Chapter 204 Before the Awards Ceremony

Swinging in the backyard

Pull up in your fast car whistling my name

Open up a beer

In the link music recording studio, Link wore a headset and listened to the song "Video Games" from Lana Del Rey's first album. After many revisions and remakes, the album was finally recorded in mid-August.

There are twelve songs in total, with the title track being "Young and Beautiful".

Originally recorded for the first time in May, there are sixteen songs, including songs that Lana has accumulated in the past few years, including two songs written by Link for Lana, and "This Is Me" from Link's second album ” cover.

It's just that after the recording was completed, everyone's evaluation of the first version was generally not high.

The reason is that the song styles in the playlist are too confusing, including retro baroque pop, rock, pop music, country music, etc.

The quality of the songs also varies.

After the members of the production team held a meeting to discuss, they decided to remove several country music and rock songs from the album, and only retained eight classical-style songs such as "Young and Beautiful", "Video Games" and "This Is Me".

These songs have one thing in common, they are classical sad music with melancholy tunes and lyrics.

Only eight songs were not enough for a standard album, so producer David Kahn hired someone to write three more songs for Lana, and Lana wrote one herself, making up twelve songs.

After more than three months of polishing and refining, the style and tone of this record have remained on the same level.

When Lana sings songs, her vocal conditions are also more mature, unlike in the past where pop music mixed rock and country music.

Now she started to sing, and she could get into the mood quickly, and her tone became low and sad. From her singing, Link could also see her growth and transformation.

"Link, how are you?"

Lana was wearing a purple sleeveless dress with long wavy brown chestnut hair, standing in front of him handsomely.

Graeme and David Kahn were there, as well as Mars.

Graeme is the housekeeper, David Kahn is responsible for producing and supervising Lana's albums, and Mars and the other three take the initiative to help adjust the mix and instruments. So far, the atmosphere in the Link Music Studio is harmonious and there is no workplace struggle.

This is probably also the reason why there are few people. With few people and few things to do, there is no need to compete for resources.

Link feels that the current situation is pretty good and should be maintained. Even if there are more singers signed in the future, the total number of singers will not exceed five.

Seeing everyone looking over, Link put down his headphones and said, "Great, Lana, I give you a nine out of 10 for this album."

"Only nine points?"

Lana was a little dissatisfied.

"Nine points is pretty good. I'm afraid you'd be proud if I gave you a perfect score."

Link smiled softly, then looked at Graeme and asked, "Is there any progress in contacting the movie theme song?"

"I sent the demos of the two title songs to several production companies, and so far I have only received responses from two small film projects, one "Remember Me" and one "The Runaways," but their films are still in production. , it won’t be released until next year, so there’s no way we can promote it in advance.”

Graeme spread his hands and said.

"Forget it, the songs in this album are all good, and Lana's singing style is also very unique. The results should be very good after it is released. Just follow the normal publicity procedures and release a single first to test the waters. Let's see Let’s see the market reaction.”

Link said.

Before the album is officially released, most singers will release one or two singles to promote and hit the charts.

For new singers, releasing promotional singles can increase the popularity of the singer and album. For star singers, it can check the market trend.

After a single is released, if it can hit the Billboard singles chart, it means the quality is good and fans are willing to pay for it. The higher the position on the singles chart, the more popular the song is.

Just like Taylor's second album "Fearless", three singles were released to promote it, and they successively reached the top ten of the singles chart.

Two months before the release of Link's second album, he released the single "Give me reason", which topped the singles chart.

His first album did not release a single in advance, but the quality of the songs was high enough. After the album was released, "Unstoppable" topped the singles chart, and other songs also achieved good rankings.

Lana is a newcomer, but not a newcomer. She failed to debut once before.

During the release of "Go Forward", I performed several times in public with Link and participated in the recording of "This Is Me" and "Rainbow".

After the success of "Go Forward", she also gained some fame, and her name appeared in music magazines many times. Link's fans and people in the industry all know that he has a female singer named Lana Del Rey.

Now that Lana wants to release an album, the conditions are quite mature. The only thing worth noting is that her music style is more classical and tragic.

It will take time to verify whether the market will accept a singer of her type.

Link looked at Martian Gomars again and asked about the recording of his first album.

Mars said that the songs for his album have all been recorded and are in the polishing and refining stage, striving for perfection.

Link agreed with his idea. Mars is not only an excellent singer, but also a top music producer and creator. His pursuit of music is higher. This is probably the reason why he will become a top player in the music industry in the future.

"Link, it's time for us to go."

Wiz Khalifa shouted from the doorway.

He was wearing a white Dior suit, a gold chain, a few dreadlocks, and a cigarette in his hand. He looked ugly and handsome.

After collaborating with Link on "See You Again", his popularity in the music industry has skyrocketed. He used to be in the second or third tier, but now he is in the top tier. In the hip-hop rap industry, his popularity is now ranked among the top five.

I heard from Weisz that in the past, when he was invited to perform, the appearance fee was less than 50,000 US dollars. Now it is 500,000 US dollars. He also received several advertisements and earned two to three million US dollars.

A true overnight success.

His trouble now is that it is so popular that every time he goes to a performance, the organizer asks him to sing "See You Again". He has sung it dozens of times this month and is getting a little annoyed.

