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1. The MV for "Eagle City Style" was released and received acclaim

On the afternoon of October 31, reporters typed "Eagle City Style" on Baidu and Youku websites respectively. Saw this video. In the MV, two big boys, one fat and one thin, wearing baseball caps, danced the popular horseback riding dance, and rapped in Henanese dialect both solemnly and humorously. Except for the arrangement, which was borrowed from South Korea's "Gangnam Style", the lyrics and plot were all the same. It's original and refreshing.

In the MV, after the opening line of "I'm afraid of Eagle City style!", the two older boys began to rap in authentic Henan dialect: "The clothes in Dennis Department Store are too expensive/The prices are sky-high/The same goes for Wanjia/ Don’t look at the clearly marked prices on the tags/To buy affordable clothes and shoes, you have to go across the street to Caesars/Don’t listen to the quotations/Learn to bargain…” Between singing and dancing, Pedestrian Street, Caesars, Eagle City Night, Xincheng District, Lushan Hot Spring Hotel… These Eagle City landmarks flashed before the reporter's eyes one by one, and everything was so friendly. Netizen "123" commented below the video: The scenes shot in the MV are all familiar to me, even the sanitation worker uncle who is an extra, and the aunt selling meat buns are so familiar - there is a flash of back, It looks like me!

The reporter found that in this 4-minute and 2-second MV, there were dozens of extras, and the scenes were all landmarks in Pingdingshan. The most prosperous pedestrian street in Pingdingshan was the main scene, involving Caesar Square. , Xincheng District, Lushan Hot Spring, Shenma Avenue and many other landmarks.

As of the time of publication of this article, "Eagle City Style" has received nearly 20,000 views on Youku and 600 comments. The reporter captured the comments of some netizens:

Netizen "Sunshine King": Familiar melody, more familiar place, let's get excited in Eagle City! Hoho!

Sina blogger @ Economic Viewpoint reported Tang Chao Jin: Well, I have to say that the masters are among the people! Right on your Pingdingshan!

Sina blogger@Nanyang Bei'an Lanting Hotel: When will the Nanyang version of style be released? People from Luoyang and Pingdingshan all came out.

It is understood that the "Eagle Wenming" group, the main creator of "Eagle City Style", is a young local music group in our city. The lyricist and lead singer Wang Shaoxian and the other lead singer Li Yunsheng are both grassroots People, one is born in the 80s and the other is born in the 90s. It took a month to shoot this MV.

On the afternoon of October 31, riding on the popularity of "Eagle City Style", the reporter interviewed the "Eagle Wenming" group on the football field of Pingdingshan Institute of Education. Through the interview, the reporter gained a better understanding of Pingdingshan’s local rap music, and at the same time felt the rhythm of youth and the persistence of dreams.

2. Two young people who are obsessed with the dream of rap music

The two members of the "Ying Wen Ming" group are both natives of Pingdingshan. The lyricist Wang Shaoxian is mature and prudent, and is currently working in our city. She works in an advertising company and is born in the 1980s; Li Yunsheng, the choreographer, is lively and active and is born in the 90s.

Wang Shaoxian speaks in a leisurely manner. He considers himself an introvert and a serious person. His parents are also very traditional people. He laughs at himself for never being able to open himself up. Growing up in the West Market area, he was deeply immersed in citizen culture and had a tough character, which became the tone of his early music creation.

Although he has only been creating music independently for 4 years, Wang Shaoxian has been involved in music for more than ten years. When he was in high school, Wang Shaoxian was obsessed with rock music. In order to dispel his idea of ??"not pursuing a serious career", his parents found a music teacher to audition for him. The teacher said that he was not the material to pursue music at all. After graduating from high school, Wang Shaoxian joined the army. After returning from the army, he began to get involved with B-Box (a new Hip-Hop music element originating in the United States, which can be commonly understood as ventriloquism). In 2005, he went to work in Guangzhou and began to systematically learn B-Box. Two years later, he returned to Pingdingshan and started working on the production of rap music with several like-minded friends. Wang Shaoxian said that rap music is a very grassroots culture that can arouse people's cries.

In 2008, Wang Shaoxian began to create independent music, writing lyrics and arranging music independently. His songs express his work and life around him. Shaoxian said that at that time, he only focused on creating and had little communication with the industry. He only stayed at the level of expressing his own emotions.

Li Yunsheng is currently a sophomore student in the Music Department of Pingdingshan College of Education, majoring in bel canto singing. In 2006, when he was playing basketball in junior high school, he met Rego, who was wearing NBA clothes and playing Hip-Hop music. introduced to him. Li Yunsheng believes that this is his musical enlightenment, and this leader is Lei Ge.

