Once "21 Guns" was released, it quickly ranked in the top three on authoritative rankings in many places around the world, and achieved very impressive results in all English-speaking countries around the world.
Even in China, Japan and South Korea, they have become the top five in the rankings.
Li Mu also used his own publicity channels to promote the theme song on a global scale, using this song to enhance the mutual influence of the movie.
In order to make this song better serve the movie, Li Mu asked YYtunes to open the copyright of this song to all radio and television stations for free, and provide free listening and downloading to users around the world on YYtunes.
At present, the record industry is relatively good and has not fallen into the situation of being almost completely replaced by digital music in later generations. Very few songs are free through all channels, especially for ordinary users to listen to and download.
In developed countries with relatively sound copyright awareness, the only way to privately store a song and listen to it at any time is to buy an album, or directly purchase a digital album on an online platform. Other than that, there is almost no other way. .
Because of this, singers are very good at arranging their formations when releasing videos.
For example, an album often only has one or two real title songs. Even if a singer has several great songs at the same time, he will not consider releasing them in the same album, because users often only want one or two songs. And choose to buy the album.
There are very few singers who can ensure that most songs are of high quality like Jay Chou's early albums.
Often they only need one or two title songs, paired with some forgettable songs, to release an album, and then use the influence of the title song to quickly make money, and then use one or two title songs to accompany a few songs. Talk about songs, release a second album, and make another round of money.
"21 Guns" is now soaring in global influence. If YYtunes provides users with a paid download option, it can earn at least several million dollars, but Li Mu decided to go the free route.
There is a huge difference between being completely free and charging only a penny. Free can attract the most users anywhere in the world.
Just a few days after the song was released, it reached the top of many charts in North America and reached the runner-up position in the UK. The momentum was particularly strong.
As much attention as this song has received is the singer of this song, Du Wei, who is under twenty years old.
Although it is somewhat unrealistic to become a first-line singer overseas with just one song, this song has obviously laid a solid foundation for Du Wei in the overseas market.
Li Mu feels that after the movie is released, Du Wei's popularity will definitely be higher. Then he will strike while the iron is hot and release a few classic English singles for her to consolidate her influence in overseas markets.
Whether a singer or a movie star, only by continuously producing good works can they continue to grow while ensuring that their popularity and influence do not decline. However, once they lose the support of good works, no matter how famous a star is, they will also It starts to fall because it loses its upward momentum.
Li Mu has already planned the follow-up song route for Du Wei, and the whole team is focusing on the three major female singers who will become popular in Europe and the United States in the future, Adele·Adkins, Taylor·Swift, and Lady·Gaga.
Each of these three female singers has many hit songs that are popular around the world.
For example, Adele Adkins' "Daydreamer", "Someone Like You", "Rolling In The Deep", "Set Fire To The Rain", etc.;
Taylor Swift's "Love Story", "Fearless", "We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together", etc.;
Lady Gaga's "Poker Face", "Just Dance", "Bad Romance", and "The Cure".
Almost any one of these songs has the potential to top the music charts around the world. If an ordinary singer can release one such god-level single, he can basically reach the top. If he can have three or five songs, Basically, he can win a Grand Slam in all music awards and become one of the world's top singers.
Du Wei is a music student and has an excellent voice. With such conditions, as long as she has a good song, she will definitely become popular. If she has a hit song, she can dominate the charts almost all over the world.
Thinking of this, a song suddenly flashed into Li Mu's mind, Adele's "Set Fire To The Rain". The more appropriate Chinese translation is "Burn the Rain with Fire".
The melody of this song is majestic and tragic, and the lyrics overall describe a relationship that ended in failure.
There are many very infatuated lyrics in the lyrics, such as closing my eyes and feeling that you will always be with me, I will burn the rain with fire and throw us all into the fire. As the rain falls, some things will quietly pass away, because I Know this is the last moment, this is the last moment! I burn the rain with fire, I watch it pour down when I touch your cheek, well, I cry when it burns...
Li Mu feels that this song can be used as a promotional song for the second phase of the movie. With a slight modification, the lyrics can be changed to a farewell between lovers. It is also about burning the rain with fire, but it is not about leaving love in the rain. , or thrown into the fire, but it symbolizes the despair and pain in the heart of the girl who loved him when the pilot generously died for his country in the air.
With just a few changes, it would fit Anne Hathaway's mood when Liu Ye died for his country in "The Flying Tigers".
