Chapter 504: Solo Performances

Chapter 504: Chapter 504: Solo Performances

"A lot of people look like they don’t know them at all," Hayley whispered softly into everyone’s ears, her tone gentle, "The older sister next to me was just asking me what the styles of the four contestants are."

Zoe nodded gently, looked around, and replied in a low voice, "Normal. The main episode hasn’t aired yet, so everyone is just watching as passersby. Once the singing starts later, it’ll be crystal clear who is steady and who rocks the stage. After tonight, these four people are definitely going to gain countless fans."

As soon as her voice fell, the stage lights suddenly lit up, and the first solo stage officially began.

The first to take the stage was Christopher Ocean. This time, he brought out an original song.

A simple and elegant suit style set off his gentle and relaxed temperament. Having gone through elimination, resurrection, and the precipitation of the competition arena, his stage presence at this moment became increasingly mature and steady.

He shed the greenness and nervousness of the early stages, gaining a few more points of calmness and transparency tempered by experience.

The soothing and gentle R&B melody slowly flowed out. The rhythm was lazy and delicate, the arrangement clean and restrained. There was no explosive high-note flexing, no complicated stage choreography, purely touching hearts with vocals, melody, and emotion.

Christopher’s singing style was lazy, lingering, silky, and delicate. His transition between chest voice and falsetto was smooth like flowing water, and his breath control was steady and long.

Without deliberate high-note flexing, he maximized the atmosphere of the entire song solely relying on his delicate and silky vocals, step-by-step progressive emotions, and ultimate stable breath control.

The artistic conception of the whole song was long-lasting, like a late-night breeze and urban whispers, healing and gentle.

The stage came to an end, and the lingering sound echoed in the beams. After two seconds of silence from the whole audience, enthusiastic applause suddenly erupted.

Fragmented discussions instantly rose one after another in the audience seats. Unfamiliar passerby audience members sighed in low voices one after another, and fresh evaluations continuously poured into the ears of the five-person team.

"This boy’s timbre is so unique, gentle and high-class, it sounds so comfortable."

"It’s my first time listening to a song of this style. It’s lazy and affectionate, not greasy at all, and the more I listen, the more addictive it gets."

"No flexing, all emotions, singing skills are super stable, and the detail handling is too delicate."

"Which team is he from? I was instantly made a fan just now."

With a gentle and delicate stage, Christopher successfully won the first batch of passerby goodwill. Many neutral audience members who originally had no bias quietly planted seeds of favoritism for him in their hearts.

Immediately after, the second contestant, Katy Perry, took the stage.

Different from Christopher’s gentle introversion, Katy brought her own bright and enthusiastic aura the moment she appeared. Her styling was fresh and eye-catching, and her smile was extremely infectious.

The song she chose was a pop inspirational track with extremely strong explosive power and a distinct attitude. It was also a stylistic track specially polished for her by her mentor, Bonnie Raitt, to suit her timbre—that was "Roar," produced by Irene for Britney.

Irene had heard the effect during their rehearsals, and this song was indeed very suitable for Katy to sing.

As the prelude sounded, the brisk and powerful rhythm instantly broke the gentle atmosphere, and the stage lights instantly switched to bright and enthusiastic warm tones.

Katy’s voice was clear, transparent, and full of penetration. Her high notes were full, solid, and powerful, her low notes gentle and stable, and her switches between strong and weak were free and easy.

The emotions progressed step by step, from a gentle narration to an all-out explosion, maximizing stage tension.

Her singing had a great public affinity. With a catchy melody, positive and healing lyrics, and straightforward and enthusiastic stage infectiousness, it was a pop power that everyone could understand and empathize with.

Especially the powerful high notes in the chorus, stable like a CD with a fully opened aura, every beat precisely stepping on the emotional points of the audience.

Once the song was sung, cheers and screams rose one after another throughout the venue, and the atmosphere was even more enthusiastic than the previous one.

The passerby audience around were completely amazed, and the discussions became denser.

