"Lyrics: Xian Yu"
"Composer: Xian Yu"
"Arrangent: Xian Yu"
"Singer: Xian Yu"
The captions denoting the song information drift about, "Xian Yu’s style," all-rounded and familiar, float by as Xu Tao closes his eyes slightly.
Inside the slightly dim office.
The prelude of the song had quietly begun.
In the lodious music box, notes from a violin weave in strangely.
The mysterious cello constantly reappears in discordant notes, a tense atmosphere quietly perates, and then cos the sound of a typewriter, both orderly and chaotic, followed by the official singing of the song—
"December, 1893, the alley is clear
The Seventh Chapter of Night, the typewriter continues, advancing closer to the next line of truth
The smoke from the elder tree pipe wafts towards the withered tree, crying out to silently
The circular square adjacent to Baker Street
The iris badge on the armoured knight’s arm shines faintly
The sound of an empty carriage echoing in the night visit.
..."
As the first line of the main song begins, Xu Tao’s just-closed eyes suddenly fly open, filled with surprise and admiration!
Is it actually rap?
Such a strong sense of rhythm.
Not a hint of sluggishness.
This must be Xian Yu’s first ti trying rap, right?
No!
This is not pure rap...
The majority of rap is sung in a monotone.
But Xian Yu’s rap is definitely based on a lody, with an overabundance of lyrics added, making every word in a stanza take up very little ti, saturating the lyrics with literary charm.
Listening all the way down, there’s no harshness or grating sounds, instead, it flows naturally.
"No wonder he’s the Masked Singer who defeated nurous top singers…" Xu Tao thought to himself.
He had always wondered what kind of music should accompany Sherlock Hols’ stories.
Now Xian Yu has given the answer.
He has actually composed a fast-paced rap song, and once again demonstrated his all-rounded vocal skills in this song!
Xu Tao had no idea this was the unique style of "Zhou Rap".
The song is still continuing by his ear:
"In Victoria’s moonlight, evil makes a bloody start
The missing gun, the burnt walking stick, the lted wax figure, who wasn’t there?
The symbols on the jewellery box are but illusions conflicting, leading into his ticulously built dead-end
The evidence is perfectly buried
That smirk mocking the Scotland Yard
..."
Shifting his attention back to the lyrics, shock gradually spread across Xu Tao’s face!
These lyrics!
"The starting date is the day Watson died, and the lines that follow point to the ’Mazarin Stone’ case where Hols deduces that Angel was Wintibank through the incomplete letters on the typewriter; the elder tree pipe is Hols’s usual smoking apparatus…"
Shock gradually spreads across his face!
Xu Tao sees even more details!
The line in the lyrics: "wafting towards the withered tree" actually refers to the case ’The Musgrave Ritual’, where Hols finds the missing crown by asuring an old elm tree that was struck by lightning at the Musgrave estate.
And "a bloody start" refers to ’A Study in Scarlet’, the first case Hols and Watson worked on together; when they first t, Hols was conducting an experint on the sedintation of hemoglobin.
But there’s more than just that!
For instance, "the lted wax figure, who wasn’t there?" refers to ’The Empty House’!
For instance, "on the jewellery box, a symbol’s illusion" refers to ’The Adventure of the Six Napoleons’!
For instance...
Xu Tao was frightened!
These lyrics are incredible!
They’re obsessively twisted!
Almost every line corresponds to a scene of Sherlock Hols, such an ingenious lyrical ability!
How starkly different from Xian Yu’s previous style of lyrics!
This ti, the artistic conception he created in his writings, with its grand narrative style, is enough to cause an uproar in the heart of any die-hard fan of Sherlock Hols!
Xu Tao felt exactly this way.
Listening to this song, he felt as if he was reminiscing through "Sherlock Hols" all over again. The novel’s settings had completely transford into a delicately produced movie!
And just as his feelings surged.
A sudden, ethereal female soprano appeared, causing his heart to shake violently in tune with the singing and the lyrics!
"If evil was a gorgeously cruel movent~"
"I would personally write its finale~"
"Morning dew drying the last line of sorrow~"
"Black ink stains tranquility~"
Xu Tao almost jumped out of his seat!
If the lyrics from the main verse were enough for a Sherlock to pay respect and homage, then the tearful refrain would surely leave any musician awestruck, even reverential!
How spectacular!
How astounding!
Jiang Kui’s voice, full of distinguishable undertones, perfectly shed with Xian Yu’s rap, propelling the song to its climax!
Xu Tao was brought to his knees!
What kind of song is this!
The dark tone, astounding lyrics, tantalizing climax – even just having listened to the first part, was enough to stir up everyone’s emotions!
"The lights dim, red curtains fall
Facts can only pierce through untraveled ground
Sudden delicate scent of flowers, attention-grabbing clothes
Everyone wears a different mask for different reasons, lies
There’s only one na for motive, it’s called desire
..."
The singing continues!
There is only sound and lyrics, but it seems like more and more stories are unfolding before Xu Tao, taking on the form of vivid images!
The song tells a tale.
The tale becos a drama.
The drama is filled with songs.
The blend of classical aura and modern rhythm is perfect.
Rapping complenting the lodious singing.
Tinges of chill amongst etherealness.
Violin strings, eerie yet vibrant notes, holy prayers, and various instrunts clash wildly!
By now.
The song has played for around three minutes.
There was a montary pause in tempo, and then a flurry of piano notes suddenly erge!
Cycling from high to low, the string arrangent drives the song towards an even higher climax. This is the refrain, but this ti, it’s Xian Yu’s voice – both wildly emotional and lyrical:
"If evil was a gorgeously cruel movent, I would personally write its finale..."
As if the lyrics and expression were perfectly rged together, giving a feeling of the present reality suddenly rging with the song’s tiline.
The refrains before this were all sung by Jiang Kui.
This is the first ti in the song that Xian Yu was in command of the refrain!
After being continuously highlighted by the previous female refrains, Xian Yu takes the song to its finale by increasing the pitch by an octave!
The combination of strings and piano drives the song to its zenith!
Finally.
Everything calms down in the sound of the violin.
Xu Tao sits blankly with his headphones on.
In the dark room, only silence remains.
It feels like so mystical ritual.
At this mont.
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The ti ticks to midnight.
As the clock officially strikes for the 1st of June, "The Seventh Chapter of Night" is officially released on all major music platforms!
All the fans waiting in front of their screens, especially Sherlock fans, eagerly started this song.
And then.
Were a roomful of battered knees.
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