Thinker in the entertainment industry

Chapter 373 373. Style

Zheng Zhiyong and Park Jay Bum had almost zero cooperation in music in the past, because they have different preferences in music styles, and because what they want to express is completely different from each other.Zheng Zhiyong is extremely emotional when he is emotional, and extremely profound when he is deep. He sees the restrictions of the world very clearly, and he is very strict when he restrains himself. Park Jae-beom, who expresses everything frankly, including normal human desires, is naturally Can't say go together.

But that is when everyone writes Korean songs, and they can do their own things. When it comes to developing the market, the focus is not on what style to use or what to express, they have to figure out first: what kind of style can be enjoyed by both sides?

The Korean market, or the Asian market, of course looks a little bit at the trend of Europe and the United States, but the probability of those styles that are popular in Europe and the United States is still not high in Asia.For example, Zheng Zhiyong's "Dawn Comes" was not very popular when it was released in South Korea. After "Game of Thrones" was broadcast, "Dawn Comes" became popular in Europe and the United States as an episode. But there was still no fire, and it slowly fell back after a while.

This is still in the case that Zheng Zhiyong's popularity and recognition are very high, and the style of "Dawn Comes" is also relatively lyrical.

"Thinker seems to prefer to add new ideas to some traditional and ancient styles, rather than directly try new styles." See you after a cup of tea, everyone chatted more deeply, Lenny once again showed his homework, "Compared to the content, thinker, you are much more conservative in the arrangement."

"I have tried new styles, but I am not satisfied", Zheng Zhiyong said, "Freshness often means roughness at the same time, what kind of arrangement can maximize the listening enjoyment, these are all tried out step by step, I myself It is better not to use experimental products that are not satisfactory to consumers' ears to hurt consumers' ears."

"He thinks the most important thing is to listen well," Park Jay said with a smile, "It doesn't matter if you follow the path of the predecessors."

"Maybe it will be useful. The already mature and classic style of music will have a certain influence even if it crosses the cultural circle," Lenny said.

Jung Jiyong: ... "Then I became an ost singer? Is it too strange that Korean singers entered the English-speaking world by singing traditional European music?"

Jay Park: "Don't you also want to be the one who leads the way? Thinker."

"It's just because what we want to do has not been done yet, not because we want to do what others have not done." Zheng Zhiyong said.

Zheng Zhiyong is not obsessed with the glory of "No.1", but he has done something that no one has done before. Regardless of his original intention, he will be a real pioneer.

Provided they succeed.

"Where do you think the breakthrough will be?" Lenny said.

Park Jay Fan glanced at Zheng Zhiyong: "Our thinking may be a little different again."

"I think it's visual," Zheng Zhiyong said, "good music with beautiful mv and stage performances. Language barriers will hinder the appeal of music, but they will not hinder the image. Recently, BTS has done a good job in this regard. It's very good, but unfortunately I'm not very good at writing dynamic songs, and I can't do it myself."

Jay Park: "Don't be too modest, the two songs you released in August are pretty good."

Zheng Zhiyong: "I thought you were not interested in this style."

Jay Park: "I don't like it, it's not that I can't tell the difference between good and bad." After all, I'm also an idol singer who sings dance music, okay?

Lenny's eyes turned around the two of them: "What about Jay?"

"Thoughts", Jay Park said, "Some content is exotic, while others are not acclimatized."He has a deep understanding of this. Western things are moved to the East, and the straightforward and free-spirited content still has a certain audience. For example, "snlkorea", which he once starred in, ridiculed a lot of people and things, and was quite popular in Korea. Welcome, but it is very difficult to transplant some things. Gangsta rap, which occupies an important position in American hip-hop, is absolutely unbearable in Asia. The earliest pioneer of Korean hip-hop, Seo Taiji, sang the voice of Koreans at that time, and later promoted it. The big stick relies on popular love and love, which shows the influence of "content" on communication.

Lenny also understands a little bit: "Jay-z can't openly say that he sold drugs when he came to Korea?"

