This scene made the fans below the stage boil with excitement.
Fang Juexia looked up and raised his eyebrows. The redness at the corners of his eyes and the arrogance in his eyes created a wonderful chemical reaction.
After letting go, Pei Tingsong smirked and walked to Fang Juexia's side. In the midst of the cheers, the remaining four members walked to the center of the stage from different directions. All the lights were on and the setting was grand. The six of them gathered together.
BMA's annual awards ceremony was one of the most important events in the music industry. Whether it was the sound effects or the stage settings, they were all the best in the industry. This was also the first time Kaleido had stepped on such a grand stage since their debut.
They first performed the new winter special song, "XMAS & U". The style of this song was different from the second album and summer special. It had more of a winter feeling. It was a dance song made with a mix of blues and jazz styles. Kaleido's performance was outstanding. After the song, they immediately performed the remix version of "Breaking the Formation" and "Last Summer". There was no time to breathe.
The new arrangement gave the explosive song "Breaking the Formation" a new vitality. Kaleido's charm lay in the strength and influence of the live scene. As long as they stood on the stage, no matter how big the stage was, the atmosphere would be stirred up. It was as if it was their group concert. The audience below the stage would unconsciously wave their arms and clap along with them. They even sang along.
The solo part of the dance break in the middle of "Breaking the Formation" was still the same, but this time the music was no longer a simple zither solo. It was a remixed electronic music. The dance was also not a classical dance, but a newly choreographed dance for six people.
After the music changed, Fang Juexia took off the black scarf tied to his cuffs, covered his eyes, and tied it behind his head.
Since everyone knew about his night blindness, many netizens wanted to know how he practiced to the point where he did not make any mistakes. There were also many people who questioned him, saying that he was only slightly blind and that he was deliberately exaggerating the facts for hype, pretending that he really could not see on the dim stage.
Facts spoke louder than words.
Fang Juexia decided to dance blindfolded on the stage of BMA.
If it was a year ago, he would never have made this decision. It was too risky to make such a decision on a stage where there was a high chance of failure.
But he was no longer the Fang Juexia of the past.
The blindfold once again triggered cheers and screams from the entire venue. No one thought they would have such a special segment.
His vision was dark... There was no stage, no teammates. Fang Juexia ignored the cheers coming at him from the waves and focused all his attention on the music.
He closed his eyes under the black scarf and returned to the familiar practice room.
Everyone's clothes were drenched in sweat. They were talking and shouting Fang Juexia's name.
"Do you remember where I am? Don't bump into me..
"Don't disturb Juexia."
Everyone's complete faces gradually appeared, and their memories began to project images. ... He...........
. He's's's....
There was also Pei Tingsong, who had been standing beside him.
His heart calmed down in an instant. On the stage, the blindfolded Fang Juexia seemed to be able to see completely normally. Every movement was precise, controlled, and explosive. He could even complete the complicated positioning of the six people without any mistakes.
At first, the audience was shouting Kaleido's name. Gradually, more and more people were shouting Fang Juexia's name, louder and louder.
He proved to everyone that even if he couldn't see, he was still the center of the stage.
It wasn't until the last bar of the dance break that Pei Tingsong, who was behind him, reached out his hand and took off the black scarf in an instant. In the next rap, he walked in front of him and aimed at the camera. The scarf was stuffed into his front pocket. As usual, the gangster-like youngest led his brothers to the stage extension. There were six people and six colors, and there were exactly six stages. Everyone sang the last chorus together.
"Listen to my song, Breaking the Array."
After this line, the EDM drop, which was more shocking than the original version, rushed out. The audience instantly turned into a disco scene.
When it was almost over, they returned to the center from all sides of the stage. Fang Juexia stood in the center position. Under the gorgeous lights, even the sweat on his forehead shone. In a spin, he pulled out the black scarf from the front of Pei Tingsong's suit. Just after the captain Jiang Miao finished singing his part, the camera pointed at Fang Juexia's face.
"My road is no road."
He raised his hand and wiped the "blood" on the corner of his mouth with the black scarf. His sweaty hair was inexplicably sexy, but his eyes were cold. His fingers loosened, and the scarf fluttered and fell.
"I'll let you ambush me."
What fell was Fang Juexia's dark past.