"This girl is so stable! High notes are so easy, completely no cracking, she’s so capable!"

"Her stage is so energetic, after watching it my mood has improved, especially healing."

"This style is too suitable to break out of the circle, the public’s favorite. I think her Leap probability is very high."

Ella sighed softly, "Katy’s passerby base is truly born to be formidable. It doesn’t pick aesthetics or listeners; anyone who sees it will like it."

Leah nodded slightly, "Her advantage is that she adapts to all age groups of viewers, doesn’t pick aesthetics, and her infectiousness is straightforward and sincere, making it very easy to get public votes."

The third person to take the stage, Bruno Mars, completely ignited the atmosphere of the entire concert hall.

At that time, still young, he had already displayed all-round stage talent far exceeding newcomers of the same age.

As soon as the retro-rhythmic dance music prelude sounded, the brisk and explosive drumbeats instantly grabbed the attention of the whole audience, maximizing the sense of rhythm.

Also original, Bruno’s own original song comprehensively demonstrated that not only were his singing skills solid, his vocal runs silky, and his timbre bright and transparent, but most rare was his stage literacy: singing and dancing simultaneously, precise beat-hitting, body movements relaxed yet controlled, gaze and aura fully opened, and every action and vocal segment perfectly matching the melody.

He single-handedly supported the heat of the entire stage with zero slack and zero mistakes throughout. The dynamic rhythm made the audience subconsciously nod to the rhythm and wave their hands in sync.

The originally sitting and quiet audience seats completely livened up, and an enthusiastic atmosphere swept across the venue.

The moment the stage ended, screams, cheers, and applause almost blew off the roof of the venue.

"This is a stage! So explosive! The best stage of the night so far!"

"He is so all-around! Able to sing and dance, top-tier stage presence, ridiculously stable!"

"I originally came to vote casually, now I’m completely a fan of his, so charming!"

"This boy is definitely favored by the heavens, born for the stage!"

Zoe’s eyes shone as she watched, and she lowered her voice and said excitedly, "I knew Mars’s live performance would never disappoint people. As long as his state is online, the live performance is definitely crushing. His live infectivity is truly unbeatable!"

Michelle echoed repeatedly, "So stable! Not a shred of newcomer greenness, completely the stage standard of a mature singer!"

The solo stage for the final grand finale was brought by Stephanie Germanotta, which was also the most subverting, most amazing, and most public-cognition-breaking stage of the entire solo segment.

The cool and minimalist piano prelude slowly sounded, and the audience instantly fell into extreme silence.

The initial vocals were ethereal, tactful, delicate, and restrained, laying down emotions layer by layer, immersing everyone in a gentle lyrical atmosphere.

Just when the audience thought this was just a regular lyrical song, the musical style suddenly reversed, and a grand and explosive retro rock arrangement roared to life.

Stephanie’s voice instantly switched forms, turning from ethereal and soft to wild and high-pitched instantly, with terrifying explosive power.

The massive vocal range span, gorgeous and exquisite vocal runs, and highly attitude-driven vocal style, paired with avant-garde stage expression, perfectly interpreted her unique artistic personality.

Not catering to the public, not deliberately breaking out of the circle, relying solely on ultimate artistic standards and unique personal style, she completely jumped out of the conventional framework of the current pop music scene, thoroughly shocking the whole audience.

No one had ever heard such a newcomer stage, and no one had ever seen such a young singer with such artistic personality. Her stage did not please the public or deliberately break out of the circle, but with ultimate artistic standards and a unique personal style, she thoroughly shocked the whole audience.

The song ended, the audience was silent for three seconds, followed by an outbreak of deafening applause and exclamation.

"Is this really a newcomer stage? The artistic aesthetics are too advanced!"

"Completely unable to find a benchmarking style, one of a kind, so talented!"

"That high note and arrangement just now are simply professional top-tier standards, so divine!"

"Where did this demonic newcomer come from? Original music can reach this effect, it’s impossible not to explode!"