"Hiss... Dark Night Rabbit really dares to speak!"
"Dolphin squeaks are just words?"
"Could he actually sing dolphin sounds?"
"But Dark Night Rabbit is right, the domestic entertainment industry values emotional expression in songs the most, so lyrics and melodies are usually tailored to the song's core. Being able to convey what the song intends to express is indeed more important than hitting high notes."
"To be honest, the reason Ting Yu became a music god isn't just because his songs have traditional culture and stories that make people shed tears? Looking at it this way, those who clamor for Dark Night Rabbit to sing dolphin sounds are indeed quite amateurish."
"Frankly, dolphin sounds are just a gimmick. In domestic entertainment songs, they don't add much value."
After Dark Night Rabbit's shocking remarks.
Many viewers agreed with his words.
This is a cultural difference, there's no right or wrong.
Overseas, emphasis is placed on musical innovation, playing with all sorts of melodies.
Whereas domestic entertainment focuses more on the content and artistic conception of songs.
Due to the differences in traditional culture, Chinese has a different artistic conception than overseas languages.
Therefore, in domestic entertainment, good producers are often able to play with lyrics.
This cultural difference also makes it difficult for domestic entertainment songs to be recognized globally, because they don't understand the essence of Chinese songs.
...
"Hello, audience friends, welcome to the eleventh episode of 'Masked Singer' sponsored by Xiang Guo Wu Yu..."
The overall atmosphere of this episode was rather somber.
After all, it was a life-or-death situation.
And it's unknown if there would be any more powerful singers joining as replacements.
However, Victor's dolphin sounds are something even a music god might not be able to sing. Unless it's someone from China's national teams, anyone else would be fodder.
As for Dark Night Rabbit.
The interview just now made the viewers watching the show highly anticipate his performance. However, the live audience was unaware of this; they were still discussing whether Dark Night Rabbit had any means to turn the tables this time.
"These past few days haven't been easy..." Liu Huan said with a wry smile.
As judges, and having all voted for Dark Night Rabbit last episode, they also faced public backlash. However, with Dark Night Rabbit and Mo Yan blocking the criticism, they were only slightly affected.
"I don't usually go online, so I don't feel much," Han Qi said with a faint smile.
"I'm so annoyed, for the first time I didn't choose the high notes, and this is the result..." Yin Na was the most frustrated among the judges.
According to her past thinking, she would never have chosen Dark Night Rabbit, but would have chosen Dolphin Doll, who sang dolphin sounds.
However, last episode she was indeed moved by Dark Night Rabbit's singing, to the point of making a decision she had never considered: giving up the higher-pitched Dolphin Doll and choosing Dark Night Rabbit.
But she would have been criticized if she hadn't chosen Dark Night Rabbit before, and now by choosing Dark Night Rabbit, she's caught in the crossfire.
It's too difficult...
"Just stay calm, I'm actually looking forward to his performance this episode even more," Mo Yan regained his composure.
During this time, he had been constantly in the public eye, which allowed him to see many things clearly.
Looking back, it seemed that what he pursued and bore the responsibility for was always the Chinese music scene.
Now that there's a rising star like Ting Yu, he felt it was time to pass on the burden.
Retirement.
He hadn't considered it before.
Because he hadn't realized that he was already past sixty, and still thought he was very young.
He had been organizing his life experiences recently, wanting to write it all into a song as his final masterpiece upon retirement. Unfortunately, the lyrics had never been completed.
It wasn't that he couldn't write them, but rather he felt he could be more insightful and polished before putting pen to paper.
...
During the draw.
When the final results were announced.
The audience was somewhat disappointed.
1. Fighting Chicken vs. Dolphin Doll.
2. Dark Night Rabbit vs. Elk.
3. Daylight Rabbit vs. Fan Man.
Everyone had originally been looking forward to a showdown between Dark Night Rabbit and Dolphin Doll.
However, the draw results did not satisfy everyone.
Dolphin Doll was up against a replacement singer.
Dark Night Rabbit and Elk were in the same group.
This meant that their confrontation might occur in the battle for the King of Singers.
Provided that this replacement singer, Fighting Chicken, couldn't defeat Dolphin Doll.
"Isn't Dolphin Doll going to crush it?"
"In front of dolphin sounds, there's no opponent. Whoever comes will die."
"The winner of this episode should be the contest between Dark Night Rabbit and Dolphin Doll."
"Daylight Rabbit is also very strong, don't underestimate her. And she'll likely be bringing Ting Yu's new song this time."
"Perhaps Daylight Rabbit is Ting Yu's hidden trump card."
Amidst the discussions.
The first round of the competition began.
To everyone's surprise, Fighting Chicken performed a dance track by Han Feng this time.
Dance singers had appeared on the King of Singers stage before, but they were all curvaceous female singers.
This Fighting Chicken was a male singer.
His dancing was powerful, and coupled with the song's high difficulty, his overall performance was indeed good.
However.
There was still a significant gap compared to Dolphin Doll.
When Dolphin Doll took the stage.
Many in the audience cheered him on.
In just one episode, his support rate had become very high.
After all, he had ridden the wave of Dark Night Rabbit's popularity and become a beneficiary of public opinion. The harsher people were on Dark Night Rabbit, the higher Dolphin Doll's support rate became.
However, he did not disappoint.
After the song, his performance was outstanding, especially the signature dolphin sounds at the end, which erupted into thunderous cheers from the entire venue.
Even though he sang in Russian, which most people didn't understand, they could still hear how high the notes were, and Dolphin Doll had performed them perfectly.
Ultimately.
Dolphin Doll won this match by a large margin.
"Dolphin Doll is awesome!!"
"Go! Defeat Dark Night Rabbit! Win the King of Singers!"
"Some people just like to stir up trouble. Dolphin Doll is clearly Victor. Do you really want him to represent China?"
"Art knows no borders. Besides, although Victor is not Chinese, he is of Chinese descent and has Chinese blood."
"That's right, we only support justice!"
Winning the first round so easily.
It also made Dolphin Doll's supporters incredibly excited.
"Thank you for Dolphin Doll's performance," host Lin Han came onto the stage.
Then, with a grand gesture, he announced loudly, "Next, please welcome the next singer, Dark Night Rabbit, to the stage for a wonderful performance!!"
As he drew out the last syllable.
Dark Night Rabbit carried a guitar on his back.
Holding a microphone.
He walked towards the stage.
Unlike before, the cheers were significantly weaker, indicating that the incident had a considerable impact on him.
However, Dark Night Rabbit paid no mind.
He went to the center of the stage by himself.
He sat on the stool that had been placed there and adjusted the height of the microphone on the stand.
The venue gradually quieted down.
Suddenly, Dark Night Rabbit looked at Mo Yan in the judges' seating.
"Teacher Mo Yan, Ting Yu said he has a song to give to you."
As soon as he finished speaking.
He ignored Mo Yan's startled expression.
Holding his guitar, he began to play the first note.
"Mountain Hills"
Sung by: Dark Night Rabbit
Lyrics by: Ting Yu
Music by: Ting Yu
At this moment.
The audience snapped back to reality.
Ting Yu, who had remained silent about this matter, was finally going to respond!