In the camera, he raised the corner of his mouth.
The future would only be bright.
This hearty suite convinced everyone in the audience. Even if many of the audience were not Kaledo's fans, strength could convince everything.
When they got off the stage, the six cool boys on the stage showed their true colors. Backstage, Cheng Qiang was trembling with fear for them. When he saw that they had returned safely, his worried heart finally settled down. "You guys are amazing. Especially amazing. I had goosebumps listening to you backstage."
Ling Yi suddenly hugged Cheng Qiang and said that she was so nervous that she almost cried. "I can finally watch others perform properly!"
He Ziyan moved his neck like an old man. "I almost twisted my neck just now. You scared me."
"Hahaha, who told you to sleep in the car!"
Fang Juexia just exhaled a long breath. He felt refreshed. Even if they didn't win any awards, Fang Juexia felt that it was worth it. At least he finally dared to show everyone how he had been practicing alone in the dark for so many years.
Pei Tingsong took the bottle of water from Xiao Wen, unscrewed the bottle cap, and handed it to Fang Juexia. "Drink some water."
Fang Juexia nodded. After taking the water, he didn't drink it directly. Instead, he looked up into Pei Tingsong's eyes with a sincere expression that was a little cute.
"Thank you."
"Why?" Taking care of Fang Juexia had become his subconscious action. Pei Tingsong was a little unaccustomed to being thanked suddenly. "Isn't it just a bottle of water?"
"No." Fang Juexia smiled and said to him, "I'm talking about your previous proposal to let me perform blindfolded."
At that time, Pei Tingsong proposed this to Cheng Qiang and Chen Zhengyun during the meeting. Before that, Fang Juexia had never thought of doing this. However, he heard Pei Tingsong say that he could really do it and that he wouldn't make a mistake. He also heard the other members give him complete trust.
Therefore, when Chen Zhengyun confirmed with him whether to adopt this plan, Fang Juexia gave a confident and affirmative answer for the first time.
No problem, I can do it.
"About that." Pei Tingsong laughed. "You should thank yourself."
Thank you for your persistence and hard work for so many years.
After that, he covered up this slightly serious topic with a joke. "And I'm just satisfying a small hobby of mine …"
Fang Juexia was drinking a mouthful of water when he choked on his words. His quiet and obedient smiling face suddenly changed. He pushed him with water in his mouth angrily. "Mmm!"
"Yes, I'm a hooligan." Pei Tingsong could completely understand Fang Juexia's words and laughed shamelessly.
After changing into a more formal suit as quickly as possible, Kaledo went from the backstage to the celebrity audience and sat in their seats. Other singers were already performing on the stage. They only watched two performances before the awards ceremony began. The awards were given out one by one. Some were happy and some were sad.
Fang Juexia actually didn't care if he could win this time. He was used to doing everything with low expectations and high initiative. This way, he could accept setbacks more calmly. When success was near, he could also feel a sense of surprise.
Kaleido was nominated for a total of four awards: Best Arrangement of the Year for "Last Summer," Best Lyrics of the Year for "Breaking the Array," Album of the Year for "Last Summer," and Best Group of the Year for "Last Summer." For them, who were nominated for the BMA for the first time, this was a very high starting point.
After waiting for a long time, it was finally the first award that they were nominated for, Best Arrangement of the Year.
"There are a lot of outstanding arrangements and productions for this award. There are also some works by famous foreign producers." The presenter held the envelope with the results. "Let's see which works are nominated first."
Clips of works appeared on the big screen one by one, including the MV of "Last Summer". When it appeared, the fans at the scene cheered loudly.
He Ziyan was very nervous, but he didn't show it. Ling Yi wasn't as calm as before. He even began to shake his feet. Jiang Miao pressed his knee and gently reminded him to smile at the camera.
Looking at the other works that were nominated, Fang Juexia already had a very objective judgment in his heart. When the presenter said the names of the other works, he wasn't too surprised. He only said to He Ziyan, "It's okay. It's good enough that you were nominated. You still have a lot of room for improvement."
He Ziyan nodded. There was no disappointment on his face. Instead, he smiled in a relaxed manner. "Of course."
Soon, the second award that they were nominated for, Best Album of the Year, began to be given out. Unfortunately, they lost again.