But today he had to sing it again.

At this year's MTV Music and Television Awards ceremony, an important part was to commemorate the late superstar MJ.

Nowadays, "See You Again" is one of the indispensable songs when it comes to public activities to commemorate MJ. This seems to have become the consensus of MJ fans all over the world.

Wiz was also invited by MTV as a guest singer to sing "See You Again" with Link on stage.

The awards ceremony is at 8 p.m.

Link looked at the time. It was already seven o'clock, and it was time to set off.

He and Wiz said goodbye to everyone, got into a Rolls-Royce Phantom, and headed to the MTV Awards ceremony.

This year's awards ceremony was held at Radio City Music Hall on Sixth Avenue in Manhattan, not far from the Rockefeller Building.

Before he arrived at the scene, Taylor called and asked where he was and why he hadn't come yet?

Link said he would be there soon.

Taylor asked him if he had changed his clothes. If not, go and change quickly. She was dressed beautifully today and didn't want to be downgraded by his clothes.

Link smiled and assured her that he must be personable and handsome.

At the corner of Sixth Avenue, the Rolls-Royce Phantom met Taylor's car. It was a black Bentley State Limousine, the same car that the Queen used at the 50th anniversary ceremony of her coronation.

Link said goodbye to Wiz for the time being and walked into Taylor's car.

He and Taylor are currently the most famous couple in the music industry, and they were also nominated for Best Male/Female Vocalist at this year's MTV Awards.

If they don't appear together, tomorrow the media will hype up the rift between him and Taylor, or even say they have broken up.

Linkla opened the door and saw Taylor sitting in the back seat, wearing a silver gauze one-shoulder dress, designed by the famous designer Kaufman Franco himself, revealing her fair and delicate left shoulder, with her long blond hair tied on her head. Just a few golden curls hanging down the sides.

Today she wore strawberry red lips, her eyebrows and eyelashes were also retouched, and her entire cheeks became more delicate and lovely.

"Wow! So beautiful. How can there be such a beautiful girl in the world? You must be the reflection of the beauty goddess Venus in the mortal world."

Link praised without hesitation.

Taylor didn't look at him, he just raised the corners of his lips and gave him a calm expression.

Link smiled softly and sat across from her, "Beautiful lady, can I kiss the back of your hand?"

Taylor slowly raised his finger and handed it to him.

Link took it and kissed the back of her hand. It smelled of Chanel and a little bit of sweets. She must have eaten desserts just now.

"Is it okay to kiss on the cheek?"

"No, you'll ruin my makeup."

Taylor rolled her eyes at him, retracted her hand and said, "Sit down, I want to see your dress. If it's too ugly, you can go down here and change."

"How is it possible that with my image and figure, appearing in a garbage bag will lead the fashion trend? What's more, I have a suit specially made for me by the Dior suit designer, as well as my hairstyle, tie, and shirt, all of which have been imaged. The designers are so strict, how could my outfit be bad?”

Link crossed his legs and leaned on the seat with a smile.

Taylor looked him up and down and saw that his suit style was very trendy and suited his temperament and figure. It made his already handsome appearance more angular, paired with his bright eyes, clean temperament, and smooth mouth. You Ruowu's smile is so handsome.

Taylor felt that even if the guy in front of him was not a boxing champion singer, he would still like him just because of his face.

"Not bad, just a little worse than me."

Taylor gestured with his fingertips.

"Thanks for the compliment!"

"You two, stop making trouble and get ready, it's coming soon."

Lady Andrea reminded.

Link and Taylor fell silent and looked out the car window at the street. The closer they got to Radio City, the denser the crowds on the street became.

Tens of thousands of fans crowded on both sides of the street, cheers rising and falling as star singers arrived one after another.

When Link and Taylor's car was about to enter, a yellow fire truck drove in from outside. The four members of Green Day stepped out of the fire truck one after another, causing cheers from the fans at the scene.

In addition to fire trucks, there are also buses, coaches, carriages, ambulances and other means of transportation.

This is the difference between MTV and the Grammy Awards.

The Grammy Awards are conservative and prefer classical music. The atmosphere at the awards ceremony is more solemn.

Those who participate in the Grammy Awards will also follow this rule and will not do anything out of the ordinary.

The MTV Music Awards are relatively avant-garde, advocating leading the world music trend, inclusive, and open to outstanding musicians from all over the world. Chinese singers such as Cui Jian, Zheng Jun, and Jolin Tsai have won relevant awards.

When attending the MTV Awards, the singers also have their own ideas in dressing up, all kinds of weird and funny, like an all-star masquerade.

"Link, that's Joanne."

Taylor pointed to the person in the car next to him and said, "Her costume is really cool."

Lady Gaga also saw them and pointed to the front, asking them to go first.

Link waved his hand and asked her to go first, her position was closer to the front.

The traffic guide on the street also let Lady Gaga's car pass first.

When Lady Gaga's car left and the Bentley was about to start, a white extended Lincoln rushed from the side and cut in front.

The car door opened, and Beyoncé, Lil Wayne, T.I., 50 Cent, and Drake got out of the car one after another.

Lil Wayne and others turned around and grinned at him.

Link shook his head, raised his thumb upside down, and pointed downward.