Jay Park smiled awkwardly: "Yes."

"Climbing out of a mud pit, it doesn't matter if there are some dirty things in the middle." Zheng Zhiyong gave an analogy to "it's normal to get out of a neighborhood full of crime with a bit of a dark history", "but in Asia, the real "mud pit" It’s very rare for people in the family to come out, but people like me, who were born and raised in a stable family, have caused serious harm to others and society in the past, and then they can make a fortune in the future, so what is it?”

This is a problem of different standards in different environments. Family hardships, a series of natural disasters and man-made disasters will not stop after the last meal, and petty theft will not be criticized too badly. If you are living well, but you want to make money illegally because of laziness and hard work, that is another matter. treatment.However, Zheng Zhiyong can't prove that his point of view must be valid in Asia, because there are no people who grow up in a bad environment, have a black history and become famous later.

Even so, his point of view made Lenny speechless for a while, and he turned to look at Jay Park: "Has the thinker never made a mistake?"

Jay Park, who was almost clear about Zheng Zhiyong's experience in the past ten years, thought about it seriously, and shook his head seriously.

Zheng Zhiyong: "You didn't either, jay, if the things that happened back then were said publicly, it would be fine if you were scolded, and your private space was hacked, it's just bad luck."

Lenny: ... "Asia still depends on you, good boys."

Park Jae-bum; & Zheng Zhiyong: ... We are not "good" in Asia, are we?

Although the three people can be said to have a "happy conversation", signing a contract is not that simple. What kind of plans and requirements each party has, and what they can do for each other, all of these must be clarified one by one, and the reality must be taken into account , to adapt and compromise.

Rome wasn't built overnight, and something as big as going overseas is even less likely to be done overnight.Zheng Zhiyong's first goal is to make a familiar face, and the second is to use the name of rocnation to add amulets to himself. Even if the group of Cheong Wa Dae and JoongAng Daily can't stop the bad guys, it's good to let netizens show mercy when commenting of.

"There are too many things to do," he said to Jay Park. "There is still time to test the waters in overseas markets, but not in Korea. I need to find out the results quickly."

As a solo singer, Zheng Zhiyong has already touched the ceiling, but with a team as a producer, he still has a long way to go.In the past, the cooperation with beast and vixx was nothing more than small troubles. Zheng Zhiyong was unwilling to take responsibility easily, but now he has to.

"Don't push yourself too hard." Jay Park never thought that one day he would say such words to Zheng Zhiyong, who was seriously procrastinating.

Zheng Zhiyong was also very surprised: "Do I seem to be like that?"

"You are acting more aggressive in the United States than in the past," Park said.

Zheng Zhiyong froze for a moment: "Probably... I want them to leave a deep enough impression on me first. Openness is a kind of freedom. Breaking away from the original gender stereotype like me is also a kind of freedom. It's not a compromise to please female fans." Zheng Zhiyong doesn't want others to have a deep but wrong first impression of him, and later find that the real person does not match the impression, and then blame Zheng Zhiyong for being too pretentious.When he first appeared on "showmethemoney", etiquette turned into etiquette, "I'm just using it to tell the truth I want to tell", Zheng Zhiyong's sharpness is not lacking at all.

"Before 2015, it was still difficult for you to say these things," Jay Park said, "Now there is enough evidence."

The turmoil that Zheng Zhiyong stirred up in South Korea cannot be ignored in the United States.No matter how sentimental Zheng Zhiyong is, he has contributed to the reduction of drunk driving, and he also has the "loyalty" to stand up when his friends are questioned, which is enough to make people look at him.

After meeting Rocnation's Lenny Santiago, Zheng Zhiyong met some American musicians under the introduction of him and Park Jay-bum. Zheng Zhiyong deliberately went to "beautiful" as he did when he first met Santiago. Dressed in the same direction, and he was frank, polite and not cowardly when talking. When we first met, some people thought Zheng Zhiyong was like a "beautiful doll" made in Korea. After knowing what he has done, they can only sigh this What a wonderful thing.

