the whole article, I found it very convincing. It is worthy of the imagination of the lyricist."
"I suddenly realized that this is the case. Xianyu is too strong!"
"Ahaha, how can I think so much when listening to the song? All I can say is: awesome!"
"In fact, Sun Yaohuo has hinted that 'This Day, Next Year' is the sister film of 'Ten Years'."
"… "
At this time, someone asked Tu Er in the comment section how he evaluated Xianyu's lyric writing skills.
Rabbit replied with a little humor:
"It's a level that keeps many lyricists awake at night."
Um
Is this the reason why you are still cultivating immortality at this point
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ps: The last sentence is also for everyone who is preparing to cultivate immortality~ I wrote more than 10,000 words today. Although everyone has been complaining about it being short, weak and boring for so long, I still ask for a monthly ticket for the sake of the end of the month! !
Also, thanks to the leader of the group, Tu Er, Big Brother! Blow a kiss! Biu! The extra chapter will come next month. I owe a lot of chapters this month, so Big Brother, please spare me first~