This song itself is a very popular song, even higher than "21 Guns" in all aspects. Therefore, if it is used as the final sprint before the release, this song will definitely become a hit and at the same time, it will be a hit. The promotion of the movie was pushed to a new level.
Li Mu did what he thought of. He immediately wrote the lyrics to "Set Fire To The Rain" according to his memories, and then made corresponding adjustments to the lyrics.
Changing the words "I burn the rain with fire" in the lyrics to "You burn the rain with fire" means that from the perspective of the female singer, she is watching the scene when the male protagonist explodes in the air and dies for his country.
The general meaning of this song is that the male protagonist and the female protagonist love each other, but because the male protagonist generously went to the national disaster and eventually died on the battlefield in the sky, the female protagonist can only fall into endless pain.
However, Li Mu did not describe the national disaster and sacrifice in a very straightforward way, but used words and phrases such as "You fly into the air, you burn the rain with fire" to convey this idea implicitly.
When this song is combined with this movie, people will naturally think of the scene where the male protagonist flies into the air to fight, and eventually blood is spilled in the sky;
When this song is listened to alone, it can also be understood as a man leaving the heroine for freedom or other pursuits, leaving the heroine alone in great pain. This is more in line with the approach of a love song.
Anyway, the core points of love songs in the world are just a few: we love each other, I love you but you don’t love me, you love me but I don’t love you, I love you but you don’t know.
Of course, if you have to do a showy operation and have a core theme like "I love you but I also love him", you will basically be scolded for having incorrect views.
Therefore, as long as a love song is written around these four basic core points, from the perspective of conception, it can gain a large audience, and this song can just cut into the point of "I love you, but you don't love me". It's a perfect pun.
After figuring out the lyrics, Li Mu immediately contacted the best music producer team in the country to start arranging the song.
This time, Li Mu invited all the top musicians in the country. Many of them were not even from the same record company. But because of Li Mu's transcendent status in the entertainment industry, everyone immediately put down their work and went to Yanjing to report to him. .
Spielberg assigned the actors a lineup for the road show.
Asian countries, such as China, Japan and South Korea, are in charge of Tom Hanks with Liu Ye and Anne Hathaway, while Western countries are in charge of Leonardo and Du Wei.
The reason for this arrangement is, on the one hand, because Liu Ye, Anne Hathaway, Leonardo and Du Wei themselves are quasi-couples and lovers in the movie, so this combination is more attractive to the audience.
As for why Du Wei went to Europe and the United States and Anne Hathaway came to Asia, it was mainly for the sake of the two girls. Now Du Wei needs to open up the Western market, and Anne Hathaway also needs to open up the Eastern market, so the two exchange each other. is the most suitable.
As for Liu Ye, he is still a newcomer. He is not very well-known in mainland China yet. Unlike Du Wei, who already has a song "21 Guns" as a foreshadowing, he will definitely be a complete stranger when he goes to the West to promote. So it is better to work hard in China, Japan and South Korea first. After all, his appearance is still relatively good in East Asia. More importantly, he does have a bit of a tough guy. If he seizes the opportunity of road shows, he should be able to increase his popularity a lot.
According to the agreement, Du Wei will leave for the United States soon. She will start in the United States first, and after doing about ten road shows in several major cities in the United States, she will then go straight to Europe, and there will be ten more in the four countries of Britain, France, Germany and Italy. After road shows left and right, running all the way, the movie is basically about to be released.
Therefore, Li Mu wanted to record this song before Du Wei left.
Even if there are adjustments after the arrangement, as long as the overall tone of the song, as well as key aspects such as singing style, speed, and intensity are determined, and Du Wei finishes recording, the rest of the arrangement team can continue to refine it. Modify it and then adapt it to the singing track recorded by Du Wei.
This routine is very common in the record recording process. It is equivalent to asking the model to determine the body proportions and sizes first, and then handing over the production of clothes to a group of experienced designers and tailors, waiting for them to complete the clothes. Put your clothes on again.
Du Wei didn't expect that Li Mu could write a song before she was about to go to the United States for a road show. She hurriedly rejected all previous arrangements and followed Li Mu into the recording studio.
For her, her favorite thing is the process of recording songs with Li Mu, because during this process, Li Mu will be with her almost all the time. Not only will he conscientiously tell her the feeling and key points of the song, but also I will always be outside the recording studio, through the soundproof glass, constantly cheering her up.
For Du Wei, who has just begun to fall in love, if she can see Li Mu outside during the recording, she can almost maximize her potential, because in her heart she least wants to disappoint Li Mu, and she even wants to make Li Mu better. Be proud of yourself!
(End of chapter)