Chapter 85 – Love Me, Don’t Go
In the early morning of the weekend, everything was quiet, and even the buzzing cicadas seemed to feel the deep drowsiness of people on the weekend, as they didn’t make a sound.
“pa, pa, pa…” A lonely figure appeared in the long corridor. Mo Xiaojuan came over with a big and small bag.
At this time, even the people on duty in the company were still sleeping, Mo Xiaojuan was used to this loneliness, walking through some dark stairs without fear. Fortunately, there were still a few rays of morning sun shining in the corridor, and a few potted plants quietly blossom in the sun, adding a little more vitality.
Mo Xiaojuan opened the door of Mo Fei’s exclusive studio and quietly walked in.
What came into her view was the messy work table and a sleeping beauty curled up on the folding bed in the back. Mo Xiaojuan put down the breakfast in her hand, then looked at Mo Fei and secretly sigh.
This workaholic!
It’s been a few days, are you not going to stop?
After Mo Fei got two good songs, she drilled into the recording studio every day as if she had found a treasure. Fortunately, there was no notice recently, but there was a commercial performance. Mo Fei asked Mo Xiaojuan to push it, but after Mo Xiaojuan earnestly advised her, Mo Fei decided to postponed it instead.
Mo Fei should have stayed up until the early hours of the morning yesterday. Mo Xiaojuan’s movements didn’t wake her up.
Mo Xiaojuan shook her head, picked up the blanket that Mo Fei had dropped from the floor, and covered her. At such a critical time, Mo Fei can’t catch a cold, otherwise she will be even more mad if she can’t sing.
Mo Xiaojuan cleaned up Mo Fei’s work table, sorted out some of Mo Fei’s notes, pressed them with a silver paperweight, and then walked gently to the recording studio next door.
As a loyal fan of her cousin, Mo Xiaojuan was still interested in the progress of Mo Fei’s song test. She turned on the machine skillfully, then put on the monitor headphones and listened to Mo Fei’s recording with great interest.
“If pride hadn’t been brutally slapped by the cold sea of reality, how would we know how much effort it takes to reach the far distance…”
Mo Fei’s singing of “The Original Dream” has been very smooth. With her unique ethereal voice, she sings the song’s helplessness and struggle, which was different from the demo that Mo Xiaojuan heard.
Mo Fei’s singing skill is really amazing. For example, the lyrics “In times of weariness, just close your eyes and smell the fragrance”, she can sing that feeling of being weary and lazy. It’s very light, but as long as one listen carefully, one can feel it!
However, don’t think that this song of positivity was sung by Mo Fei with negative energy! Mo Fei sang the weariness part of the song in the beginning, and gradually transitions to the brisk and exciting high / trendy part!
The transition was seamless. Mo Xiaojuan, who was listening to the song, was also worried in the beginning. But unknowingly, she got infected by Mo Fei’s emotion, and the corners of her mouth rose slightly, as if she saw the dawn of a dream coming true.
“If Sister Fei used this song as the main title of her comeback album, she would have certainly sold more than she had!” After listening to the song, Mo Xiaojuan sighed secretly.
In the competitive entertainment world, it is difficult to make a comeback!
The new album, which just encountered a flop, was originally Mo Fei’s best chance to make a comeback, given her pre-retirement status and nostalgic fans.
But unfortunately, this opportunity was not grasped, and an album with a poor quality was released, which suddenly spoiled her original popularity.
How difficult it will be to start a new album in the future, start from scratch, and regain popularity again! Not to mention the quality of future albums, Mo Fei’s rivals will not sit by and watch Mo Fei’s development, and they will certainly spare no effort to block and attack Mo Fei, as they have done in recent months.
It was not easy to break through.
The first song ended in Mo Xiaojuan’s wishful thinking. She came back to her senses and clicked on the second song.
“Love Me, Don’t Go.”
The song was also sent to Mo Fei by Mu Li’ang via email. At the beginning, Mo Xiaojuan felt that the quality of the song was not as good as the first one. Listening to the melody, she felt that it had a strong R&B (rhythm and blues) flavor!
Mo Xiaojuan doesn’t like this style of music very much, but Mo Fei surprised Mo Xiaojuan. Mo Fei, who rarely sings R&B, showed a strong interest in the song.
Before she could think too much, the music has already played, and Mo Fei’s voice broke out: “Up till now I am still the same, the loneliness of the night calls one to sorrow, there are too many things I dare not think about, because I am on my own…”
This R&B song is very free, but the vocal is also very unique. Although Mo Fei rarely sings this type of song, she still mastered it easily with her singing skills. The kind of soul stirring, gentle, lingering charm was incisively and vividly sung by Mo Fei!
(PS: this song is originally sung by Zhang Zhen who sings hip-hop, but the female voice version is also very pleasant to listen to, you can go to Mo Wen …. Listen to Wei’s version.) (TN: Author’s note. And I’m not sure if I got the right artist who sang the song. A link to the song at the end of the chapter)
When it came to the high / trendy part, Mo Xiaojuan finally heard Mo Fei’s exciting / emotional side of.
“Love me, don’t go, (but) if you say you don’t love me…”
“I don’t want to hear you say it for real, give me some more tenderness…”
In this part, Mo Fei sang emotionally, which was different from the versions that Mo Xiaojuan has heard before. Before, Mo Fei sang freely and easily, and some sadly, but never so helplessly and sadly as she does now!
Mo Xiaojuan sighed heavily, but she understood!
Mo Fei wasn’t singing this song for Yang Yi, nor for some other man. Mo Fei was venting her unspeakable retention for her fans who have left.
The lyrics of this song are really simple. Unlike “Long Time No See” that Mo Xiaojuan likes, it lacked variations. The second part is just a simple repetition of the first part. At that time, she complained to Mo Fei that this song from “Mu Li’ang” wasn’t written seriously enough, which was not like his strength!
However, what can enhance the expression of emotion better than repetition?
“… The oncoming moonlight casts a long shadow behind me. Aimlessly, I walk along the cold, cold streets. I don’t have any news of you, because I’m thinking of you.”
Instead of pausing as she did in the first part, Mo Fei raised her voice and hummed an impromptu blues, transitioning the melody to the high/trendy part.
“Love me, don’t go, (but) if you say you don’t love me…”
At this time, Mo Fei’s singing changed again, not as emotionally as in the first part, but slowly sinking from the high note, singing out the feeling of a heavy heart.
“Love me, Don’t go…”
Mo Fei sang to the end in a sad tone, which was very rare! In the past, she rarely showed such emotions directly. At most she hid it in a roundabout way, which needed to be understood carefully by the listeners.
Perhaps, she really hopes that those fans who like her would, “Love me, don’t go”!
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TN: The song: Here.
TN: Female version of the song but not by Mo Wen: Here.
TN: If you like my translations support me in ko-fi: Here.
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