According to the agreement with Disney at the beginning, Angela should have at least 5 English songs in this slang album of her own. The girl originally planned to write three songs herself, and then choose two more songs from the songs she heard in her previous life. The two songs in the selection are "The Day You Went Away" by M2M, and the other is "Time to say goodbye", but when choosing a Chinese song for herself, she accidentally thought of a very interesting song Song, a song that Chinese people will find super cool after listening to it, and after thinking for a long time, I replaced a French song with this one - "If you feel my love"!
This rock and R&B-style song was sung by a rock band composed of girls in Romania. The reason why it is interesting is that there is also an excerpt from a Peking Opera interspersed in the R&B. Yes, it is "Gou Mei" case"!
"Well, we did find someone and recorded a few versions." Under Angela's gaze, John had to admit, but then immediately added: "But I really don't know if these have achieved what you want. The effect, you know, we can't hear what they're singing at all."
"That's good. If it's not suitable, I'll go and listen to their recording next time."
"Oh my God, Angie, you know what? To record what you said about 'tolerating poison while sitting in the cover'..."
"It's 'Bao Longtu meditating in Kaifeng Mansion'."
"Well, whatever it is, we've contacted theaters in Chinatowns across the country for this little clip, and even sent people to Taiwan and Hong Kong, so I hope to make use of them as much as possible, okay? "
From the helpless appearance of the music director with a wry smile, Angela could see how much effort they had put in. It was really troublesome to ask them to help record Peking Opera. The girl scratched her head a little embarrassedly: "Okay, I don't think it's a problem, I only need a small part of it anyway."
As she spoke, she grabbed her earphones and signaled that the other party could play the clip of "The Case of Gu Mei". Although she had hardly heard of Peking Opera in her previous life, she still had more say than John and the others.
But even so, Angela still frowned, but at the same time she had to sigh that the guy who made the song "If you feel my love" was really a genius. Peking opera or Chinese opera has a characteristic that sometimes It takes a long time to sing a sentence. This is like two parallel lines with R&B, and there is no intersection at all, but the guy chose the most suitable paragraph from "Bao Longtu meditating in Kaifeng Mansion", which is from "Near the Front". Looking at the details, it reads "to "The man who repents of his marriage recruits the east bed", and the singing is fast and urgent. That's exactly what the producer liked, plus the mixing was done very well, the whole song sounds very special, but I heard it over and over again in my previous life. "Okay, I think this is all it takes." Since these, Angela used it directly. "However, when mixing, I want to remove the sound of those gongs and drums."
John finally breathed a sigh of relief and nodded immediately: "Okay. This one is fine, but that song... um... "No Waiting"—that's how it's pronounced—can we start recording tomorrow?"
"Have you found the right child?"
"Yes, a total of 4 of them are 6 years old and have a standard Chinese pronunciation. They have made an appointment to come over tomorrow morning."
"Are you sure they speak Mandarin, not Cantonese?" Angela raised her eyebrows.
"Hey, Angie, we have Chinese employees in our company, I don't think this problem should be a problem, right?!" John raised his hands.
"Okay, okay, then tomorrow." The girl shrugged, agreeing.
What the two were discussing was the other of the two Chinese songs - "Mudanjiang", which was another trouble, apart from thinking about how to add Chinese instruments when arranging the song, the last children's chorus also made Disney's head big, What Angela requires is Mandarin, and many Americans can't tell the difference between Mandarin and Cantonese. Fortunately, it seems that this problem has been solved.
The new album was recorded slowly in the trouble. Although Disney announced from the beginning that Angela's new album would be a slang album, fans were still eagerly waiting. A survey conducted by a newspaper showed that 90% of fans said that They don't mind girls singing in other languages, and the remaining 10% hope that it will be an English-only album, but they don't object. They said that they may only listen to English songs at that time.
Then, Disney didn't release more details about it - they didn't even say which language Angela would sing in addition to English, only that there were three languages in total, and that a certain language would be produced by the girl herself.
When music critics talked about this place in their respective columns, they also speculated on Angela's production level. Most people think that she will be the producer of French songs. After all, the song "My Name is Elena" in the EP was released in French. As for the other language, there are different opinions.
"Obviously, she may be in Chinese," Jessica murmured while looking at the newspaper.
"What?" the father who was driving asked at this time.
"No, nothing, Dad." The girl put down the newspaper. "Are we there yet?"
"It's just ahead." Mr. Alba didn't ask much, and drove his car to a stop in front of a detached house on the street. The house was brightly lit, and music was heard from time to time, apparently having a party.
"Then, I'll go now." Jessica kissed her father and opened the door to get out of the car.
"Jesse, remember my advice." Mr. Alba reminded.
"Okay, Dad, I know what I have to do." Jessica sighed and spread her hands.
The father smiled and kissed his daughter again: "Okay, go, I'll pick you up at 9 o'clock."
After ringing the doorbell, a black-haired girl opened the door to the deafening sound of music, and hugged Jessica happily: "Hi, Jessie, you're finally here." Then, she kept going look around.
"I'm sorry Alice, I didn't ask her out, you know, Angela is a big star, she's always... busy." Jessica explained.
Alice immediately looked disappointed, but quickly returned to normal: "It's a pity, I thought I could give everyone a surprise. But it's okay, Jesse, thank you anyway, fortunately I didn't announce her publicly. will come."
She said and took Jessica into the room: "Okay. Don't be stunned, let's come together."
Jessica met Alice in acting school. The other party is Hispanic, very beautiful and very sociable. Jessica can talk to her very well, and she was invited to the birthday party, so the other party knows she and Angela very well The relationship between the two, so this time when the party is held at home, I hope Jessica can invite Angela to come.