Fang Juexia was very calm. He had guessed that this would be the result. The winner was a female solo singer with a lot of experience in the music industry. The whole album was a collection of the highest level producers at home and abroad. It would be unreasonable if they didn't win an award.
Although their "Last Summer" also received very good music reviews, it was still self-produced and self-marketed. It was also a mini album with only four songs. It wasn't a shame that they lost.
Ling Yi was a little disappointed that two awards in a row had passed them by. "Don't tell me that we won't be able to go on stage tonight."
Lu Yuan said, "That's good. I'm afraid that you'll cry as soon as you go on stage. That's too embarrassing."
Pei Tingsong also nodded. "I second that."
The camera swept over and the six of them smiled again.
After the awards were given out, there were two more performances in between. One of them was Zhai Ying's group. Interestingly, they seemed to have made a new arrangement. They mixed in with several popular groups and even cued up the chorus of Kaleido's "Last Summer."
Kaleido, who was sitting in the audience, naturally followed their dance moves very enthusiastically. Fang Juexia had watched Di Ying's MV when she returned. He had already learned all the iconic dance moves in the middle. Even though he was sitting in the audience, he still cooperated with them on the stage and mimicked their hand movements.
"You danced very well." Pei Tingsong tilted his head and moved closer to tease him. "You can go on stage now."
Fang Juexia glanced at him and ignored him.
"If I win the lyricist award, can you dance this dance for me?"
"We'll talk about it when I win." Fang Juexia couldn't hide the smile on his face.
This was all recorded by the cameraman who was focused on taking pictures of him.
The awards ceremony resumed. The host went on stage and began to speak.
"Next up is a very important award."
"Yes, a very important award must have a very important guest presenter." The female host smiled and kept the audience guessing.
The male host played along and said, "His name is really powerful in the Chinese music industry."
"He doesn't belong to the Chinese music industry anymore." The female host smiled and said, "He should belong to the business world. Come, let's welcome the guest presenter — Li Luo! Welcome, Mr. Li! "
It was actually him. This was indeed beyond Fang Juexia's expectations.
Li Luo was wearing a well-ironed white suit. His face didn't look much different from when he was at his most popular age. He just looked more mature and indifferent. He smiled and walked to the microphone and greeted everyone. "Good evening, everyone. I'm Li Luo. Long time no see."
There were cheers and applause from the audience, especially from the artists section of ASTAR.
"I'm very honored to be invited to BMA as a guest presenter. Ten years ago, I also won the first important award in my life here. So I can understand how everyone is feeling right now. You must be very nervous. "
Everyone laughed.
Fang Juexia also lowered his eyes and smiled. After some small talk, Li Luo took a letter from the host and glanced at the cover. "Today, the award I'm going to present to everyone is —"
"Best Group of the Year."
There was a huge burst of cheers from the audience, especially from the fans who had been waiting for a long time. Unlike many music awards ceremonies that weren't considered authoritative, BMA didn't discriminate between groups based on gender. Moreover, the winners of this award were often bands. It was rare for male or female groups to win.
"So now let's see which groups are shortlisted?"
The MV clips of the finalists began to appear on the big screen. There were a total of four groups, two bands, and a male and female chorus. The last one to appear on the screen was Kaleido.
When Kaleido appeared, the fans instantly went crazy and screamed for a long time.
He Ziyan had already started a new round of bets with Lu Yuan. Fang Juexia was afraid that Ling Yi would be nervous, so he quietly reached out and patted the back of his hand. However, Ling Yi grabbed his hand tightly and held the captain with his other hand. It was as if holding onto the two calmest members of the team would make him less nervous.
Seeing that Fang Juexia was still trying to calm Ling Yi down, Pei Tingsong leaned towards him and whispered in his ear, "Why aren't you nervous at all?"
Fang Juexia looked at him and heard him say, "You're so calm. You're giving me no room to express myself."
What? He couldn't help but laugh. Just as he was about to say something, he heard a voice from the stage.
"So …"
On the stage, Li Luo opened the envelope and smiled at the audience. "The winner of the Best Group of the Year award is —"
After a three-second pause, he looked in Fang Juexia's direction. "Kaleido, congratulations!"