After being exposed to Hip-Hop, Li Yunsheng became obsessed with rap music. MP3 players were popular at that time. He told his parents that he wanted to learn English, so he bought an MP3 player, but he used the MP3 player to listen to music. At the beginning, I downloaded music such as "Yao Yao, Chi Ke Nao". I also wanted to try to create music at that time, but I felt that my level was not good enough, so I never implemented it.

Li Yunsheng said that his parents were strongly opposed to him playing music at first. For them, Li Yunsheng could graduate from college and find a formal job as the best way out. "My family still wants me to take the teaching recruitment exam and become a music teacher after graduation." Li Yun shrugged with a helpless expression.

"However, I think I can convince them." Li Yunsheng, who has a "cunning" personality, confidently revealed to reporters that parents have a principle for disciplining themselves, which is to first ensure the right to know. Then decide whether to support it. He is currently communicating with his parents and hopes that they will give guidance, but the prerequisite is that he must make good music.

3. Music brings people closer together, and the group "Eagle Wen Ming" was born

Wang Shaoxian and Li Yunsheng met two years ago. At that time, the two people, both "enthusiasts" of rap music in Pingdingshan, met on the Internet. Li Yunsheng had always paid attention to Wang Shaoxian's works, but had never met in person. By chance, the two of them participated in a singing competition in our city last year. Since then, the two have become familiar with each other and have the intention to cooperate with each other.

How did the group name "Eagle Wen Ming" come about? Wang Shaoxian's original name for the group was "Truth", but it was rejected because it was too "flat". Li Yunsheng, who has a lot of exposure to foreign languages, wanted to name it with an "English name". Wang Shaoxian thought this name was too straightforward, so he simply used the homophony to call it "Ying Wen Ming", which means "singing for the fame of Pingdingshan". After the two formed the group, they successively released rap-style MVs such as "To Be Determined", "Eagle City", and "Relax", combining Henan dialect and country music.

"Eagle City" was created by "Eagle Wenming" in September this year. The lyrics cover the history and culture of Pingdingshan. At that time, we hired someone to record a simple MV. Unexpectedly, it became popular for a while. , attracted netizens to repost it wildly, and within a few days of its release, it received tens of thousands of clicks on Tudou.com.

4. Henan dialect Eagle City landmark rap music = "Eagle City Style"

Talking about the creative process of "Eagle City Style", "Eagle Wen Ming" said, "Eagle City Style" 》The long history and cultural resources of Pingdingshan contained in the MV are too rich. At that time, I was eager to release it, which felt a bit like "just looking at the flowers", so I wanted to make up for it in another work. But I couldn't find a reason to create it. It wasn't until the Korean "Divine Comedy" "Gangnam Style" became popular a while ago that "Eagle Weeps Ming" felt like "going through electricity". It suddenly became clear in my brain, with a feeling of waiting. The joy of something long-awaited suddenly arrived, and the inspiration for "Eagle City Style" burst out.

On October 8, "Eagle Wen Ming" launched the audio version of "Eagle City Style" on Weibo. Unexpectedly, the click and reprint rate was very high, occupying the top rankings on Baidu. Currently, the click The volume has exceeded 140,000 times. "Ying Wenming" said that it originally just wanted to promote the following on Weibo, but it was reposted by Renren, Kaixin.com and other websites. This was unexpected.

“At that time, many people asked on Weibo when the MV would be released.” Wang Shaoxian said that the most stressful period for filming was from the National Day to 10 days ago.

During the filming process of the MV version, "Eagle Wen Ming" insisted on using ordinary characters as the protagonists. "We just want to show the grassroots life in Eagle City and the spirit of not being discouraged. Because we love Pingdingshan, we make real music." "Yingwenming" said. The reporter noticed that this kind of respect for originality and grassroots spirit has always been throughout the "Eagle City Style" MV, especially the "Special Thanks" at the end where many personal Weibo names were listed. "Yingwenming" said that this MV is the result of everyone's concerted efforts, and everyone's labor should be fully respected.

When talking about the filming of the "Eagle City Style" MV, there is one person who cannot but be mentioned. This is the director and photographer - the director himself does not want to disclose the personal information about the director, but those who are interested can search it.

Just when the three of them were worrying about the filming location for the "Eagle City Style" MV, the opportunity came! During the National Day, "Eagle Wenming" was lucky enough to win a travel opportunity in a lottery on Weibo. He went to Lushan Thrush Valley, Huanggu Bath Hot Spring Hotel and other places, so he appeared in "Eagle City Style" There are scenes such as hot spring bathing.

After intense startup, location selection, and shooting, from the release of the audio version of "Eagle City Style" on October 8 to the smooth completion of the "Eagle City Style" MV shooting at 1 a.m. on October 24, and then After improvement, the MV for "Eagle City Style" was officially released on the morning of October 31st.

When it comes to the future of music, "Eagle Wen Ming" seems very ambitious and very pragmatic, that is, insisting on original and localized elements.