In fact, Jessica didn't call Angela, she knew that if it was her request, Angela would definitely agree. But she still didn't call her. Recently, especially after her 14th birthday, her contact with Angela has gradually diminished. She didn't want to make her heart more uncomfortable every time she faced Angela. Because she can't tell others what's on her mind, dad, mom, friends, teachers, everyone!
At Angela's birthday party, there was a moment when she wanted to reveal all her heart, but in the end, she still didn't say anything.
Maybe with the passage of time, I will slowly get better, right? Jessica thought so, but, is it really so
"Hi, hello, my name is William, William Buckett, what's your name." A boy walked through the dancing crowd and suddenly appeared in front of Jessica. He had a slick and slick face.
"My name is Jessica, Jessica Alba, nice to meet you." Although Jessica didn't like the other party's behavior, she still smiled back out of courtesy.
"Jessica? It's a really good name, I like it very much," the other party laughed, "By the way, where have I seen you?" Before Jessica could answer, he suddenly realized, "By the way, You're an actress like Alice, right? Yes yes, you're the same Judy from Jumanji that came out last month, right?!"
"Yes, your observation is very careful." Jessica nodded. Just when she mentioned "Jumanji", she suddenly became a little lost. She only realized after hearing the conversation between the director and the producer. It was Angela who recommended herself for the film, which made her feel both uncomfortable and happy.
Although she got the part after auditioning, there's no denying that Angela's recommendation played a big role, making Jessica feel like her efforts were all in vain. However, at the same time, she also clearly knew that she had a big position in Angela's heart.
Whether it is sour or sweet, only Jessica herself knows.
"Hey, you know what? I was so taken aback when the beasts in the movie came out of nowhere, I almost thought these guys were going to hit me." This guy named William was still chattering, Jesse Card had to interrupt: "Sorry, William, I think I have to go to the bathroom."
The other party was stunned for a moment, then raised his hand: "No problem, I'll wait for you."
Jessica directly ignored this sentence. After she went to the bathroom, she was about to go upstairs to stay, and just met Alice who came down.
"How? Are you having fun?" Alice said with a smile.
"Not bad." Jessica spread her hands.
"So is there a boy you like?" The other party immediately asked in her ear.
"What?" The girl was stunned.
"I've never seen you have a boyfriend. You know it's not bad to have a boyfriend. If you like it at the party, I can introduce it to you." Alice blinked. Maybe I can actually try to have a boyfriend? Jessica thought of this, when Alice suddenly pointed to a boy downstairs and shouted, "How about that guy? He's the captain of the baseball team at the neighbor's children's school. He looks pretty good."
Jessica looked in the direction she was pointing, and couldn't help laughing. The guy sitting on the chair drinking Coke was William who had chatted with her just now. God, he actually reached out and grabbed his crotch! In this case!
Are all guys so disgusting? Jessica shook her head, and a thought suddenly popped into her head: What is Angela doing now
Angela is also at parties now, and for her, the party thing, whether it's a civilian type of party - a crowd of young people dancing and dancing together; or a cocktail party for the rich - a crowd of well-dressed guys interacting with each other. To compliment the club, it is enough to hold it once by accident, too many will make people very tired.
But this time it was the film club that held the party, and she still needed to use the film club to complete her plan, and Louis was about to graduate soon, so she had to save face.
"Hi, how are you." Angela greeted those she knew or didn't know. Although she tried her best to be low-key and dressed in ordinary clothes, she was so famous that she couldn't be unobtrusive. Outside the house, there were also a large group of reporters who came to hear the news, and they didn't know how to leak the news.
"Hello, Angela." Another girl came over to say hello. Angela vaguely remembered that the other party was called Aida, who was in the same grade as her, and nodded to her in return, but when she saw clearly the boy the other party was holding But he was slightly taken aback, it was Edward Prudence who had met twice.
"This is my boyfriend, Edward." Aida introduced.
"Hello, Edward."
"Hello, Miss Angela."
Although surprised, Angela did not express too much. The other party also smiled lightly, shook hands, and then the two quickly walked away, and the girl immediately threw them behind her head.
After staying in the house for a few more minutes, Angela slipped into the garden. She wanted to talk to the guys in the movie club, but everyone had a good time at the party, so she had to wait.
Unexpectedly, as soon as I arrived in the garden, I found that someone had already stayed there first. Under a certain tree, it was bright and dim, and it was obvious that someone was smoking.
"Angela?" The girl was about to leave to the other side when the other party spoke first, which sounded familiar.
"Edward?" Angela turned her head and called.
"Yes, it's me." The figure came out from under the tree and put out the cigarette in his hand with a smile, "I really didn't expect to see you here, why, don't you like parties?"
"To be exact, I don't like dancing." Angela shrugged, "What about you? Don't go with your girlfriend?"
"Actually..." Edward secretly smugly said, "She's not my girlfriend."
"Oh?"
"Aida doesn't have a dance partner, so I just pretend to be a temporary help at her request."
Angela looked him up and down, then shook her head: "So, you are very incompetent."
"Why do you say that?"
"Since she's asking for your help, you should never let anyone know until the party is over."
"But I'm sure you won't say it, do you?" Edward spread his hands. "Some secrets are known to reliable people, but they can be kept secret for a longer time. Would you like me to keep this secret together?"
This is a bit ambiguous, but... Angela ignored it at all, or she didn't feel at all, rolled her eyes: "I didn't hear anything." Then she turned and left.
Edward couldn't help but stay where he was, this is... what's going on? No matter what, the playful smile should be right, a sense of frustration suddenly flooded into my heart.