The audience erupted into the loudest cheers of the entire night. This was a historic moment. The BMA's Best Group Award was awarded to a male idol group.
Fang Juexia was a little stunned when he heard the name of their group. He had been thinking that he wouldn't go on stage the whole night. He didn't expect to receive such an important award. Pei Tingsong, who was sitting at the outermost corner, stood up first. Fang Juexia and the rest of his teammates followed behind him. They walked from the audience to the stage together.
He heard Ling Yi whispering encouragement to himself, "I can't cry, I can't cry, I can't cry …"
Fang Juexia couldn't help but laugh.
The short road was covered with red carpets. With every step he took, he could recall the past.
The six of them had been miserable when they debuted. They had tried their best to perform on the small stages of commercial performances.
Everyone had laughed together. They had stayed up all night in the practice room to write and record songs together.
They had overcome all kinds of difficulties together.
The vivid memories of the past intertwined with the blossoming reality. Fang Juexia and his teammates stood together on the stage that they had once thought was unreachable. They stood in front of the person who had once scouted them.
Li Luo smiled and handed the trophy to the captain, Jiang Miao. He then hugged the six of them one by one. Finally, when he hugged Fang Juexia, he softly congratulated him.
"Thank you." Fang Juexia responded to him. He then turned around and faced the audience with everyone else. He used their usual greeting as an opening line. "Hello everyone, we are Kaleido!"
Ling Yi still cried. He couldn't stop crying. However, he was standing next to the captain who was about to speak. He would definitely be photographed. Feeling embarrassed, he could only hide behind Fang Juexia.
Jiang Miao held the microphone. His face still maintained the calmness of a group, but his words were not as official as before. "Actually, we didn't expect to win. Especially after we saw the list of nominees and saw so many excellent bands and excellent songwriting groups. At that time, we felt that it was the luckiest thing to be nominated with these seniors."
The other nominated bands also took the lead and applauded. Jiang Miao looked down at the trophy in his hand. "Because we can compete with excellent people, this trophy has become particularly precious. Kaleido is not just the six of us. It is the product of many, many people. We would like to thank Star Map Company, our boss, Mr. Chen Zhengyun, our best manager, Chang Ge, Xiao Wen, and Domino, who has always given us courage and confidence. This trophy belongs to all of you. "
After that, he bowed deeply. The other five members also bowed together. When they got up, Jiang Miao handed the microphone to Fang Juexia. However, he was not prepared. Ling Yi was hiding behind him, crying.
Seeing that the microphone and camera were handed over, Ling Yi quickly hid behind Jiang Miao like a little mouse who had seen light.
Fang Juexia thought for a moment and said into the microphone, "We are very grateful to the judges of the BMA for awarding us the Best Group of the Year award."
He used the fastest time to organize his words, but his tone was calm and his attitude was neither servile nor overbearing. "This year has been a very special year for our entire group. From being ignored to being able to stand here, there was a turning point in the process. It was the transition of each of us from singers to songwriters. "
"Music is precise and free. It is full of rules and changes. It is the smoothest medium that connects consciousness and matter. It is also a small world that we are willing to explore for the rest of our lives. This is definitely a beginning. It will give us more certainty in our future steps and give us more courage to face the future. "
Pei Tingsong stood with one hand behind his back and stood beside Fang Juexia like a gentleman. Just like in the magazine interview, Fang Juexia's every realization could poke his heart. He was sober, rational, and full of romantic idealism.
"Thank you to everyone. Thank you for your music and your dreams."
After that, they bowed again. While bending down, Lu Yuan passed a tissue from his trouser pocket to Ling Yi through Jiang Miao so that he could wipe his face.
When he straightened up, the host smiled and said, "Congratulations, Kaleido. Is there any celebration for this award?"
Fang Juexia passed the microphone to Ling Yi. Ling Yi's face was red from crying. He did not want to take the microphone, but it was too late for him to refuse. "Um … I don't know."
The audience below the stage laughed out loud.
"I don't think so." Ling Yi sniffled and was very honest. "Chang Ge just said that we will help him move house after the ceremony. We will eat after moving house."
This was really the worst group of the year in history.
You've already exceeded your reading limit for today. If you want to read more, please log in.
Login
Select text and click 'Report' to let us know about any bad translation.