Zheng Zhiyong (smiling): I have never made a mistake, how can it be the reason for you to look down on me, I have always been very surprised.

This is a complaint in his mind. What Zheng Zhiyong said is: "People don't only restrain themselves because of external pressure. I don't want to cause trouble, distress and harm to anyone because of my freedom. Sometimes It's worth it a little bit."

"I seem to be using what I have done and published works to manage my current image." Zheng Zhiyong thought for a while and said, "Mr. Santiago also has feelings."

"He said that if you weren't in cj, he would definitely try to run you."

Zheng Zhiyong and Lenny Santiago only met once, and Park Jae-bum wants to discuss signing with Rocnation, and they are still in contact these days.

"A rapper with oriental characteristics?" Zheng Zhiyong said with a laugh.

"You're neither," Park Jay said, "You don't have much desire, you're emotional, and you seem a bit oriental. What if you like clubbing and dancing?"

Zheng Zhiyong personally likes beautiful things but will not be easily obsessed, so he looks elegant and restrained. The latter is not wrong in Zheng Zhiyong's eyes, but he is not interested.When it comes to dealing with feelings, Zheng Zhiyong's approach of helping An Xiyan before breaking up and getting close immediately after breaking up is not "Oriental" at all.

"I don't reject a certain degree of publicity and setting, but I leave it all to others. If I don't have a little autonomy, it is easy to do too much, and I can't step down in the end." There are many things that Zheng Zhiyong did not expect, but the management of the image is dominated by Zheng Zhiyong himself, so it is basically within his control, "I want to have a more stable position in Korea, and I also want to Let our cooperation achieve good results, and your success will also be mine, bro."

He became famous too fast, and if he said outside, if he didn't advance, he would retreat. He had to change the direction to open up, which is not the usual way to attract hatred.This was in front of Jay Park, and Zheng Zhiyong did not hide his ambition at all.

"Let's try together," Jay Park said, "find a style that everyone can accept, and maintain your own unique characteristics. These things that you said to Lenny are the highest ideals of you and me. They are just to open the situation. When necessary, use You'll be fine with some typical American style."

"Of course not. Boa-senpai and TVXQ-senpai also used j-pop when they opened up the situation in Japan." When Korean singers gain a firm foothold in Japan, people will be able to sing k-pop style.In terms of reality, Zheng Zhiyong is far more realistic than Park Jae-bum. In turn, he "complains" about Park Jae-bum: "Why didn't you listen to my advice when I was soloing and make the music more 'Korean'?"

Jay Park: "That's... that's because I don't need to be more famous anymore. Does it make sense to become more popular if I sing a style I don't like?"

"It's meaningful. When the quality of my American-style works is not very high, I will add a few more songs that the Korean market likes, so that people will leave the impression of 'Park Jay Bum's songs are good', and the music source behind will not be so bad. ", Zheng Zhiyong sighed after finishing speaking, "Forget it, it's getting better... We really haven't argued for a long time."

"Well," Jay Park said, "You let me see the situation of the following music source charts five years ago, isn't it too reluctant?"

"Yes." Admitting mistakes is one of Zheng Zhiyong's strengths.Until Jay Park founded aomg, the status of music sources was far less important than it is now. At that time, hip-hop was not widely popular, and there were very few pure "music sources". Zhuge Liang.

"But your prediction of the situation is quite accurate," Zheng Zhiyong admitted happily, but Park Jae-bum couldn't continue to say, "The contract is not yet certain, it will be finalized next year, and I still have a new factory. card, where do you want to start."

"Game, until the theme song I wrote is published, I won't have other actions, but I won't put my hopes on it", that's just testing the waters, Zheng Zhiyong doesn't know if the game will be Hong, and I don't know how my song will respond, "Also, I have something to ask my brother".

"what's up?"

"Let's cooperate once after mama", Zheng Zhiyong said, "Talk about the past".